Recipes, food, travel, and family
Everything my world finds yummy! We attempt to be healthy. I love my taste buds!
Key lime frosting YUM! This came out with a great lime flavor. Try it on a white cake! This is one of those frosting’s that needs to stay in the fridge! It will deflate and get runny if left out to long. Ingredients: 2 frozen key limes grated 1 pound powder sugar 1 ½ sticks […]
Individual Peach Pies August 24th is National Peach Pie day. I say eat these peach pies any day you like, lol. I always have trouble slicing and serving pie, especially that first piece. I prefer to make individual pies. So here is my recipe. Use your favorite crust recipe. I will share mine another time. […]
Chicken and spinach roll I was at a loss as to what to make for dinner. I was rummaging through the pantry and came across the baking mix. I used to make these back in my young days. You can put just about any combination into the roll. I happened to of had chicken out. […]
Cinnamon and Vanilla French Toast 3 eggs 1 tsp vanilla ¼ tsp cinnamon (or ½ tsp cinnamon sugar blend) 6 slices of bread In a shallow bowl scramble the eggs well. Now stir in the vanilla and cinnamon. Heat a skillet on medium high. Place a slice of bread in the egg mixture, flip over […]
Wraps made out of Romaine We call these just “wraps”. They are super healthy and so delicious. Only problem is they are a mess to eat, plan accordingly, lol. These can be made with any variety of veggies, meats, or vinegar’s. We mix it up all the time! Ingredients: 2-3 Large Romaine lettuce leaves 6 […]
Creamsicle Dessert Who doesn’t love the orange and cream flavors of a creamsicle? For me it brings back memories of summer as a kid. I wanted to recreate that in a dessert that is a little more grown up to eat on a plate. I adjusted this recipe to fit a 9×9 pan instead of […]
Grandma’s Shepherd’s Pie Who doesn’t love Grandma’s shepherd’s pie. Brings back memories. I love to eat food and reminisce about being a kid. Those perfect years when money doesn’t matter and riding your bike as fast as you can does! This is an easy meal to make up for your family. Shepherds pie is ground beef […]
BLT Potato Salad I love a BLT sandwich. I decided we should have it in our potato salad to change things up. Here is how I made it. It came out YUMMY!! BLT Potato Salad Recipe: Ingredients: 3 pounds of potatoes 2 cups mayo 1 tsp salt ½ tsp pepper 1 tsp celery seed ½ […]
Raspberry and Cream Cheese Monkey Bread My kids really like raspberry’s. They were hungry for them one morning and we were almost out. I decided to make them into a monkey bread so there would be enough to share. Here is my recipe for Raspberry and cream cheese monkey bread. Give it a try its […]
Kielbasa and Rice Casserole This is one of my “hamburger helper” type meals. Its fast and you can make it on that night you forgot to take something out. I always keep these ingredients in the cabinet anyway. I now make my black beans Recipe HERE and I usually use frozen corn. You can adjust […]
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dessert Great quick dessert to feed a bunch. Perfect for that summer family reunion! Chocolate chip cookie dessert is a awesome No bake treat. Ingredients: 2 (1 pound) packages of chips ahoy cookies (crunchy ones) 6 tablespoons of butter 5 cups milk 2 large packages of chocolate pudding mix Directions: Super finely Chop […]
Baked Dutch Apples I love a dutch apple pie. I was craving it for breakfast, but didn’t want all the fuss and time to make one. So I came up with this twist to dutch apple pie and baked apples. We quickly gobled them up. Ingredients: 10 apples Lemon juice (few tablespoons) 1cup flour 2/3 […]
