Adding a Little BBQ Decor for Summer!

kingsford charcoal grill

I know, most of you are sprucing up your backyards with flowers but around here in Texas, we spruce up with a new grill!  We’ve been cooking on charcoal for a while now on one of those little bitty grills and finally decided it was time to upgrade to something bigger. Do you guys remember… [Continue Reading]

MyCoupons.com, Helping You Save for Father’s Day!

mycoupons.com

Let’s talk about Father’s Day!  It is right around the corner, so isn’t it a good time to go out and get something special for dad? There are so many options and it is always tough to find the right gift.  Here is some help; Check out a site called MyCoupons.com.  This site compiles hundreds… [Continue Reading]

Monday’s Menu – Beef

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If you don’t follow me on facebook, then you won’t know that I’m ‘going Dave Ramsey’.   I’ve created a plan that includes my budget, my debts, and my investments. One of our biggest money wasters is food.  Apparently we eat a lot.  Whether it’s in town, snacks, or just good home cooked meals..it’s a lot… [Continue Reading]

Asparagus Frittata

Asparagus Frittata

This recipe was submitted by Rachel S for May’s Food Challenge. If you have a recipe with eggs in it, you can enter too! Check it out ’cause there’s a great prize! Thanks Rachel for entering! INGREDIENTS: 8 Eggs Shredding Mozzarella Cheese Asparagus Onions Butter Salt/Pepper (I followed a recipe I found here: http://www.musingsofahousewife.com/2011/05/asparagus-frittata.html –… [Continue Reading]

Healthy For the Soul Egg Biscuits

Egg Biscuits

This recipe was submitted by Sherri for May’s Food Challenge.  If you have a recipe with eggs in it, you can enter too! Check it out ’cause there’s a great prize!  Thanks Sherri for entering! Ingredients 12 frozen biscuits 12 oz country ham, thinly sliced 3 lg Egglands Best Eggs 1/2 med habanero pepper, finely… [Continue Reading]

Mini Apple Pies with Breville’s Pie Maker

Mini Apple Pie

Anything mini is cute ain’t it? Especially food like mini pies, cupcakes, and bundt cakes. I loved making mini banana loaves during the holidays and give them as gifts but I have to say, my new food gift will probably be mini pies!  I was given this Breville Pie Maker a while back to review… [Continue Reading]

May Food Challenge

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I know you’ve all anxiously awaited the results to March’s Food Challenge and I apologize for the delay.  I hope you all can understand that I just had too much going on offline that I was barely online. In fact, I think I only wrote 1 or 2 posts in April. All future food challenges… [Continue Reading]

Buttery Shrimp Scampi with Linguine

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Republishing from May 1, 2008. Thought I’d bring back a few old ones….. Just because we get our beef free doesn’t mean we don’t splurge on some shrimp scampi every now and then!  My family (except me) LOVES, LOVES shrimp.  This is a super FAST meal to make, in fact, I would put it in the 30-minute category,… [Continue Reading]