Well, is it? Not exactly. You see, if we haven’t discussed this before, my grandmother was a city gal, born to country parents. She’s from Detroit Michigan, and her parent came from Kentucky, and Georgia. They raised 5 kids in the city during the depression. Interesting stories were told to me, like eating pigeons if…
Category: Cooking 101
Lunch with Mini You(crew) and how to make it fun!
I missed yesterday’s post, due to entertaining my crew since they got called off yesterday, and they are home again today. I’m ok with it, because it’s frigid outside! Which leads into the post for today. Lunch. Its always interesting to have to have lunch, especially if you’re not ready for it. In most cases,…
Snacks: why do we waste so much money on them?
Snacks. You love them, I love them, kids love them. I don’t know who doesn’t love snacks. Tell me why we are still buying pre-made snacks? With the knowledge of what is actually going into food, and what isn’t, adding on to trying to save money right? Now, you can continue that, or you have…
SpongeBob, Crab, and Shrimp…….oh my!
I apologize peeps. I got damn near no sleep due to Ms. Hyperdiva staying up until 2am, and it threw my schedule off. In any event, we are going to continue with kid friendly week! Now, I always like to try out new things, but sometimes, new food sounds yucky to picky eaters. Forget your…
Breakfast after break…….am I awake yet?
Hey peeps! I know, I’m supposed to be doing homework right now, but a little mishap in my records has me blocked from everything, so waiting to hear back from my advisor to straighten everything out. In the meantime, I created a theme for the week, I like to call ‘Kid friendly week’. It’s not…
Fruit marinated Pot Roast with Rice and Biscuits
Ok, I’m back, feeling more rested, but the back still doesn’t like me, and that’s ok, I’ll fix that in thirty minutes. With that said, We have a favorite method of mine during the winter! Crockpot! I figure by the time winter is done, I may break this one, and have to purchase a new…
Sweet Potato Chili with Cornbread Cake
I told you peeps I was giving the gifts of recipes. This one is healthy, quick, and so tasty, you may not have leftovers. Now, the backstory to my madness is hilarious if you think about it. In previous posts, I watch travel, food and cooking networks. I get ideas from these channels, or I’ll…
Our trip to Greece on Christmas day!
Before I began……. I had a different entry, but WordPress decided to do me dirty while I was writing, and erase everything I wrote for 45 minutes. After flipping my imaginary table, I’m good now. We have a tradition of having a different type of culture of food every year for Christmas. After our version…
Day 15: Snickers Halvah
It’s Christmas Eve! Are you guys all ready? Everything wrapped? Shopping done? If not, it’s ok, roll with it. It’s supposed to me a happy time, not to be stressful. Like me, I still have baking to do, prepping dinner and putting out gifts. Does it bother me? Nope. I also have Holly Days to…
Day 6: Infused Liquor
This was the post I was so excited about! Never tried it before, so I’m hoping it comes out great. I don’t see why it wouldn’t over then the flavor my not be everyone’s cup of tea, but you know what, we shall roll with it. I sit, watching, well more listening to Penny Dreadful…
Common Sense Mommy 