One More Step

When it comes to home improvement projects I don’t have much patience and usually want things done NOW. That’s when Teacher gently reminds me that “life is a marathon; not a sprint” and that the only way to get somewhere is by taking one step at a time. A few…

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Pesto Cream Sauce To Die For

We don’t go to Noodles often, but when we do I almost always get the same thing: Pesto Cavatappi. It’s a little bit of Heaven in a bowl: creamy, cheesy, noodley, basil-y, carb-filled, don’t-ask-how-many-calories divineness. Mmmmmmm… Pesto Cream Sauce Irish Girl found a recipe for a pesto cream sauce that’s…

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Healthy Spinach Pasta Salad Recipe

During the summer Teacher and I try to eat both lighter and healthier, so salads are a natural choice. The kids aren’t as thrilled about it, but we try to find salads with ingredients that they’ll like. College Boy calls salad “Rabbit Food” although he will eat a polite amount……

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Oreo Cheesecake Cupcake Recipe

Irish Girl has a fattening habit of making dessert on the nights she makes supper. One day she made Oreo Cheesecake Cupcakes – she had to make them in the early afternoon so they’d have time to chill. Z-Man started out helping but was quickly bored so I handed over…

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