A Working Mom's Guide to Food, Family & Fun
I’m not sure if I have ever mentioned this before, but there are a few things that I simply have no will power against……Pizza, rotel dip, sausage cheese balls, red wine, and the Southern fave hash brown casserole!!! And you know what goes with hash brown casserole like peanut butter goes with jelly?!?!? KETCHUP!!!!!!! Traditional [...]
So, it’s been a minute since I have posted an official “Busy Mom Challenge” meal. Not only can you make this pasta dish in less than 30 minutes, it is also light and healthy. Print Shrimp Pasta with Leeks & Fennel Prep Time: 10 minutesCook Time: 15 minutesTotal Time: 25 minutes Yield: 4 servings Ingredients1 [...]
I recently read one of those hot or not lists on fads that should stay or go from 2012. While she called kale a food fad, she did give props to the nutritional powerhouse. Now I agree that some food fads need to walk calmly and safely to the designated exits. I’m talking to [...]
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 [...]
So, now that the holidays are officially over, it is time to do a little damage control. Fortunately I made it a point to stick to my regular workout routine (see below), but I definitely overindulged in the Christmas spirit in every way, so January MUST be a month of reeling it back [...]
Stuffed pig! That is pretty much what the holidays make me feel like. Self will, be gone and Stretchy Pants, get ready for action. My Christmas countdown also contains a bit of excitement for the countdown until the holiday excuse for overindulgence ends and I can get back on track with my normal daily food [...]
We are getting dangerously close to TURKEY TIME!!! and that means LOADS upon LOADS of extra caloric intake. I, for one, know that since we will be hanging in East Texas at my in-laws ranch there will be a slight bit more butter in those dishes, and I along with every daughter-in-law in the WORLD will not [...]
Fast and easy is not always something that we associate with gourmet and this easy chicken salad melt may just be more resourceful than anything else, but when I am in a hurry in the mornings it is always great to keep things on hand that are easy to make for lunch. I can’t remember where I saw it first, possibly Hungry [...]
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.
