Recipes, food, travel, and family
Cranberry Pistachio Shortbread Cookies These cookies my sister and I came up with over the phone. She helped me decide all the ingredients. I wanted some ideas for making up cookies. She wanted pistachios in them. I suggested cherries or cranberries with it and she said cranberry. Next came deciding the dough, I thought a […]
Spinach Artichoke Dip My family loves spinach. When I make it for dinner we have to have 3 large bags of frozen spinach. We keep fresh spinach in the fridge to eat as salad, toss in eggs, and put on a sandwich. One of my middle children LOVES Spinach Artichoke Dip and requests it every […]
Avocado Hummus The first time I tasted hummus I thought it was just nasty. I have an open mind and decided to try one that was with sundried tomatoes. I liked it, so I tried another one and liked it too! Now we make hummus as a quick snack around the house. We also LOVE […]
Throwback Thursday Great, Great, Great Aunt Amy’s Peanut Butter Cookies It’s Throwback Thursday again!!!! I am having a good time writing these recipes. My Great Great Great Aunt Amy (we just called her aunt Amy) was a very important part of my life. First of all I get my name from her and I […]
Colored Sugar Recipe: You need ¼ cup of sugar and 5-7 drops of food coloring Place sugar is a shallow bowl. Place drops of food coloring (remember you can add more color later, you can add more later) smash the food coloring into the sugar, I added more to make it more of […]
These are a hit in my household. Full of nutrients and yummy. I have a food dehydrator That I love. I have had it for about 7 years now. It works great! I have also made the kale chips in the oven and the come out good too; although I did slightly burn them once. […]
Orange Fluff I grew up with my mom making this with green jello and crushed pineapple instead. Then my Grandma started to make it with mandarin oranges and it quickly became our favorite! It’s so light and fluffy. Yummy dessert for tonight Orange Fluff Recipe: Ingredients: 8 ounces (1 container) of cool whip 1 pkg […]
Cuban Sandwiches We love to make Cuban Sandwiches in the summer. They are easy and a great finger food to eat on the go. Sandwiches and salad are our summer favorites, along with cooking on the grill. First time I had a Cuban sandwich was in 1998 in Stuart Florida. I can’t stand pickles warm. […]
