Critter Chronicles
Recipes
Recipe: Chicken Spaghetti
I’ve had my eye on this recipe for a couple of years now, but just got around to trying it out this past weekend. As I looked over the original recipe while typing this out, I realized that the directions listed in the recipe format are different from those written out on Pioneer Woman’s website. … Continue reading
Recipe: Cheesy Meatball Biscuits
Once again, Pinterest came to the rescue for tonight’s dinner. I’d actually found this recipe several weeks ago and planned to make it but then we got sick and… the canister of biscuits sat, untouched, in my refrigerator. Good thing they last awhile. The original name for this recipe is Meatball Bubble Biscuits but Tony … Continue reading
Recipe: Baked Chicken Strips with Polynesian Dipping Sauce
At the beginning of the year I told The Critters we wouldn’t be eating fast food for all of 2012. The only exceptions to that rule would be Chipotle and Subway, as they do not fall into the deep fried, sitting-under-a-heat-lamp category, and I wanted to have an option left for lunches out and evenings … Continue reading
Recipe: Dijon Maple Chicken
I found this recipe on Pinterest last weekend; when I was making my meal plan for the week, because Tony would only be home to eat dinner with us for a couple days before heading off to work elsewhere for awhile, I put it on the menu. Why? Because the blog I got this recipe … Continue reading
Recipe: Make Ahead Brown Sugar and Cinnamon “Instant” Oatmeal
At the beginning of the year I pledged to myself that I would stop buying cereal for The Critters to eat for breakfast. Here are my reasons: 1. Cereal is highly processed, and I’m trying to eliminate as many processed foods as we can. I know it’s fortified with vitamins and minerals, but I’m not … Continue reading
Recipe: Spiced Quinoa and Black Beans
Last week threw me off. Despite having all these grand intentions of following my meal plan to a ‘T’ Anthony requested a Chinese feast to celebrate the lunar New Year, and then we all got a little down and out with various ailments. I treated myself to some extra time on the computer and ran … Continue reading
Recipe: Sesame Noodles
“Mommy, since it’s the Chinese New Year can we please, please, PLEASE get Chinese food for supper tonight?” He looked at me with eyes wide and blinking purposefully, with lips pouted and hands clasped together in front of his chest. As I said on Facebook, he is his “master manipulator” father’s child, and I am … Continue reading
Recipe: Roasted Sweet Potatoes
I have no picture of my own of these. And the reason for that is because my normally non-sweet-potato-eating children ate them all. They ate firsts, and seconds, and even thirds and then asked for more, and sighed woefully when there were no more because we’d eaten them all. So. I think not much else … Continue reading
Recipe: Spaghetti Tacos
Huh? What? Yeah, you read that right. Spaghetti Tacos. It seems I’ve got a thing for pasta in weird applications, right? Brenna has recently started watching back episodes of iCarly, a show which I find a bit obnoxious, to be honest, but from which the inspiration for this recipe came, as it’s a common meal … Continue reading
Recipe: Sweet Northern-Style Cornbread
Before last week, my only experience with making cornbread involved opening a box of Jiffy and mixing in egg, milk, and a tablespoon of sugar, the way my grammy makes it. It never occurred to me that making it from scratch could be so… easy. Northern-style cornbread is typically sweeter and lighter in texture than … Continue reading
