Jen's Happy Spot

We are having another tight budget week and are low in the snack food department. I had kids just getting home from school and demanded a...

I think we just discovered a goldmine. A fat laden, sugar filled, super yummy goldmine. My kids and I were just sitting around on this lazy ...

Wish I had a prettier photo. You will have to trust me! It had been cold and wintery a little while ago and I was totally in the mood fo...

When I was growing up, it was a tradition to have rolled and cut out sugar cookies (that were frosted with homemade buttercream frosting) a...

Yes, these are baby carrots, not sliced. I used what I had. ;-) I am always on the lookout for easy, economical, and family friendly rec...

Pretty sure this is the most boring picture ever.... So, we are having company tomorrow night. Some new/old friends are coming over for ...

My daughter is a Tumblr freak. She is as into that as I am into Pinterest! Or almost that much at least. Anyway... the other day she asked m...

A couple of years ago my husband brought me a treat that someone had given him at work. He warned me that they were spicy but that didn'...

I have been waiting for the perfect opportunity to make a recipe that I had found on Pinterest for Churro Popcorn. It is hard to find one o...

So... tonight I decided to try another Pinterest inspired recipe. This one caught the eye of my son who requested I give it a shot some tim...

Tonight for dinner I made a Pinterest inspired dish again, called Taco Pizza. We have had this a couple of times recently and I must say, i...

My hubby and I enjoy going to our local farmer's market when we can and we made the Saturday morning visit this past weekend. While we w...

Contrary to a friend's opinion, this is a piece of chicken breast and NOT a tonsil. Haha. I am still in a blogging funk. Boohoo.Ca...

Wow. Didn't realize how unattractive it looked. It's ok though. The taste wins. I promise. I subscribe to Taste Of Home magazine ...

My mother-in-law, known as Nana, was a wonderful Grandma. She was active and loving and spoiled her grandchildren with affection and attenti...

Tonight we had our beloved chili rellanos. I love those things! One of the things that makes them so tasty is the sauce that we smother all ...

My favorite type of food in the whole world is Mexican food. I could eat it every day in some form. A while back I ran across a really good...

A long time ago I had this brilliant idea to start a blog. My husband encouraged me to do it and so I did. It was 3 short posts and they wer...

I recently asked a couple of my friends to share caramel corn recipes with me since my son was having his 7th birthday party soon (thank yo...

Let me introduce you to the single most amazing thing that could ever  happen to a chocolate loving family- Crockpot Chocolate Fondue!...