When I see something on Stephanie's blog , I know I will enjoy it; when she raves about something, I know I will as well.  This ...

It's no secret that my kids are gonzo for Mac and Cheese, so when I saw this recipe, I figured it would be a more sophisticate...

I wasn't thinking when I made this shrimp dish, and served it over plain brown rice.  While it was certainly delicious, I should ...

Ah the days of school lunches.  According to my son, a lot of my favorite lunches still grace the cafeteria (chicken patty, anyone?),...

You may have heard that lunchboxes are no longer what they used to be.  Moms across the internet (and surely Dads too, but they don...

Sometime last year, I reorganized many of the photos on my Photobucket account, and as a result, many of my older blog posts no long...

Making oatmeal in the crockpot has made mornings around here substantially less crazy.  The boys enjoy it and I know I'm giving ...

Happy Super Bowl Sunday!  I hope you have great plans for Game Day; we'll probably watch a little of the game with the boys but ot...

I made these last spring as part of the recipes swap in which I was partaking at the time.  That version used a pineapple-avocado s...

I love making Asian inspired dishes at home.   Of course, nothing is as quick and easy as pulling up to your local Chinese restaurant...

When you look at these cookies, you probably think they're rich and chocolately and delicious.  You'd be correct.  However, what...

I recently participated in a Clean Eating challenge with some friends on Facebook.  For one week, we tried to eat only "clean...

My husband and son just told me they want to be in charge of appetizers this year; we make certain traditional appetizers, and hubby wants t...

I didn't plan lunches this week.  I know, this will go well.  I did, however, have to use some chicken breasts sitting in the fridge, so...

Clearly, I've been horrible about blogging.  But I'm running out of lunch ideas, and can't remember what was successful last yea...

This is one that I made a very long time ago and somehow didn't make again.  So when we had an extra pizza dough from an emergency ...

This recipe had disaster written on it when I realized my supply of quick barley was way lower than I realized and that regular barl...