Easy Summer Dinners: No-Cook and Slow Cooker Recipes

July 28, 2025July 27, 2025 RefreshHer2 Comments

On these hot days in late summer, making supper without heating up the kitchen can be a challenge. I want to provide a delicious meal, but I want to do it without standing at an outdoor grill or without a 375 degree oven causing the air conditioners to work extra hard.

My best tool on these days is the crock pot. While talking with Whitney this past weekend, she was remarking at how many recipes done in the slow cooker include ingredients like creamed soups. In my opinion, those kind of recipes add calories, sodium, and a dish that’s too heavy for a 90 degree day.

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Dinner · Family life

Making Family Dinnertime Special

July 9, 2025July 7, 2025 RefreshHerLeave a comment

Every Monday I share a recipe or two with you because I love to cook good food for my family and those I serve in my home. I enjoy it because of what a good meal does for a family. It makes memories and traditions. It binds us together. As our stomachs are nourished, so are our hearts. But there’s a whole other dimension to food that plays into each of those blessings. It’s really the whole experience and atmosphere in which it is served.

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Dinner · Lunch · Meal planning

Healthy Low-Fat Meal Ideas for the Week

March 10, 2025March 9, 2025 RefreshHerLeave a comment

I’m excited that we have a couple weeks at home! That means I get to cook for us, which requires planning ahead. I’m going to go for some good protein and low fat meals. I have gone to my Pinterest boards and pulled some new recipes to try. Healthy and delicious, is my goal! If you need some inspiration for your menus this week, check below for some scrumptious suggestions!

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Crock Pot · Dinner · Pasta · Uncategorized

Slow Cooker Beef Bolognese

February 17, 2025February 13, 2025 RefreshHer4 Comments

Vacation food inspiration…I love it! When we were at Disney last month, Whitney ordered Beef Bolognese one evening. She shared a portion of her entree’ with Dale and he raved about it. If you’re not familiar with this dish, don’t think spaghetti. Here’s an official description of what it is…

Authentic bolognese is not a simple tomato-based meat sauce, but a complex ragù with a prominent meat flavor and a small amount of tomato.

When we got home I set to work looking for a good and healthy recipe to try.

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dessert · Dinner · Traveling · Uncategorized

Disney Deliciousness

January 27, 2025January 26, 2025 RefreshHer6 Comments

How kind the Lord is to allow our D&D ministry to start back up two weekends ago. We returned to a church in Florida for a meeting. It was a great time with these precious people!

After it ended, we had the fun of meeting our daughter, Whitney and her husband, Paul at Disney World! It had been 40 years since we were there, and that was as sponsors for a school trip, so it wasn’t really a true experience of the parks. Paul and Whitney are pro’s, so she planned our trip and we got to go along for the ride (pun intended!).

Since Monday is normally recipe day here on my blog, I’m going to share some of the amazing food we ate while there. The blessing is that though we took in some calories, we walked an average of six to eight miles each day, so we got in plenty of exercise!

We didn’t just eat inside the parks; we went to the different resorts to enjoy their restaurants as well. That was one of the blessings of traveling Disney with seasoned veterans!

Here are the some of the delicious things we enjoyed and the place where we ate it…

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