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Creative Recipes That Highlight Cowboy Butter Seasoning

Creative Recipes That Highlight Cowboy Butter Seasoning

Cowboy butter seasoning offers a unique combination of flavors that can enhance dishes. This blend combines savory herbs, zesty lemon, and a touch of warmth to create a flavorful journey that appeals to various tastes. For individuals seeking to add excitement to their cooking skills, 

Orange Apple Fruit Smoothie Recipe

Orange Apple Fruit Smoothie Recipe

Apples are in-season in the northeast during the months of September and October. Every year we head to our local apple orchard to go apple picking as a family. It’s always a fun family event. This recipe utilizes fresh apples along with a few other 

Mango Banana Fruit Smoothie Recipe

Mango Banana Fruit Smoothie Recipe

Two of my favorite fruits are mangoes and bananas. Combine them together into a fruit smoothie and I’m all in! This Mango Banana Fruit Smoothie Recipe only uses a handful of ingredients and is easy to make! If you want to bump-up the health benefits in this recipe substitute Manuka Honey for the Honey. Use whole milk instead of skim milk if you need extra calcium in your diet. If you don’t have any honey on hand you can substitute with 1-2 teaspoons of granulated sugar for the sweetener. I just prefer using Manuka Honey.

Mango Banana Fruit Smoothie Recipe

Mango Banana Fruit Smoothie Recipe

1 Mango, peeled and cubed
1 Banana, peeled and sliced
1 cup Vanilla Yogurt
1-2 tsp. Honey
1/2 cup Milk
2 Ice Cubes

Place the mango, banana, vanilla yogurt, honey and milk into a blender container. Blend until smooth. Toss in 2 ice cubes and blend until it’s your desired consistency. Serve immediately.

Note: If you like serving fruit smoothies in chilled glasses…place the glass into the freezer for 30-45 minutes before blending up the ingredients.

Ham and Bean Soup Recipe with Home Canning Tips

Ham and Bean Soup Recipe with Home Canning Tips

Ham and Bean Soup is a classic belly-filling soup that can be made on the stove-top or in your slow cooker crockpot. I like to make a huge kettle of it on the stovetop and can it for later use. For this home canning recipe 

Creamy Peanut Butter Frosting Recipe for Cupcakes

Creamy Peanut Butter Frosting Recipe for Cupcakes

My kids love eating homemade cupcakes…especially if they’re topped with a creamy peanut butter frosting. It’s their favorite with a buttery cream cheese coming in second. This peanut butter frosting recipe is perfect to top cupcakes, a single-layer cake or a batch of chocolate brownies. 

Watermelon and Banana Fruit Smoothie Recipe

Watermelon and Banana Fruit Smoothie Recipe

My family enjoys eating watermelon year round. Matter of fact, it’s one of their top five favorite fruits to eat. When I purchase a fresh watermelon it never lasts long…they’ll eat the entire melon in less than 2-3 days! Besides eating watermelon as a snack…we like to use it in some of our favorite fruit smoothie recipes. The following recipe utilizes fresh or frozen watermelon.

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Don’t have any honey on hand? Don’t worry, you can substitute 1 tsp. of granulated sugar for the honey. If you want to bump up  the nutritional value and health benefits use Manuka Honey  instead of regular honey. We like to serve our fruit smoothies in chilled glasses. If you’re the same…place glass in the freezer for 30-60 minutes before pouring the fruit smoothie into it.

Watermelon and Banana Fruit Smoothie Recipe

Watermelon and Banana Fruit Smoothie Recipe

1 cup fresh or frozen watermelon (seeds removed)
1 ripe banana, mashed
1/2 cup vanilla yogurt
1 tsp. honey
2/3 cup cold milk

Optional: Garnish the glass with a small wedge of fresh watermelon. Hosting a fancy fruit smoothie party? Add a sprig of fresh mint as a garnish.

Place all of the above listed ingredients into a blender container. Blend until creamy. Pour into glasses. Serve immediately.

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How to Make Classic Old-Fashion Apple Dumplings

How to Make Classic Old-Fashion Apple Dumplings

We have an apple tree in our backyard. It produces a semi-tart baking apple. When I make apple dumplings I like to buy Gala apples at our local Farmer’s Market and combine them with the baking apples from our tree. I will do half and 

Home Canning Chocolate Pudding with Recipe

Home Canning Chocolate Pudding with Recipe

Homemade chocolate pudding is one of my family’s go-to snacks. Not only do they snack on it…often times it’s the dessert to a quickly-served meal. We don’t purchase or use boxed mixes or buy those pudding snack cups. We make all of our puddings from