It is "that" time again....

The "time" I refer to is the end of summer term at school. Why I ever thought that cramming 10 weeks of information into 8 weeks with the schedule that my family has I will never understand. At first (the first 3-4weeks) everything was OK, I had found a good balance between family, work and school but, oh yes, there is a but, all of a sudden the universe started spinning much faster, my days began slipping by in nano-seconds and then all of a sudden I found myself falling behind, struggling to keep up and praying that I would survive and retain the required information in order to pass those dreaded finals.

Well the end is almost here, I have been eating, breathing, and living school in every spare second I can find. There has been no time for cooking, or grocery shopping or house cleaning, only survival people. Luckily, my family is wonderful, my husband and children have been maintaining the house and no one stares too much as the circles around my eyes from lack of sleep make me look more and more like those cute little raccoons down by the river.

So everyone, please hang in there with me as I finish this last week of school. I promise that as soon as it is all over I will be cooking again, trying out all those great recipes and sharing them with anyone willing to read my blog. Wish me luck, and if I don't return within 7 days come looking for me I might just be buried under my laptop trying to study for my physics exam.

The Best Ever Blueberry Muffins

Last week a co-worker's husband called work and when I answered the phone he started raving about the muffins his wife had made the night before. He told me they were the best muffins she had ever made, which is saying a lot because she is a fabulous cook. Later in the day I asked her for the recipe and she quickly printed it for me. Let's me just say, that these are definitely the best muffins I have ever made. They have a light, cake like texture that isn't too sweet. The best part about them is the wonderful blueberry swirl that combines with the whole berries. And let's not forget the lemon sugar topping or the streusel topping, I made both because I couldn't decide which would be better--both are equally wonderful on top of these muffins. Inadvertently, bought the wrong size container of blueberries at my store, so I didn't have as many as the recipe calls for, but it didn't matter they were still FABULOUS! I plan on making more of...

Balsamic and Onion Pot roast

Whenever we get a beef we go through the meat in a certain order, steaks are gone first, followed by the burger and stew meat, and lastly we always have roasts. It isn't that we don't like a good roast, but rather that I don't have a lot of experience producing a roast that is moist and juicy and flavorful. I don't want to waste a good cut of meat on experimenting, so I usually wait until there are no other choices left and then make the roasts. When this happened recently, I turned to Pinterest for inspiration. If you have not checked this site out I am urging you to do so very soon. It is a plethora of ideas of ALL kinds, but my favorite are the food boards. I found this recipe that someone pinned from Kalyn's Kitchen . It is a slow cooker roast recipe that is moist, tender, and full of flavor. I LOVE the depth of flavors created by the balsamic vinegar and beef broth along with the sweet roasted onions. We served it w...

Peanut Butter Struesel Brownies

I have to start with the disclaimer I didn't make these delectable little bites of chocolate peanut butter dellciousness. Br2, my seven year daughter who has inherited my love of making yummy food, made these babies all by herself. She found the recipe, prepared the recipe, and with hardly any guidance from me she baked these brownies to take to Thanksgiving dinner so that she had her very own dish to bring like, "all the other girls." They are rich, delicious, and a great addition to any dessert buffet! We used a brownie mix because at the last minute I discovered I was all out of cocoa, but this brownie recipe (minus the mint candy) or your favorite recipe would work beautifully with the peanut butter struesel topping. Enjoy!

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