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Last night I stopped and picked up some burgers for the hubby to grill for dinner. Usually we make our own burgers but we had a long day full of yard work and sometimes pre-made is just the way to go. I’m not all about beef burgers, so I whipped up a tasty little ‘dilla […]

Remember about 8 weeks ago when I spent a morning preparing meals to freeze? Well they’re still serving us well! On Sunday I pulled a few slices of meatloaf out of the freezer and put them in the fridge to thaw. When I got home from work on Monday, I pulled the slices out and […]

One of my absolute favorite things about summer is making kabobs on the grill. There’s something about cutting up all of the vegetables that I find very therapeutic. And I love threading them onto the skewers and picking out what pattern they’re going to go in. Ok, so I may be a little weird….but that’s […]

Recently, my father-in-law found a new job after being out of work for a while. We went out to dinner to celebrate but I wanted to bring him some dessert. He’s a big brownie fan, so that’s where I started…but I knew I wanted to take it up a notch. He’s also a big of […]

I would imagine that most of you who read this blog subscribe to at least one food magazine. Everyone has their favorite. Mine happens to be Cooking Light. It’s like an old friend to me…always there…dependable…never lets me down 🙂 When I got the most recent issue and saw this Shrimp Cobb Salad on the […]

This week we’re focusing on simple dinners. 1) Because they’ve become a necessity in my life and 2) Because they’re awesome. In case you haven’t looked at the calendar lately, it’s already May! You know what that means? Cinco de Mayo is coming up! I thought I should whip up a Mexican-inspired recipe to get […]