When I first created this blog I wanted to create a place that I could easily access my recipes from as well as share them with others. This worked well for a while till I found Plantoeat.com. I found myself not posting recipes here as much because I had a great place to store them. So for a while I tried reviewing cookbooks but soon found that was not my thing either. So here my food blog sits with very little use. I still want to use it but how.. So I got to thinking. I also have a book blog where I review books I have read and I really enjoy that. So why not review recipes? So I am going to give it a try. I would love to see more interactions with the people who read this blog and reviewing recipes might be a way to make that happen so I am going to give it a try.  Stay tuned!

I hate that this blog has been neglected as of late. I still post recipes I really like but I want to do more with this site. A few months back I started another blog to review books. Basically I get books for free from publishers and I read it then write a review for it. I love doing this! Earlier this week I started to think about this blog again and how I want to find a way to get it going again. I started looking around at the site where I get my books and saw they had cookbooks as well and a light bulb went off!

So I picked a few and I am going to review them and share some of the recipes with you as well as what I think about the cookbooks. I am kind of excited about this! I might also review some of the cookbooks I have as well.

Another thing I am going to be doing is a challenge giveaway over at Plan to Eat. I plan to do another post just about plan to eat soon. Basically you cook a recipe or two each week from the cookbook they have picked and you could win a year’s subscription to the site. Head on over to read more about it!

So I am excited to get this blog hopping again. I hope you will enjoy what is to come!

For a great recipe for these…

Cabbage rolls. O this is one of my favorites and every time I have tried to make it, well its not come out well. I am bound and determined this time to get it right. I have spend a few hours this weekend searching cooking blogs and recipe sites to find one I think is close to what I remember. So this morning I pulled out a few cookbooks.

and started to write my own recipe.

I don’t create recipes very often so its either its going to be a huge flop or something good. Stay tuned…

So I have a frozen cut up whole chicken that I plan to use for supper tonight. I had planned to make a grilled herb chicken with it but the weather has turned cold and I have no desire to fire up the grill.  I am also on a slow cooker kick at the moment. I looked through a few cookbooks  but nothing jumped out at me so I put the chicken still frozen in the slow cooker and dumped quite a bit of BBQ sauce on it. We will see in 8-9 hours if its any good.

What have you thrown together in your slow cooker on a whim?

Sorry for the lack of recipes this week. Both my kids have been sick. I have some great recipes to share. I finally made my favorite chili and can’t wait to share that as well as a few others.

If you look at the bottom of each post you see 5 stars. If you try a recipe please come back and rate it. Even if you don’t like it. Also feel free to post how it turned out good or bad you will not hurt my feelings at all. I am always looking for ways to make recipes better. If you have a recipe you want me to try or another food blog or just anything cooking related send them to me here absfavrecipes@gmail.com .

Happy Cooking!!

I have always wanted to create a blog where I could share recipes and just talk cooking. Finally I just sat down and did it. A little about me. My name is Abbie and I am a stay at home mom to 2 kids. My kids are getting at the age where I am finding more time to play in the kitchen again so I figured now was the time to start this blog. Please feel free to comment on my posts or share recipes. Maybe no one will even read this blog but I will have fun putting it together none the less.