Chalupa Salad
Recipe originally published 8/9/2013 Photos and text have been updated Growing up my family ate a dish we called Chalupa. It was always a favorite for us kids because it meant everyone got a little something they liked. Whether it was the rice – blech – olives, tomato sauce, cheese, or chips, we all had something […]
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Weekend Bites #51 Menu Planning
New to Weekend Bites? Here’s the run down Visit my cohost Debi at Practical Parenting 1. Link up your any food related post below 2. Browse the linky, visit some new blogs, and share if you feel so inclined. 3. Please only link up 3 posts. This lets us visit as many of you as possible. […]
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Foodie Friday Featuring It is a Keeper!
I would love it if you took a moment to visit my co-host Diane at Simple Living and Eating. If you’re new to Foodie Friday, here’s the run down 1. Link up your recipe or any food related post below 2. Browse the linky, visit some new blogs, and share if you feel so inclined. […]
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Easy Meals for Busy Nights with #KraftRecipeMakers
Ever have those nights where you’re running around, picking kids up from school, dropping them off for sports, music, and other extra activities. Then you’ve got a movie date with your spouse, and still need to get quick family meals on the table. I recently came across Kraft Recipe Makers thanks to another […]
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Epic Birthday Cake {Menu Plan}
Mark had a birthday, shout Hooray! We left Friday afternoon to spend the weekend at my parents. They are kind enough to watch our kids for extended periods of time, while Mark and I go on dates. All he wanted for his birthday was a date with me…awe! It’s funny because that’s what I’m always […]
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Meat and Veggie’s X2 {Foodie Friday}
Hosted at Home Maid Simple and Simple Living and Eating I bought some very thinly sliced steak on sale, with the idea I’d do some kind of steak roll. I pulled it out Sunday to use, but while trying to decide what exactly I wanted to experiment with it, and dealing with a sick baby, […]
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Menu Plan Monday 12/10
Well, we still don’t have a set date for moving yet. It’s making me a little crazy, especially with the holidays approaching. We haven’t put up our tree yet, because we’d like to move before Christmas, but we may not. I decided to go ahead and start packing, in hopes it would make our loan […]
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Thanksgiving Traditions {Menu Plan}
Growing up, Thanksgiving was a feast! Both of food and people. Many of our family friends had no family nearby, so we had them over to our house for Thanksgiving. I remember filling our Great Room with 3-4 long folding tables, plus one smaller table for the kids. You could hardly walk around there were […]
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Back on Chocolate! and a Menu Plan
Do you recall me saying I was going to skip chocolate for the month of October? I give up. I’m taking back my chocolate, and completely enjoying it! Here’s what I learned in my attempt to go without chocolate – – I don’t eat a lot of it on a daily basis. But when you […]
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Menu Plan 10/15
Monday – Meatball Sub Casserole with homemade french bread and meatballs Tuesday – Crock pot potato and cheese soup Wednesday – lentil and rice casserole Thursday – Home made pizza Friday and Saturday – fall break/vacation! Snacks snickerdoodles fruit pizza Halloween Snack Mix
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