Food and Recipes

Vintage cookbooks have a special place in my heart. I love their window into the way people used to cook, eat, and entertain. Not all recipes from vintage cookbooks translate well into today’s modern kitchen, but some recipes are timeless. This simple recipe for Applesauce Cake is based on a … [Read more...] about Applesauce Cake Recipe

Every week I make a batch of homemade cookies for my family to enjoy throughout the week. While boxed mixes and refrigerated cookie dough is convenient, I always think that making cookies from scratch tastes best and I can control the ingredients. One of my favorite type's of recipes to make when it … [Read more...] about Chocolate and Mocha Oatmeal No-Bake Cookies

My family loves a good homemade guacamole and I've been making it for them for years. Even though they have a few favorite recipes, I'm always looking for new ways to prepare it, especially when the recipe is super easy to make and includes ingredients that I can find readily available. Leading … [Read more...] about Crunchy Herbed Guacamole Recipe

My family are big potato eaters. Seriously, we eat a LOT of potatoes every week and I'm always looking for new ways to prepare them. We enjoy them baked, mashed, fried, grilled and all sorts of different ways and with different toppings. WE LOVE POTATOES! One of my family's favorite potato recipes … [Read more...] about Cheesy Bacon Topped Potato Wedges Recipe

A few years ago my mother introduced me to homemade smoothies and frozen fruit drinks. At the time, I was blowing a lot of cash at local smoothie bars & gourmet coffee shops buying their icy-cold treats, instead of making them myself. I had always thought it would be too hard or too time … [Read more...] about Acai Berry Smoothie Recipe

When it comes to baking, muffins are one of my favorite type's of recipes to make. Muffins are super versatile and there are thousands of different recipes out there. You can make them as a little side dish, as a snack or as a super-licious dessert. Check out this recipe from our friends over at … [Read more...] about Moist Coffee Cake Muffins Recipe

My great auntie was a great cook and baker. Over the years she taught me how to bake a lot of things, especially how to make & bake them the good old-fashioned way. Some of my most favorite recipes are the ones that were created back in the 1960's and 1970's, and to this day...I still make … [Read more...] about 7-UP Dessert Cake Recipe