This week was a double treat week! With Valentine’s Day approaching I wanted to send some extra goodies along to ‘my’ soldiers! First up… Chewy Chocolate Mint Cookies. I don’t know a single person that doesn’t enjoy this flavor combination and since I have been focusing on treats that kids can easily help with, this … Continue reading
My house smells yummy today! One of our house favorites is mingling in the crockpot and I can hardly wait for dinner! This recipe is an altered version originally based on a chicken chili recipe from Food Network’s Giada De Laurentis (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/white-bean-and-chicken-chili-recipe/index.html). A friend of mine passed it on to me last year and I … Continue reading
For weeks I’ve been getting an almost daily countdown to the 100th day of school from my Kindergartner. I’m not sure where this phenomenon started, but it’s a big deal in our school! I had never heard of it until last year while paging through the book order forms and seeing multiple books referring to the … Continue reading
Sorry for the delay in posting this week’s menu, time has not been my friend the past few days! We are on week 3 of our household’s Eat From The Pantry Challenge and I admit, week 2 was not as successful as week 1. Due to a busy week and schedule changes, we veered away … Continue reading
Last night I had the opportunity to go to the grocery store… unrushed and KID FREE! To some that means nothing, but to me it is a milestone. Normally I am super rushed trying to get as many errands completed during preschool hours as I can and evening trips with the kids are out of … Continue reading
If you have kids, especially little girls you inevitably have what I call ‘craft bits’ in different nooks & crannies of your house. Today while looking through the craft supply baskets in search of colored pipe cleaners for a birthday party project, I found it was time to figure out a better way or storage. … Continue reading
I don’t want to become a habitual poster, but after my earlier post I found out it was National Peanut Butter Day!!! So I had to try this recipe originally shared with me by my SIL via Pinterest! I again did some tweaking to the original recipe from Smashed Peas & Carrots and ran the variation … Continue reading
FINALLY!!! This new recipe is a carryover from last week’s dinner menu, it has also been tagged in my email since 2009! I do not know the original source, but based on the time I saved this I am only to assume that it came from a Weight Watchers message board. Like almost every recipe, … Continue reading
Week 1 of our household Eat From The Pantry Challenge is over!!! We tried hard to stick with the meal schedule and succeeded… for the most part. A few lunches were rearranged but we stuck to the same meals, just on different days due to my (almost) 4yr old’s daily selection. Wednesday’s dinner of Chicken … Continue reading
It’s only been a few days since my first Treats for Troops post but I thought with a big football weekend upon us that it would be perfect timing to share this recipe. I first made these pretzels back before Christmas as a special request from my soldier overseas. I ended up making ten batches … Continue reading
My Life In A Jar 