foodie

  • Approved Recipes

    It’s always a feel good moment when you receive a compliment on your homemade recipes ~ shared by anyone, but specifically when ‘your people‘ give you a compliment….ya pay attention (…and try not to gasp, lol). One of my Jr… Continue reading

    Approved Recipes
  • Tator-Tot Casserole Double Dose

    There are a few homemade ‘toss-together ingredient’ recipes that are our go-to’s ~ and aside from purchasing tator-tot’s these meals are pretty much all homemade delicious goodness! Continue reading

    Tator-Tot Casserole Double Dose
  • ‘Root Beer Float Popsicles’ for ToleTown

    What I love about creating for ToleTown (found here) (a membership painting group) is it stretches my already over-active imagination! You see, Lorrie of ToleTown provides a topic for each month of the year ~ and then Decorative Art Designers… Continue reading

    ‘Root Beer Float Popsicles’ for ToleTown
  • Homemade BBQ Sauce & a Sloppy Joe BBQ Sandwich

    Instead of reaching for your next bottle of Kraft BBQ Sauce ~ try your hand at creating your very own blend to ‘jar’, save and share too! Continue reading

    Homemade BBQ Sauce & a Sloppy Joe BBQ Sandwich
  • Inspired Creative Living ~ Late Spring

    Cottage Living – Home Projects -adding in the charm. Our ‘Winter Kitchen-Dining Room-Home Project‘ is still progressing…and almost complete, well for now anyway, and most of the work is on my end at this point ~ so it’s a good… Continue reading

    Inspired Creative Living ~ Late Spring
  • Crazy Noodles, or is it Crazy Me?

    Have you ever just looked at something and thought, ‘well why not‘? Well, that was me staring into a Delish Cookbook (found here), page 159 to be exact. The recipe shown was Pizza Rigatoni Pie, with crazy ‘stand-em-up’ noodles. ‘Well,… Continue reading

    Crazy Noodles, or is it Crazy Me?
  • Snips, Clips & Pics

    Chicken Snips, Baking Clips & Spring Pics that is Chicken Snips My favorite Chicken Shredder from Pampered Chef; after many years of devoted service,….just wasn’t up to the task any longer ~ and as every home maker does ‘now-a days’… Continue reading

    Snips, Clips &  Pics
  • Smash Burgers, Smash Potatoes, Smash Cookies

    We’ve spent years perfecting the perfectly plump burger and the cake like cookie and along comes a new trend in baking and cooking…..just smash everything ~ paper thin is in, who knew? Finding myself curious….’well if Martha is doing it,… Continue reading

    Smash Burgers, Smash Potatoes, Smash Cookies
  • Spinach Stuffed Chicken and a Side Salad

    No jarred sauce, no boxed spinach, no bottled dressing, and no bagged croutons ~ now that’s love. ….and here is how it’s made. Continue reading

    Spinach Stuffed Chicken and a Side Salad
  • It’s All in the Presentation ~ Dinner by the Christmas Tree

    Most of my life it has been about the ‘presentation’ ~ whether it is presenting a gift, the view from the front door, to the food we serve, the home we keep and even the table setting on Christmas Day.… Continue reading

    It’s All in the Presentation ~ Dinner by the Christmas Tree