Chris loves, loves, loves the chance to make a fancy dinner. He’s mastered his skills at folding and crafting his wontons through trial and error and we love this healthy soup! Shrimp and pork wonton soup is something I would never order out at a restaurant or even expect to like, but after trying it […]
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Weekly Meal Plan February 1
Holy heck, our hometown boys just won the Super Bowl! That was the most intense 30 seconds of my life!! Man! That Butler kid sure does deserve a bonus. Way to go boys! Here’s this week’s meal plan for you. Nothing like last minute around here! Just getting it in under the gun! Too much […]
Weekly Meal Plan – January 25
This week we’re looking down the barrel of a major winter storm. Slow Cooker Quinoa Chicken Chili sounds like a nice warm meal for the blizzard. Here’s the meal plan for the rest of the week. What’s your plan for the storm? Sunday: Meatloaf and Mashed Potatoes Monday: Creamy Broccoli Chicken with Shells and Cheese Tuesday: Slow […]
Penne with Sun-Dried Tomato Cream Sauce
As we were meal planning this week, I knew I wanted a yummy pasta that the whole family would eat (yeah right?) I remembered a recent date with Andrew at California Pizza Kitchen where I ordered up Broccoli and Sun Dried Tomato Fusilli with chicken. Andrew devoured it and I cleaned my plate. I want […]
Weekly Meal Plan January 18
This week’s dinner involves Daddy’s famous pizza, which the kids adore and a stash of pulled pork in the freezer from the last time we made it! Is there anything better than dinner that’s ready to go in the freezer? Here’s this week’s meal plan. What are you having for dinner? Weekly Mean Plan Sunday: […]
Cheddar Cheese Soup with Ale and Beer Batter Bread
We hadn’t whipped this one up in a long, long time for some reason. It was an old winter favorite when we lived on Beach Street and the minute that bread hit my mouth tonight, I knew it was going to be so tempting to eat the whole loaf in one go. That beer batter […]
Weekly Meal Plan January 11
Last week’s meal plan was such a huge success, so we’ve decided to keep it going for our own family’s sanity and survival. Although the kids threw some serious fits at the beginning of the week, it did get a little better as the days went on. Emily did the best eating with the least complaining […]
Christmas Morning French Toast Casserole
Last year, I got all fancy and baked up the most delicious french toast we’ve ever had. I found the recipe searching on good old Pinterest and since I wanted our Christmas morning breakfast to be something sweet and special, I decided to put my own twist on Paula Deen’s Pecan Praline Baked French Toast. […]
Roast Chicken Dinner with Carrots and Potatoes
On Sunday morning before venturing off to the 9 o’clock mass, I turned to Chris and said, “Can it be a roast chicken Sunday?” He laughed, smiled and said, “I was JUST about to ask you the same thing.” Roast Chicken Dinner by Mr. Stowed Stuff is one of my all time favorite meals – […]