I picked up a bunch of strawberries and cherries at the farmer’s market this week and tried my deyhydrator. I never knew drying your own food was so easy! I have a basic dehydrator, so it takes a little longer than some. But really not too bad. The cherries took 20-48 hours. The strawberries took …
Oatmeal Cookies
I made a batch of oatmeal raisin chocolate chip cookies this morning. I got the recipe from Justin’s mom. Her recipe uses raisins and nuts. I did raisins and chocolate chips. Amazingly Justin said he’s never had those two together! His mom always made them with just raisins or just chocolate chips…but never together. That’s …
Rhubarb Crunch
Last night I used up our fresh rhubarb and strawberries in a crisp. I got this recipe on All Recipes a long time ago. I’ve made it several times. Always very good!! The only change I made was to use a 1/2 cup butter instead of a full cup in the topping. That just seems …
Maple Pecan Scones
I had some buttermilk to use up, so I made a batch of scones this morning. It’s another recipe from Eggs On Sunday. There are quite a few more scone recipes on that blog that I’m anxious to try. These were super easy and very good! I only had a tiny nibble. But I let …
Buckwheat Pancakes
Last night I tried a recipe for buckwheat pancakes. I saw the recipe on Two Peas and Their Pod. It is based on an Ellie Creager recipe…which I actually have in my EC cookbook (I need to look through that soon). I bought buckwheat a while ago when I wanted to try new grains. And …
Double Chocolate Cookies
At one of my bridal showers my friend Mandy gave me a cookie cookbook called “The Cook’s Encyclopedia of Cookies.” I browse through it once in a while to find something new to bake. This morning I made a batch of double chocolate cookies from it. They were super easy to make. And I’m pretty …
Corn Dog Muffins
I found a fun recipe on Heavenly Homemakers the other day for corn dog muffins. I just used the idea of the muffins and used my own cornbread recipe. It’s basically the exact same thing I use for corn dogs, but in muffin form. I used turkey sausages w/ cheese this time since that’s all …
Pesto Pea Salad
I made a Barefoot Contessa recipe last night that I’ve had marked in my cookbook for a while. This salad is meant to be a side dish. But I added a few things to make it a main dish. I’ll post the original recipe (and picture with just those ingredients) and then what I added …
White Bean and Sausage Soup
For lunch today I made another Year of Crockpotting recipe. It was very easy to throw together and it tasted great! Even Rebecca gobbled it right up. Definitely a keeper. For veggies I just threw in some frozen veggies. No time to cut veggies this morning (barely had time to get frozen veggies in with …
Banana Bread
I had some really ripe bananas to use up so I made a batch of banana bread yesterday. I can’t believe I haven’t posted this recipe yet…or made it in so long! This is my mom’s recipe. It’s the only banana bread I’ve ever made. So yummy. And very easy. Banana Bread 3/4 cup organic cane sugar …