: Life is hard. God is good. We need each other.
This simple recipe for chicken & noodles in the slow cooker comes out tasting like old fashioned comfort food. Almost in chicken & dumpling territory, this dish is certain to hit the spot.
This recipe is stupid simple.
And it is so, SO good. My eyes are closed and I am sighing a little thinking about it. That’s how good it is.
You need to make it.
These cottage cheese oat pancakes feel too simple to taste as good as they do. They are quick to whip up in the blender, and are a good source of protein.
I was talking with a friend of mine recently about milk. Specifically, foods that kind of require an ice cold glass of milk alongside them. What would be on your list? Pancakes were at the top of ours.
I have a recipe for the perfect pancakes, and I stand by that. But sometimes you want the comfort of pancakes, but are trying to slip a little more protein into your day. This is the recipe for those days.
The image we have in our head of what a strong woman looks like may not be very accurate. Maybe strength can look different. And maybe we’re stronger than we think.
I used to think that I came from a long line of strong women. I actually come from a long line of bossy women. (That’s not to say they’re not also strong.) What I’ve learned is that what many of us identify as strength is really just dominance.
Can strength look like that sometimes? For sure. But simply being pushy is not what true strength is. I heard Snoop Dogg say recently (yes, I am quoting Snoop Dogg) that “a lot of times when we wanna be a boss…we too bossy.”
Preach it, Snoop.
Being bossy or assertive or dominant…those things are more about personality than strength. Real strength shows up in far more subtle ways.
These oatmeal creme pie sandwich cookies are a special treat that are filled with sweet gooey nostalgia. Brown sugar oatmeal cookies with a marshmallow-ey filling. They’re easy to make, too!
Sometimes you’re looking for a quick cookie recipe to knock out a sweet treat. Other times, you want to take the time to make something a little more involved. These special goodies are for those days. Not that they’re difficult. They’re cookies. But sandwich cookies simply have a few more steps…steps that are worth it.
I made this recipe a long long time ago, and then it drifted to the back of my recipe box. (Anyone else have a recipe box, or are you pretty much all digital now?) Somehow I didn’t make them again until last week.
My sweet daughter-in-law and perfect grandbaby spent the day with me recently. We made a couple of changes from the original that, I think, take them through the roof…and I think I’ll be making them more frequently now.
Super simple chocolate cake with fudge icing made ‘magically’ with no eggs. Perfect for a birthday cake or a sweet snack.
Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. Pretty much every birthday until I discovered German Chocolate frosting and switched things up on occasion.
And this was the recipe my mom made. When I was old enough to read and saw that the recipe was called ‘Magic Fudge Cake’ I asked her why. “Because it doesn’t use any eggs,” was the answer.
Unimpressed, I wondered why that mattered. Big deal, who doesn’t have eggs.
Fast forward to 2023, and here I am regretting not having chickens anymore. Yikes, right?!
So…with the price of eggs at a premium, perhaps you’ll enjoy having this little baby in your back pocket.
Need ideas for a Winnie-the-Pooh themed party? Menu ideas, decorations, and free printable labels make it truly no bother!
When I taught second grade, I had a lot of opportunities to be creative. Then I had babies, at the height of the scrapbooking craze, and that was my creative outlet. Birthday parties… yes, please. We had character parties like The Wiggles and Thomas the Tank Engine, but also themes like the Farm, Construction, Pirates, and Spy parties.
So I love it when I get the chance to flex my creative ‘theme party’ muscles now and then. And the thing is, planning a fun theme doesn’t have to be stressful. It doesn’t even have to be a party… we have occasional girls movie nights that we try to theme a snack to our movie. [I recently had a weekend with two days of themed get-togethers in a row: Bluey season 3 drop party, and #teamJohnny movie night, ask me in the comments and I’ll tell you all about them!]
But recently, I got to host a sweet baby shower for my daughter-in-law with a Winnie-the-Pooh theme.