Archive for the ‘food’ Category
For Judah’s recent birthday party I decided to make 4 cake mix boxes worth of cake for the unknown amount of people coming to the party {turns out 47 people came, and this, along with 3 quarts of ice cream pre-cut was plenty!} I started out with these four cake mix boxes {bought on sale [...]
I love this icing recipe! I doubled it and it was just enough to cover the 4 cake mix cakes I made for the party – if you like loads of icing on your cakes you may want to make more. I found the original recipe here and it is noted below, along with the [...]
Eggplant Parmesan Eggplant was on sale last week so I picked up a large one to create one of our favorite dishes – Eggplant Parmesan. This is my favorite way to eat eggplant {not that I have a world of experience with the gorgeous skinned veggie…} But this dish is superb – eggplant in a [...]
Marshmallow + food coloring + skinny paint brush = an incredibly fun evening making new friends. Haven’t quite decided what to do with the marshmallow art, but we’ll come up with something fantastic!
This hot cocoa recipe is so creamy and yummy and perfect for making in large batches to use as gifts in a jar. To make Peppermint Hot Cocoa you need 40 oz of store bought hot cocoa mix (I used two 20 oz cans of the store brand cocoa) 1/2 cup cocoa 1/4 cup coffee [...]
Have y’all seen this fantastic coffee making contraption called an AeroPress Coffee and Espresso Maker? {Really, I never SAY “y’all” – it just slips in when I write sometimes, and I usually edit it out, but I gotta stop fighting that. Sometimes that sweet southern drawl just works.} But back to Aeropress. Have you ever [...]
Turkey Recipes Did you end up with a lot of turkey leftovers like we did?! An 18lb turkey for 3 adults and 2 {situationally} meat-hating children landed us with a ton of turkey leftovers! After looking at many turkey recipes I finally found a turkey recipe we all adored – so moist and full of [...]
How to Make Butter Ingredients: Heavy Whipping Cream Tools: Jar with lid (fun for the kids!) {or} Food processor (gets the job done with less work) How to make butter by shaking: Pour the cream into the jar – make sure the jar is large enough to give it room to move around. We started [...]
Do you know what recipes for Christmas cookies and other baked goods you’ll be using this Christmas season? I recommend keeping it simple, choosing a couple favorites, maybe a couple new ones and then simply eliminating all the extra stress of Christmas baking. Once you have your master list of recipes for Christmas create a [...]
Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts Ingredients 1 lb sliced bacon 2 cans whole water chestnuts, drained; 8 oz each 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup mayo 1/4 cup chili sauce Directions: 1. Cut bacon strips in half. Cook bacon until almost crisp, drain. Wrap each bacon strip around a water chestnut and secure with a [...]
