while the girls ripped open a bag of feathers {note: this was WAY out of my organized comfort level}….i sat there and cringed….not feathers!!!! instead of picking them up one by one, i realized this was a perfect time to cook dinner. with feathers literally flying through the air, i turned my back on the very occupied girls and whipped up dinner. you do, what you have to do….. right? this dish was way to easy and very delicious! great served with some mashed potaters and salad

have you ever had or made popovers? i have had them, but never made them, until today. they are so fluffy and amazing that i thought these would take great skill to achieve. lets just say i think this was the easiest thing i have ever cooked in my life. i hardly had time to snap a photo before hands were grabbing this babies out of the pan. ryan was pretty much freaking out over them and said it was one of the greatest things i have ever made. {if only all cooking were as easy as this} i found my popover pan here in our small town for $14. so i am sure you can find one anywhere. once you take them out of the oven, serve immediately. spread with warm butter and strawberry jelly/jam. my mother said strawberry is the best and i have to agree. GET READY TO LIVE! 2 more days before the giveaway is over go here to sign up

i was so fortunate growing up, to have my grandmother live blocks away from me. some of my greatest memories from childhood revolve around being at her home. every time i went to her house, she had coconut cream pie waiting for me. i felt so special, and thought she must have spent her morning in the kitchen preparing a delicious cake for her granddaughter. by the time i was old enough to ask for the recipe and “try” it on my own, she had lost some memory and could not remember ever making coconut pie for me. i begged her to please remember…..it was there for me every time, how can she not remember. dagger to my heart.  finally after many years of trying elaborate recipes i figured out her trick. it is so simple that it made me laugh. all the years i thought she was baking the days away, all she did was add milk to a package of pudding. that’s it! so easy ! that cake was part of my childhood – isn’t it the simple things that we love the most. i love you mamaw and my family loves eating this cake.

coconut cream pie

1 box of instant coconut cream pudding

2 cups of milk

1 pre made graham cracker pie crust

directions

pour pudding and milk together and mix for 2-5 minutes until thickened

pour into pie crust

refrigerate and enjoy!

{we make this with pistachio pudding as well and it is yummy}

*mamaw is still living – her memory is going away day by day. she is and always will be the most innocent person i know. she never learned to drive a car, never learned to swim, never had a sip of alcohol, she is a simple woman and never needed much,she loved others well and was a very present person through all my life. i wish i could wrap my arms around her now – i hope you are warm in your bed tonight sweet mamaw

is she not the most lovable thing?

10 minute meal of perfection

if you are a master chef, or have no idea how to cook – this meal is amazing!  i came up with this little concoction and we cannot get enough of it. it may look a little odd to some, but i promise if you try it……then you’ll like it. {all i can think of is gabba gabba – how many times we say that phrase to lucy  - try it and you’ll like it! if you don’t have kids, you will have no idea what i am talking about:)}

here is what you need:

1 pizza crust or naan bread (i love this square pizza crust!}

hummus {to spread all over pizza crust}

1/2 roterserie chicken cut up

2 cans atichoke hearts cut up {i mainly just use the actual heart}

small baby cucumbers cut up

feta cheese

olive oil, salt, pepper, orageno

1. set your oven to 350 and bake your crust – you want it to be a bit crispy

2. cut up your cucumber, artichoke hearts, chicken

3. when pizza is done cooking, take out at assemble as follows:

spread with hummus, sprinkle chicken all over {i don’t use a ton}, artichoke hearts, and cucumbers{i don’t love cucumbers, but on this dish they are amazing!  i use a lot of them} next generously sprinkle feta cheese all over, salt, pepper and oregano and drizzle with olive oil.

cut up and enjoy! we LOVE LOVE LOVE this in my home. it is soooooo easy and fresh!

literally i am sitting here and showing you what i am eating for lunch – its my new favorite quick meal

Feta and Egg quesadilla with lemon zested greek yogurt and fried capers (i also used olives this time)

find the recipe  here. hers looks so much more gourmet:) it is so very fast to pull together. i used egg beaters to save on some calories. super yummy!