Reeses Cups were my favorite candy as a child.

I was crazy for Reeses cups (and Doritos) as a child. My mom told me she caught me several times sneaking Reeses cups under our kitchen table as a toddler. (I thought I was hiding even though the table was made of clear glass.) ha! but I really don't eat candy very often anymore as I'm sorta a health food nut - but Halloween results in an abundance of goodies & if we are lucky there are a lot of Reese's cups in my kids bags ;-) So I decided to write an article on Yahoo called "Easy Desserts Using Reese's cups. " Hope you check it out all the ideas are super simple. I even have an idea for a semi-healthy after school snack (topped with Reeses of course!)

This house loves soup!

We are big soup fans. My husband wasn't at first - now he's turned into one of us. Maybe because it's so cold here in Ohio?! Today was unseasonally warm but I was craving this soup. At least I had the smarts to put it in the crockpot. :)



A whole head of cauliflower and an entire bunch of celery is pureed in. I fold in a container of Greek yogurt which gives the soup a creamy finish with a slight tang. My daughter loves this soup!

Reeses 2 ingredient cookies?!

I stumbled upon a wonderful foodie blog Picky Palate. Don't these cookies look amazing! (note: this image is Picky Palate's, not mine - I'm only trying to entice you to visit her blog and check out her fab recipes!) Only two ingredients for these cookies and one of them is Reeses Cups? That is right up my chocolate-peanut butter-lovin' family :) I love easy recipes like this and I am going to try this one soon. One of her followers mentioned this is a good way to use up leftover Halloween candy. Although we never have that problem in our house. :)

Our Easter

Me and the kids had fun coloring Easter eggs today. I found a kit at Walmart that seemed to have a lot of bright primary colors which I liked. One of eggs was a little off regarding color so I dipped it a few times to make stripes. I like how it turned out to be the odd ball of the brights below.




Jessica made lemon bread for our dinner tonight. Well it never quite made it to dinner because it smelled so good that we dug in after they volunteered at Church. I stayed home because I haven't been feeling well the past few days. I am so thankful to see summer coming, I'm tired of being sick!

Happy Easter & remember HE has Risen! :o)

It's raining and neither of us like it.

This is our new dog. I have never owned a dog as an adult so I really am new at this dog ownership thing. Thank God my husband knows the ropes though, so it's been fairly easy. Except when it rains. This little dog does not like the rain! She does not want to go outside when it rains. She's very fearful of alot of things (loud noises, quick movements, etc etc ) She reminds me of myself. lol

She's so good with the kids and they are so in love with her. Her name was Princess when we got her from Dan's brother, but we renamed her Jackie. Dan said he wasn't gonna yell "PRINCESS" out the door to call her in. LOL




Over the weekend I made this fruit tart. I used the crust recipe from this website. My family gobbled this up! The crust is so delicious and rich, I think the fruit paired perfectly and I'm glad I decided to make it this way.

This week's musings

I scored on some really cute vinyl wall stickers for my kitchen. I got them at 75% off at Meijer :). Let's hope they stay stuck on my walls.

I've been trying to perfect making my own seitan (or wheat meat). I finally did it! This seitan was delicious and it's already gone! I love seitan for it's versatility.

My Yuca Deal! lol

Yesterday I went to Giant Eagle & in their clearance section there was a ton of yuca for only .50 cents a can! That is such a steal because here in Ohio it costs around $3 a can. My husband is Dominican and this is a staple in his diet so I stocked up at that price. Usually he likes Yuca with grilled onions and olive oil & vinegar. Today I was looking up recipes and stumbled upon this recipe from Kraft.

Sounds alot like potato salad, but I think it would be yummy since yuca reminds me alot of potatoes. Not exactly a Domincan recipe - but hey I can switch it up a bit with all the yuca I have stocked in my pantry!