The Best of 2012 Countdown #2 AND now back to the Countdown! Here are the next couple of recipes for you to enjoy! #8 Pumpkin Spice Whoopie Pies with Nutella Cream Cheese #7 Healthy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Kate’s Favorite 2012 Recipe *FYI… this recipe is #11 on the stats 🙂 Browned Butter Banana …
Caramel Apple Dessert Recipe is a no-bake recipe that tastes like all the sweetness of autumn all wrapped up in pan. It’s a little like banana pudding so if you love that then you ‘ll love our Caramel Apple Dessert with vanilla wafers, instant pudding, and whipped cream. . . then the fun apples and …
This week for What’s Cooking… in your kitchen, I thought it would be fun to share 25 Cozy Comfort Foods ! I’ve totally been in the mood for warm, toasty, yummy… Comfort Food! You know the type that are perfect to curl up with on a cool autumns evening or cold winters day, which will …
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… …
How our garden grows #14 It’s pretty much a jungle out there… this garden of ours! We’re well into the harvesting stage of our garden- we’ve enjoyed 3 different onions, carrots, spinach, chard, 6 varieties of lettuce, beets, turnips, radishes, red potatoes, purple potatoes, zucchini, yellow squash, peppers, corn, cantaloupe, eggplant, canary melons, …
1st Blogiversary Gram’s Chocolate Chip Squares It’s kind of a little bit of a celebration around here!! One year ago, today, I started my blog and in CELEBRATION, I thought about making a delicious cake BUT then I remembered my Gram’s Chocolate Chip Squares!! I LOVE Gram’s Chocolate Chip Squares because they’re quick …
the BEST Chocolate Chip Cookies this is my good friend Shelby’s recipe… it’s about as near and dear to my heart as a recipe can get. You know how, when you smell a certain aroma or taste a certain recipe, suddenly you’re transported back in time!? The memory behind these cookies are… Shelby. She’s one of my …
Summer Soiree Grilled Lime Chicken, Vegetable Skewers, and Bread For our Main Dish we’re having a delicious trio of Grilled Lime Chicken, Vegetable Skewers, and Sour Dough Bread… *I snagged this amazing Lime Marinade from my good friend, Natalie!! You’ll be SO impressed 🙂 Summer Soiree… Grilled Lime Chicken, Vegetable Skewers, …
Chat with Ruthie 25 Healthy Snack Ideas I recently shared my Weight Loss Story and in my story, I talked about eating 6 small meals a day (instead of 3 large) to keep your metabolism revved and burning steady! What is your metabolism? I found this helpful information on Mayo Clinic.com “Metabolism …
How our garden grows Week 11 You’ll be surprised how much our little garden has grown over the past couple of weeks!! It’s really taken off- so we want to give you a tour 🙂 The first picture is of our summer squash plants and some cute sunflowers! The sunflowers are supposed to grow …
Chat with Ruthie… My Weight Loss Story (part B) To start out this post, I’d just like to say that I’ve been very touched by all the kind comments that were left on Chat with Ruthie… My Weight Loss Story, Part A and all the people that have reached out to me through email …
What’s Cooking in your kitchen Weekly Dinner Menu Sometimes we all need a little help figuring out what to make for Dessert 🙂 What’s Cooking… in your kitchen this week?? I wanted to switch the menu up a bit and highlight some of WCw/R’s fabulous Desserts!! Week 9 Monday: The other day …
How our garden grows Week 3 This week we’re going to talk about the gardening methods we use and a little about planning a garden… The gardening methods we use: We use a combination of Mittleider method and the Square Foot method: Mittleider Method: is an intensive gardening method that eliminates all …
What’s Cooking in your kitchen Weekly Dinner Menu Sometimes we all need a little help figuring out what to make for dinner! What’s Cooking… in your kitchen, is a dinner menu plan that will help take the guess work out of dinner! Week 3 Monday: This recipe is a long …
Old Spaghetti Factory Broccoli Recipe has been a favorite of our family for many years. I created a copycat version of the Spaghetti Factory Broccoli Recipe with Mizithra Cheese and browned butter because we loved it! I think my version is healthier than the spaghetti factory broccoli but it tastes just as good! Why we …
Our Healthy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Recipe are very delicious and we love that they’re healthy too. It’s just an awesome bonus! We think they are a fabulous cross between a healthy granola bar and a healthy cookie. Today’s healthy oatmeal cookies with applesauce and honey are awesome to toss some into the freezer to enjoy …
Our Cadbury Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe are hands-down a long time family favorite! Cadbury cookies will be a hit with your family and friends too. A word to the wise–these cadbury cookies are sooooo darn good, you’ll be addicted with the very first bite! All you need is a tall glass of milk and our …
Our Blueberry Torte Recipe is simple to make but tastes like it came from the corner bakery! Today’s blueberry torte cake is simple–white cake mix, blueberry pie filling, and cream cheese icing= a blueberry stack cake. My mom’s blueberry torte is a favorite in our family! Why we love Blueberry Torte Recipe This is the …
Our Easter Ham Recipe is the perfect spring pineapple ham recipe for your Easter celebrations this year! Today we’re combining fresh pineapple, cloves, and bone-in ham with a sweet basting sauce to meld the flavors together! It’s sure to be your favorite ham recipe! In America it’s traditional to include ham at Easter celebrations–we know …
Our Starbucks Spinach Feta Wrap Recipe is so good that I’m completely addicted! After buying yet another spinach feta wrap last week at Starbucks–I decided to make a copycat version. It seems like Starbucks actually uses more of a flat-out whole grain type wrap but for photography purposes I used a whole grain tortilla. So, …
Our Chocolate Fondue for Two Recipe is fun for a date night or even just an evening with friends! I think we all love chocolate dipped treats, we especially enjoy it on fruit, crackers, and marshmallows! Our chocolate fondue can be adjusted to make a chocolate fountain recipe just increase the amounts to fit the …
Our Southern Black Beans and Rice Recipe is one of those slow cooker recipes that you just keep coming back to–it’s that good! Southern black beans get a lot of their flavor from the ham hock that slowly cooks all day long with it. Southern ham and rice recipes are just about the tastiest recipe …
Our PF Chang’s Lettuce Wraps Recipe (copycat) are sure be a new favorite at your table. I was so happy to make PF Chang’s Lettuce Wraps at home to enjoy at home last weekend. The secret is in the PF Changs lettuce wrap special sauce. . . the secret is always in the sauce! P.F. …
My Aunt Lynne, Uncle Scott, and family were in town last weekend. We hosted a little get together…. they live in Pennsylvania so we don’t get to see them much. It’s always fun to visit and catch up with family. Aunt Lynne is hilarious she kept us laughing the entire evening! We made Teriyaki Grilled …