Slow Cooker Ranch Chicken with Red Potatoes

This was a winner. The chicken was moist and flavorful. The potatoes were soft with good flavor too. The kids both asked for more chicken. I didn’t take a picture of mine. One, I forgot. Two, I forgot … Modifications:…

Dijon Panko Honey Salmon

I made this salmon for dinner. I paired it with roasted broccoli and a packaged jasmine rice. Super easy. Easy to clean up. Super fast. Good for a quick week night meal. The only modification I made was no parsley…

Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Rosemary

I have this friend that was a personal chef before he has a brain abscess. He’s doing great now but still working on regaining movement in his right arm. He started this amazing cooking channel on YouTube, The Single Handed…

Ice Painting

I did this activity with the kids today. G was home from school so we needed something to keep us busy. It worked. For a little while. I think the problem was it was too warm outside so the ice…

Vacuum Review Part 2

I FINALLY bought a vacuum. After all the research I talk about here. I ended up with the Shark Vertex Pro Powered Lift-Away Cordless Vacuum with IQ Display I watched several Vacuum Wars videos on all the different cordless stick…

Peanut Butter, Banana, Oatmeal Muffins

These muffins are really similar to ones I have made before. They are really yummy though. modifications/what I did. I used homemade peanut butter. Some recipes don’t like this but with baking, I haven’t had a problem. I used maple…

Kielbasa with Broccoli and Cream

I was inspired to make this from a recipe I found in The Weeknight Dinner Cookbook. I checked it our from the library. I did something similar but changed it up a little. Here’s what we did. Ingredients: 1 package…

Squirt Painting

We were having a rough evening and I needed kids still and mostly quiet so I could cook dinner. Hubs had a meeting so it needed to be something easy. I had colored water left over from bubble painting so…

Pizza Rolls

I love this variation on Mema Pizza. And you can do SO much with it! I used one recipe of the pizza dough and rolled out it out in a long rectangle. Filled it. Rolled it up. Slice. Make sure…

Bubble Art

We did this on a day that was a little too chilly and windy so it didn’t hold their attention long. But I think it would have worked better if the weather was nicer or we did it inside. Supplies…