Eggs Goldenrod : the breakfast of choice for Captain America

Eight years ago when I first met my husband – a close male friend of mine dubbed him *Captain America*. Only after we got married did this friend begin calling my husband by his real name! It was partly a cheesy nickname – but really just poking fun at my husband’s six-pack abs, all-around good […]

a tale of piecaken…

A couple of weeks ago, my friend, Alexa, posted about a hilarious and almost ridiculous recipe called *Piecaken*. Piecaken, is the brain child of missionary and blogger, Jamie http://www.theveryworstmissionary.com. Basically, she had an epiphany to dump a whole baked pie into a spring form pan and poured cake batter over the top. She baked it. […]

Quinoa :: great protein for the kiddos

Quinoa is my new fave.  I particularly loved when I went into the store asking for ‘kee-no-ah.’ Um…it’s ‘keen-wah.’ You win some…you lose some… Anyway, quinoa has great protein, is super easy to make, is versatile, and the kids love it. I’m no pro chef, but I try to give the kids something other than […]

have you ever had one of those days?

good morning! this is what happens when you’ve made breakfast for everyone in the house and then realize “hey, it’s 10 AM and i’m hungry, too!” so you pop a bagel…the very last bagel, into the toaster. and then you hop onto a work call. and 15 minutes later…you smell something. so you run into […]

meesh’s famous potstickers

spooning meat onto wonton wrapper

Ok, this is for all of you who love my potstickers…i know that i call a lot of my recipes “meesh’s famous…” but this really is my own recipe! Ingredients :: potstickers 1 pkg square or round wonton wrappers (usually found near the tofu in dairy section) 1 lb. ground meat (i usually use blend […]