Recipe Index
Low Carb Chocolate Avocado Mousse
This low carb chocolate avocado mousse is the perfect alternative looking for a healthy treat. Keto, vegan and gluten free chocolate dessert.
Easy Marinated Cheese Appetizer Recipe
Nine years ago, I first posted this marinated cheese recipe and it's been a fan favorite ever since. While it presents like a gourmet crowd pleaser, it's easy enough for all of us to make. Since I first posted this, stores have started selling cheese cut up in perfect...
(Overnight) Cinnamon Pecan Coffee Cake
This Cinnamon Pecan Coffee Cake has been a favorite for years and it's still going strong even though I first shared this back in 2013. It's great to be able to make this ahead of time and have something piping hot out of the oven in the morning. Plus, I'm chuckling...
Garlic Flank Steak Recipe
Easy on the budget, yet packed with flavor, this Garlic Flank Steak Recipe with only four ingredients is always a crowd pleaser. As I look outside and watch the leaves fall, I can't believe the holidays are right around the corner. It's that time of year when we start...
Oh So Easy Chicken Divan Recipe
Easy Chicken Divan Recipe The phone rings at 5:00 and it's your husband informing you that his sales team is coming home for dinner. They are in town for this last evening, and this is the only opening they have available. Your mouth starts foaming, your hands sweat...
Healthy Pumpkin Spice Latte
Want to spice up your fall? All of you know how much I love my coffee and as my friends started clamoring for their Pumpkin Spice Latte, I gave it awhirl. Each year, I want to love it, but it's just too sweet for me, so when Fell Stone Manor executive chef, Becky...
Easy Homemade Pumpkin Cake
This has been one of the most popular recipes on my blog since 2012. Enjoy! It's so worth it! With fall weather kicking in, my sweaters are coming out, right along with my cans of pumpkin, and pots for chili. Baked goods, which include pumpkin of any kind, are some of...
Easy Citrus Herb Chicken (Low Carb C.O.S.T Cooking)
I've been making this recipe for quite  a few years ago, but remember what I put when I first tried it. "There are times when I bite into a new recipe and I just exclaim, "Wow." Rarely do I hear "ooh and ahhs" from our children on something that is 100% healthy and...
10 Super Fun, Christmas Rice Krispie Treat Ideas
As ovens gear up for hours of Christmas baking, it's this time of year when I stock up on marshmallows. Yes, my name is Jen, and I am a Rice Krispie treat-a-holic. It started in college when I won fame and honor by providing friends, namely the Mens Basketball Team...
5 Minute Delight: ROLO Turtle Candy Recipe made with Pretzels
What's a girl to do when she's sitting at her laptop attempting to get work done and that tiny little sweet craving hits? She tries to resist it, but it keeps calling her name. She makes her own personalized Turtle Candies, of course. The best part is that she can...
Perfect Sugar Cookie Dough Recipe
There's nothing that floods the memories of the season than a perfect sugar cookie. Sometimes I think I've done my girls a disservice though because we rarely take the time to roll, cut and decorate those perfect little works of art. I just love serving them perfectly...
Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice
This delicious blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and all-spice make the perfect Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice Recipe. No need to spend extra money on the packaged mix when you have all the ingredients right on hand. Sing it with me, "It's the most wonderful time of the...
Important Baking Tips (from my behind the scenes trip to Southern Living)
Years ago, I asked the question "When did you learn to cook?"Â Â Over 100 of you chimed in and it was truly inspiring to hear all the stories. My first pivotal baking memory was the summer of my 8th grade year when my mom put me in charge of baking Zucchini Bread (all...
Super Easy Pumpkin Roll Recipe
For years, our family has devoured the delicious and easy Pumpkin Bar recipe passed down from my mother-in-law. I know most people only bring out their pumpkin recipes during the fall, but honestly, these are some of my favorites and they should be heralded all year...
Personalized Egg and Cheese Crescent Ring
Creativity hits when I am crunched for time. I think there are two kinds of people. One who needs slow, down time to allow those creative juices to spur them on and ignite their spirit, and then there are those creatives who are pushed for time, typically...
Little Smokies Cocktail Sausages Appetizer
Growing up in Wisconsin, sausage and cheese are staples at the family dinner table. In fact, last week, I came across some little smokies turkey sausages marked down, so I whipped them up with just some bbq sauce and sauteed onions for dinner. Yes, "appetizers" for...
5 Minute Cinnamon Roll Christmas Tree
You will thank me later, if only in your mind. When your family raves about your unique creativity and you humbly shrug and respond, "Oh, it was nothing," you will think of me. When you give them a little wave of the hand after that compliment that symbolizes, "Truly,...
New Ten Minute Meals (and my changes)
Citrus Herb Chicken Ever since the holidays, due to many unforeseen circumstances, my schedule has been thrown for a loop and it's been spiraling downward ever since. There's no worse feeling for a Family Manager than to know you are teetering on the cusp of...
Elegant Egg Bake (Prep Time Only Five Minutes)
Thank me later. No really, I know you will. If you are scrambling for an easy, yet melt in your mouth, egg dish for company, look no further. Once you try this, is won't be saved for just company, I promise, and you'll wonder how these simple ingredients can be so...
Festive Christmas Food Ideas
Can you believe that Christmas is just days away? With that comes all the last minute baking and preparation for the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Meal. Our Christmas Eve food takes a turn from the traditional meal, since I sing at both our 4 and 6 o'clock services....
Pumpkin Pie (or any Pie flavor) in a Jar
There's just something about serving food in pretty glass jars that makes me so happy. I bought two cases of brand new canning jars at a yard sale, so this holiday season you can bet I will putting them to work with many of my 50 uses for Mason Jars. Â I love the idea...
