Bookshelf Markers

My children love to read. They also love to make a mess out of the bookshelves…or at least it seems as if they do. I decided to come up with a remedy. A bookshelf marker. When a book is taken out a marker is put in its place. Each marker is color coded to each [...]

UPDATED: THE. Best. Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookie. EVER.

Updated 2/8/2012 Since I’ve written this original recipe, I have come up with an even better recipe than the one originally posted. The original THE. Best. Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookie had a tendency to spread and I wanted to correct that. While it tasted delicious (when is butter, sugar, and chocolate not delicious!?) I [...]

Strawberry Ice Cream

Don’t forget to see what’s cooking in my kitchen this week. I’m the Kitchen of the Week at Happy to be at Home! We have an abundance of raw cream that I am trying to find uses for. I went searching for ice cream recipes that don’t need an ice cream maker. Who wants to [...]

Beef Enchiladas

This is a Taste of Home recipe, but thought I’d repost it here for convenience. The sauce makes a GREAT enchilada sauce for other recipes that call for it. • 1 pound ground beef • 1 cup cottage cheese • 1 can (4-1/4 ounces) chopped ripe olives, drained (optional) • 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley [...]

I ♥ Faces ~ Laughter

What an exciting week over at I ♥ faces! The Pioneer Woman is the guest judge! How intimidating! J This week’s photo challenge in the Kid’s Category is laughter. If you’ve got a photo you’d like to share head on over and link up or you could just take a look at everyone’s pictures [...]

Menu Plan Monday ~ May 11

Hope everyone enjoyed their Mother’s Day week-end! Hope you all can join me over at Happy to be at Home this week. My kitchen is the “Kitchen of the Week” and I’ll be blogging about the goings on in my kitchen. I’ll be posting a lot of new recipes here at Better is Little, so [...]