What an amazing mouthful these are! This recipe was actually developed by yours truly a few years back when I wanted to give Kevin the best combination cookied ever! I hope you enjoy these as much as I know he will when he comes home to their fresh baked goodness this evening. :) 1/2 C shortening 1/2 […]
Enchiladas with homemade sauce
Kevin loves enchiladas and I had yet to fix some for him, so last night I set out to right that situation. I had a couple enchilada recipes but they just weren’t cutting it for me. I didn’t feel like loads of sour cream and other fattening ingredients to make this Mexican dish, so I […]
Cornbread
I had never made cornbread without the Jiffy mix. It just never occured to me to try it from scratch. That was then. This is now. :) Not that I wouldn’t use a mix ever again, but I’m glad I know how easy the from-scratch version is. I hope you enjoy it! Also, I’ve found a […]
Stuffed Green Peppers
While my mom was visiting, we looked through a bunch of recipes and decided on Stuffed Peppers for dinner. There were at least 4 different versions of this healthy meal, so I made up my own. 1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. 2. Clean 3 large green peppers then cut out the stem and clean […]
Lemon Meringue Pie
Back at Christmas time, before heading to my parents’ house for the holiday, I decided to bake mom and dad’s favorite pies–lemon meringue & apple respectively. The apple turned out beautifully, and the lemon meringue looked great but was not at all a pie. It was more like liquid pie in a crust. What a […]
One Bowl Peanut Butter & Milk Chocolate Cookies
Just an hour before bedtime and after a super productive (and quite tiring) afternoon between church/potluck then youth group (which included the baking of a pie crust and making a successful lemon meringue pie which will be blogged about later), I decided it necessary to whip up a batch of cookies in celebration of my […]
Southwestern Chicken/Chili
Yesterday morning I wanted to get a meal in the crockpot before leaving for work. (Yes I actually went to work yesterday…filling in at the office I worked for in December.) Anyways, I had two separate recipes I had been wanting to try–one from my pastor’s wife for Arizona Chicken Chili and one from my […]
Basic Yellow Cake
aka: Basic Yellow Cake masquerading as a French Vanilla Cake. You may be wondering why in the world I gave this cake an “alternate” title. You see, I was commissioned to bake 3 separate three-layer cakes for an upcoming surprise party. Luckily the decorating was left to someone slightly more skilled than myself (ok…ALOT more […]
Cinnamon Swirl Bread
Tonight, I decided I should bake a sweet treat to be able to send in Kevin’s lunch for the week. He requested a sweet bread and I found this recipe from Mrs. Silvieus (once again) and it came out beautifully. Cream together: 1/4 C. softened margarine 1 C. sugar Add: 2 beaten eggs 1 C. […]
Roasted Potato Wedges
We have this form of potato almost weekly. It’s very simple and super tasty. They’re really good as an accompaniment to burgers. 2 medium/large potatoes, washed and cut into wedges. (First cut the potato in half lengthwise. Turn potatoes cut sides down, and cut each half lengthwise into 4 wedges.) Place wedges into a […]