Though I did vote today, I am actually referring to the weekly menu in our house. The 10 year-old has requested tacos every Tuesday. Taco Tuesday. We’ve been doing this for about a month. It is one night of the week where dinner is done in a snap, tacos couldn’t be easier. Tonight we tried…
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Halloween Festivities
What a beautiful day we had for Halloween. Sure it was a bit chilly when you were not in the sun, but it could have been a ton worse. I swear it rained or was freezing every year growing up. We spent the day at a friend’s block party before heading out to trick or…
Full Circle {Pumpkin Taco Dip}
This blog all started with me posting during the Halloween party preparations. Here we are again! This past weekend we had our Halloween party, 10th year running. There were a ton of fun costumes, great food, lots of friends. Most importantly, no rain. Mother nature is clearly a fan, we have had favorable weather all…
Halloween Snack Mix
I have been making this snack mix for years, it gets devoured by kids and adults. The salty sweet is such a good combination, the tang of the cranberries adds the unexpected. It couldn’t be easier to throw together and the colors are perfect for fall. Halloween Snack Mix Author: Jacky Hackett Prep time: 10…
Caramel Apple Pie Filling
Thinking ahead to holidays I got some apples from the farmer’s market and used my weekend in the kitchen to get a jump start on pie making. I am not a huge baker, the necessary precision is my down fall, so any help to make it easier is welcome. Especially this year since we will…
Green Tomato Jam
My favorite use on all the green tomatoes I got from my garden at the end of the season is this Green Tomato Jam With Ginger. Ginger is one of my favorite flavors and it works perfect with the green tomatoes. The only change I made to the recipe was to add in fresh ground…
Season’s End
While the husband was in East Lansing celebrate the big win I spent the weekend in the kitchen. Like all weekend. Totally by choice though, I was really looking forward to it. I wanted to get some of the end of the season goods canned and ready to enjoy come winter. As planned I…
White Lightning Chili
Chili weather is officially upon us in Chicago! Next weekend is the big chili cook-off at our Blocktoberfest. I haven’t decided what I am going to enter, but I do have it narrowed down to three options. Better figured it out soon! Here is the recipe I made last year that won me a delicious…
Not So Extreme Makeover
Lots of fall vegetables on-hand from the farmer. I transformed them into roasted vegetables. Easy peasy! Roasted Vegetables carrots winter squash new potatoes sweet potatoes beets brussels sprouts fennel Cut vegetables of choice in a similar size dice. Toss in olive oil and salt to coat. Roast 40 minutes at 400 degrees. On a cold…
Ham and Cheese, All Grown Up
We finished off our weekend getaway at the County Line Orchardin Hobart, IN. A friend recommended it and since it was right on our way home from New Buffalo we stopped to check it out. The place is HUGE. I am glad we went on a Monday, I bet it is über crowded on the weekends. …