Here’s a delicious meatless meal for the Fridays of Lent, or for any day, for either lunch or dinner! My kids love most vegetables, so these pocket sandwiches are always a real hit with them! They always cheer when they ask what we are having, and they always ask for 2nd one!

I didn’t take any photos in the early stages, as I usually do just for fun. But I think you’ll be able to follow along just fine without them.

Ingredients:

• red peppers
• zucchini
• summer squash
• broccoli
• vegetable oil
• American cheese
• whole wheat

That’s MY bread maker!

He’s a fine bread maker.

And a fine bread maker, too. lol

The bread we go through is crazy, and it’s seemed one of those things you can’t buy enough of, and it’ll go just as quick.  We’re not ‘white bread’ people either, so what we spend on bread can get….tiresome.  So a few weeks back, my hubby decided he’d try making some. After all, he makes a mean pizza dough.  And he had a good book that his parents let us have. (I think.  I’m afraid we borrowed it, and never returned it, but he says no.) … (READ MORE......) | 10 Comments

After our good-intentioned whining spells as of late, about wishing for more comments, we thought you all deserved some nice treat ideas.  The hot cider was one, and just as soon as we get some “I”s, I’ll be posting the easy recipe to that. (Yes, we are relentless.)  (OH….I double posted. So there is a new post, posted before this one, down below if you want to start there. ) In addition to the cider recipe, we’d like to share some steps to this easy, pretty, fun and festive treat!

Last year for our Christmas gathering with some family, we made these pretty pretzel rods drizzled with chocolate.  Our visiting family even wanted to… (READ MORE......) | 8 Comments

I don’t know about you, but sometimes I just want something really crunchy.  I have always loved a good granola -as snacks, toppings or cereal with milk.

When we discovered one of our sons is severely allergic to peanuts, that ruled out almost any granola we checked out in stores. If the granola didn’t actually have peanuts as an ingredient, it was still listed as manufactured on machinery of products with peanuts, and therefor may contain traces of peanuts. (In other words, it may be contaminated with peanuts, and pose a life-threatening danger for our boy.)

So it was time to start making our own granola, to be sure it was peanut-free… (READ MORE......) | 5 Comments

Here’s a soup recipe that’ll be sure to warm your chilled bones.  If you love tacos, you’ll love this taco soup! I do love tacos, and I also love soup. Good soups – which are usually home made of course. I also LOVE Panera Bread’s Broccoli Cheddar Soup (and so do our kids). I had some today as a matter of fact. It was just the pick-me-up I needed in between the stores of a little Christmas shopping.  Ate it in a quiet van.  It was the weirdest experience! lol

Now I didn’t invent this Taco Soup recipe, but I did revise it a bit to make it…well, better!  No one needs as many beans… (READ MORE......) | 1 Comment