Gingerbread Train Time in our House
The construction of the fourth annual Gingerbread Train was completed in the Osborne house recently. The picture on the left is a preview of our 2009 caboose. Trains are a big deal in a house full of little boys and our house is no exception. This year we built a gingerbread train from the same [...]
Coupons Save Hundreds Per Month
We are gearing up for the holiday season and will be doing plenty of cooking and baking. The Publix receipt on the right is a great example of how coupons save us money. I stopped by Publix on the way home on Monday and spent $6.98 on items that our family uses. I got things [...]
Homemade Stove Top Popcorn
“This popcorn Tastes just like the movie theater popcorn”
That is what I hear from everyone who tastes the popcorn that I make by following the recipe in this post. I learned the secret to great popcorn in high school in the 80s. I cooked all of the popcorn for the concession stands at home football [...]
Four Year Old Biscuits
We started a tradition in our house a few years ago called Breakfast for Dinner. My son Riley just has taken the word “for” out and calls it “breakfast dinner”. His favorite food for breakfast dinner is biscuits. This kid is not even five years old and can knock down the same [...]
Childhood Concoction
This candy is one of those childhood concoctions that really never got a proper name. I have come up with many different ideas for the name but I just can’t get the original name out of my mind. The original name was was Candy where the was filled in with a four letter word beginning [...]
Grilled Pizza
You are reading the title correctly. Yes, it says grilled pizza and it is out of this world. I have cooked my share of pizzas on numerous part-time jobs since back in high school, and I was a little skeptical going into this dinner. I was pleasantly surprised by the results. The dough is homemade [...]
Saturday Night Steak for 2.5
All of this comes together fairly quickly and easily. It feeds me, my wife and my 30 month old. Yes, my 30 month old little boy loves his steak. He can put down sirloin or filet at about the same rate I can bite for bite.
The steak is a top sirloin cut a little less [...]
