Posted in Recipes on Oct 1st, 2008 21 Comments »
Sorry, this post is another deep fried recipe (I know, it’s not helping my love handles either!) It’s also another yummy breakfast meal we like to eat for dinner! Fried Scones were one of my favorite meals growing up as a kid. My mom would make bread and save some of the extra dough to [...]
Posted in Recipes on Sep 24th, 2008 22 Comments »
This recipe for Chocolate Cake in 5 Minutes really works! Once I saw it, I knew I had to try it. I love this cake for two reasons: First, you get cake in 5 minutes instead of 25 minutes (I just can’t wait 20 more minutes!) Second, there’s no left overs to eat two hours [...]
Posted in Recipes on Sep 17th, 2008 37 Comments »
Today’s my birthday. Yes, another year older and hopefully wiser too! A fun little fact about me… today is my husband’s birthday as well - he’s just 2 hours older than me. You can read more about it from Last Year’s Birthday post. Happy Birthday, Jordan!
All growing up, my mom made us a Frozen Yogurt [...]
Posted in Recipes on Sep 10th, 2008 17 Comments »
These two ingredients were made for each other! I could eat Chocolate and Peanut Butter for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I’ve recently come across some great recipes with these two delicious love birds and wanted to share.
Peanut Butter Bars (pictured above) - so easy, no bake, yummy Graham cracker crunch! One More Moore
HolyCrapTheseAreAmazing Cookies - [...]
Posted in Recipes on Aug 27th, 2008 15 Comments »
My brother Jeff recently visited the country of Jordan and was introduced to a lemon juice drink speckled with mint. It’s considered a sipping drink as it’s pretty strong and flavorful. He loved it so much that he came up with his own recipe for Mint Lemonade and he’s sharing it with all of us.
Recipe [...]
Posted in Recipes on Aug 20th, 2008 28 Comments »
My kids love to eat hot dogs for lunch. So I’ve been trying to serve them a little different to spice things up a bit.
Ollie the Octopus: I found this fun hot dog idea from Easy Recipes for Kids. I cooked the hot dog first. Then cut 8 octopus legs, but left a large section [...]
Posted in Recipes on Aug 13th, 2008 14 Comments »
I needed a dessert for a party and wanted something with chocolate. After searching my cupboards, I came up with a few supplies I knew I could throw together. I found chocolate pudding, but added whipped cream I had in the fridge to make it fluffier. Then scooped this all on a graham cracker crust, [...]
Posted in Recipes on Aug 6th, 2008 18 Comments »
I’ve been growing Basil in the garden for one purpose, Pesto! With only 4 ingredients, this yummy green sauce is so easy to make. It goes great with pasta, pizza, sandwiches, and is perfect as a dip for a crusty bread. I could probably eat it for every meal, it’s that good.
I’ve been excited to [...]
Posted in Recipes on Jul 30th, 2008 47 Comments »
This recipe for semi-homemade donuts starts from a can, but comes out baked hot and fresh. Using ready-to-use biscuit dough, these donuts are easy and fast to make.
Supplies for Donuts:
biscuit dough - ready to use or from scratch
small circle cutter - I used a medicine cup that came from children’s Tylenol
1/4 - 1/2 cup [...]
Posted in Recipes on Jul 23rd, 2008 26 Comments »
Every year my mom and I make Apricot Fruit Leather. It’s so good and super healthy. Since I posted it last year, someone asked if other fruit could be used. My mom remembers trying other flavors in the past, but always had the best success with apricots. So I decided to take up the challenge [...]
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