Recipes, food, travel, and family
Everything my world finds yummy! We attempt to be healthy. I love my taste buds!
BEST Steak Marinade There is nothing like a perfect steak. A good cut is important but more important is the marinade. This helps to tenderize the meat along with flavoring it. My husband and I love to try out different marinades and have always found them to be to salty. So we started to experiment […]
Easy Black Forest Cake My 10 year old daughter wanted to make dessert for the family. I didn’t feel like running to the store. So we found these ingredients in the house and she made Black Forest Cake. Its a kid made, kid approved dessert. This was her first time making a cake without mom […]
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Manwich for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. A meal can be almost as good as a photo album. We tend to remember a lot of memories surrounded by food. Manwich is one of those foods for me. It brings back a flood of […]
Perfect Pimento Cheese Pimento Cheese is one of my amazing husbands favorite snacks. Its a perfect as a dip for crackers. My husband loves it on crackers with salami. He also eats it on bread as a spread for lunch. Pimento is roasted red chili pepper that is pickled. You can buy them near the […]
Tomato and Cucumber Salad This was my creative attempt to use up some tomato’s and cucumbers before they went bad. I didn’t have any lettuce to make a salad and came up with tomato and cucumber salad recipe. Tomato and Cucumber Salad Recipe Ingredients: 1 large cucumber chopped into bite size chunks 1/2 red onion […]
Crockpot Red Beans and Rice As a child I didn’t care for beans. My mom had a rule that we had to eat it unless we hated it. Beans was just a dislike for me so I had to eat it. Now as an adult I love beans. I sick the step of soaking the […]
Strawberry Cream Cheese Dip OMG! I threw this together for my daughter’s girl scouts valentines party that I forgot about! So I whipped this together. Its great for anytime of year too! Serve with graham crackers or sliced fruit. I personally loved it with the apples and the chocolate graham crackers best. Strawberry Cream Cheese […]
Creamy Crockpot Split Pea Soup This creamy crockpot split pea soup is amazing and really easy! Split pea soup with ham is perfect for a cold day. Try it cold on a nice summer day! I like to eat it either way. When I am warming it up the next day I usually eat a […]
Sweet Heart Drink Want a special treat for Valentines day but don’t have a bunch of money? Or just want a new special treat? I bought everything from the Dollar Tree store, including the glasses and straws. These are a great way to fancy up an Valentines Day plans. I made these for my […]
SEAHAWK-TINI a Seattle Seahawks Cocktail I am a Seattle Seahawks fan! Of Course I am really excited that they are going to the Super Bowl again. We are having a small party for Super Bowl. The Seahawk-tini can be served with or without alcohol. Ingredients: 2 shots appletini mix 1 shot white rum 1/2 cup […]
Fantastic French Onion Soup I grew up eating soup from a can. French onion was the one my mom put in our roast. I will be posting that recipe someday. I have also seen some commercials for french onion soup at some popular restaurants (can’t recall which one though). So I started making my own […]
1 hour Potato Soup Potato soup is one of my favorite soups. I like it better than mashed potatoes! My family likes their potato soup chunky, if you like it smoother don’t reserve the 2 cups and mash until smooth. The flavor of this soup seems like it has cooked all day! It’s an easy […]
