Great Breakfast Dish

Hey!

Had to share this recipe with you all.  I tried it for Bible study Wednesday and I really enjoyed them!

(Picture borrowed from the link below)

They’re the “Almost Starbucks Blueberry Oat Bars” from Group Recipes.

If you’re needing a good brunchy item…or even a dessert!…these are wonderful! 🙂

Following the Rules?

I’m a first-born, so a natural rule follower by nature.

I floss my teeth daily.  I drive 10 and 2.  My toddlers stay rear facing until the proper weight.  I change the batteries out on the smoke alarms once a year.  I use a meat thermometer nearly daily.  I wash the filters on my vacuum cleaner because the owner’s manual says to!  (And, yes, I read the owner’s manual for my vacuum cleaner…)

I have a confession to make that grinds against the “following the rules” grain: I don’t buy organic, I don’t go to a chiropractor, I don’t exercise daily, I don’t recycle and I use a microwave.  I know, I KNOW!

Chicken Fried Rice (or Dumplings)

I blogged this recipe a year ago, so if you’ve followed for a while, this will be de ja vu.  I blog it again to tell you of a variation that has been a hit with my fam.  Recently, we tried this idea with Skinner Dumpling noodles subbed in for the rice.  It was tasty!  I appreciated the clean up of it much more than the rice–it is tidier when serving children.  (Rice just gets everywhere!)

Decadent Amaretto Chocolate Cupcakes with Amaretto Espresso Icing

Oh my gosh. Okay, obviously I’m not a food photographer. Ignore the picture and please take my word for it!

As I experimented with this recipe today, I frequently bent my knees, threw my head back and closed my eyes.
This is a grand slam…even if I do say so myself. It’s rich, it’s intense and it’s easy.

Mr. Hamburger Helper Marries a Closet Foodie: A Lesson on Marriage

When my husband’s parents divorced when he was fourteen, his Dad said, “You can have everything, I just want our son.”

So the father and son became inseparable and lived in a tiny, sparsely furnished apartment and my husband began bachelorhood at fourteen.  Froot Loops, Pizza, Mountain Dew and Skoal were the breaking bread of this father-son loyalty and Hamburger Helper and Ramen somehow became my husband’s favorite foods.  “Fending for oneself” was a necessity of survival.

Fast forward a little over a decade.