A Working Mom's Guide to Food, Family & Fun
You’re my rainbow, you’re my star, you’re my bright red cookie jar. You’re my goldfish, you’re my pie, you’re the apple of my eye. You’re my daisy, you’re my vine, you’re my own true Valentine! Print Chocolate Cherry Pancakes Prep Time: 5 minutesCook Time: 10 minutesTotal Time: 15 minutes Yield: 10-12 pancakes A festive breakfast [...]
Christmas Eve Lasagna has been a part of my Christmas traditions for many years. The tradition of having lasagna on Christmas Eve started many years ago with a family that will always be very dear to me. Every year we would attend Christmas Eve service and then head home to eat lasagna and watch [...]
This year Hunter had his great buddy Parker over to decorate cookies for Santa. We set the table ready to decorate with pre-baked cookies, lots of sprinkles and, of course, red, green and white icing. Those little cookie monsters had a blast and even left a few for Santa to set out tonight!! We better [...]
This is truly a family favorite at my house and makes the PERFECT breakfast for Christmas morning. You can put it together the night before and set it out for about 10 minutes while the oven preheats and then let it cook while you open your gifts. It is easy to serve, easy to eat [...]
My very favorite ice cream flavor is WITHOUT A DOUBT mint chocolate chip. I remember as a kid going to Baskin Robbins and getting a giant waffle cone and having them fill it as full as they could and eating every bite of it! Many years ago after I overcame my cheesecake fear, I [...]
This past Thanksgiving we headed out on a 10 hour trip to visit my in-laws in East Texas. They live in a little town between Longview and Tyler called Daingerfield. You truly know you are a city girl when you are in East Texas. You have to drive somewhere to get anywhere, but it is [...]
It is a rare occasion when my husband requests that we have people over for dinner. I think this is likely true for 75% of men in relationships. Typically our weekends involve me telling him what our plans are or who we are having over for dinner, but for some reason he got the hankering [...]
A dinner party’s delight, this spinach salad with a champagne vinaigrette will add festive color to your menu. It can be the light start to your progressively heavier dinner lineup or can be served for a ladies lunch followed by grilled fish and seasonal vegetables. Whatever the case, your table will be sad without this beaut! [...]
I love getting mail this time of year! I set aside my usual hopes of getting that letter from Ed McMahon that we have won the Sweepstakes that will pay all the bills that seem to come instead and revel in all the precious Christmas cards that we receive. But before our mailbox gets flooded [...]
I KNOW I have said many time before, but I LOVE red wine!! My love for this gorgeous vino surpasses time of day or time of year. Give me a good heavy Napa cab at 58 degrees and color this girl happy. HOWEVER…….I realize that not everyone shares the exact same love as I do, [...]
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.
