New Recipes Added!

This has been on my to do list since last year! I am SOO happy to finally be able to cross it off the list! I just updated my recipe box with 9 new recipes! So hop on over to My Recipe Box and check them out! You might just find something new to make [...]

Tricks of the Trade: Left Over Chicken

As you may know from past Menu Plan Mondays – my family LOVES to eat whole chicken that is cooked in the crock pot. It’s so easy and so yummy and their are SOOO many different things you can do with the chicken. Plus, when chicken goes on sale, it’s a VERY affordable meal! (I [...]

New Feature – Recipe Box!

I am so exited to tell you that I’ve added a new feature to The MommyTrade!  Every Monday Almost every Monday I post my Menu Plan for the week and I always link to a recipe if I have it to link. Well, I’ve gone one step further and put all of my recipes on [...]

Cheap Whole Chicken at Ralphs!

If you didn’t browse through the Ralph’s grocery deals that I posted yesterday i wanted to be sure and highlight the sale on Chicken they are having: You can buy a WHOLE chicken for $0.59lb! That makes them some where between $2.50 – $3.50 depending on the size of your chicken.

And since it’s such a [...]

Menu Plan Monday 8/3

Well I had a GREAT weekend celebrating my birthday! I was able to sleep in, clean my garage (that’s what I wanted to do!), get lunch with my family, take a nap and then go out dinner and play board games with some friends. It was  a great birthday! The sleeping in and naps were [...]

Blog Hop – Favorite Recipe Taco Bake

This is my first time in a Blog Hop so I hope this works right! But it seems like a pretty fun thing to do. (If you don’t know what a Blog Hop is you can read about it after the links below)
I have a few recipes I could post for this Blog Hop but [...]

Kraft Foods – Yummy Recipes!

I love good recipes and I love it when they are easy and affordable to make! I have found that Kraft Foods has some GREAT recipes – like their “Taco Salad Made Over”. MMMMMM…it is sooo yummy!  This is a family favorite of ours and you’ll see it repeated on my Menu Plan Mondays.
You can [...]

Menu Plan Monday 6/13

Well it’s Monday and time to post my Menu for the week! I made Sweet Taco’s yesterday for dinner and our friends we shared them with LOVED them as much as we do so I’m going to include the recipe at the end. If you make them and love it let me know!
Monday- Teriyaki Meatballs [...]

Baking, cooking…yummy!

We have a 1st birthday coming up in our house! That means a party, food and a cake! So for me that naturally means finding recipes and baking ideas! I found the Betty Crocker’s website last year when I was looking for cake ideas for Joy-joy’s birthday party and I was so excited when I [...]

Menu Plan Monday 6/22-6/28

Here is my menu for the following week:
Monday: Burgers w/Salad
Tuesday: Mexican Skillet
Wednesday: Lasagna w/ Garlic Bread and veggies
Thursday: Taco Bake
Friday: BBQ Chicken Pizza (recipe below)
Saturday: Chicken & Rice w/veggies
Sunday: Left Overs
I love making this pizza with my daughter Joy-Joy. She loves it too! Here are a couple of pictures of us making [...]