Tips, Solutions and Humor for Moms
This past summer, some friends of ours let us use their condo in Destin, Fl where I learned a few things. While we were there, we discovered a restaurant called McGuire’s Irish Pub. They have FANTASTIC steak. My husband and I split one and the kids ate most of it, so we were inclined to [...]
Looking for a new holiday recipe? My sister made this and liked it. She thought I might want to share it, so she took a picture of it with some ornaments. (That’s a sister of a blogger for ya!) Thanks, Amy! Egg Nogg Streusel Coffee Cake Recipe Streusel Topping 1/3 cup granulated sugar 1 tablespoon [...]
Can you wing it in the kitchen? You know, throw ingredients together and whip up a meal? I…cannot. In fact, Left to my own devices my kids end up saying things like, “Is this dinner?” But I do have one thing I made up that I (and even other people!) like. It’s a spinach salad [...]
You know how when you are at other people’s houses, you eat things you might not otherwise? Well, I was at my friend Rachel’s house and tried this next dish. It’s a tomato salad. And I really don’t like tomatoes, but I will eat this. It’s quite tasty. And it’s easy and good for you, [...]
We are heading into prime fresh corn season, and my husband’s Aunt Charlotte passed along an AWESOME way to cook corn on the cob in the microwave. It’s fast, easy, and delicious! 1. Buy fresh corn from a farm or farmer’s market. 2. Cook in microwave for 4 minutes for 1 (and 8 minutes for 2). [...]
What’s easier than baked potatoes? Baked potatoes that are ready in 10 minutes! My sister came to dinner and brought with her a microwave baked potato bag. Um, microwaved baked potatoes? Ew. No, thank you! They are just not as good. Unless you have the bag. I was super skeptical, but they didn’t taste microwaved [...]
Have you ever made cheeseburger pie? My sister just made this recipe and said it was super easy and a big hit with her family. Kind of reminds me of Shepherd’s pie (yum!) Anyway, looks like a kid-pleaser to me, so I think I will give it a try. Here’s the recipe she shared in [...]
Looking for a FABULOUS Mother’s Day gift idea? Heather Baird of Sprinkle Bakes has launched her amazing cookbook SprinkleBakes: Dessert Recipes to Inspire Your Inner Artist, and she is giving away a copy to one lucky reader of TheMommyhood.com! I am so excited to share this with you guys. This woman makes gorgeous (I mean GORGEOUS) desserts. [...]
Picked up some artichokes on a whim at the store and then looked for a way to cook them. I’ve made this delicious artichoke dip before, but I wanted to try something else. So I started looking for recipes and decided on quiche. And I found something I liked so much I made it twice [...]
My friend Deb, who reads TheMommyhood.com, submitted a great idea for turning leftover tortillas into cinnamon chips. Deb’s daughter loves to eat tortillas, but doesn’t always finish them. To avoid waste, Deb found some cookie cutters and had her daughter cut the leftover tortilla into fun shapes and turned them into yummy cinnamon chips. ”Some of the [...]
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