Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs {How-to}

My kids love hard boiled eggs and they are perfect for school lunch or snack! They help fill my boys up, which is sometimes hard to do. I make at least 6 at a time and store them in the fridge to grab when needed. Click over to read my article The Truth About Eggs and see my recipe for the perfect hard boiled egg. Spoiler alert: the recipe is super easy and foolproof! It's a winner for me. Enjoy! ...click here for the recipe!

Make your own crispy shells {Tostadas, Tacos, Chips}

This is a great way to enjoy crispy tortilla shells at home made from nothing more than simple corn tortillas.  Nothing added, no added preservatives to keep them crispy in a box.  And guest what?  It's super easy.  We use these crispy shells whenever we have tostadas, crispy tacos or simply want some warm, fresh chips!  Enjoy!

Ingredients:

fresh organic corn tortillas

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350'F.  

2. Place tortillas directly on oven rack, with enough space so that they are not overlapping

3. After about 5-7 minutes, flip them all over

4. When you start to smell a nice toasty corn smell they are done, about 5-7 minutes later.  The first few times you make your homemade crispy shells you'll want to stay nearby the oven and watch them until you are comfortable with your oven and figure out the time that works for you.  *All ovens are slightly different.

*To make taco shells, simply shape the tortilla into a taco shape and drop in between the oven rack grates.

...click here for the recipe!

Kitchen Tip: How to store chopped onions {no more smelly fridge}

Hello there!  Hope you are enjoying your summer as much as we have been.  I have a few new posts in the works for some great summer recipes we've been enjoying.

How to store that leftover chopped onion?  Usually, I wrap it in plastic wrap and stash it in the veggie drawer of the fridge but I can always smell that pungent onion smell when I open the fridge.  And I've had that dreadful experience of the onion imparting it's flavor onto other items in the fridge.  yuck.

The other night as I was chopping onions for our favorite Tostadas I had the idea to stash the remaining chopped onion in one of our mason jars.  We use mason jars for everything including as drinking glasses, love, love, love them!

It's the perfect airtight container.  No more stinky onion smell in our fridge and no more squished and banged up onions.  The glass jar doesn't absorb any odor at all like some plastic food storage containers may.  Go ahead and give it a try.  It's a simple tip, one of those Ah-Ha moments for me.  And I like that we are using less plastic!


...click here for the recipe!