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Happy April! We went from a balmy 65 degrees this morning to a blustery “feels like” 39 degrees. So we are making soup! My husband’s favorite soup at Olive Garden is Zuppa Toscana. The kids and I usually get the Chicken Gnocci Soup. I am providing instructions for both preparations since some people will not …
Happy Winter! It was a high of 0 degrees at the house yesterday. Today is a heat wave up to 8 degrees! We are hitting records in Missouri, so I hope everyone is safe and warm. One of our repeat family dinners is Taco Pasta! It is so easy to make and leaves everyone wanting …
Happy Sunday! It is fall and Sunday so that = football. Or if you are me that means rehearsal for the Christmas play 🙂 This year we will be performing Smoke on the Mountain on November 30-Dec. 2nd. I will be playing the part of June who proudly proclaims “I don’t sing. I sign.” So …
Good morning!!!! I am 170 days away from graduation with my Masters in School Counseling with Licensure. Hopefully, we will have more recipes after that! This one was so good that I am making sure to add it to the blog. This soup is a staple during the winter months. We went from 82 degrees …
Book Update: Book Club has read a lot of really great books this year! The latest one I read was Coal River by Ellen Marie Wiseman. I am a sucker for non-fiction, so the book fit the bill with being historical fiction and gives the reader a “Newsies” kind of story with coal workers instead of …
Our book club book this month is “Coal River” by Ellen Marie Wiseman. Has anyone else ever noticed that the Goodreads reviews are always more harsh than the Amazon reviews? This book is no different – the reviews are always lower on Goodreads. Are readers on Goodreads more picky? Do they have higher standards? I’m …
Welcome! My family is getting bigger (I mean the kids are getting taller) and the kids will not stop growing! As a result, many of my homemade pizza dough recipes just don’t make enough. I like having some leftovers too for lunches the next day, don’t you? So I tried another recipe for pizza dough …
Good morning! Today is Sunday – or for some of us – Meal Prep Day as well. I used to prep entire meals… but you know sometimes they get boring. The same sloppy joe, taco meat, chicken in marinade…. I thought I would try INGREDIENT prepping instead! What is ingredient prepping? Instead of spending time …
Need a super quick and easy chili for a pot luck? This is what I made for our rehearsal of “A Christmas Carol: Radio Play” and it was soooo good! I shouldn’t make it anymore because I ate 3 bowls of it myself. I knew people would be bringing chicken sandwiches, so I thought I …
Soups on!! We went to Olive Garden last week and their Chicken and Gnocchi Soup is SOOOOO good that we just had to try and make our own at home. Everyone loved it — including the two kiddos and Mr. Whisk Together! The temperature now is 60 degrees in St. Louis, so I say we …
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