Easter

Last week was so much fun...makes me want it to be Summer break!

The kiddos and I had so much fun!

We did some sightseeing and ate some great food.

We got ready for Easter by making these yummy creations...

Baby Chicks

 Coloring eggs using kool-aid...found on Pinterest, of course!

Making our traditional Polish bread and cutout cookies and homemade peanut butter eggs with homemade marshmallow fluff....who knew!  The peanut butter eggs were so divine!

For Easter we traveled to Chicago to see this cute one....

and hangout with cousins....

To bad Tuesday had to roll around!

Back to reality!

Summer break can't come soon enough....only 37 more school days to go!

Spring Break

I have been on Spring Break this week.

So it has been a huge catch up week for me!

While the kids were in school, I was able to go out to lunch with friends, move winter clothes out and bring spring clothes in and make a bunch of foods to put into the freezer.

We are so busy these days, usually over the dinner hour that it is easier for us to eat an early dinner and have a big snack after everyone is showered.

So this is what I made:

This is one of our all time favorite recipes.

My daughter loves to grab these for a treat for her lunch.

It is from Cooking Light.  We have made it for years.

I love that I can adapt it by using brown rice.

Rice Pudding

Next I made these yummy treats!

Of course I found the recipe on Pinterest.

Creamy Chicken Taquitos

These are delicious and not fried!

I baked them and then froze them, easy to grab and reheat.

I also made Calzones and Baked Mac and Cheese.

Both are homemade recipes that I put together after experimenting and that work best for our family.

I had some other things I was going to make but just didn't get to it!

Lastly, I froze a huge tray of banana slices, which we use in smoothies.

It has been a great week of sun and fun! 

Goodness I hope the weather is this great where we are going for Spring Break!

Now time to clean....we are having a St. Patrick's Day party tomorrow night, after all of the other festivities are done.

Homemade corn beef and cabbage and of course pastrami fresh off the smoker!

Have a great weekend!

Recipes from Pinterest

So a couple of weekends ago, I went on a girls weekend with some dear friends.

We decided to do all of our own cooking this year.

I offered to make all of the entrees and the other ladies brought snacks, dessert and of course wine!

I gathered my recipes from Pinterest.

I have been pinning for a while and this was a perfect opportunity to make a variety of recipes

with a group of ladies that would be honest about how they rated!

The first recipe was Chicken Parmesan.

This was so easy to make and was fabulous!

Chicken Parmesan

The next recipe was Beef Enchiladas.

These were made in the crock pot which was perfect for the day I traveled.

Crock Pot Enchilads

The last recipe I used from Pinterest was...

Ham and Cheese Sliders

These were super easy to assemble and I made them a day ahead.

I had a couple of other recipes I made that were not from Pinterest to round out our food.

We all decided that the recipes were keepers!

If you are looking for easy and very tasty recipes, I would recommend you try any of the the above!

Thanks to my friends that are such great taste testers!