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Easter Egg Place Cards
Here's an easy project for making Easter Egg Place Cards for your Easter table setting this spring. These are a fun way to decorate the table that you can use year after year because the eggs aren't real and they aren't plastic! Do you use place cards when setting the table for company? Last year […]
How to Grate Your Own Cheese
This week's Thursday's Tip is How to Grate your own Cheese. We all know that pre-packaged cheese contains additives like potato starch or even cellulose to keep the pieces from clumping, and other additives to keep the whole thing from getting moldy. But why put all that in your delicious recipes when […]
Mason Jar Must Haves
A great collection of Mason Jar MUST HAVES for my house and yours! For as long as I can remember, I have loved mason jars. I remember taking a blue mason jar from my grandmother when I was just a teenager to keep in my room. I kept it on my […]
How to Keep Your House Clutter Free
Keeping your house clutter free is something that doesn't take a lot of time to do each day. I love having a clutter-free home. It's really not that hard to do and it really does make a difference in how YOU feel if your home is tidy and put together. So for this week's Quick […]
How to Create a Coffee Bar
After many years of reading my blog I'm sure there are things you think you know about me. But did you know I don't drink coffee? And neither does my husband. It took us quite a few years to even own a coffee pot after we were married. But all that has changed...we have a […]
Bacon Wrapped Cheese Jalapenos
Bacon Wrapped Cheese Jalapenos are the perfect appetizer for your next party! You're going to love the cream cheese filling, not to mention the bacon wrapped around each jalapeno. Check out even more Easy Appetizers you can prepare for your loved ones and friends! Bacon-Wrapped Cheese Jalapeños are guaranteed to be a hit at your […]
Fun Ways to Decorate Easter Eggs
There are so many fun and creative to decorate Easter eggs! You can try dyeing Easter eggs naturally or use the most common way with food coloring. Here are just a few ways you can have fun being creative with your kids. Creative Ideas to Decorate Easter Eggs Do you dye eggs with your children for […]
Pancake Pen for Fun Breakfast Messages
Today starts a new category on the BLOG with our Kitchen Tool Spotlight. Whenever I find a new kitchen tool that really works and helps me out I will share it with you. So for our very first Kitchen Tool Spotlight, we have this Pancake Pen. This post contains […]
Welcome Home Colonel
What a wonderful two weeks we have had here at home... My Colonel is finally home from almost a year long tour of Afghanistan... Our girl with her dad... My mom hugging the Colonel and a few of our neighbors... Gathered around our welcome home sign that we have used THREE times now... Perfect... I'll […]
Psalm 90:14
Scripture Sunday...
Puff Pastry Apple Tart
If baking with pie dough intimidates you, you're going to love how easy this Puff Pastry Apple Tart is that doesn't use traditional pie crust dough. Instead I layer thin apple slices combined with a cinnamon/sugar mixture on top of a single sheet of puff pastry. This puff pastry recipe will defintely impress your family […]
Ham and Cheese Crescent Roll Ups
One of the very first crescent roll recipes shared here on the blog are these ham and cheese crescent roll ups. These sandwiches are an easy lunch, dinner or even appetizer to serve to family and friends. Made with flaky crescent rolls, ham, your favorite cheese and spicy mustard, you are going to love how […]
Roasted Plum Tomatoes
Last week I shared two ways I love to enjoy fresh tomatoes with Tomato Salad and Focaccia. Let me show you how easy it is to enjoy roasted plum tomatoes fresh from the garden this summer. Roasted Plum Tomatoes Ingredients 12 plum tomatoes, cut in half or quartered ¼ cup olive oil 1 tbsp. […]
Tomato Paste
Have you ever had to use Tomato Paste in a recipe? AND the recipe only calls for a tablespoon or two? Here's what to do with the rest of the can... Measure 1 TBS of Tomato Paste and spoon into an ice cube tray and FREEZE. Once frozen, remove and […]
Gallbladder Surgery
So it seems the stomach issues I've been experiencing for the past year have been due a non-functioning gallbladder. I finally was able to have the HIDA scan on Monday. Early Wednesday morning, 1:00 to be exact, I woke up with the same symptoms, pain, pain, pain and horrible vomiting. My Colonel […]
Ham and Cheese Crescent Roll Ups
Today is another COLD one here in PA. It was 2 degrees at 6:30 when Michael left for school. I have no clue how cold it was two hours earlier when My Colonel left for Ft. Dix where he will be training for the next four days. Tonight begins our Foodie Friends Friday Linky […]
How to Make Homemade Colored Sugar
Homemade Colored Sugar is so easy to make and it will help you save money too. Perfect for all your baking needs all year long! Who doesn't use colored sugar to decorate homemade cookies, cakes and cupcakes? I'm sure you have a few bottles of colored sugar in your pantry that you purchased from the grocery […]
Apple Bundles
Who doesn't love apples? Or an EASY apple dish that just happens to be DELICIOUS? Apple Bundles Ingredients: Pie Crust Apples Cinnamon and Sugar Mixture Begin by peeling and slicing your apples. Toss the apple slices in your cinnamon and sugar mixture. I combined ⅓ cup sugar with 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Next, roll out your […]
Garages and Storage
Good Morning! I have a fun question for YOU this week, well at least I think it's fun. "Do YOU have a garage AND can you park your car in the garage?" For the past nine years we have been blessed with having a two car garage. AND have been […]
See How My Garden Grows
This is the first garden the Colonel and I have grown in three years. I've enjoyed the time spent weeding and tilling the soil and watering. We've worked really hard over the last few months and we're beginning to enjoy all the work. Pumpkins... Did you know that there are male and female […]
Chocolate Covered FROZEN Bananas
Chocolate Covered Frozen Bananas are the perfect treat for when you're watching what you eat but still need something sweet at the end of a long day. Something happens when you freeze fruit...they really do taste almost like ice cream. Add melted chocolate and peanut butter and you have another easy dessert recipe for the […]
Mother's Day
19 years ago I celebrated my very first Mother's Day. I still remember how nervous I was getting myself ready for church that morning; not to mention getting Olivia ready. Over the years I have come to LOVE Mother's Day. I love spending the time with my children and especially my Colonel; they always […]
Bacon Cheese Potatoes
Bacon Cheese Potatoes cooked in the crock pot until they are fork tender, cheesy and delicious! Oh and there's bacon too! The other day I mentioned on my Walking on Sunshine Facebook page that I was trying a new recipe for Bacon Cheese Potatoes for dinner. I was pretty excited about it and shared with everyone a picture as […]
Peanut Butter Oatmeal Squares
This week's Something Yummy for my Colonel's Tummy is a DELICIOUS treat... Peanut Butter Oatmeal Squares I made these squares for the Cadets on Sunday and they were so EASY and so DELICIOUS. YES, the Colonel loved them as well. Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened 1 ½ cups packed brown sugar 2 cups old-fashioned […]
Prayer Request...
