This delicious yogurt, fruit, and flaxseed smoothie is a quick and easy recipe that you can make with your kids. Enjoy it with breakfast or as a fun snack. You’ll love it! A couple of months ago, I rediscovered this old post on my blog–from the year I started blogging, 2012! It was first published […] Read more…
Recipes
(Healthier) Mac and Cheese Soup
This mac and cheese soup is an ultimate comfort food and a healthy twist on the typical boxed dinner. It’s an easy-peasy meal perfect for a cold winter’s night. Mac and Cheese Soup (serves 6) Ingredients: 32 oz chicken broth 6 oz small pasta shells (whole wheat if possible) 1 bag (16 oz) California blend […] Read more…
Artisan French Bread with Flax
Recently my friend Stacey gave me a recipe for french bread made with flax. We love using flax around here so I knew I wanted to try it. But I’d never shaped french bread before, I’ve just made regular bread in my bread machine. I found a great tutorial on how to […] Read more…
Quick and Easy Crock-Pot Taco Soup – A Frugal Recipe
Wondering how to make taco soup in a crock pot? It’s really easy and makes for a great hands-off meal for busy days! Crock-Pot Taco Soup is one of our very favorite recipes and it’s so simple, even my three-year-old daughter can assemble it in the crock-pot. ;) It’s quick and easy and even my […] Read more…
Homemade Christmas Gift: Homemade Hot Cocoa {in a Cute Little Bucket!}
Recently I got to thinking about all the artificial “stuff” that’s in my favorite packaged hot cocoa mix {hydrogenated oils, corn syrup and whatnot} and figured there’s a better way to enjoy this cozy treat. Enter my take on this simple recipe with only three ingredients. I’m sold! Homemade Hot Cocoa {or Hot Chocolate} […] Read more…
How to Make Pumpkin Pie Spice
I found a little jar of pumpkin pie spice in Target the other day. It was pretty tiny and expensive and I figured, “Hey, I can probably make this myself with stuff I already have in my cupboard!” And so I did. And so can you! :) DIY Pumpkin Pie Spice 1/4 cup ground cinnamon […] Read more…
Homemade Pizza Crust with Flax
We love homemade pizza and often use our whole wheat pizza dough recipe when we make it together on Friday nights. This Homemade Pizza Crust with Flax is prepared in the bread machine! It has a light texture and crisps up nicely (especially when baked on my Pampered Chef stone). It’s a bit thinner crust than the […] Read more…
DIY Corn Muffin Dry Mix
One of the ways I attempt to save time when preparing meals is to make homemade dry mixes ahead of time. That way, all I have to do is add the liquid ingredients to the already prepared dry ingredients for a quick bread, side or dessert. Kirk, my husband, loves chili and cornbread, so I decided to make up a corn muffin […] Read more…
Homemade Microwave Caramel Corn
Who doesn’t love caramel corn? This is a recipe from my childhood days that my mother and I made often. Let me tell you, it’s really hard not to eat the whole batch in one sitting. Homemade Microwave Caramel Corn 1 cup brown sugar 1 stick butter 1/4 cup white corn syrup 1/2 tsp. salt […] Read more…
Homemade Microwave Popcorn
For years I had a little air popper for making popcorn. Eventually it died so I moved on to making popcorn on the stove. It’s really, really tasty but not really good for you due to the copious amount of oil used in the recipe :) I decided to experiment with making homemade microwave popcorn. […] Read more…
Hot Ham and Cheese Calzone Recipe
I was drooling over the Schwan’s catalog one afternoon when I came across a ham and cheese calzones recipe. It called for the Schwan frozen calzone dough, however, I figured I could make my own in the bread machine. Here’s my version of this delicious dish. In addition to the classic filling of ham and […] Read more…
Bread Machine Calzone Dough
I’ve got to admit, I love flax. It has great nutritional benefits and really does taste good! We like to add it to smoothies, our cereal and baked goods. One of my favorite ways to get flax into my diet is by making calzone dough in my bread machine. I thought I’d share the recipe […] Read more…
Autumn Pear Bread
Make the most of your ripe pears by baking this delicious Autumn Pear Bread Recipe! Ever wondered what to do with ripe pears (besides make them into baby food?) You can make some Autumn Pear Bread! My aunt Brenda gave me this wonderful recipe and in my usual style I changed some ingredients to try […] Read more…
Crock Pot Cola Chicken
What can you do with a can of Pepsi and a bottle of ketchup? Make supper of course! (Wait, that wasn’t the answer you were looking for? :) ) I first had Crock Pot Cola Chicken at a monthly recipe club I attend with some lovely ladies. The theme that month was five ingredients or less […] Read more…
Kids in the Kitchen: Peanut Butter and Banana Smoothie
Will and Leah love being in the kitchen and helping out Mom. Usually this equates to fighting with each other for “the tall stool”, complaining because they didn’t get the first turn or sticking their hands in the peanut butter jar for a taste. But I know it’s fun for them to help out and […] Read more…