Recipes

My kids enjoy snacking but get tired of eating the same old things. With that said, they're big fans of popcorn and I'm always looking for new ways to prepare it. Once prepared I like to make up snack-size bags of it to toss in their lunch bags or to give them as an after-school snack. Popcorn … [Read more...] about Cinnamon Popcorn Crunch Recipe

This recipe for drop sugar cookies is really easy to make. It's a great recipe for those who don't want to bother with rolling out their dough and cutting out shapes with cookie cutters. You can decorate the tops with colored sugar or leave them plain. That's entirely up to you. * This post … [Read more...] about Grandma’s Drop Sugar Cookies Recipe

This caramel pecan popcorn mix is the perfect sweet and crunchy snack. You make the mix by combining popcorn, pecans, brown sugar, margarine, corn syrup, vanilla extract and baking soda. The recipe is super-easy to make and you most likely have all (or most) of the ingredients on hand. Once you have … [Read more...] about Caramel Pecan Popcorn Recipe

I enjoy making homemade pound cakes. The cake slices are delicious when topped with freshly sliced strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, sliced peaches, etc. In addition to the fresh fruit...we enjoy adding a little bit of granulated sugar and milk on top. Sort of like … [Read more...] about Classic Lemon Pound Cake Recipe

My grandmother raised 7 children and most of the time she did so as a single mother. Money was tight. Back then rice was a common staple that was used in a ton of different recipes. Grandma used rice to make different side dishes, as an ingredient in one of her soups or stews, and it was often … [Read more...] about Grandma’s Old-Fashion Rice Pudding Recipe

I enjoy having my mother at our home. When she's here I get a lot of help in the kitchen which gives me a much needed break. While Mom was here last week she made a batch of her delicious beef vegetable soup using my slow cooker. She tossed everything into the crock at 10 in the morning and it was … [Read more...] about Slow Cooker Beef Vegetable Soup Recipe

For the past few weeks I've been staying down at my daughter Shelly's house to help out with things around her house. While she recovers from surgery I've been doing a lot of cooking and baking. I enjoy using tried & true recipes from local community cookbooks and today I'm sharing a new … [Read more...] about Easy Homemade Apple Crisp Recipe