Today while you are all reading this post, I am at the hospital, in the waiting room, while my mom is having open heart surgery. And the Colonel is on a plane going to Wisconsin to work for the Army until late Sunday evening. The surgery is two-fold: to replace her aorta valve and to […]
Gettysburg
On Saturday The Colonel, his brother and wife and our son Michael all got in the car and made the over 2 hour drive to Gettysburg, PA. I was doing what every other Italian mom was doing the DAY BEFORE EASTER... I was staying home to COOK! So the best I can do is share […]
Easy Egg Rolls
Before I went MIA last week I promised to show you what I made in my new deep fryer that I purchased from the garage sale site that I belong to on Facebook. Egg Rolls... I used the same recipe for the Pork Won Tons post a few months ago. So easy and so delicious! Ingredients: […]
Psalms 1:3
“And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.” Psalms 1:3 As Christians we are to be “like a tree planted by the rivers of water.” Not just a river, but […]
Chocolate Covered Peanuts...
This week's Something Yummy for My Colonel's Tummy is really a favorite of our whole family. Chocolate Covered Peanuts Nothing is more delicious than melted chocolate and peanuts... After some "chilling" time, you have a delicious snack... I could not believe how incredibly easy this recipe was when Olivia and I made them for Christmas. […]
Walk Down Memory Lane
My memories from 2011 ~A good book I read~ The Healing by Wanda Brunstetter I actually finished this book the week before Christmas. It was book number 2 in The Kentucky Brothers series. It was SOOOOO good. BUT... I have to wait till September 2012 for book number 3. And […]
Saturday
Usually on Saturday's I spend a few minutes introducing you to one of the many blogs that I read. And I had hoped to do this today as well, but life gets busy and we're leaving in a little while to pick up our daughter from the airport. She is coming home for CHRISTMAS! She […]
Sausage and Peppers
I've been wanting to share my recipe for Sausage and Peppers for some time, but kept thinking It's Too Simple and Easy. But this morning I thought, "I love SIMPLE and EASY." And besides,who has time to make a recipe that requires 20 ingredients? Sausage and Peppers... Trust me, it's good. It's really good. More importantly,it's really […]
Lasagna Roll Ups
Lasagna Roll Ups Our family loves Italian food. We really could eat it a few times a week, but I try to limit it to just once. I've been making Lasagna Roll Ups for years. When we were first married I would make lasagna the traditional way, in LAYERS, but it was usually a […]
Mean Mom
Yes, I am a Mean Mom. I won't let you drive to work when it's snowing outside and the town we live in forgets to send out the salt trucks. I will pick you up at 11:30 at night because the snow that fell earlier is now turning to ice and the town we live […]
Welcome Home!
Yes, my Colonel is HOME! Took him 6 days to get to us. He arrived home last Wednesday. My son took the pictures and you can he was only focusing on his dad. But that's okay! I do love this one! One big happy family! When he walked through the security gates, the guards started […]
Lucky or Blessed?
Too funny NOT to share with you! The last one is the best! Enjoy!
Happy Father's Day!
If you've been a follower of my blog for some time now, you know how much I miss my dad. He's been gone for 2 years now and I never thought his death would leave such a void in my life. But this post is not about that. It's to say THANK YOU […]
Alarm Clock...
About a year ago I stopped using our clock radio as an alarm. It just kept forgetting to go off! Not a good thing when you have to get up at a certain time to get the kids on the bus or for the Colonel to leave for his drive back down to Ft. Dix […]
Mother's Day
So what do you do when it's Mother's Day and yourhubby is halfway around the world? You make reservations at a really nice luncheon buffet and invite your mother, your cousin visiting from Germany and of course the children. Here's a picture of the restaurant... The fountains around the restaurant... Pretty... The entry way and […]
And We're Back, Sort Of
Not feeling too good. Need some time to try and get over this cough and catch my breath... Literally! I'll be back in a few days.
Does Your Campground Have a BC?
Something VERY funny. The story is told of a lady who was rather old-fashioned, always quite delicate and elegant, especially in her language. She and her husband were planning a week's vacation in Florida, so she wrote to a particular campground asking for a reservation. She wanted to make sure the […]
