try some.

here are the latest and greatest. 

coming to you from...drum roll please...pinterest!

we tried cheeseburger casserole.

and cinnamon french toast bake

also john wayne casserole

as well as baked fried chicken

i did white chicken chili (from my awesome brother Cris!!!) for the first time. making it. i've eaten it before. but steve hadn't so it was a good first for him.

we have also tried/are trying a couple recipes off of this blog:

easy shepherd's pie, the special sauce for the burger and braided pizza loaf.

all of these recipes are pretty delicious, although i do suggest cutting some of them down for smaller families. let's just say we've been eating a lot of leftovers...

the latest yums.

spaghetti pie.

(in my email collection of recipes)

it was okay. next time, not using a whole pound of spaghetti. takes away from the rest of the flavor.

i also made my own fajita seasoning because i forgot to buy some. 

it was good enough. i just googled it and found a recipe that way.

blt and avocado pasta salad.

this was all right. if i do it again, it will have to be as a side dish.

i know. i made it a main dish. don't judge. i like salads as a main dish. it was steve who said otherwise.

chicken bacon ranch pizza rolls

okay, chicken didn't really make sense to me once i got down to it. so i didn't do it.

but other than that, pretty good. however, i do suggest using cubed cheese, it'll probably taste better and be easier to put together. i just couldn't find reasonably priced block mozzarella when i went to the store so i had to substitute.

cheeseburger casserole

really good. especially if you add ketchup and mustard and stuff when you're eating it.

2 problems with this recipe: they left out an ingredient; and they didn't tell you what to do after the meat was cooked. so i winged it after that. either way, it's edible enough to enjoy.  :)

i also did find a recipe called frito bandito salad but it turned out to be like the taco salad we used to have growing up. so i don't really count that as a new recipe.

food is good

well my most recent new recipes are as follows:

mexican pizza.(for recipe, let me know, it's in my email)

this is really good. basically just a different way of doing a taco/burrito.

and still every bit delicious!

chicken parmesan

not too bad. although, i do think the spinach made it taste not as good as it could have.

next time, no spinach.

bbq chicken pizza. (recipe is also in my email)

this recipe was a little disappointing. it tasted better (to me) when i put the red onions on raw instead of baking them with the rest of the pizza. and i did a pizza blend of cheese instead of mozzarella. 

but steve really liked it.  so i'll probably try it again sometime.

our little man is learning to pull himself up. i thought this was pretty cute, the way he's hanging on to the table!

our landlord got his girls a power wheels. so they let paizlee (the girl i babysit) drive it. and took adrik for a spin around the driveway. he loved it!

we got to go to thanksgiving point's farm country. where adrik got to ride a pony, wagon and tractor! great fun!!

mother's day!

meeting his cousin raegan for the first time! (lyman side). she'll be the only cousin on that side that is about his age. she's 7 months younger. 

uncle don took adrik for a ride in a unimog. loved it!

i went in to check on adrik one morning and he had disappeared! so i took this video to show where i found him after a moment of panic!!

more recipes.

i'm a little slow in getting these up. clearly.

so in no particular order these are the most recent recipes i've tried.

reese's freezer pie

pretty good. really rich. but worth it.

old fashioned lemonade

from the 'anne of green gables' cookbook. it's REALLY good lemonade.

planning on trying it with limes...

cordon bleu

not a huge fan of cordon bleu but this was really yummy and delicious. do it. you won't regret it.

pizza casserole

SO DELICOUS! probably my favorite recipe so far. so GOOD. cannot emphasize this enough.

breakfast casserole

i love breakfast food. it makes me happy. this was fairly decent. not the greatest, but still delicious.

buffalo chicken ring

this was okay. i wasn't thrilled with how it turned out. but in the moment, i liked it.

cowboy lasagna

i've gotten some pretty good reviews on this one (steve, mark lyman, and tanner). not as good when you reheat it, but definitely one i'll do again. surprisingly delish.

food. overload.

i have a few recipes to share with you that i have tried in the weeks since my last post. and yes. all from pinterest. and yes. all worth trying at least once.

we start with mall-like-pretzels

these are very good. steve ate his without anything on them which means he liked them lots too.

then we made cinnamon roll pancakes

yes. a heart attack waiting to happen. and gloriously delicious (unfortunately, i have not yet tried them with the cream cheese frosting, but when i do- HALLELUJAH!)

we have also tried easy garlic chicken.

normally, sweet and meat makes me gag but the brown sugar in this is subtle enough i really liked it and would be willing to make it again!

next is snickerdoodle bread

and it's exactly what it sounds like (which is delicious, in case you're curious). 

i did not make these as mini loaves because i only had normal size pans. so cook it for at least an hour if you do normal size.

then we did these potatoes.

a little disappointing if you ask me, mostly because they did not look like the picture. next time, smaller dish, more cheese and bacon.

probably my favorite recipe from this whole post: pepperoni pizza casserole.

SO, SO , SO VERY GOOD!

just do it. it will never be regretted.

and lastly we have honey mustard pretzel chicken

next time, i will not buy honey dijon mustard but will buy them separately in hopes of making it taste better.

yep.

and last week's recipes come to you from the lovely Lisa squared!

the first was twice baked potatoes from Lisa Schil!! (thanks much!)

now i know what you're thinking: really, twice baked potatoes? those are like the easiest thing in the world and EVERYONE has had them before. WRONG!

i had them for the first time only a couple weeks before i made them myself. and this is a big deal, because i'm not a fan of baked potatoes. but clearly, you can make them delicious, which is what this recipe did.

i don't have a link for the recipe i used, so if you want it, let me know. i can send it from Lisa's email.

the next recipe was monterey chicken and it came from Lisa Michelle! (thank you!)

really good!!!!

this is the link she gave me for the recipe. if it doesn't work, let me know, i'll forward it on.
i didn't actually use ro-tel, mostly because i'm not a fan of cooked tomatoes but partially because it was getting late and we needed to be done shopping. so, without is really good, and i'm sure with is really good too.
thanks ladies!!!!

and now, for your viewing pleasure: Adrik learning to stand!!!!
the first one is him standing, but the second one is him standing but you can hear his cute giggle as he does it!
LOVE!!!

3 in one!!

this week I did 3 new recipes!!

what-what!

these ones all came from pinterest. again. BUT i do have 2 recipes this coming week that i received from the Lisas of my family- Lisa Schil and Lisa Michelle! (Aren't they great?)

ANYWAYS...

first up was an avocado grilled cheese--SO GOOD!!! steve said it needed more pepperoni but i liked it just how i had it so next time he can make his own.  :)

i found this here.

it's more of a how to than a recipe but whatever, still good.

Next I tried scallion pancakes. These did not turn out for me- too salty. Sad day, because I was really excited about them. (is there really a difference between kosher and regular salt?) and i didn't have peanut oil and couldn't really afford $10 for a small bottle of it...

anyways, get the recipe here but the step by step with pictures here.

i found the pictures helpful but to each his own. and the picture site also has a dipping sauce, which i did not make because i did not see it when i went grocery shopping for everything else.

Last, was southwestern egg rolls. Have you ever tried these? The original is from cheesecake factory but i think i've also had them at chili's or applebee's. still good. and so is this recipe. i really liked them. steve had them with salsa, i ate mine with- wait for it- ranch!! :) and we both enjoyed them. i also had a friend over who had brought her cafe rio lunch and she used the tamatillo sauce and said it was good too. so really, whatever you like to dip with.

and here that is.

if anyone tries the scallion pancakes, please let me know if you get them right, and what i did wrong!!!!