Just wondering :)

Last week I watched the movie Julie & Julia for the first time, I know a little behind the times in my movie watching....Anyway, at one point in the movie, Julie is posting on her blog and wonders if anyone is even reading it. I wonder the same thing sometimes. So....is anyone reading this?.... :)

Another not so original recipe...Delicious Country steak and gravy

Here is a wonderful recipe from my hubby's cousin. Soooo delicious...and my kids love it! It's wonderful served with rice or mashed potatoes! Enjoy!

Ingredients
1 lb beef cubed steak
all purpose flour
vegetable oil
salt and pepper
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 packet Brown Gravy mix (I use McCormick brand)
1 & 1/2 soup can water

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Heat oil in skillet. Cover the beef in the flour and place in the oil and cook until just brown on both sides. Sprinkle with salt and pepper while browning. Remove beef and set aside.

In a medium bowl, combine cream of chicken soup, brown gravy mix, water, and salt a pepper to taste. Mix well with wire whisk.

Place beef in greased 9x13 baking dish. Pour gravy mixture over beef. Cover with foil and bake for 65 minutes.

No More Lost Socks....

I was watching the Nate Berkus show a while back and a lady was talking about how to better manage your laundry....now if there is one chore I HATE, it's laundry...so I'll take any advice I can get! She had a great tip for keeping socks together in the wash... safety pinning them together! So I finally gave this a try....it's works wonderfully!!! I just pin the socks together before putting them in the wash, and then when the load is ready to fold, there's no more hunting matches for socks, they are already paired up!!

Not So Original Recipes...

I love to cook... and I love cookbooks! I love to flip through them and find simple recipes that sound delicious...then I try out these little gems on my family to see if I should serve the dish again, or throw the dish and the recipe out with the trash :) Oh how I wish I was one of those women who know just what ingredients go together to make incredible original dishes for their family....but I'm not! So I am a second hand chef, borrowing recipes from great cookbooks, or from family and friends. And I love to share great recipes as much as I like to borrow them, so I will share the great ones here :)

Here's a super simple recipe for Berry Cookie Cobbler, borrowed from a friend...Delicious!! Enjoy :)

Berry Cookie Cobbler

1 bag (about 12 ounces) frozen mixed berries, thawed

1 container (21-ounce) apple pie filling

1/3 cup granulated sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 roll (18-ounce) prepared sugar cookie dough

Vanilla ice cream

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large bowl, mix berries, apple filling, sugar, and cinnamon. Transfer fruit mixture to an 8 by 8 by 2-inch baking dish.

Crumble cookie dough over fruit, covering thickly and completely. Bake uncovered until cookie crust is golden and crisp, and juices bubble thickly, about 45 minutes.

Serve warm with ice cream.

Great Book..."No David!" by David Shannon

My boys LOVE the book "No David! " by David Shannon. I remember the book from when I taught, and how much the kids enjoyed it. It's great to see my sons laugh as we read it, especially when they do some of very things that David does in the book! It's a very simple book, but so funny and sweet! There are also more books about David's adventures :)

Heart to Heart

When I was expecting my baby girl, I was looking on the internet for decorative letters for her nursery and found the cutest website. It's Heart to Heart and the web address is butterflycraze.com. I have a link to it here.

They have the cutest letters and other great decorative items for little girls' rooms. They also have cute gift and party theme ideas too! Definitely worth checking out!

Llama, Llama....

My kids LOVE the Llama, Llama books by Ann Dewdney. If you don't know what I'm talking about you must check them out! The first one we got when Little Man was small is called Llama, Llama Red Pajama. It's wonderful and our copy is all tattered from being read over and over! I just got the boys another one called Llama, Llama Mad at Mama and it's great too. She's also written another called Llama, Llama Misses Mama, which I will probably purchase soon too. They are adorable, so check them out!