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Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole for Throwback Thursday #tbtRecipe Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole recipe history: As a kid I had a great imagination. Sometimes the line between reality and my imagination intertwined at times. Whenever I heard chicken cordon bleu I thought fancy European food. I pictured eating it in little café’s not knowing what it was. […]
Bolognese or Red Meat Sauce Bolognese or Red meat sauce is perfect to use in place of jarred spaghetti sauce. Make up a batch and freeze it in quart containers. This is one of those recipes that your neighbors will be smelling cook all day, making them jealous they are not eating at your house […]
Watermelon Freeze My daughter Tarrena helped me come up with the name for this, although we all sat around brainstorming it! We love watermelon in the summer. We go through quite a few of them throughout summer. Sometimes we will buy a couple at a time and then we need to hurry up and use […]
Homemade Blueberry Pancakes Fresh Blueberry Pancakes, quick and easy to make. Delicious served with Blueberry Sauce. These homemade blueberry pancakes are made with ingredients most pantry’s have. Double the batch and freeze some to warm up on a busy morning! Blueberry Pancake Recipe: Ingredients: 1 pint fresh blueberries Dry 2 cups flour ½ tsp salt […]
Blueberry Sauce Ingredients: 1 pint blueberry’s ¾ cup water ½ cup sugar Directions: Mix all ingredients to a saucepan. Cook over high heat until it reaches a boil stirring occasionally. Use a potato masher to mash the berries. Reduce heat to medium low and continue to cook for 3-5 minutes or until it reaches desired […]
Watermelon Limonade watermelons and lemonade are a traditional part of summer. I personally love limonade, so I combined all three watermelon, limes, and lemons. Watermelon Limonade is refreshing! Watermelon Limonade Ingredients: 6 cups cubed watermelon 4 lemons juiced 4 limes juiced 8 mint leaves 1-3 tbsp honey or agave syrup 4 cups water 2 cups ice […]
S’more Pie! S’mores and summer go hand in hand. Here is another of my recipes for a different swing on S’mores! S’more Pie Recipe Ingredients: 2 packs graham crackers 2 tablespoons butter melted 1 pack chocolate chips 1 package large or small marshmallows Directions: Start with preheating oven to 375. Crunch up the graham crackers […]
Jenn’s Easy Mocha Throwback Thursday this week is throwing back to my little sister Jenny! Now she is a mom herself and Jenn! I was there when she was born and helped to raise her until she was in kindergarten. We are 11 years apart. I moved away when she was just 6 years old […]
Oven Chicken Nuggets My family loves chicken nuggets. They remind me of getting McDonald’s special when we would drive to Kalamazoo. Hot and crunchy nuggets, add with it fries, a soda-pop and a toy, and you’ve got kid heaven. As a mom, chicken nuggets are evil. Full of grease, fat, salt, and lord knows what […]
Delicious Omelet Throwback Thursday and again I am going back to my teen years. I moved out at the ripe age of 16 with little skills in the household other than raising a baby. (My sister is 11 years younger and mom worked nights) Dad (a germ-phobic) cooked dinner and I raised the baby. So at […]
S’more Trifle Cake Memorial Day is the unofficial kick off for summer. My family loves S’mores in the summer. We all wanted a snack to finish off our day of barbecuing. I whipped this up and we all LOVED it. Ingredients: 1 chocolate cake frosted (get a boxed one and make it like directed on […]
Healthier, Potato Skins BAKED!!! This is another of our family favorites! We use a variety of toppings. Last night we had steak and salad along with these. The potato skins come out crispy like they were deep fried in a restaurant. Yummy! Enjoy! Potato skins Recipe Ingredients: 5lb bag of russet potatoes 4 tablespoons olive oil […]
