Just needed to bake something. Something tried and true. Something “autumish”. No that’s not a word, but your get the picture. So I plopped down at the kitchen table and ran through the cake category in my worn out recipe file. When I flipped to the oatmeal cake recipe given to me by my terrific…
It’s been a whirlwind few weeks that’s included a lot of slow cooker meals and pizza. I swung into the grocery store earlier this week and the fresh ingredients were calling my name. I already had apples, walnuts and cranberries (for these cranberry orange muffins) on hand so I picked up a few…
Many years ago (we are talking well over a decade ago), my cousin’s girlfriend (now wife) brought this delicious caramel apple cheesecake to our family Christmas. At the time I thought it was probably the best cheesecake I have ever eaten. Fast forward several years and I was talking to my husband at…
Must eat for Fall foods. Am I right? Saw a picture of caramel apples today. Made my mouth water as a memory came up in my mind of helping my mother make them years ago. Oh how I love those memories. Being with my mom in the kitchen A LOT taught me to love cooking…
Hello, my friends, As I was looking for another Irish dessert for St. Patty’s Day, I ran across this one. Perhaps one day in heaven I will share my dessert with this amazing man, Patrick, whom the Lord used in a very mighty way to bring the gospel to beloved Ireland. We hear about Irish…
Have you made apple crisp yet, this (almost)fall? You won’t be disappointed with this buttery sweet apple goodness dessert. I was in the fall baking mood the other day. We had gobs of extra apples that needed to get used up…so apple crisp was the answer! The secret with this Crisp is sautéing the apples…
We are still holding on to summer here as much as we can. The other day, the kids went along with daddy to feed the bulls, and discovered an apple tree loaded with apples in the pasture. My kids love apples and apple picking. So that’s just what happened. They brought home a beautiful bucket-full…
Two years ago, we were just at the forefront of the pandemic, and I a lot of questions had come to mind during this unstable period. Can you believe some of the changes that have occurred in our community, our state, our country, and our world since then? I would never have guessed a pandemic…
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving! What are you planning to do with your leftover turkey? Check out this repost of our Cranberry Apple Pecan Turkey Salad below. Perfect sandwich for the weekend after Thanksgiving. Enjoy! The holidays are quickly approaching! In the midst of keeping up with kiddos, the combine running…
Have you started transitioning over to fall yet? My mind keeps flip flopping between pumpkins and apples to watermelon and strawberries. The gorgeous 80 degree weather we are having has put a halt to me pulling out the fall decor. Luckily, last week we had a few chillier days that gave off the…
It’s a perfect Autumn Friday…cool, crisp and sunny. A great day for a “Recipe Roundup”! Check out several of our favorite apple recipes below. A wide variety of delicious treats ranging from Caramel Apple Cheesecake to Apple Cinnamon Bread to Apple pies to Apple Cake. Too many to choose a favorite! Click on…
For the last few weeks, we’ve been carefully noticing the apples on the nearby trees, “Are they ready yet, Mom?” Begins the peppering of questions from the kids. ” I can’t wait for apple pie!,” usually comes next. “Well almost.” Is my reply. About a week or so ago, we got the go ahead that,…
I’m sharing with you today an old-fashioned favorite salad that has made it’s way through generations. We have this refreshing salad every Thanksgiving and Easter. It’s one of those “must have” sides. It brings out the flavors of the main dish and is light and airy and citrusy. This recipe comes originally from my late…
St. Patrick’s Day is soon approaching and I’m getting ready for the next “holiday” dinner. Celebrations and gatherings are what we need, considering the past year. All our lives were invaded with the pandemic. Multiplied by Jenny’s bacterial meningitis, my father’s hospitalizations, surgeries and death in the fall, it’s certainly caused me to focus on…
Mini or bite size….hmmm, how about delicious! (And easy to send along with a hungry farmer). A couple of days ago the cooler weather finally hit us. Why hello, Fall…over the weekend it was in the 70’s and by Tuesday it was brisk and rainy. A dear friend of mine brought by some fresh…
What three things come to mind when you think of Fall? For me, it is: Harvest, Pumpkins and Apples! Lots and lots of delicious apples, maybe even a fun trip to an orchard. My husband is not a fan of pumpkin food…it stems back to kindergarten when his teacher made him eat a sugar-free pumpkin…