Slow Cooker Recipe - Beef Stroganoff

This is another recipe I like that is quick to prepare and the slow cooker does the rest of the work. I modified the recipe by adding a whole pack of baby bella mushrooms and using sour cream instead of cream cheese. Delicious!

Comfort Foods All Day!

I finally got a chance to use my Christmas present - Eggnog Waffles from Williams Sonoma. The whole house smelled so good while I was making them. I served it with some uncured apple gouda sausages and mixed fruit. Very tasty!

And for dinner, I made the modified "Shipwreck Dinner" with chicken sausage which is one of my favorite quick fix dinners.

Paletas Anyone?

I read about Paletas Betty in the Phoenix Magazine and have been wanting to try it. It is a cute little place in downtown Chandler. So, instead of our usual Friday night frozen yogurt, I decided to take the kiddos to try some paletas. We got the lemon drop and the mexican hot chocolate flavors. Well, Ethan prefers frozen yogurt (as you can get toppings) and Hayley ate almost the whole thing. I know I will be back....

Mexican Dinner

It's my day to try a new recipe and I found a Chilaquiles recipe at the back of the nacho/taco cheese package. It was very simple to make and actually tasted pretty good. Instead of serving with tortilla chips, I served it with taco shells along with Spanish rice, homemade guacamole, roasted asparagus and mushrooms. The chilaquiles was a little spicy for the kids, but they still ate some. Ethan actually liked the guacamole and Hayley just picked at everything. Then we ended dinner with sun butter puffs which everyone enjoyed. Finally I found a recipe that uses sun butter as a substitue for peanut butter, thanks to my friend, Christy.

New Way to Scrapbook - Becky Higgins

A friend of mine told me about this easy way to journal and scrapbook using Becky Higgins' Project Life. After reading her blog and my friend's blog, I was sold and bought myself one as well. I just received it today and can't wait to start. Now, I have to get organized and get the pictures printed.

Stuffed Mushrooms

I've always loved to eat stuffed mushrooms and thought that they were too complicated to make, but I found the easiest recipe and have been making them regularly. I might explore different variation of recipes as well.

Yummie Chili

I was looking for a good chili recipe and came across this from Paula Deen's son, Jamie. The recipe calls for ground beef and sausage, but I used ground turkey and sausage instead. I also put quite a bit of chili powder and had a little kick to it. It turned out very yummie. I especially like to eat it with tortilla chips. It tasted even better the next day. I will be making this again.

Happy Valentine's Day - early