Rolo Poppers are the perfect mix between salty and sweet and I do love me some salty and sweet snacks. How about you? My daughter’s best friend’s mother (that’s like 7 degrees of separation plus one family member’s friend) makes these every time she has a party and I love them, so I decided to [...]
Chicken Soup – The Ultimate in Comfort Food It’s nice to make homemade things, but let’s face it. Life is busy and sometimes there’s no time to spend thirty-five minutes chopping fresh veggies, so what’s a girl to do? Use frozen, already chopped veggies. That’s what! It’s still homemade. Remember, this is the lazy [...]
This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group™ and Jimmy Dean, but all my opinions are my own. #PMedia #onthego http://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcO I am not a morning person. Before I had children, people understood that about me. My coworkers would steer clear until I had a cup of [...]
I’m becoming the Soup Master, not to be confused with the Soup Nazi, but every bit as prestigious. As a child, I hated soup, all except my grandma’s string-bean soup. Other than that, in my ten year-old opinion, soup was for sick people and old people. Through the years, something happened. Somewhere along the line, [...]
I love shortbread. My favorite cookies are a little more on the buttery side than on the sweet side. What can I say? I love my fat (right up until the time I put on a pair of jeans, then, not so much). The other day I scooped out a spoonful of cookie spread and [...]
This post is part of a National Frozen and Refrigerated Food Campaign. The recipe is my own. All content, photos, thoughts, and opinions are my own. I am working on this post with the Mom It Forward Blogger Network. Pizza Dip – The Ultimate Party Pleasing Recipe Every single day I hear someone complain about [...]
The first time I made this recipe, I was desperate for a different meal. I wandered around our local food co-op, kind of a health food store/farmer’s market, and picked up a bag of fresh, locally grown Brussels sprouts. Then I grabbed three vine ripened tomatoes and walk out of the store. I headed over [...]
After a few days of less than desirable dinners, I really tried to cook it up for my family. I made meatloaf with mashed potatoes and gravy and green beans. Then I thought I’d blow all their minds and bake a cake, but my daughter asked if we could make pumpkin cookies instead. Now, you [...]
A friend brought us a big bag of apples the other day. I was going to make apple crisp, but my daughter turned her nose up to it. She’s not a fan. So, I made the second best thing – Apple Cake. This cake is chock full of apples and it’s moist, so moist it [...]
There’s a reason I avoided cooking for the first twenty-five years of my life. I knew it would be dangerous. I should not be trusted alone in the kitchen, ever. I’m slightly embarrassed to admit how many kitchen fires I’ve started over the years. The worst was in a cast iron pan. The flames reached [...]
I’ve been in a cooking slump to end all cooking slumps. I refuse to admit how many meals I’ve ruined in a row, but it’s gotten so bad that last night I made macaroni and cheese from a box and heated frozen green beans as a side. I didn’t trust myself to ruin any more [...]
I’m not exactly sure what makes this chicken sandwich exotic, but it does remind me of the fancy sandwiches in Panara Bread and that’s about as exotic as I get lately. I know, my life is fascinating. This sandwich, however, is a culinary masterpiece, a party in your mouth, a mish-mash of leftovers. Look mom! [...]
This creamy grape salad will make your stomach sing Alleluia. It is that good. If I’ve scared you off from my cooking with tales of thrown together meals, be scared no more. This recipe absolves me of all my prior cooking mishaps. Forget I ever said eating dinner at my house is a little like [...]
Lots of layers and fluffy, buttery icing are good, but at heart, I’m a coffee cake kind of girl. It’s more of an everyday kind of cake, not that I need cake every single day, but every now and then I get an urge for something sweet. I’m not much of an pre-packaged kind [...]
Sometimes I think we should be living on the boarder, because we love Mexican food. My son has been eating bean burritos since he was about ten months old. Yes, he’s gassy. Given the amount of salsa we buy, you’d think we would be fluent in Spanish. I mean, you are what you eat, right? [...]
Hi! My name is Christy and I write the blog My Invisible Crown. I started in September of 2012 as a creativity outlet mostly since my kids are getting older and need me now in different, less time consuming ways than they did when they were small. My Invisible Crown is predominantly about food, it’s [...]
