a quick and simple slow cooker dinner the whole family will love!

today i made a tortellini crockpot dinner that was delicious and easy…

my st. paddys feast

When I hear the word Campbell’s my mind goes back to a simpler time.  A time when the biggest decision of the day was what type of cereal I should have for breakfast. When my day would consist of play and not coming home till the street light came on, when there were no iPhones, emails to check, or bills to pay. When I hear the word Campbell’s I think of childhood and warm tomato soup with grilled cheese sandwiches, warm cheesy chicken casseroles, etc. Campbell’s was definitely a…

The amazing Marcia Fowler who runs Busy Moms Write was kind enough to ask me how my 100 recipe challenge was going. (She is very considerate that way.)

The truth is that it is…

I absolutely love this pizza! I was craving it so much that I had to call my mom to get the recipe. She also gave me 2 nice tips to make the pizza even more tasty! In Brazil, we call this pizza a "Pizza Portuguesa". What a delicious fusion of flavors from the ham, onions, boiled egg, and kalamata olives! Many might be tempted to leave out one of the ingredients like the boiled egg, onions, or olives, but please don't! All these ingredients are essential, as they work together to create…

It's winter...and there's nothing like a good cup of rich, creamy, and smooth hot cocoa to warm you up... To make it special for grown ups, I added a tiny spoonful of rum...for the underage kiddos, however, you must skip that part of the recipe. Enjoy and have a Happy New Year!



INGREDIENTS (serves 2):

• 2 cups of milk
• 2 packages of Starbucks Double Chocolate Hot Cocoa Mix
• 1/2 cup of Half & Half (creamer)
• 3 Tbsp of table cream (…

Last weekend I was looking for an easy chili recipe that was a little healthier than the traditional ground beef staple.

I found a recipe on Skinny Ms. and my husband and I built off of the one found on the site. We added a few things of our own, including:

• Brown sugar
• Ragu sauce (my husband swears by this when making chili)
• Tabasco sauce - we like our food spicy
• Extra black…

My family expects these for Christmas every year, but didn't think I was going to be able to make them this year because of my recent shoulder surgery. Guess what???? I found a way.. in the crockpot. Yay!!  Remember everything in moderation!!!



Here is one for the holidays

Moderation as always when trying to lose weight…

Here is a healthier muffin recipe.  I like to make them a lot, mainly for my toddler who won’t touch oatmeal (or yogurt, or cream of wheat, or anything of that texture). It still has sugar in it, obviously, but it does make me feel like he is eating at least a little bit of oats and he loves them.  They are not at all overly sweet and are a perfect easy breakfast for the whole family. Read…

I love meals that are easy to fix so that I don’t have to spend hours in the kitchen.  One Sunday afternoon, we were trying to figure out what we wanted to eat for lunch on the way home from church.  My husband suggested that we…

This is a lovely easy to make tea for dark Autumn nights. Its usually a favourite after the kids have been out in the dark trick or treating, and they come back cold and hungry.…

Landscapes across the country are vibrantly changing to a colorful array of russet, orange, gold and shades of red. With that beautiful display of nature’s pageantry, is the excited anticipation of our fall season holidays,…

This is brilliant!! Not only does SALAD IN A JAR save space in your fridge, it also reduces food waste and gets non-salad eaters to mow down daily.

THE ARRANGEMENT From BOTTOM to TOP:

Dressing Shredded carrots Cherry tomatoes Sunflower seeds Hard boiled eggs Baby…

This is a follow-up to my last blog post. I just made more Egg Muffins, and I wanted to share the delicious outcome with you. I changed the recipe a bit and added six organic eggs, chopped onions, grated cheeses and turkey bacon. If you want them to puff up a bit more than use 6 eggs instead of four and cook for 20-25 mins instead of 10-15. Click on…

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Your mother said it; your grandmother said it and doctors agree. However, chances are they don’t live the same hectic and crazy life you do. If you are like me, you probably nibble on stuff, eat a piece of fruit running out the door or you just hang in there until lunch.

So, how do…

Running out of lunch ideas? Just click  the picture below, and your kids will return the cool points you lost after the first week back to school. 

You might not have heard of Celiac disease but it is an autoimmune disease that’s affecting millions of people today. Also known as enteropathy gluten sensitive, Celiac disease is classified as a digestive disorder in which the person’s small intestine lining is destroyed beyond repair. The damage is actually caused by eating food that contains gluten.

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Over the weekend we popped over to a fellow mummy blogger's home to pick up some shelves from her garage sale. While The Husband was dismantling the shelves, Xan and I decided to do a little more shopping. He almost immediately spotted the cookbook among the boxes of books and while flipping through it, he got excited and told me he wanted to make everything in the book. Since it was only $4, it was definately coming home with us.

He wanted to make the Chocolate…