Any Day Enchiladas
These beef enchiladas are easy and inexpensive to make, and very filling. Especially if you serve them with beans and rice. Depending on what chili powder you use, they can […]
Craft | Glow Jar Craft
It was surprisingly hard to photograph the glowing. The picture doesn’t do it justice, it really does look beautiful in the dark. I’ve been seeing this sort of thing all […]
Filthy Martini
Last year, I found out that my son’s friends used to steal my snacking olives. The little bass turds! I kept a small jar of green olives in the fridge and […]
January 2017
So, how was your 2016? Of course, everyone lost some big icons of the entertainment world, evil people did evil things, and we all endured a presidential campaign that hopefully […]
Beef Stew
Please excuse the photo! My camera battery was flat when I went to get a picture and I ended up having to use my phone. Needless to say, my phone […]
December 2016
The whole year is gone 30 days from today, and this year went by scary fast! I’m going to try and keep myself in a positive frame of mind and enjoy this […]
Turkey & Mushroom Pie
I actually bought a small turkey breast and baked it specifically to make this pie, and I often bake chicken breasts specifically to make this pie. Although, I also like […]
Old-Fashion Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
This recipe makes cookies that taste like the cookies I hated when I was a kid… Seriously, I hated them! I never liked raisins or molasses until I was an adult. […]
Craft | Thanksgiving Napkin Rings Craft
For Thanksgiving this year, my granddaughter and I made some really simple and easy napkin rings. Our family’s Thanksgivings are pretty informal so our design is not fancy, but they are nice […]
Our 5 Year Chanceiversary
On November 7th, 2016 we’ve spent five years with this guy! All in all, he’s a pretty good guy to live with too. The occasional hairball, a lot of weird […]
Quick Easy Waffles
So why are these “easy” waffles? NO WHIPPING EGG WHITES! I am not a fan of elaborate recipes first thing in the morning. I don’t want to be separating eggs, […]
November 2016
Is it just me, or has this year just shot by? I can hardly believe it’s already November! Although this is my favorite part of the year (with Thanksgiving and […]
Sweet Potato Pie
In my family, we have pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving. We always have and probably always will. However, when I was living abroad canned pumpkin was difficult to find and a […]
Horror Films – Big List & Little List
When I was 4 my parents took me to see The Million Dollar Duck at the drive-in theater. Just the three of us. I had on my PJs, I had […]
Breakfast Sausage Patties
There is a serious lack of decent breakfast sausage where I live. I admit I’ve not gone to a butcher, but in the half dozen shops that I’ve been to […]
Craft | Halloween Candy Bands
I buy “fun size” candy bars for Halloween. Though I disagree that they are fun size, surely the biggest candy bar versions are the fun sized? Anywho, to dress them […]
Chicken Curry III
So, this is my third chicken curry recipe. It’s “the easy one”. No special ingredients, nothing exotic you have to order off the internet, nothing you can’t pronounce or don’t […]
October 2016
October is one of my favorite months of the year, and it always has been as far back as I can remember. The leaves changing color, the cooler nights, the […]
Alex’s Giant Sunflower Cupcakes
Sunflowers are my favorite flower! These cupcakes made by my granddaughter not only look like sunflowers, the frosting is actually made from sun butter, which is like peanut butter but […]
My Patio Garden 2016 – II of III & III of III
So if you’ve read my first of the month post for September, you know I moved abruptly. If didn’t read it, then FYI I moved abruptly! I moved to a […]
No Leaf Salad
I’ve heard it called cucumber salad, pickled salad and even onion salad. I call it no leaf salad because one night I had prepped some veggies to go on a […]
“Beans”
So why the quote marks? Because there are so many types of beans out there, but my family has always called this type of beans just “Beans”. When I was […]
September 2016
Did you notice I seem to be missing a whole lotta blog posts from last month? Well, a few things have happened that affected me and my blogging significantly… some […]
Pico de Gallo
A lot of people call this salsa, and that isn’t wrong. It is in fact, an uncooked salsa or “salsa fresca”. Its name actually translates to “rooster’s beak”, because people […]
August 2016
It seems that so far every 1st of the month post has been a count up of the months past, so now that we’re over the halfway mark it’s time […]
Strawberry Cream Cake
In California, strawberries are everywhere right now, but this recipe is an “all-year-rounder” made with frozen strawberries. You could use fresh, but in a few months when they cost 3 […]
I’m Warcrafting Again!
Ok so, I started up playing Warcraft… again! I played on the EU realms from pretty much the beginning, then quit in 2011 just before relocating back to the US. […]