Chicken Pot Pie for 7

Trying to feed 7 people every night is a challenge, epecially in a family full of foodies. I try to avoid making the same foods repeatedly while staying in a budget. I, like most people, don’t have the money for gourmet meals but my family wants excellent food that won’t leave them hungry an hour [...]

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Cranberry Lemon Bread

I bought a bag of cranberries for chewy granola bar things and only used half of it so I needed to find another use. Ta-Da, lemon cranberry bread. Simple, quick and soo good with a lemon glaze. I just used a basic quick bread recipe, increased the sugar a bit and added lemon and [...]

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Soft and chewy sugar cookie bliss

Few things make me as happy as a sugar cookie. Not the grocery store kind though, those are an abomination of sugar and blech. I’m sure when the world ends all we’ll be left with is Pamela Anderson’s boobs and grocery store sugar cookies.
I found this recipe at Baking Beauties and it is sugar [...]

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Chocolate peanut butter bars (or kid crack)

I forgot to bake. I was distracted by internet window shopping and didn’t realize my kids were going to be home in an hour. With nothing started I made a mad dash to the cupboard. When all else fails, kid crack is the answer.  No single food item in my house is as well [...]

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