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It's no secret that I love making muffins! I had the opportunity to bring a special snack into Madeline's class for her being Star of the Week. I asked her what she wanted me to bring in and muffins were what she suggested. I guess she's more like me than I thought! LOL! We settled… Continue reading Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins
I've been wanting to make this dip for months and finally got around to it...AND I wish I wouldn't have waited so long. It was so good and much easier than making jalapeno poppers. I think it might be my new dish to take for pot luck dinners! The heat of the dip will definitely… Continue reading Jalapeno Popper Dip
Last weekend, we went to our local orchard and picked 15 pounds of apples. You can't beat 99 cents a pound for fresh PA apples. We picked a variety of Granny Smith, Stayman (it's said like our last name) and Fuji....so be on the lookout for new recipes featuring apples in the coming weeks. One… Continue reading Cinnamon-Apple Cake
Did you know today is "National America Makes Dinner Day?" I use Cozi for our family calendar and I absolutely love it! It's been great to keep our lives a little more organized (plus I'm working on a couple other projects to help with that) especially since Madeline started Kindergarten this year and there's so… Continue reading Meat Filled Jumbo Shells
It's time for the monthly installment of The Secret Recipe club! This month I was assigned The Double Dipped Life. Krista has a ton of great recipe and I had a hard time narrowing down my selection, but settled on her recipe for Spiced Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies. I made a little change and used… Continue reading The Secret Recipe Club: Spiced Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
I've heard about baking bacon in your oven but I never tried it before. We don't eat much pork bacon and usually eat turkey bacon, but I was making a dip recipe that called for regular bacon and it was buy one, get one free at the grocery store last week and I had a… Continue reading Baking Bacon
You know you can never have enough banana bread recipes! Here's another one that I'm adding to my list. This bread was so moist and delicious. It made 2 loaves and I was able to bring a loaf into daycare with me when I dropped off the kids. There's no way I want to have… Continue reading Greek Yogurt Banana Nut Bread
Well that week flew by! Seriously, where did the time go? I was busy the beginning of the week with meetings with my new coworkers and the rest of the week was just as busy as well! I'm loving my new job, it's seriously one of the best decisions I've made in my life.Yesterday I… Continue reading Italian Chard Soup
A couple weeks ago while experimenting with hard boiled eggs, I was posting my review on the Secret Recipe Club FB page and Daniel of Haggis and the Herring commented that he was going to try it out too since others weren't have the same luck that I was having. Daniel has been in Group… Continue reading A Tribute to Daniel: Cider Glazed Chicken
I've had a little bag of quinoa sitting in my pantry for the last couple of weeks and I knew if I didn't use it soon, it would get pushed to the back, never to be seen until the next time I cleaned those cabinets. So of course I turned to Pinterest (notice a trend here? LOL!) and… Continue reading Cheese and Veggie Quinoa Bites
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