Our 1st try at this and it was a huge success. As you saw in our previous post we bought 45 lbs of apples and we were so excited to get started. To day we worked on 2 projects. One more is still in the works well post tomorrow. However Apple Sauce. YUM!!! The Braeburn…
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We saw this on her site just the other day. November 2nd to be exact. The moment we laid eyes on her blog, we knew this was the recipe for us!!!! We love cheese, we love garlic and we really loooooovvveee mushrooms. I am convinced even if you are not a fan of mushrooms, once…
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Look what we got today!! 45lbs of braeburn apples. They are soooo delicious!! OH MY HECK and soo juicy. Just a bit over 1 bushel of apples. What to do what to do with all these great apples??? We got them for .37/lb !! Can you believe it?!?! So make sure you check back over…
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I love eclairs!!!! I made them for Chad’s birthday. I also made them for a really good friend’s birthday.. any reason to make these mouth watering pastries, make me happy! There are quite a few steps nothing difficult. The end results are amazing!! Mary Beth’s mother taught her how to make these from her recipes…
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Still going through my old recipes (with old photos) things that we have made in the past. Found our Blueberry Muffins that are delish!! So moist, and sweet just the way I love it. Its almost like a cake muffin than a drier blue berry muffin you may be used to. But I prefer them…
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Yes as you can see we are on a pumpkin kick. We butchered a pumpkin earlier in the week. So this was fresh/never frozen pumpkin. YUM. My son’s birthday was yesterday and he actually requested not a store bought cake. Which he usually does (because it usually is a theme cake). He wanted a pumpkin…
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First before I go into how we did our batch I want to give credit where it is due. This is not a new idea… we created ours after seeing them at the Bakerella site. She is amazing. We have made these twice so far. And each time we learn something new. The 2nd time…
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Chinese dinner’s for 4 are a big pricey and so we created our own wanna-be Chinese meal. It was awesome! And probably alot better for you. I will have to break down the meal for you how we created it. Rice- Avoid the fried rice (although fried rice is yum!!) 1 cup of white rice…
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When you have a husband that loves chocolate more than his wife, you may just find some crazy concoctions created. And usually 9 times out of 10 they are good. And today we have a winner!! The kids and my mother give it 2 thumbs up. What makes this so great we didn’t dip it…
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This is our favorite recipe. I actually can trace back where it came from. This is a recipe from my mom. She originally got it from a teachers cookbook their school put together. It was submitted by one of the teachers, yet my mom modified it. Its always been our family favorite recipe. Very moist…
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What you will need: Canning Jars , lids and rings Canning Supplies (canner, jar lifter) Good Ripe Peaches Sugar Patience I buy peaches every year either a 1/2 of a full bushel. You 1st need to make s simple syrup. 2 parts water to 1 part sugar. If too sweet, you can do 3 parts…
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What you will need: Jelly Jars, Lids & Rings Pectin Sugar Peel Peels and Pits (usually left over from canning peaches, see our canning peaches post) Canning Supplies (canner, jar lifter) Cheese Cloth This is 7 quarts worth of peach peels and pits. Put them in a pot cover it with water. It is approximately…
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During strawberry season when we pick alot of strawberries I have to get creative. Besides jam we tried a few different bread recipes. This is the ONLY one that worked for us. And we even tweaked it a bit to our liking. We like moist/sweet breads. Especially if there is fruit in it. Strawberry Bread…
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Another very easy dinner!! (Again sorry for the Iphone portrait, I really should of pulled out my nice Canon 5d) Ingredients 1 – 4 or 5lb Boston Pork Butt or Shoulder 1 – large favorite BBQ sauce (our family only uses Sweet Baby Rays- honey bbq flavor) Salt & Pepper Set your crock pot to…
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I apologize for the not so great photo. I took this a month 1/2 back on my iphone. Before I started this blog. Now I regret that, but wanted to go ahead and share this photo. Once I remake this recipe again I will definitely get a better picture of it. But for now.. Iphone…
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