Recipes

How many of you love to make homemade fruit and veggie pies? I know I do! I would rather make a homemade pie than buy one at the store. Homemade always tastes better and seriously...make a good homemade pie crust isn't as hard as you think! Plus, I often times make my pie crusts up ahead of time and … [Read more...] about The Perfect Pie Crust Recipe

My little grand daughter loves cookies, all different kinds but one of her absolute favorites are my Chocolate Chip and M&M Cookies. When she comes over to my house...these are the first ones she requests. One of the things that I think make these cookies so awesome is the addition of the sour … [Read more...] about Chocolate Chip and M&M Cookies Recipe

I have a grand daughter who will be 7 years old in a few months. She's involved in various sport groups, girl scouts, church youth groups, etc. I'm often asked to bake up various treats for their bake sales and one goody that I like to make is homemade chocolate brownie muffins. Basically...it's … [Read more...] about Chocolate Brownie Muffins Recipe – A Bake Sale Favorite!

For the past few months I've really cracked down and made the commitment to eat healthier and one of the ways that I've been doing that is by incorporating more fish into our weekly diet. We've never been huge fish eaters but now that I've been learning new ways to prepare it, we are finding out … [Read more...] about Seared Salmon with Blueberries Recipe

Spring is finally here and already this season I've been busy baking! During the spring and early summer...it seems like there are a lot of holidays (Easter, Mother's Day and Father's Day) along with various baby showers, bridal showers and birthday's to attend. As someone who loves to bake...I'm … [Read more...] about Lemon Cupcakes with Marshmallow Meringue Recipe

How many of you celebrate St. Patrick's Day? I'm not Irish but I do have a lot of fun wearing green on St. Patty's Day! On top of that, we love to make some good old fashioned Irish food and/or enjoy a good cup of Irish Coffee every time St. Patrick's Day rolls around. Do you dress up? Eat some good … [Read more...] about Happy St. Patrick’s Day + Irish Coffee Recipe

Making homemade fruit smoothies is a great way to get extra fruits into your system. I admit it...I love eating fruits but I often don't get 4 or more servings of it a day. One way that I can easily get them into me is by consuming a fruit smoothie. Not only that...making them at home is a LOT … [Read more...] about Banana Mango Smoothie Recipe