Merry Christmas!

Between my son's diagnosis with leukemia early this year and my husband getting laid off from his job later the same week, it's been...

Southwestern Pasta Salad

First a little update on my son:   It's been a long journey, but my son is now in remission from leukemia and we are verrrrrrry slowl...

Chewy Brownie Double Chocolate Cookies

 I have a hard time deciding which I like more-- a fresh, hot cookie straight from the oven or little snitches of the dough before they'...

Welcome, News, and Links

Welcome to Recipe Shoebox!  My name is Lara and I started the Recipe Shoebox in 2008 after getting sick of trying to keep track of my recipe...

Crockpot Chicken Tortilla Soup

Two months ago today my life was consumed with busy mom stuff.  What should I make for dinner tonight?  How many  places do I have to go ton...

Update on Spencer

I know you're mostly just here for the recipes and I promise I won't do this very often, but for those of you who are interested, he...