Homemade Chinese Food, Part 1 – Egg Drop Soup
Chinese food is a big love here in the Mrs Happy Homemaker house. When we have it in front of us, we eat it like candy. We have certainly done the the Chinese take-out option several times, but I...
Easy Shrimp Tacos – Low in Calories too!
If I haven’t already done so, I must express my affection of easy, tasty recipes. I have 3 kiddos – 2 of which I homeschool & a 1 year old sweet boy attached to my hip. Time is one...
Stuffed Hot Dogs
Hot dogs are kind of a staple item here. We like them cold from the fridge, cut in halves & fried (which if you haven’t tried, you NEED to!), covered in chili & cheese, or just slathered with mustard. ...
Great Grandma’s Coconut Custard Pie – Best EVER!
Old fashioned heritage recipes are the very best. This Coconut Custard Pie is just that…. the recipe was handed down to me by my Great Grandmother & I’m passing it on to all of you. We call it the...
Make Ahead Loaded Mashed Potatoes
These Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes are one of my most favorite recipes ever. Cheese, bacon, potatoes – I mean seriously, how can you go wrong? You can’t. Make ahead foods are very close, dear friends of mine. When those...
Spiraled Pizza Meatloaf
My husband does not like meatloaf very much at all. My youngest daughter, however, loves it. So being the good daddy that he is, he never complains when I make it. Even though he doesn’t complain, it still bothers...
Homemade Vanilla Extract
Vanilla Extract after 2 weeks Check out my vanilla extract update post here! This past week, my grocery list looked a little like this. Yes, that does say a half gallon of vodka. What did I need a...
Avocado Onion Salad
Avocado is a food that I didn’t used to really care for before marriage. My husband, however, really enjoyed them. It took me what seems like forever to even be able to stomach guacamole. It wasn’t really the taste...
Frugal Living – Homemade Bread Crumbs
We all do it. Make bread, or buy bread, that ends up not getting used before it goes stale, and it winds up in the garbage. Stop throwing away your money! Make up a batch of homemade bread crumbs. ...
Buttery Soft Pretzels
One of the best things about going to the mall for me is the pretzels that are usually sold there. The smell just creeps up your nose, enticing you, the closer to the little stand that you get. How...
Sausage Omelets
So, they say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day – but it seems that is the one meal that we spend the least amount of time preparing. Most of the time, it’s a bowl of...
Mini Oreo Cheesecakes
The idea of these mini Oreo cheesecakes came to me several years ago when reading a recipe that called for a vanilla wafer as the base of the cheesecakes. I thought, ‘Wow, I bet an OREO would be awesome...
