Recipes, food, travel, and family
Throwback Thursday Onion Stuffed with Meatloaf Today is throwback Thursday and a day that I will be updating an old recipe. It also throwback to my days as a little girl, my mom worked night and my dad made dinner. Every Thursday was meatloaf night. My dad burned everything when mom first started nights. Now […]
Buffalo Chicken Casserole Recipe Our family loves to eat some buffalo chicken wings. We have fried, grilled, and baked them. I was craving wings one day and didn’t want to get off my booty to go to the store. I always have Chicken breasts on hand. It thaws quickly and is easy to throw in […]
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The Sunshine When She’s Gone A Novel By Thea Goodman Published by Henry Holt and Company Hardcover: 240 pages March 5, 2013; $24.00 US/$27.50 CAN; 9780805096620 Description A Bold and Funny Novel About Trust and Love One frigid, January morning in Manhattan, a new father, racked by sleep deprivation, decides to let his wife sleep […]
Cooking with kids As a child I was not allowed to cook. Dad had germ fears and my sister was severely burned from grease at 13 months old (she is fine now). I taught myself to cook and decided that my kids needed to learn to cook. Around 2 years old I started them all […]
Canned Biscuit Donuts Biscuit donuts bring back memories of being a kid. My mom would make them on rare occasions during our school breaks in winter and summer. They were always the best when still warm. My sister and I would sit barely patient, waiting for the first batch to cook. Mom would make them […]
Welcome to My World Simplified. I am excited to post my first blog. I am like many of you a mom. As you know being a mom is like being a superhero. The roll of a mom changes throughout the day. I start my day off as Amy with a cup of coffee, during the […]
Cuban Sandwiches We love to make Cuban Sandwiches in the summer. They are easy and a great finger food to eat on the go. Sandwiches and salad are our summer favorites, along with cooking on the grill. First time I had a Cuban sandwich was in 1998 in Stuart Florida. I can’t stand pickles warm. […]
