It seems all I am posting lately is The 3 Day updates or camping recipes. I’m sorry. But it is what is occupying my life right now. I had so much fun planning our camping recipes for the Grand Canyon and I think I did a good job finding some that were kid friendly. I do believe though, that this is the last one (for now). And this one…it’s a good one! Grilled Pizza Sandwich’s! Now, the pictures in this post show how to do this recipe at home,...
I actually had a really good time planning our week long camping trip to the Grand Canyon. Really, if you’ve ever been camping, you spend a lot of energy and time on planning menus. You want it to be good, but have easy clean up and easy storage. It’s not like you can bring your giant kitchen pantry and refrigerator with you. I found the perfect camping recipe for Chicken Fajitas that is both delicious and (almost) mess free. Supplies needed: boneless/skinless chicken breast (1 for each camper) taco...
Did you know that you can still have warm gooey cinnamon rolls even while “roughing” it? I learned, while at the Grand Canyon last week, that I could “bake” cinnamon rolls right on the campfire. It really kind of happened by accident, but we’ll keep that between you and me. I actually found a recipe on this site that explained how to bake canned cinnamon rolls inside a hollowed out orange. This was my original plan. Until a squashed orange and a hot trailer compartment molded my oranges and...
I can’t believe I went my whole life never knowing how delicious home made (or Simple) syrup was! Why didn’t anyone tell me? Well, apparently, my mother made it for me and my brother when we were kids because she was to poor to buy it in the store. But I don’t remember. A few weeks ago (well, January) I wrote a post about how I was feeling pretty sucky as a mom and so I bought myself this new cookbook with tips for home made cooking on a...
I don’t really get into religion at all here. I feel it’s personal and there is nothing I can say that will ever change your mind about your own beliefs…so I don’t bother. But with Easter approaching, I just wanted to share something that I have been doing with my boys at Easter time. Actually, I think this will be the first year I’ve done it with the twins since they are finally old enough to participate and understand (if only a little). I am not Catholic, but this...
You know I’m on a quest to be a better mommy and try some new things in the kitchen, right? The new cookbook I have been working out of is Family Feasts for $75 a Week: A Penny-wise Mom Shares Her Recipe for Cutting Hundreds from Your Monthly Food Bill. So far the couple recipes I’ve tried have been great! Throughout the book, the author shares little tips and tricks for making prep easy, cheap and fun. Well one tip that she shared was to put vanilla ice cream...
My very favorite treat to make at Christmas is Peanut Butter Bon Bon’s. It’s a recipe my mom got from an old friend when I was a child. So I have been enjoying this most of my life. It was always fun to go to my mom’s house for a day of Christmas candy making. This year, for some reason, we made candy separately. Maybe since we live next door to each other it’s not quite as novel to get together since we see each other ever day? Either...
