A Working Mom's Guide to Food, Family & Fun
I am obsessed with my most recent Bon Appetit issue. It is “The Cooking School Issue” and before I could even get beyond the “Pan Roasting” section of this awesome tutorial of a magazine, I was in the kitchen cooking!!! Now, I am sure the BA would be none too thrilled that I used frozen fish [...]
Growing up we had this term called “Doctoring it Up” we would use when we would take something that was premade and just add a few things to make it a little better or make it seem a little more homemade. Our favorite thing my parents would “doctor it up” was Totino’s pizza on Friday nights [...]
In an effort to make a quick and easy sweet potato that didn’t involve the same ole same ole, cook, open, add salt & butter, I decided to get a little creative, but still kept it simple. The sweet got a little sweeter with rich maple syrup, but took on a savory turn with fresh [...]
Believe it or not this qualifies for the Busy Mom Challenge and can be on the table in 30 minutes, but more than that it is also healthy and filling. As we get closer to Thanksgiving, I really try to lighten things up a little and with the anticipation of all the kitchen time to [...]
This is just a pretty plain and straight-forward post for your Sunday Supper. Maybe not for this Sunday since it would be 10 pm before you got to eat, but definitley one to put on the menu for next Sunday. After a little bit of prepwork, set your crockpot, head to church and by dinner [...]
Corny, but gets me every time!! “Under construction” seems to be a recurring theme in my life these days. We bought our house almost 3 years ago and aside from a few cosmetic updates, it was virtually as it was the day it was finished being built in 1987. I am not a huge fan [...]
Oh, Basil! My, Basil! the dreaded wait is done; You started as a little plant and now my gardening has won; The kitchen is near, the food processor I hear, the pesto is forthcoming While fellow bellies try to wait, the hungrier we’re becoming But oh plate! plate! plate! Oh the empty stare of white Where on the stove [...]
Welcome to my blog! I'm Amanda and I am a busy mommy! When the work day is over I drop my heels at the door, slip on my apron and kick domesticity into high gear! I love my family, I love food and I love to have fun. Join me and we can celebrate the joys of life that bring us together.
