19May
Summer’s Best – Zucchini!
As you may know if you have read some of my blog, I have a vegetable garden. All the planting has been done for a few weeks now. We have been watering (and weeding) faithfully. Seeds have sprouted and with Spring well under way, I am now impatiently looking forward to [...]
Filed under: Breakfast/Brunch, Dinner, Quick Fix, Recipes
Tags: cayenne pepper, corn meal, eggs, flour, nutmeg, salt, sugar, zucchini
29Apr
Do your bananas ever look like this? Surprisingly, it happens in our house quite often. I have a hard time understanding it, though. My daughter likes them almost totally green. The little ones like them just barely yellow and I like them just before they turn brown. How is it that some of them get [...]
Filed under: Desserts, Recipes, Teach/Learn
Tags: baking soda, bananas, butter, chocolate chips, cinnamon, cloves, eggs, flour, nutmeg, salt, sugar, walnuts
18Mar
You gotta love a crock pot! I love corned beef brisket, but it takes a long time to cook on the stovetop or oven. So, I don’t do it that way. I use my crock pot to cook my corned beef. It is so easy and so delicious! I hope you give this recipe a [...]
Filed under: Crock Pot Meals, Dinner, Recipes
Tags: apple, cabbage, corned beef brisket, garlic, mayonnaise, onions, pineapple, salt, sugar, vinegar
06Mar
My family like most other families – loves pizza. For years now Friday night has been pizza night at our house. Pizza Night is one of our favorite family traditions. Sometimes we pizza for take-out, but lately more often than not, we make our own pizza. We love pizza. Any pizza will due. Tonight is [...]
Filed under: Dinner, Family Fun, Recipes, Traditions
Tags: flour, garlic, olive oil, oregano, salt, sugar, tomatoes, yeast
27Feb
Could anyone say it any better? Chocolate is a wonderful thing! Of course Betty Crocker would know. But, what do we know about chocolate?
Today, research has shown that chocolate has some health benefits. Over 300 naturally occurring chemicals are found in chocolate. In a study conducted by Andrew Waterhouse, chocolate was found to have potent [...]
24Feb
I sure wouldn’t know it was National Pancake Day if I hadn’t watched the morning news. I “googled” National Pancake Day and sure enough, today is National Pancake Day! So, in honor of National Pancake Day, here is my favorite pancake recipe:
The Best Pancake Recipe (makes about 16 small pancakes)
Ingredients:
1/2 – 3/4 cup milk
2 tablespoons [...]
07Feb
When it is cold and cloudy, and it is, I just turn into a great big old grumpy bear. The only thing I want to do is hibernate. Luckily, it’s the weekend and I have a little flexibility in my schedule, so I may try to sneak in a nap, but I can’t [...]
Filed under: Recipes
Tags: butter, eggs, flour, milk, rice, rosemary, salt, sugar, vanilla, whole wheat flour, yeast
29Nov
Christmas Holiday Traditions
We have many Christmas holiday traditions in our family. There is the Christmas cookie tradition, the Christmas tree traditions, and naturally the Christmas Eve traditions. Of course, my favorite tradition is the Christmas cookie tradition. Every year we make dozens and dozens of different cookies to share with our [...]