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Make-Your-Own Monday–Make Your Own Brownie Mix For The Pantry
Make-Your-Own Monday is a weekly series that challenges you to take something that you would normally purchase in the grocery store and make it yourself. This challenge is about getting the processed ingredients out of your kitchen, making your home…
- Fall, family fun, frugal decorations, Halloween, homemade, homemade decorations, money saver, pumpkin spice
Fun & Frugal Fall Decorations You Can Make Yourself!
With the start of fall just a mere two days away, my thoughts are beginning to sway to leaves, pumpkins, pine cones, and all things orange, yellow, and green. Ah…just the thought of walking on crispy leaves makes me want…
Sweet Cornbread
Do you remember that delicious, sweet cornbread from a box? Growing up, my mom would make that cornbread once in a while, and I loved it. More often than not, we had homemade cornbread from a cast iron skillet. That…
Blueberry Applesauce
If there is one ingredient I can add to a recipe to kick up it’s health benefits, it’s applesauce. If you look at many of my recipes, you may notice that applesauce is usually among the list of ingredients, particularly…
Super Easy Spanish Rice
One evening, my family requested Mexican food for dinner. Cool, I thought. Mexican food is probably up there on my top ten most favorite food genres– or something like that. It’s been a long time since I had made Spanish…
Fun & Healthy Road Trip Snacks
With summer in full-swing, thoughts often turn to summer vacation. If you are anything like me, you have two main goals for a family vacation: 1. Have fun2. Keep it healthy as possible Having fun is the easy part. There’s…
Super Power Smoothie
Smoothies often make a regular appearance at my house. I love them, and I use smoothies to use up a few odds and ends of fruit and vegetables that are lying around. As much as I enjoy them, I don’t…
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Cream Cheese Lasagna Skillet
I don’t know about you, but most of my recipe adventures in the kitchen happen most often when I’m out of an ingredient. Such was the case when I came up with this recipe. I had promised my family lasagna…
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Peanut Butter & Jelly Pancakes
We love pancakes in our house. L-O-V-E them! If you were to show up at our house on the weekend, chances are I’m in the kitchen making pancakes and bacon. Man, just typing that makes me hungry. We usually just…
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Blueberry Muffins
When I was about 12 or 13 years old, my grandmother was selling cookbooks for her local civic organization. My mom bought one, because that’s what you do for your family when they ask you to buy things. The following…