Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
I’ve seen a lot of recipes recently for homemade marshmallows and I’ve basically ignored them. I mean, making marshmallows is not really high on my cooking “to-do” list if you know what I mean. They’re available at the store, they’re cheap and I don’t really care about them. That being said, I have a little …
My oldest daughter caught onto reading very young and has developed a deep love for it. My youngest was a little harder to engage. We started to encourage her to read to our dog after reading several studies that show that kids literacy improved after reading to their pets. It’s paying off. Her reading is …
We call these Santa’s Favorite Cookies because when we put these out he didn’t leave any behind. Not one. Santa also left a note saying “Please make these again”. That pretty much says it all, doesn’t it? I love these cookies because they are so easy to make after mass on Christmas Eve and the …
I love my slow cooker. Like, if I wasn’t already married, I’d considering running away with it kind of love. This is one of my favorite recipes to make in it. Serve with mashed potatoes and roasted veggies, or homemade macaroni and cheese. My mouth is watering. Can’t wait for dinner tonight. Pleasantville Slow …
We are all guilty of buying into convenience such as bagged salad, cut up veggies, and frozen food. We’re busy, right? Sometimes though we’re being sold a bill of goods. Like store bought hot chocolate. Nothing bothers me more than hot chocolate because it may just be the ultimate sham. Seriously. Here’s an example of …
Today I am sitting at my desk, begrudgingly writing out cheques for my children’s annual crappy photo shoot, A.K.A., their school pictures. It pains me to pay for these because they are spectacularly bad, although not as spectacularly bad as last year where I refused to purchase them all together. I seriously don’t get it. …
Give a kid a camera and hilarity ensues. Last year we gave our daughter a camera for Christmas. She’s a pretty avid photographer but I never really took the time to look at what she was snapping until her card was full and needed to be erased. Now that she has a new card, I …
This used to be my mother’s go-to recipe when she was in a rush and there really wasn’t much in house. She always kept the ingredients for this on hand and now I do too. So, what’s for dinner tonight? Super Skillet Pasta 1 pouch Lipton Onion Soup Mix 1 pound ground beef 1 tsp. …
