Since we don’t have a whole slew of sugar or processed foods at our house I like to have something I can whip up on a whim…especially when we have a houseful of kids. This recipe is the best one to make while all the neighborhood kids are gathered around the kitchen island because of…
The minute the weather starts to cool down under 99 degrees around here my brain automatically goes into pumpkin baking mode. There’s something about Fall that makes me just crave pumpkin chocolate chip stuff like nobody’s business. My friend’s chocolate chip muffins are back HERE. My sister’s delicious pumpkin cookies are HERE. And here is…
Grace whipped these puppies up on the last day of school. They were so easy and I must admit they tasted pretty good too so I figured I’d share how she made them. All you do is mix these together: 1 pkg. devils food cake mix 2 eggs 1/3 c. oil Add M&Ms and bake…
My friend made these for book club last month and I was in love at first bite. The recipe is from “Our Best Bites” which is an awesome cooking blog. Seriously, I need to sit down and try a whole slew of the recipes in that thing because they look good. But for now, I’m…
My sister-in-law’s friend gave me this recipe and it is the best one yet…IF you’re going for the variety of cookies with no oatmeal. (I’m a little biased toward oatmeal but man alive, these are tasty.) And let’s just put in a side-note that I KNOW Crisco is not a good thing health-wise, but hey,…
Last year we made “Easter Story Cookies” to help our kids further connect Easter with the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It was a rushed event because we ran out of time after all the other hoopla we tried to squeeze in, but we did it. There’s a story to go along with…
I am just coming up for air after some pretty hefty hosting and Turkey Trotting and velvety family togetherness. I told Dave I think I may have bit off more than I could chew this year. He laughed and told me that seems to be a theme of mine these days. He’s not wrong. So…
As life continues to grow more complicated, I continue to feel more and more gratitude for the simple things. Gratitude for a “normal day” amidst the hubbub the minutia that tends to take up so much space. A “Normal” Evening There was a night a couple weeks ago where Dave, Lu and I were all…
When Thanksgiving rolls around we’re all looking for good roll recipes, am I right? So I want to repost a recipe for the most delicious home-made rolls. This is a recipe from my friend Wendy who we’ll get to in a minute. For now, let’s just enjoy brace-clad Elle showing off those beauty-rolls. There we…