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It's the first Thursday of the month and that means it's time to Fill the Cookie Jar! This month's theme is fall or halloween. Fall for me usually means pumpkin, apple and comfort food, but lately it's been running here, running there, and running everywhere. So, when I decided on a recipe, I needed something… Continue reading Chocolate Peanut Butter Chia Bars – #FilltheCookieJar
Surprise...two Secret Recipe Club reveals in one month! Since August has five Mondays, we are having a special theme reveal day - Back to School. It's perfect timing since today is my daughter's first day of fourth grade. She's ready to go to back to school, see all her friends and meet her new teacher.… Continue reading Slow Cooker Cinnamon Almonds – Secret Recipe Club
I'm on the hunt for new snacks for my kids. We've really slacked on eating healthy this summer and I know I'm paying for it now. So...needless to say, I'm on the mission to clean up our pantry again and try to minimize our the prepackaged foods in our house, especially with school starting in… Continue reading Peanut Butter Trail Mix Bites
Happy New Year! I took a little time off from blogging to spend time with my husband and kids. It was a nice break, but I'm ready to get back to sharing recipes and being in the kitchen. The start of the New Year is always a time when resolutions are made and I've made… Continue reading No Bake Coconut Date Energy Bites – #FilltheCookieJar
Welcome to the August reveal for Group C for The Secret Recipe Club. If you don't know about the SRC, you're missing out! Every month, all the participating bloggers are assigned another blog and we need to select one recipe to make from our assignment. Then we all reveal our recipe and assigned blog on… Continue reading Pretzel Bites with Jalapeno Cheese Sauce – The Secret Recipe Club
I've been wanting to make some sort of glazed nut recipe for months now. My friend Meg was making glazed nuts the other day and said she thought of me while making them. After she was disappointed in her recipe, I decided to look around and see what type of glazed nut recipes I could find.… Continue reading Rum-Glazed Roasted Pecans
When we went apple picking, I knew I wanted to make apple chips. While it can be a long process to dry apples, it's really not hard and the results of homemade apple chips are like no other. I used my peeler/corer/slicer and quickly went through 6 apples and got them ready for drying. My… Continue reading Apple Chips
Part of our CSA share was a bunch of kale. I've only used kale in soup before but had been seeing a ton of people making kale chips. I figure it wasn't hard and it might be a more healthy snack for Madeline. I was right. She loved them! I'll definitely be making them again… Continue reading Kale Chips
I wanted to make a treat for my daughter to pass out for Valentine’s day and after many hours debating what to make, I finally decided on mother goose popcorn. I had never heard of mother goose popcorn before, but it’s a very easy recipe and tastes pretty good (well according to my almost 3… Continue reading Valentine’s Day Popcorn
After all these years of carving pumpkins, I decided to roast the seeds from our pumpkin this year. To clean pumpkin seeds, rinse under cold water and remove all the pulpy string (before it dries). Dry seeds throughly. Toss seeds with the following ingredients:3 Tbsp melted unsalted butter3 Tbsp sugar1 tsp pumpkin pie spicepinch of… Continue reading Sugar & Spice Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
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