If you're planning on having broccoli at your Easter dinner, I beg of you to make it like this. All you need (besides the broccoli!) is 2 lemons. It'll work with 1 lemon, but 2 is just right. It's super simple...you squeeze some of the lemon into the water that will steam the broccoli. Then you add zest from the lemons in with the broccoli heads while it's steaming. It's … [Read more...]
How to Roast Hatch Chiles
My trip to the grocery store last week almost brought me to tears. An old friend caught my eye as I entered the store. The beautiful, glossy green pepper I look forward to every year was back. I knew that my weekend would revolve around roasting and enjoying these deliciously warm, smoky, and mildly hot Hatch chiles. If you’re new to Hatch green chile peppers then let me … [Read more...]
15 Grab ‘n Go Breakfast Ideas
Well, we've been talking so much about back to school lunches, I almost forgot about the whole 'what's a quick and easy breakfast option that I can grab 'n go' concept! BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE THOSE MORNINGS. I try to get everyone up 15 minutes earlier than I think we need to get up, in order to just get through the morning routine. I don't like the frenzy that happens with … [Read more...]
How to Cook Bacon in the Oven
Learn how to cook bacon in the oven, and you'll never have to worry about grease splatter from the skillet burning your wrists again! Have you ever cooked bacon in the oven?! It used to be that I'd cook a few pieces of bacon from the package in a skillet, occassionally the microwave if I was in a hurry. But this growing brood of boys of mine means I'm making a full … [Read more...]
How to Choose & Cut a Cantaloupe
Because I've been asked a number of times in the past few weeks, and recently showed a friend who was having dinner with us, I thought I'd share how I cut a cantaloupe to serve to the kids. Two of the kids have a 'skin issue'...meaning that they don't like the skin on any fruit. This leaves me cutting cantaloupes like this, rather than into wedges. Watch and see... When … [Read more...]
How to Make the Perfect S’mores
This past week was our spring break...and we enjoyed a part stay-cation here in San Antonio, followed by a long weekend at my friend's ranch-river house near Leakey, TX. It was little boy heaven and no one wanted to leave, myself included. My happy, carefree, adventurous Charlie, walking through the river. Nevermind that wet jeans are....well, wet jeans! My shy, … [Read more...]
How to Halve a Peach – Kitchen Shortcut
How to Halve a Peach Run the knife around the peach...starting at the top by the stem... ...running all the way back to where you started the cut. Gently twist... And pull the two halves apart. Scoop out the seed with a spoon. … [Read more...]
Kitchen Pantry Cheat Sheet: Measurement Equivalents
A helpful printable that you can hang in your kitchen (maybe behind your spice cupboard door or on the pantry door) to use whenever you need to quickly see measurement equivalents for a recipe! Download your free printable for Kitchen Measurement Equivalents … [Read more...]
Kitchen Pantry Cheat Sheet: How to Triple a Recipe
A helpful printable that you can hang in your kitchen (maybe behind your spice cupboard door or on the pantry door) to use whenever you need to quickly triple a recipe! Download your free printable for How to Triple a Recipe … [Read more...]
Kitchen Pantry Cheat Sheet: How to Double a Recipe
A helpful printable that you can hang in your kitchen (maybe behind your spice cupboard door or on the pantry door) to use whenever you need to quickly double a recipe! Download your free printable for How to Double a Recipe … [Read more...]