So I’ve been recovering from surgery for the last couple of weeks – all is going well! I found out I needed to have surgery in early January so I had some time to prepare. I knew that I would want some quick and easy meals that I could heat and eat not only during…
Chia Seed Pudding
Last spring when looking for something to do with our gianormous rhubarb plant, Derek stumbled upon the idea of a chia seed pudding with a rhubarb compote. He knew he liked rhubarb compote having eaten it as a kid and he became intrigued with the chia seed pudding idea and experimenting to see about adding…
Rhubarb Orange Compote
Well it’s that time of the springtime when my rhubarb plant is taller than my good friend’s 5 year old daughter (whoops, almost 5 year old 
) – we took a look last weekend when they visited! That means it’s time to start thinking of creative ways to use rhubarb again. Derek remembered his Grandma…
Key Lime Mini Cheesecake Shooters
I have been saving this recipe to share as an Easter dessert for some time now, and this evening almost talked myself out of finally writing the post in favor of sitting down to read, working a little later, doing other chores and a number of other excuses because it seemed too late to post…
Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili
One of our favorite things to do with friends is to get together and cook. We pick a theme and then cook way too much food while we hang out and snack for the evening – usually sneaking in a few games along the way. But I also happen to like to get together with…
Orange Chicken
I’ve been meaning to post this recipe for a number of years. It’s been a favorite of ours since I downloaded it from some random website – evidenced by the splashes of sauce over my printed version along with my notes on how I’ve tweaked it. In fact, I’ve tried to take pictures for the…
