This recipe is adapted from my all time favorite magazine, Family Fun. When I first came upon it, I seriously doubted that my kids would love it. After all, it’s green and it’s made from little trees. But somehow the green factor played to my advantage and the kids thought it looked ‘cool’. (Hey, if they want to call it alien soup–fine by me.) Plus, it calls for mashed potatoes to make the soup thick and creamy so it has a bit of a different type of texture and taste that the kids liked. The vegetables in this are eventually … Continue reading →

I often buy whole chickens because they are on sale. Not only that but it’s a meal that you can cook once and then have on hand for at least a couple of days. Up until now, I’ve only used my leftover whole chickens for sandwich meat. . .but one snowy, cold day I had an “a ha” moment, and the result is what follows: Roast Chicken When it comes to roast chicken, I cheat. I have tried a variety of combinations of spices, and I’ve even rubbed my chicken in adobo–which my family also likes. However, our absolute favorite … Continue reading →