It is that time of year… The sun is out and the air is warm. This means the beginning of an abundant amount of zucchini! When my plants first start producing I love it and I can’t wait to cook up all my zucchini! By Summers end I just want to rip my plants out. (That is just…
I have been avoiding eating processed meats so my lunch menu has been a bit tricky. When I say tricky I really mean time-consuming. During the lunch rush at my house it is hard to have a good nutritious lunch so I need meals that are easy and quick or else I will end up eating…
I saw these Honey Lime Skewers on Pinterest and I knew I had to make them. Ashley’s picture of them made my mouth water! My chicken did not end up looking as delicious as hers because I ran into a few issues. I spent so much time working on this recipe, I cut my chicken up, marinated my…
If you have been following me you know that a little over a week ago my father in law had 2 heart attacks in one night and then had to have open heart surgery a day later. This was an eye-opening experience for all of us. Especially when it comes to how we take care…
Back in the day before I moved to the boonies I use to LOVE Starbucks. I worked for AT&T for many years and if you ever noticed they are almost always located right by a Starbucks so you can only imagine how many vanilla lattes and caramel macchiatos I have had over the last 10 years.…
We have been eating our fair share of strawberries around here. It’s just that time of year. I have a picnic planned at the park with my boys and one of my grandmas and I wanted to bring something special and tasty for a desert. What better than chocolate covered strawberries? It is unbelievable how…
I is for Iced Coffee! As my days have lengthened and have become much warmer, like 90 degrees warm, I have decided I can’t drink hot coffee all day long anymore. It’s now time to start having some iced coffee. No matter what kind of weather we are having I love hot coffee in the morning. But now…
I am a pretty simple girl, there’s no doubt about that. This dish is as simple as it gets. I grew up having beef tacos weekly so it’s not surprising that I cook beef tacos nearly every week as an adult. It’s one of the first things that I was taught to cook as a…
That’s right you can have a delicious egg breakfast with only 5 ingredients. What’s great is that these 5 ingredients are items I usually always have on hand. I had a play date arranged with one of my best friends and I wanted to have a little something for us to munch on when they arrived.…
Years ago I threw together beef enchiladas and My husband and I loved them but I never made them again. I don’t know why because I have thought about them a lot since then. When I went grocery shopping last week I bought a big pack of tortillas not realizing that I had a 30…
Life in the Orchard 