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Farmer’s Market Finds: 5/9/2013

I haven’t made it to the Farmer’s Market in a long time!  It does run year round here, but I just haven’t found the time to make it.  Today, I finally made it back and also picked up some things from a...

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Zucchini & Yellow Squash Quiche with Mashed Potato Crust

What do you do when you don’t want to make a regular pie crust for a quiche?  Make one with mashed potatoes!  I had made a similar quiche a while back, but used broccoli as the vegetable.  Since I have...

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Lentil Salad

I had tried a lentil salad from a local vendor, and decided I wanted to try and make my own.  I usually use lentils in soups, so I was excited to try a salad.  Like pasta salad, Lentil Salad could be...

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Taco Biscuit Bowls

Recently, Grands biscuits were on sale for $0.99 each, so I picked up a couple of cans.   I know, I know, I’ve been really good about making my own biscuits, but some nights I do still like to have the...

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Slow Cooker Spicy 9 Bean and Pork Soup

Last fall, on my trip to Willcox, one of the stops was the Bonita Bean Company.  I have been using the pinto beans I purchased to make Refried Beans, but I also had gotten a 9 bean mix I still needed...

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Farmer’s Market Finds: 6/6/2013

We had a lot of fun at Farmer’s Market today! First, we stopped at the Basic Farm 7 table.  Christie had one of her male baby goats, Tiny Tim, at the market with her today, and she let my kids bottle...

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Breakfast Biscuit Bowls

As promised, here is the update on my next round of biscuit bowls! Once again, I used 1 can of Grands biscuits.  This time, I sprayed the small Pyrex bowls on the outside, rolled together 2 Grands...

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FarmBox Fresh: 6/12/2013

I haven’t posted FarmBox picture recently, and since they started offering new items, I wanted to make sure to give an update!  They now are offering items like oats, lentils, peas, raisins, and other...

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Zaycon Foods BBQ and Bacon Events

Last month, Zaycon Foods had a BBQ foods event and I’m just getting around to posting the pictures!  The event included bacon-wrapped pork fillets, Gold Medal beef hot dogs, Gold Medal Polska kielbasa...

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Summer Squash, Sausage, and Egg Bake

This time of year, summer squash, like zucchini and yellow squash, seem to be in abundance.  One of my all time favorite dishes to make is Italian Zucchini Crescent Pie, either with just zucchini or a...

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Loaded Baked Potato Salad

This was part of our 4th of July meal.  I looked around at a few different recipes before settling on this combination.  I think it turned out pretty good!   Loaded Baked Potato Salad What you need: 2...

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Broccoli Parmesan Ranch Twice-Baked Potatoes

I really like twice-baked potatoes, but they can be just a bit time-consuming to make.  I think next time, I might put the potatoes in the slow cooker to cook all day, then stuff and oven bake them at...

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Zaycon Foods Buffalo Wings and Chicken Tenders Event

This week, Zaycon Foods had a Buffalo Wings and Chicken Tenders event here in my area.  Since we enjoyed both last time, I decided to get them again.  The wings were pretty much the same, but the...

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Salmon with Honey Balsamic Glaze

I recently bought 2 packages of frozen salmon fillets at Fry’s, the Kroger brand salmon fillets.  On the back of the packaging was this recipe, and I thought I would give it a try.  I am tired of the...

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Farmer’s Market Finds: 7/18/2013

Our Farmer’s Market has changed venues!  Last week was the first week, but I was travelling home that day and didn’t get home in time for the market.  However, I was able to make it this week.  Wow!...

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Farmer’s Market Finds: 7/25/2013

We had another fun week at the Farmer’s Market!  This week, we went after Katie’s basketball camp with some friends, and then saw more friends there!  It was a busy week there again, lots of people....

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Grilled Beef, Potato, and Cabbage Packets

This week, I had picked a head of cabbage for my FarmBox.  I had thought about making Stuffed Cabbage Leaves or Bierocks, but decided that I wanted to try to make something different.  I was initially...

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Baked Pesto Chicken

After Katie was born, my mom came and cooked for us and gave me some easy recipes.  One of the recipes was an Easy Parmesan Chicken; place chicken in a baking dish, cover with tomato sauce, cover with...

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Trying something new: Lifeway Kefir

Recently, I was chosen to participate in a program through Influenster to try out Lifeway Kefir.  Now, I had previously heard of Kefir, but I had never tried it.  However, it was on my list of things...

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Farmer’s Market Finds: 8/8/2013

I missed the market  last week, but after I picked my younger daughter up from school, we headed out to shop. Our first stop was for pork spring rolls from J’s Kitchen.  Since we were there a little...

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