Apple and Apricot Bake

Ingredients: 1 lb cooking apples, peeled, cored and chopped Juice of 1 lemon 1 can (14 oz) apricot halves in natural juice, drained Sugar to taste 4 slices bread (preferably whole wheat) 1 ½ oz butter or margarine ½ tsp ground cinnamon Instructions: Place chopped apple pieces in a large saucepan. Add the lemon juice [...]

Banana Bread with Sour Cream

Ingredients: 1 cup banana, mashed ½ cup sour cream ½ cup mixed nuts, chopped (optional) ½ cup butter or margarine 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp baking soda 1 ½ cups unbleached flour 1 tsp vanilla 1 cup sugar ½ tsp salt 2 eggs Instructions: Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix the cinnamon with a bit [...]

Three Super-Easy Slow Cooking Recipes

Slow cookers, or crock pots, are wonderful tools in any home kitchen. Not only do they allow you to make a wonderful meal, you don’t even have to be present the entire time it’s cooking! You may want to try one of these three super-easy slow cooking recipes if you’ve never used a slow cooker [...]

The Benefits of Slow Cooking

Slow cookers, or crock pots, are small appliances used by many families around the country. A look around will provide a myriad of cookbooks or websites on the internet with recipes for use with the crock pot. The benefits of slow cooking go far beyond the ease of finding recipes, however. One of the main [...]

What’s For Dinner? Menu Planning Tips for Busy Moms

Dinner is the last meal of the day and a time when families can get together and discuss their day. It is also a hectic meal for busy moms who are just getting off of work or who have been busy with other activities all day. If you are a busy mom or you know [...]

Are you a busy mom?

Are you a busy mom?  Are you a mom that is looking for something to help ease the dinner time rush, other than the fast food burger?  Are you tired when you get home and doing a bunch of dishes (even with a dish washer) when you get home isn’t something that you want to [...]

White Chocolate Rum Fudge

What You Need: 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk 2 C white chocolate chips 2 C butterscotch chips 1 t rum flavored extract 1 t butter flavored extract How to Make It: Pour the can of condensed milk into a medium saucepan and place it over medium heat. Add the white chocolate and butterscotch [...]

Baked Apple Nut Fudge

What You Need: 1 C flour 1/2 t baking powder 1/4 t baking soda 1/4 t salt 1/2 C butter 2 oz. unsweetened baking chocolate. 1 C sugar 2/3 C applesauce 2 eggs 1 t vanilla 1/2 C nuts, chopped How to Make It: Sift the flour into a large mixing bowl. Add the baking [...]

My Mini Meat Muffins

What You Need: 1 egg 1/2 C milk 3/4 C white bread crumbs, soft 1 1/2 t salt 1/4 t pepper 1 lb ground chuck Aluminum foil How to Make It: Beat egg slightly in a large mixing bowl. Carefully stir in the milk. Add the breadcrumbs and mix. Sprinkle in the salt and pepper. [...]

Strawberry Surprise Freezer Jam

What You Need: 1 pt boxes of fresh strawberries, washed, drained and hulls removed 2 1/2 C of fresh pineapple, peeled and finely chopped 7 C sugar 2 pkgs (1 3/4 oz) powdered pectin 1 C cold water 4 pt freezer containers with lids How to Make It: Place strawberries in a large mixing bowl. [...]