Recipes, food, travel, and family
Everything my world finds yummy! We attempt to be healthy. I love my taste buds!
Mini Caramel Apple Pies in 20 Minutes Yesterday the girls wanted something sweet for a brunch type snack. I was wanting some apple pie but didn’t want to do all that work or wait almost 2 hours to eat a piece. These mini caramel apple pies are done in 20 minutes and they are yummy! […]
Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes These Pumpkin pie cupcakes are so scrumptious! I made them for Girl Scout troop and one got dropped. The girls actually argued over who got to eat it. I love pumpkin pie and the flavors of a pumpkin pie! This is even better! Top with Spiced Pumpkin Latte Frosting Recipe for Pumpkin […]
Pierogi: Potato filled Dumplings Pierogi are a special treat. They are some work to prepare from scratch but very worth it! The first pierogi I had were from a package bought in the freezer department. These are sooooo much better! Pierogi Recipe Ingredients: Dough 3 eggs 1 cup sour cream 3 cups flour ¼ teaspoon […]
Crockpot Stuffed Bell Peppers I love using my crockpot! It makes dinner so easy. These crockpot stuffed bell peppers come out tender and moist. As you see the cheese oozes from them! The insides taste as amazing as the outsides look! Toss a batch in your crockpot today and be eating them with ease tonight! […]
Pumpkin Bars Its pumpkin time again! I LOVE pumpkin! I live in Florida and Autumn is a long ways off from what the calendar says. I grew up in Michigan and I know what real Fall is! Fall with cool air, hoodies, leaves changing colors, pumpkins, and the smell in the air. There isn’t a […]
Swirled Frosting for cupcakes These look so fancy and they are SUPER SIMPLE! Needed: Frosting (I always make it but you can use the canned stuff) gel coloring (must be the gel) Sandwich bag skewers or something long and narrow Directions: Open a baggie so that the corner is pointy and the zippered part is […]
Dark Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies Ingredients: 2 sticks of butter ¾ cup sugar ¾ cup brown sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 2 ½ cups flour 2/3 cup dark cocoa powder 1 tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt 1 bag of semisweet chocolate chips Preheat oven to 375. Mix together the butter and both sugars. […]
Salisbury Steak Throwback Thursday Salisbury Steak! Growing up with a mom that worked nights, left us girls with a tired dad, which in turn meant lots instant meals! Mom took me grocery shopping with her a lot. I could remember her list, lol. I went because I could pick my T.V. dinner and pop for […]
Jello Ice Cream When I was a child my mom would purchase the large tub of ice cream. The gallon bucket comes in handy after the ice cream is done. We were only a family of 4 so it took a while to finish off the gallon. We soon tired of vanilla. Mom came up […]
Acorn Squash Yippee, it’s that time of year again, when we eat lots pumpkin and squash! I picked up a bunch of golden acorn squash. I decided to make them up the way my mom did when I was a kid. These are more like candy than veggie! Ingredients: 4 Acorn squash ½ stick of […]
Chicken Noodle Soup Who doesn’t love a bowl of chicken noodle soup? Well my Tarrena doesn’t, but most people do. It’s a cozy, go to meal for me. Although it was over 90 degree’s, I needed a cozy meal to go with the evening rain. So I whipped this up and we devoured huge bowls. […]
Old Fashioned Lemonade I love, love, love an ice cold glass of lemonade. Most of the stuff you buy is just too sweet for me. So of course I created my own recipe. None of the extra crap in it, just lemon’s, sugar, and wter! This is best made the night before. Pouring it warm […]
