Sometimes when I get troubled a bit I bake. Baking helps me to take my mind off the troubles and be thankful and thoughtful for a little while. And easy bread like this doesn't take special ingredients (unless you don't keep pumpkin around) so it is fairly inexpensive to … [Read more...] about ::Kitchen thoughts::&:: Pumpkin Bread
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Young bakers
I love to encourage my children to get in the kitchen and learn their way around. Girls and boys! They are now getting to the age when I can pretty much turn them loose if they want to try something on their own. Such is the case with the chocolate chip brownie cheesecake … [Read more...] about Young bakers
Caramel corn for a Crowd
On Wednesday, we invited the youth over to our house for a movie night. I love to have some type of treat for everyone, but being on my 'no-spend' budget, I didn't really want to sway. I looked around and found that I had plenty of ingredients for a caramel corn recipe I … [Read more...] about Caramel corn for a Crowd
Pizzas and Games
For a number of years Friday or Saturday night is 'game night or Madden night' at our place. Oftentimes I try to fix our supper with the mindset of "I need to make extra" just in case our friends were hungry or they wanted a snack while playing games.This past Friday, the girls … [Read more...] about Pizzas and Games
In The Kitchen
Are you looking for a great meal that will really stretch to feed a family and stretch those dollars? Ragin Cajun Chicken Pasta will do it. What's a life saver with this meal is that it used 3 smallish chicken breasts, cut into strips, to feed my big eating family of … [Read more...] about In The Kitchen
