Barefoot conTerra

My friend, Carrie, who is helping me along in this Dairy Free journey gave me this recipe. Here are some notes from her: You can experiment with a couple of ingredients based on the spice factor you like… as is, this can get pretty spicy depending on the size of your jalepeno, also with the rotel you [...]

A friend made us Slow Cooker Chicken Stroganoff after C was born…delish! Tricia at Once A Month Mom never ceases to make my mouth water — Apple Cinnamon Pull Apart Rolls…yum!!!! I keep wanting to make some Baked Oatmeal and keep coming back to my sis-in-law, Meagan‘s, recipe. It’s definitely fall with all the apple [...]

Over the next few months as we prepare for baby, have baby, adjust to said baby, I’m not going to be doing a lot of posting. However, I’m getting oodles of recipes from friends that I know I will lose and I definitely do NOT want to loose them. So, I will be sporadically posting [...]

It’s that time when I need to clear out my reader of saved recipes…but need to store them somewhere… Here is a great spot Pizza muffins (thanks to What a Crock!) Blueberry and Cheese Rolls (thanks to Heather at Out of the Box Into the Kitchen) Homemade Butter (thanks to Crystal at The Thrifty Mama) [...]

Any other names for this “stuff”? 1 (20oz.) can crushed pineapple, drained 1 (3oz) pkg. instant pistachio pudding mix 1 (8oz). container Cool Whip, thawed 1/ pkg miniature marshmallows 1/2 C chopped walnuts (optional) In a bowl, combine drained pineapple and pudding mix. Fold in Cool Whip, marshmallows (and walnuts). Mix until evenly coated. Chill [...]

My friend Emily at Got Recipes? had this on her blog and I was all too excited! And she deems it super easy and super yummy – bonus! 1C uncooked long-grain rice 1 med. onion; chopped (1/2 C) 2 1/2 C water 1 1/2 tsp. salt 3/4 tsp. chili powder 1 can tomato sauce (8 [...]

*This was DELICIOUS and both boys ate it up quickly! Only reminder to myself: Spray the crockpot stone. I lost half the mac & cheese because it was glued to the side of the pot! Once again, another recipe from The Freezer Cooking Manual from 30 Day Gourmet. According to this recipe, this makes 10 [...]

Submitted by Carrie P. I box of pasta of choice (I like to use shells) Mayo One small to medium sized cucumber 5 hard- boiled eggs Salt Hard- boil your eggs (put them in a pan, add water to cover them, put on stove top; once water starts to boil, put on a timer for [...]

Adapted this recipe from here. It was ok. Benjamin loved them, so that’s all that really mattered (since they were/are for him, ha!) 1 – 1 1/2 lb sweet potatoes 1/4 cup olive oil 1/2 tsp kosher salt (I used sea salt) 1/2 tsp paprika (I left this out) 1/4 tsp cinnamon Preheat oven to [...]

12oz. pkg. of macaroni noodles 1 egg 2 cups milk 2 tbls. melted butter 2.5 cups shredded cheddar cheese salt & pepper to taste **Bowers Small Group – for Thanksmas recipe – see bottom notes** Preheat oven to 350 Grease 2 qrt. dis Boil macaroni until half-cooked (about 5 minutes) Whisk eggs and milk; add [...]