Recipes, food, travel, and family
Everything my world finds yummy! We attempt to be healthy. I love my taste buds!
#FallFamilyMeals Sausage Crescent Cheese Balls Fall family meals are a favorite of mine. I love the cozy foods that come with this time of year. The problem is a lot of cozy food take a lot of time to make. This year I am really busy as I am hosting the BIG family Christmas at […]
Succulent Crockpot Beef Stew Crockpot recipes are so awesome. I love to get dinner started early. It is wonderful to have very little to do at dinner time. Only to ladle out some succulent crockpot beef stew! I believe that I enjoy the food more when I am not slaving over the heat right before […]
“I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for KitchenIQ. I received promotional items to thank me for my participation.” My Kitchen, My Friends, Products & Recipes My Kitchen is my haven. I spend most of my time in there. Actually I spend more time in there than in my living room! […]
One Pot White Chili #Recipe My Best friend used to tell me about her white chili recipe that she makes. I took her idea and morphed it into my own. I enjoy a variety of beans in my chili so I carried that over to my white chili recipe. I also enjoy different typed of […]
Apple Betty #Recipe Apple Betty is like a dutch apple pie without the crust. Its perfect for a crustless pie or those who cannot make a crust. My husband loved it warmed up for breakfast. My kids loved it for dessert with ice-cream on top. It is so fabulous either way. Don’t be fooled by […]
Top 10 Homemade Cookies from My World Simplified Tomorrow is homemade cookie day!!! My family LOVES homemade cookies. We never really purchase cookies and prefer them fresh out of the oven. I also give homemade cookies as a gift to family and friends. Since October 1st is homemade cookie day I decided to gather my […]
Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients: 1 package of cream cheese softened 1 stick of butter 4 cups powdered sugar 2 tablespoons or so of milk Directions: Using a mixer, Mix together cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add the powdered sugar and mix until its crumbly. Slowly add small amounts of milk (teaspoonful at a time) […]
Cheeseburger Casserole #Recipe I grew up eating hamburger helper and super easy meals. My mom worked 2nd shift and dad was left to cook for us. I remember quite a few burned meals and then he started to figure it out! As a young adult I quickly learned the difference between freshly made food from […]
Homemade Macaroni and Cheese #Recipe In my family I am teased for not being able to make boxed food. Mac n cheese is one of those that I cannot make. The powder kind either turns into a clumpy mess or its like soup! I gave up years ago and learned to make my own! This […]
Caramel Apple Dumplings #Recipe I had never had an apple dumpling before creating this recipe. I had heard about them but wasn’t quite sure what they were. I scoured the internet to find out an apple dumpling is just a cored apple filled with yumminess and wrapped in pie crust, baked to golden and served. […]
Homemade Pita Bread #Recipe My family loves pita bread. These are actually pretty easy to make. Of course it uses yeast so there is a lot of rest time for the dough but the actual process of making the bread is fairly simple. My Pita bread recipe is also great to make pita chips with. […]
Cracker Barrel Hash-brown Casserole #Recipe I started making hash brown casserole about 15 years ago. I had Cracker Barrel’s breakfast version and decided I could make that at home. What I recreated came out great. I took it to a family pot-luck and that was all it took. For years I was asked to make it […]
