Norwish Recipes

I actually love April Fool's day. I think April Fool's day should be named "Laugh a lot day" or "Share a smile day" or "The Love joke day". Okay those might be horrible names, but what about the original? The "fool's" part makes it sound like it's a day to be mean to people and make a fool of them. I think April Fool's day is a perfect day for healthy, fun laughter, not horrible practical jokes. One of the ingredients for a healthy family is laughter. But it has to be the right kind of laughter. Not laughter AT people. That's no good. The healthy kind of laughter is laughter WITH those you love. Growing up I remember my Dad playing April Fool's day jokes on my Mom. Not every year, but once and a while. Obviously they made an impression on me because I still remember them in detail. I remember she laughed. Like, really laughed. Today I'm going to share with you one of my most favorite April Fool's Day jokes ever...

Spring is here and I'd so much rather be out in the garden than inside preparing a huge meal. I love this dish because it comes together so quickly (less than 30 minutes) and is packed with flavor and fresh tender vegetables. The asparagus from the grocery store is so good this time of year, tender and crisp. I love it that way. We planted some asparagus in our garden last year and I'm hoping in a few years that we'll be able to harvest it. This dish is so nice for a weeknight meal, quick and easy. I've mentioned before that I like to make several meatless meals every week. Adding the white quinoa in this dish adds protein in our diet it blends right in with the sauce making it great for picky eaters. Pasta Primavera Printable Recipe * Serves about 6 INGREDIENTS: 1 lb. Spaghetti, Linguine, Fettuccine, Angel Hair or other stringy pasta 1 bunch broccoli 1 bunch asparagus 1 red bell pepper 1/4 Cup butter 2 garlic cloves, minced 1-1/2 Cups half and half 1 Cup cottage chees...

I love spring. So many things to love about it. My crocuses and daffodils are blooming right now. Makes me so happy to look outside and see them. Soon maybe I'll see a few tulips if the deer don't get to them first. They already nibbled on a few. I still haven't gotten out to plant my spring garden yet. I'm running a bit behind this year. Our remodel project is close to being done and we're really pushing to try to finish it in the next couple of weeks. That project has put the garden off a few weeks, but hopefully we'll get to it soon. One thing I love about spring are spring fruits and vegetables. Isn't it interesting how your body is hungry for certain foods during certain times of the year? Well this time of year my body is hungry for spring salads and tender spring vegetables and fruits. Mmmmh...I love how this salad combines fruit and vegetables into an amazingly beautiful and delectable appetizer. It's a perfect salad for my liking. Simple enough ...

Let me just tell you a little bit about my life the last few months. I had one son in hockey for about six months. There were two practices a week (one on Friday evening) and games every Saturday. Sometimes we'd have to travel up to an hour each way for his two-hour games. On top of that was the holidays. And on top of that we began our remodel project (which will hopefully be done really soon...crossing my fingers). Then in January my other son started basketball which included on average two nights a week. And that went on for about six weeks. So for about six weeks we had basically no weeknights free, our Saturdays were gone and plenty of stuff going on during the day time too. Keep in mind that this is all vital preparatory information for the recipe that I will share with you today. I had to learn to be very efficient in dinner prep or it wouldn't happen. One of the things that I learned was that I love my electric pressure cooker for those kind of crazy schedules. I used ...

Lunch is an important part of the day, especially for kids at school. While there's always talk of improving the health of school lunches, I've found that it still doesn't meet my standard for a budget friendly or healthy meal for my kids. But I'm always torn because I remember growing up how important lunch was to me. Most of my friends ate "school lunch" and I have to admit that I felt a little left out with my home lunch most days. My parents understood and we got to eat one school lunch every month. We looked forward to that and would always plan it for a day when they'd have pizza or another kind of our favorite food. School lunches were discussed most Monday nights in our home growing up during family night or "family home evening" as we called it. We joke about that now, but it really meant a lot to us. It was a huge deal. And it's a big deal to my kids now. Especially my third grader who eats home lunch at school most days like I did....