Our family loves getting the chicken alfredo pizza at Olive Garden, but since we are vegetarian we order it without the chicken. We decided to try and recreate our favorite pizza at home using vegetarian chicken: What I like about making pizza at home is you know exactly what the ingredients are. We used A whole grain pizza crust Light Alfredo Sauce Organic Mozzarella cheese Vegetarian Chicken Strips Green Onions I have an app on my iPhone that lets my Princess "make" pizza. … [Read more...]
Vegetarian Broccoli and Rice Casserole
We like quick, easy and tasty meals when we are travel from city to city across North America. Since we are only in one location for about 5 weeks at a time, I do plan a lot of our meals. I don't want to have a lot of left overs when we are leaving so I like to buy simple food with little ingredients. We also have potluck at church most weeks we are traveling and a vegetarian easy casserole is a important recipe to have under your belt. I am thankful for Minute Rice brown rice. It enables our … [Read more...]
Lucky Charms Cereal Recipe Ideas
Do your kids like Lucky Charms this time of year? Mine definitely do. Here are 10 Lucky Charms Cereal Recipe Ideas for St. Patrick's Day: 10 Lucky Charms Cereal Recipes Lucky Charms Gift Lucky Charms Wrapped Gift Lucky Charms Rice Krispie Treats Lucky Charms Breakfast Lucky Charms Cupcakes Lucky Charms Snack Mix Lucky Charms Treat Pops Lucky Charms Treat Bag Toppers w/Printable Lucky Charms and Chocolate Coins for Breakfast (not pictured) Lucky Charms Treat … [Read more...]
Girl’s Night In: Mini Strawberry Pie
My husband was out of town this week. I was home with our two children for 3 1/2 days. Wow! I have so much respect for single moms. Being home alone with my kids was a lot harder than I expected it. The perk about my husband's job is he is home with us, and we go to work with him. We support each other. So since my husband was gone, my Princess and I decided to have a girl's night. Ever since we had girl's day in Iowa last year, my Princess loves doing girl's night when we are home alone. … [Read more...]
Strawberry Lemon Cupcakes
This last weekend we decided to make easy yet cute cupcakes for church potluck. We were expecting more guests than normal and wanted to make a larger dessert. My Princess and I made mini sized cupcakes and regular sized cupcakes with the Jell-O poke method. We made Strawberry Lemon Cupcakes by using a lemon cake mix and strawberry Jell-O. and had a pretty good time doing it. We only at one mini cupcake each at the end too. Baking time is in my Princess' top 5 favorite things to do. So I let her … [Read more...]
Baking With Grandma (Almost WordlessWednesday Linky)
This last week my Princess helped my mother, her grandma, make a dump cake for church potluck. My Princess loves making dump cake. This week's dump cake is my mom's recipe: Cherry Pineapple Dump Cake. Baking With Grandma: 1. Mix Cherry and Pineapple on the bottom of the baking dish. 2. Mix yellow cake mix with 1 stick of butter. My mom always melts her butter and then adds it. The mixing of the cake mix and butter is my Princess' favorite part. Top the fruit mix with crumbled cake … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Breakfast Ideas
Do you have Thanksgiving traditions? This year my family has been talking about new Thanksgiving ideas. We usually have a late lunch with family that day. Since we live here on a reservation, I have a large extended family. We usually rent a large facility and do Thanksgiving potluck style. We bring games and play board games and card games and just have fun and laughter together. It is great to connect with the whole family, but isn't cozy and warm like a meal in a home would be. So, in my … [Read more...]
