Hi my name is Maria. I am the cooking mama behind, Maria’s Kitchen, the recipe segment over at www.themotherhuddle.com . My grandma always said I was born with a sandwich in my hand. I have to agree, however, I think Grandma failed to notice the wooden spoon I had in my other hand! Cooking and eating are still two …
Tomato Basil Naan Bread Pizza Tomato Basil Naan Bread Pizza is just plain wonderful with the sweetness roasted out of the Tomatoes and the Fresh Basil… it’s just mouth watering! Of course, you could easily adapt it with your favorite pizza toppings and pizza sauce for a little more of a traditional pizza. …
Choffy Chocolate Cupcakes Have you ever heard of Choffy? Me either… until one of my readers sent me a bag to try and with it came this fabulous cupcake recipe! SO, of course I had to make the Choffy Chocolate Cupcakes to share with all of you! Choffy is brewed Chocolate. It’s 100% cacao …
Chat with Ruthie… Kids and Cell Phones? How do you know when a child is ready for a cell phone? This is such a dilemma and there are plenty of pro’s and con’s to that question. I’m sure a pretty good discussion could take place over this subject. But ultimately, I don’t think there …
Our Disney Caramel Apple Pie Recipe is a simple apple pie recipe for your autumn baking! Today’s Disney apple pie recipe is from the Delicious Disney Cookbook. It’s easy–packaged sugar cookie crust, simple apple filling, crumble topping, and caramel drizzle! Perfecto. Why we love Disney Caramel Apple Pie Recipe We love today’s Disney’s Caramel Apple …
What’s Cooking… in your Kitchen? A Weekly Dinner Menu Round-Up Sometimes we all need a little help figuring out what to make for dinner! What’s Cooking… in your kitchen, is a Dinner Menu Round-Up that will help take the guess work out of dinner! Monday: You all know how I LOVE …
Thai Cooking Class If you remember a few weeks ago when I posted about Bloggers’ Night Out at Gardener Village and I also shared my excitement at being able to attend a Thai Cooking Class at Taste Culinary Boutique… SO, I wanted to share this really fun night with all of you! …
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Dip Pumpkin Cream Cheese Dip is a fabulous pumpkin dip for apples or graham crackers sticks or go ahead and just use a finger! Totally kidding… this dip is SO good though, I promise you’ll be tempted 🙂 Pumpkin Cream Cheese Dip is a yummy little treat I whipped together the …
Pepper Steak with Rice Pepper Steak with Rice is a recipe that was sent to me by a reader AND let me tell you… it’s super delicious! Pepper Steak with Rice is a family favorite of Jacquie’s… when she was growing up, her mom would make this dish every summer when the tomatoes and …
Chat with Ruthie… Breast Cancer Awareness I know, I know- we all hate thinking about Breast Cancer. It’s just not a fun subject at all BUT, these facts recently published by the American Cancer Society emphasize how important it is to stay on top of our Breast health… The American Cancer Society’s most recent estimates …
Plum Betty Plum Betty is a delicious dessert and a wonderful way to use up some of the plums off of your plum tree… if you have a tree that produces a ton of fruit like ours does! These delicious little plums are wonderful in Plum Raspberry Jam too! I …
What’s Cooking in your kitchen? A Weekly Dinner Menu Round-Up Sometimes we all need a little help figuring out what to make for dinner! What’s Cooking… in your kitchen, is a Dinner Menu Round-Up that will help take the guess work out of dinner! Monday: This chicken looks delicious from Classy Clutter… …
Cilantro Lime Chicken Sandwich Cilantro Lime Chicken Sandwich is a delicious slow cooker recipe that my mom brought over to share with us for lunch today! It’s delicious and lickity-split easy… throw all the ingredients in the slow cooker and 6 hours later you’ve got a healthy and delicious filing for a roll or …
Pesto Bruschetta We grow a beautiful garden… take a look at How our garden grows from seeds to harvesting this year. About this time of year I’m trying to figure out what to do with all of our abundant harvest! We share a lot with family and friends AND I get to come up with …
Apple Pie Bread! Lately, I’ve been in the mood for baking delicious fall recipes. This Apple Pie Bread recipe is extra delicious and makes your whole house smell wonderful… an appley delight! Oh my goodness you’re just going to love it. Apple Pie Bread is absolutely melt-in-your-mouth wonderful! I skinnied down the original recipe …
DIY Fall Flower Pots DIY Fall Flower Pots is part of my fall inspired front porch display. I love flowers but when my spring planted flower pots start looking a little haggard… it’s time to switch them out for a little touch of fall! I don’t like to “really” plant my mums …
What’s Cooking in your kitchen? A Weekly Dinner Menu Round-Up Sometimes we all need a little help figuring out what to make for dinner! What’s Cooking… in your kitchen, is a Dinner Menu Round-Up that will help take the guess work out of dinner! Monday: This chicken dish looks wouth-watering by …
Easy Peasy Stroganoff Easy Peasy Stroganoff is one of my go-to recipes! For when I’m running around all day long AND everyone is starving to death AND I have no idea what to make for dinner 🙂 One of my favorite tricks in the whole world to speed up making dinner… is to buy …
Pumpkin Pie Cake Recipe is ridiculously simple to make plus it tastes just like pumpkin pie! We love it. I especially love that it starts from a yellow cake mix because sometimes I just don’t have the time to bake from scratch. To the cake mix we add a few simple ingredients like butter, pumpkin …
Grilled Potato Rounds Grilled Potato Rounds are a delicious little invention by son Jake and his friend Ben came up with the other day. Jake and Ben have the same Foods Class teacher and they had an assignment to plan, prepare, and cook a meal. Being smart little guys, they decided to work on …
Chat with Ruthie Bloggers’ Night Out Last Friday night I was thrilled to attend a Bloggers Night Out AND let me tell you, it was an awesome and much needed little night away to visit with Blogging friends at Gardener Village in West Jordan, UT. The photo above is me with my cute blogging …
How our garden grows I usually try to post about our garden on Monday’s BUT, I was tied up all day long yesterday! So, I hurried and posted my delicious Skinny Pumpkin Bars which were right ready to go and switched gardening to today! As I go about my daily life (which requires …
Skinny Pumpkin Bars Skinny Pumpkin Bars are the perfect recipe to satisfy your pumpkin-chocolate-cravings!! They are moist, delicious, and SO festive to take to any fall gathering 🙂 Skinny Pumpkin Bars… are just going to please you in so many ways! You’ll be so happy you gave them a try and you’ll have …
What’s Cooking in your kitchen? A Weekly Dinner Menu Round-Up Sometimes we all need a little help figuring out what to make for dinner! What’s Cooking… in your kitchen, is a Dinner Menu Round-Up that will help take the guess work out of dinner! Monday: Take a look at this recipe from Recipe …