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My tomatoes are out of control! Really, I'm not kidding. They're taller than me and producing more fruit than I know what to do with. So here's the start of recipes using tomatoes 🙂 For this recipe, I used both big beef and lemon drop yellow tomatoes - any type would work.refrigerated pie crust4 whole… Continue reading Tomato Mozzarella Tart
I’ve started to participate in the campaign “Meatless Mondays” and cut out meat from our diet once a week. This week was the first week and I made an awesome recipe. It was so good and my husband had two helpings even for a meat and potatoes guy!2 Tbsp butter12 oz baby bella mushrooms, cut… Continue reading Portobello Mushroom Stroganoff
Our garden is in full force and I'm picking more and more tomatoes every day. Make sure to stop back as I'm planning to try out some new recipes!Anyways, here's a quick salad to use cherry tomatoes. It's very refreshing especially when it's hot out and you don't want to do any cooking - which… Continue reading Cherry Tomato & Cannellini Bean Salad
Yup, I'm back to making muffins 🙂 I had more over-ripe bananas this week (this is becoming a trend here at our house!) and wanted to make muffins, but didn't want just banana muffins. Searching through my Google Reader and my starred items, I found this recipe from Annie's Eats and adapted it slightly to… Continue reading Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal Muffins
Everyone needs to try this drink! It's perfect for those hot summer nights when you need to unwind a little! Thanks for Jenessa for sharing this recipe with my online mom's board. Bottom's up!8 oz frozen limeade concentrate1 bottle light beer1/2 can tequila (using the limeade container)can of watericeIn a blender, add the limeade concentrate,… Continue reading Beergaritas
Just another blueberry bar recipe. I like my other recipe better, but maybe because this year's crop of blueberries were super tart. I should have added more sugar to the blueberries - keep that in mind if you're making this. 3 cups All-purpose Flour3/4 cups Sugar, Divided1/2 tsp Cinnamon1/2 tsp Vanilla2 tsp Milk3/4 cup Butter3… Continue reading Blueberry Crisp Bars
My in-laws had us over to celebrate the 4th of July and also grandmom's birthday. I said I would make something for dessert and was instructed it had to be something with coconut. Hmm..that's a toughy as I don't do much baking with coconut. The only thing that I could think of was German Chocolate… Continue reading Coconut Lover’s Pie
My garden is in full force right (just impatiently waiting for my tomatoes to ripen) and I had an abundance of jalapenos to use. I decided to make jalapeno cheese beer bread. The recipe is from Tasty Kitchen. My husband tried it last night and told me it wasn't good. Umm...thanks dear. I interrupted him… Continue reading Jalapeno Cheese Beer Bread
I'm not a huge fan of potato salad, but wanted to try to find a recipe that I liked since my daughter and husband are big fans of potato salad. I love red potatoes and this was the perfect salad. I adapted it slightly from the original recipe on Allrecipes, but it stll turned out… Continue reading Red Potato Salad
I have a basil plant as part of our little herb garden and it's been a little out of control (kinda like the rest of my garden!). I decided to make some pesto. It's simple and easy and my three year old daughter loved it over her noodles. She asked for green noodles for a… Continue reading Pesto
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