DD Tacos in tortilla cups

This is the second time we've made this and it was a hit yet again.  We combined two ideas into one.  The first time we made the taco shells we cut the shape out of a larger tortilla and shaped it in the cupcake tin.  This time we used a smaller tortilla and shaped them this same way.  I think we will try the corn tortilla next time.  We add tomatos, lettuce, corn, cheese and taco sauce.

This is how we made the shells.  We put beans in the shells to hold the shape as they baked.

Breakfast Cupcakes

I saw the idea on Facebook from one of my friends and I thought I just had to make them.  They were a huge hit and so easy to make!  I made the bacon yesterday so all I had to do today was to assemble them.  Next time I make them I'm going to try it a little differently.
The littles wanted scrambled eggs instead of dippy eggs :)
We had toast or bread with them too.  Hubby and I wanted toast with just butter.  Lee wanted apple butter on his, Rian wanted peanut butter on his and Kavin just wanted a piece of bread with butter on it.

DD Grilled Cheese

Saturdays are always busy for us.  Lee, Rian and Kavin all have bowling in the mornings from 9am until about 1130 am.  Some weeks I work in the afternoon, some I don't.  This was one that I didn't have to work.  The littles do book it with their schools so we decided to use their free pizza coupons to go to lunch.  We went with friends from bowling and had a great afternoon.
So since we planned on eating a later lunch and everyone being full afterwards we did a small and easy dinner.  We had Deceptively Delicious grilled cheese.  Lee had them before and loved them.  The littles haven't had them before so this was new for them.  Kavin ate it with no issues.  Rian on the other hand fought tooth and nail that he didn't want to eat it.  He had an issue with the orange cheese.  Typically we use white american.  He eventually ate it with no more issues.

Last time we had it with homemade bread.  I didn't have enough to do it this time so we used honey whole wheat.  So yummy!

I also did some prep work for tomorrow's breakfast.  We have having breakfast cupcakes!  I'm so excited to try them!

Hamburger Helper and loaf bread

We had another busy evening so simple was the way we went.  I made a loaf bread earlier in the afternoon so we had at least something homemade for dinner.  As usual it was delicious and made the house smell SO good.  I love using yeast, I love having the aroma fill the house.  The smell of fresh baked bread is so welcoming when you go through the door. 

 

 Nothing fancy but every last morsel got gobbled up!

Special Delivery Chicken

Nick made dinner for us tonight.  It was just Lee and us, the littles are with their dad this evening.  Dinner consisted of special delivery chicken, alfredo noodles and green beans.  The chicken is not my favorite meal but it is one of Nick's.  We don't have it too often.  It calls for 2 cups of sour cream and I'm not a huge fan of it.  I only put 1 cup in and it is still too much for me. 
The noodles were just out of a bag and the beans were from a can.  Nothing too fancy or difficult.  We had an appt so we needed to have a simple and quick meal.
I will post the recipe for the chicken later.  No pic either tonight.  Nick forgot.

Menu making day!

We try to make a menu every 1-2 weeks. This time we are only making a 1 week menu because we are waiting for our new cook book to come in the mail. We also figure out what we are eating on a given night depending on whether or not we have appointments, their time, and whether or not the little 2 are home.  We don't generally list what veggie we are having on a given night, we just kind of wing it with them. I'll be adding another page of our weekly menus for you all to see.

Rian's after school snack request

I had Nick ask the littles if they had an after school snack request.  Rian piped up and said he wanted m&m cookies.  I knew I only had a small bit of M&Ms so I set out to figure out what to make.  I found a recipe on squidoo and tried it out.  I replaced the lack of m&ms with chocolate chips.  They turned out SO yummy!  Everyone else agreed <3