You can buy the little packets at the grocery store, or the big container at costco! if you don’t have some on hand and just need to enjoy taco tuesday, or if your spice drawer is a little too full – just make your own. Verdict: We love this option of making our own taco
Read more

There are always weird combo seasonings out there and if you have seen my spice drawer you know i have most already… until i didn’t. sad face. I had a recipe for low carb chicken salad and it called for a greek seasoning as an ingredient. Of course the first time I wanted to make
Read more

For those times when you need to fancy up your bowl of fruit. I decided i needed a fruit bowl, so of course i get the party size from the cooler section at Costco but then needed a bit more umph as i sat down to consume all the fruit. It was a bit early
Read more

Crazy – another Betty crocker win… She sure knows what she is doing! To make it so that we have less left overs, i halved the recipe and updated it a bit for us! Original called for chicken, but we subbed turkey meat as suggested in the comments. I think it tastes wonderful on super
Read more

When you have a bunch of carrots from the garden or you get excited about the giant bag from costco, here is a way to create some yummy interesting snacks! When the hubby walks in the door with more carrots that a bunny could eat… you get crackin with the food processor. Verdict: I was
Read more

I started to make a recipe and got to a line that said – chipotle crockpot seasoning mix… say what? One of the reasons i got rid of all of my pampered chef cookbooks was they always listed their own cook ware, and tools and mixes and made everything confusing… (but i digress) So i
Read more

When you shred some gouda for one recipe and mis-judge how much cheese is when it shreds… you look up other things to do with it. This was one of the options and since we have been loving the thing that is pimiento cheese with all the cheese, and stuff that one should not mix
Read more

Ages ago I found the best pesto recipe that I have ever used. (of course i modified it from the original, usually left out the mint, and use parmesan cheese instead etc..)I loved it for it’s taste, it’s spice, and it’s affordable price!    This year in the garden we grew carrots, lots of carrots.
Read more

A couple years ago for christmas I decided to make some hot sauce for the hubby. I figured it would be a hoot, but it turned out to be much more! I made it a couple times, first the wrong way, i put the vinegar in with the jalapenos, and then the normal way. It’s
Read more