The Beautiful Basics

These breakfast tacos are great on the go . I make a huge batch in advance and then wrap them individually in plastic wrap or a baggie and ...

Howdy--we are almost to planting season for tomatoes . In my area, you shouldn't plant tomatoes until after March 5 th , so check your l...

This recipe is great for a brunch or a bridal or baby shower. The green chilies give it flavor but not heat and that with the eggs and che...

Howdy... I am back in workout mode and have decided that I am going to run in the Blue Bell 5K in April, so I have combined my normal "...

Home Depot has moved up to be one of my favorite stores lately, and its all because of the Kid's Workshop they do. This is a FREE work...

My friend Joani made this Strawberry Cake last week for our office and it was almost completely gobbled up in now time. It was so moist a...

Just thought I would post the Valentines that my son is giving to his friends at school. These are super simple. I let him pick out which s...

I love to use dobbers and create little shadows around the edges of the things that I make. I only discovered "dobbing" last yea...

I hear from Gardeners that this is the best time.... when you start gardening and you start to see the shoots coming up! First we bought the...

Another meal you can make with the basic beef recipe for Freezer meals is a basic lasagna. Basic Beef recipe here http://thebeautifulbasics...

Hello! Gardening Season is fast approaching and for some veggies, we are already in the time to plant them. So, check your local gardening r...

This is another freezer meal made from the PC Basic Beef found here http://thebeautifulbasics.blogspot.com/2009/02/freezer-meals-basic-beef....

This is another freezer meal made from the PC Basic Beef found here http://thebeautifulbasics.blogspot.com/2009/02/freezer-meals-basic-beef....

This is one of the Pampered Chef meals made with the Basic Beef . Once you have taken your basic beef recipe found here http://thebeautiful...

This is the base for the Pampered chef Beef Freezer meals. You make up one batch of this and then you divide it into 3 freezer bags, then a...

The weather here in Texas has been absolutely beautiful this week, cool at night in the 30-40s and in the 70s d uring the day. While I li...

Can you tell I have been trying out lots of recipes ? I swear I will post some crafts or other things here sometime soon...as soon as I get...

Hello, Here are the recipes for the smoothies that we made at the Smoothie Class the other day by my friend Kali. She did such a great job ...

Hello again, As you may have noticed, I have changed the background on the blog. Lindsey told me she was having a hard time reading it with ...

Happy Monday to all...I hope we all have a great week and that something beautiful happens to everyone! (And CONGRATULATIONS to my friend ...

We just had an HFPE on making smoothies and bread sticks . I have been so inspired by the smoothie class that I have had a smoothie every ...

My friend Jenn makes a green smoothie that is yummy and is packed full of nutritional value. Here is the link that she has it posted at on ...

Howdy! As I taught the bread sticks class tonight at our Ladies night at the church... recipe link here http://thebeautifulbasics.blogspot...

I am here to apologize to anyone who has been looking for another high heels work out...alas, I have not done any. For one, the weather has ...

Today my sister was in charge of her little girls weekly preschool class and they studied Zoo animals. She did some really cute things...th...

Howdy all, I hope you are all doing dandy this last week of January ...can you believe it, we are almost to February...the month of love an...

Good Evening all, I made this pork loin this weekend and it was simple and easy so I am sharing. The pork loin recipe comes from Robin Mill...

This is from a cookbook my husband brought me back from Utah " The Essential Mormon Cookbook: Green Jello, Funeral Potatoes, and other ...

Here is the Breakfast Casserole recipe that I made for a Sunday lunch. It is adapted from a recipe in our ward cookbook. Breakfast Casserol...

I am sitting here chapperoning a college dance.....ah, the memories! I love to dance, and I went dancing almost every Thursday of my colleg...