This fruit pizza recipe is one of my favorite summer desserts. I made it last year for our family vacation at the beach. We had a great time, made a lot of great memories and yummy food! You just can’t beat fresh fruit, cream cheese frosting and a crisp shortbread crust. Fruit pizza is very simple to put together, but…
Frappuccino Recipe
This frappucciono recipe has been affectionately re-named “Happyccinno.” It’s my treat of choice when things get crazy around here, which means that I drink these regularly. Baby spit up on you? Happyccino time! Potty training mishaps? Happycchino time! Kids being all noisy and acting like…like…normal kids? Why lookie there… Happyccino time! So this is how you…
Healthy Salt-Can I Get a Sprinkle?
Several years ago, I made what I *thought* would be a “simple” switch to sea salt. I loved the idea of getting natural minerals in our salt. I first tried a brand that many of my friends really love: Real Salt. It’s mined from ancient salt beds in Utah, and is packed with over 60…
Hamburger Stroganoff Recipe
Today we’re making my Mom’s Hamburger Beef Stroganoff recipe. It’s a dish from my childhood that is one of the first meals that I learned to cook. It encompasses everything I require of a family favorite recipe: really, really tasty and really, really easy. It uses ingredients I normally have in my pantry as well. You can either serve beef stroganoff…
Cream of Mushroom Soup Recipe
This is a great cream of mushroom soup recipe! I’ve been looking for a healthy, quick and easy replacement for canned mushroom soup concentrate that I could sub in some of our family favorite recipes. I scanned several homemade techniques, including canned, and even attempts at freezing (which is my preference) but there are several issues…
Spice Grinder Kitchen Trick
I love this spice grinder kitchen trick. Have you heard this one? First, you’ll need a Blender. Next, you’ll need a homemade spice blend in a standard glass canning jar. Why, you ask, would you need to or want to blend up a spice mix? Well, I’m glad you asked. There is a very good reason. Fluffy…
Oven Fries Recipe
This oven fries recipe is simple, quick and delicious! It’s also versatile in that you can use any blend of spices that you like, and even make them spicy with some cayenne. But our family favorite recipe is this non-spicy but very flavorful blend. Here’s what you’ll need: 4 medium potatoes, butter, paprika, parmesan, flour, Greek Salad Dressing Recipe…
The Teatowel Tip
One of the reasons that I put of any kind of breadmaking for years and years and years was a strong aversion to scraping dough and flour off of the countertop with my fingernails. Then, about 5 years ago, I discovered that a trick from a pumpkin roll recipe worked just as well for kneading…