Stuffed French Toast Casserole with Fruit
Stuffed French Toast Casserole Regardless of how many mouths I have to feed, there always seems to be a few pieces of left over bread discarded, with new loaves opened. Yes, no regards for finishing the last loaf. I never get that. Do the kids not see those last few...
Easiest Ever Chocolate Sandwich Cookie Recipe
I'm calling all my chocolate loving readers. Can you clap delightfully for that picture? Is it mean to make you stare without sharing? I assure you I would love nothing more than to enjoy this incredibly delicious chocolate sandwich cookie with you over a cup of...
Everyday Waffles
Our family loves waffles, and the kids want me to buy them all the time. Yet, with the increase in waffle prices, this is something that's been crossed off my shopping list. The price point is just too high. This homemade waffle recipe is perfect for our family. It's...
Yummy Banana Bar Recipe
Our family tends to have an overabundance of ripe bananas at all time, so there's never a week that goes by when easy banana recipes aren't being baked, discovered, rediscovered or shared. This yummy banana bar recipe is one I've had for decades, and is a fool proof...
What's Your Thanksgiving Menu?
As I shared my Easy Pumpkin Bar Recipe yesterday, decades of memories eating them came flooding back. It's amazing to me how a special recipe will do that, isn't it? Not so much that the food is award winning, but the shared meal experience resonates and hosts so many...
Portobello Pizza Burgers
Trying new recipes pulls us all out of the cooking rut. I was amazed at the delicious taste of this vegetarian alternative to the big, juice burger. Not only are the Portobello Pizza Burgers tasty, but SO incredibly easy. It's perfect for summer grilling and it gives...
Apple Almond Salad
Summertime is made for salads, and every once in awhile you are introduced to one that is just down right, out of this world amazing. Had I seen the ingredients before I tasted it, I would never have thought to try this salad, but when my children downed helping after...
Bulk Cooking Day
Even though the Pantry Challenge was a huge success, I failed miserably by the end of the month in having meals, snacks and creative cooking ideas ready and implemented. Even with adding on the Super Doubles week, where I shopped every day, we stayed at $200 for the...
How Do I Cook Bacon in the Oven? (Cooking Bacon in Bulk)
When I agreed to make brunch for my sons’ football team, I knew I would be going through enormous amounts of food. Since I would be cooking bacon in our hotel condo, creativity was key, so I brainstormed on Skype with the best of them. My friend, Lynn from Lynn’s Kitchen Adventures, is a “professional bacon cooker”. They actually grow their own pork, and I knew she would have the answers for me on the best way to cook up bacon in bulk. I wanted to cook it in the oven, and she shared an option of cooking it ahead of time and reheating it.
Cooking bacon in the oven is a wonderful way to avoid the splatter and mess that comes from frying it on the stove. I recommend layering your cookie sheets with parchment paper or tin foil for easy clean up. Unfortunately for us, that was an afterthought.
Baked Apple Oatmeal: Baked Oatmeal with Apples
Attempting to add heartier and healthier meals into our breakfast routine, I have been experimenting with a variety of oatmeal recipes and I have found a winner. I have previously posted a healthier version using only honey as a sweetener, but this time decided to indulge just a tad.
The results sheer bliss, and I guarantee you will get requests for this over and over.
Quick and Easy Appetizers
Appetizers aren’t just for parties any more. Here are some of our family favorites.
Easiest and Tastiest Cheese ball EVER!!
Whole Wheat Bread using Evaporated Milk
Tackling homemade bread is a topic that sends any reasonable homemaker running for the hills. I mean seriously, why would one spend hours mixing, kneading, rising, shaping, and baking when she can go to the store and purchase a loaf for next to nothing? Forget the...
How to Make a Dirt Cake
I continue to marvel at how God reveals himself through the minuscule, seemingly "meaningless" things. My daughter happened to mention that she wanted a dirt cake for her birthday months ago. Agreeing wholeheartedly with her, that thought went in one ear and out the...
Easy meal planning tips – 4 meals in 4 minutes
Easy meal planning tips - We all desire something quicker, easier and more effective in the world of meal plans. I spontaneously decided to jump into the world of vlogging today, and I'd love for you to come along and laugh right at me. 🙂 I'm showing you how easy it...
Healthy Baked Oatmeal Sweetened with Honey
For decades, women have shouted from the rooftops, "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. " Yet, some how in the hustle and bustle of early morning activities, it's also the hardest for me to implement on a regular basis. I have nightmares that my children...
Delicious Dips for any Get Together
Our family loves to whip up appetizers - more specifically...yummy dips. I understand that dips are supposed to be saved for those special occasions, but why wait for special occasions when they are so easy? I have mastered healthier, low fat options by substituting...
Asian Citrus Salad – Homemade Asian Dressing
As much as I love salad, I typically stick to my favorite stand byes and don't venture out with interesting flavors nearly enough. I am so glad that I broke loose with this Asian Citrus Salad. I would never have guessed that this blend of flavors would be so...
Strawberry Cheesecake Trifle
For me, the kitchen feels like the heart of our home. One whiff of my coffee brewing in the morning lifts and soothes my spirit. The sight, smell and taste of a particular recipe has the potential for such an immediate reaction, doesn't it? I smiled yesterday as my...
Easy Dumplings with Savory Soups
There's nothing that says warm and cozy more than a roaring fire and a bowl of hot soup. Recently, we've had quite a few opportunities for that, haven't we? I've taken advantage of these snuggly days by maximizing on a few comfort foods. The irony is that when I...
Neiman Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
It's amazing to browse the cookie aisle, and see how many choices we Americans have. It's crazy... really. But I am only going to give you two cookie choices, and they are pretty similar...in fact, the best ever!!! For years, I believed the urban myth that Neiman...
