I grew up eating homemade chocolate chip cookies at least once a week. They were a staple in our house. There was nothing quite like the smell of cookies baking when I came home from school. Although piping hot chocolate chip cookies are very tempting, I enjoyed the cookies much more before they were cooked. Chocolate chip cookie dough is quite possibly the best raw food ever.
Who doesn’t love s’mores? They just scream campfires and warm summer nights. Sadly, those warm summer nights are a long ways off, so it’s a little hard to make those s’mores. Luckily, I have run across this easy s’mores candy bar recipe which can be made any time of the year. Yes, it is a little bit more complicated than actually making s’mores over the campfire, but it is still very good and a great substitute for the open flame original.
I am one of those people who loves coffee. It’s hard for me to pass a Starbucks or Loose Caboose without driving through and leaving with a nice big cup of joe. I drink joe, but not plain old joe. I love any kind of fru fru drink there is, and I’m pretty sure that I’ve tried just about every one there is to try. I have a couple that are my old stand-bys, but I’m rarely disappointed when I’m feeling adventurous and try something new.
I love to cook with my crockpot. It makes making dinner on busy days so easy. I must confess that I own more than one crockpot. So, I love to throw dinner in my large crockpot, and put a little something for dessert in the smaller one. It makes for a very easy dinner and dessert duo. This is a very simple and delicious crockpot dessert. It goes especially well with a little whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
I’m a baker. I love to bake pretty much anything from cakes and pies, to rolls, breads and cookies. You name it, I’ve baked it. One thing my boys love with the many breads, biscuits and rolls I bake is honey butter. It is the best of both worlds, the delicious honey and butter taste, without the mess of the honey and disaster of always trying to figure the dollop of butter and squirt of honey ratio.
We’re in the midst of American Heart Month, so it’s more important than ever to focus on treating your heart right.
And maybe nothing matters more than eating the right foods.
I love baking, but don’t always have time to make things from scratch. My kids have dessert or a baked good of some sort almost every day. But with my kids getting older and playing sports and all the other after school activities that they are involved in, I don’t have as much time to bake as I would like. So, when I can find a way to make my life a little easier, I do it. I ran across this recipe on Pinterest the other day and couldn’t wait to try it. It’s easy enough that my boys can make it by themselves too.
This soup is called potato pig, because I use either ham or bacon when I make this soup. All the boys in my family love both, but I definitely prefer ham. There is nothing quite like hot potato soup on a cold Montana day. It’s creamy and hearty. This is a super simple recipe. If you wanted to make it even simpler, you could always prep the potatoes and onions the night before then all you have to do is throw everything in the crockpot in the morning before work. This would save you at least 20 minutes in the morning. I don’t have a lot of spare time in the mornings, so this makes it way more convenient.
Only t-minus four days until the big game, so now is the perfect time to start thinking about the most important part of our Super Bowl party-- food. Nachos, sandwiches, pizza and anything greasy goes, as long as it's hardy and semi-manly. But how the heck are we supposed to choose with so many delicious options out there? Answer: go big.