Category Archives: Yummy recipes

Baseball Beef Stew

This was one of my Twitter posts this week. Can I just tell you how great that beef stew tasted!  For those of you who are not enduring a very cold spring, then you may not be able to fully understand the depth of this bone freezing cold that has penetrated this area!  It may …

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Feeling rather BLUE!

We love blueberries!!!  Summer is such a great time for fresh produce.  I bought 10lbs of blueberries last week to freeze.  I also made a family favorite recipe for these scrumptious muffins! 1 1/2 c. flour (I mix in about 1/4 of whole wheat flour, to help me feel better about eating so many of …

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Been jammin!! – Freezer Jam

I just LOVE strawberry season!!  Fresh strawberries are in abundance where I live in farm country! So every year I make lots of strawberry jam…….unfortunately I did not have a lot of time to make my usual 12-15 pints of jam. So I bought ONE quart of strawberries and made 4 pints of jam…….it took …

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Friday Fave Five

I missed joining this fine and fun group of ladies last week.  But I won’t miss it this week!  For more Friday Fave Five, please stop by and visit Susanne. Well I guess one of my Faves is a snow day today.  It’s 8:30 and I just woke up! It’s always nice to not have …

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Brownie Mistakes

I have a brownie recipe that I love and have been using for years.  I am not a fan of boxed mixes( although I have used them for bake sale emergencies!).  However the other day, I must had a major PMS kind of  brain lapse.  I did not MELT the butter as the recipe called …

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Grilled Ham Slices

Works for Me Wednesday day is hosting a recipe edition.  You can’t go wrong with summer recipes.  We eat LOTS of fresh watermelon, blueberries, corn on the cob and use the grill a lot during the summer.  So I thougtht I would share my all time favorite grilling recipe! It’s for grilled ham slices, it’s …

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Dump Cake – Works for Me Wednesday

For more Works for Me Wed. Click Here This is such a simple and VERY delicious dessert, and in this fast paced world, this homemade treat is a winner in prep time and taste. That WORKS FOR ME! Dump Cake……I know the mental image of a cake with that name is not real appealing.  However, …

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Chocolate

As I lay in bed last night and could not sleep, I got to thinking about chocolate!!  I think I was hoping if I thought about chocolate before falling asleep, I would then have great dreams of working at a chocolate factory or living in a land flowing with chocolate! Instead I decided that I …

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Aloha Friday

I had so much fun reading all the responses to my last Aloha Friday when I asked about your ideas for a quick, easy meal. (Click here to read the post and see all the great suggestions in the comments.) I decided to milk my good fortune a little farther and ask for your help …

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Aloha Friday

I love this carnival/meme….it’s easy and it’s fun. You simply ask a question…… When I say quick, easy dinner, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? All suggestions, recipes, ideas are welcome, and heck I will even give you my address if you want to send me a free sample!  And if …

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Amazing Chocolate Chip cookies

I have always made yummy chocolate chip cookies over the years.  I had what I thought was a great recipe.  That was until a dear lady brought cookies into our classroom as a treat last week.  These cookies were AMAZING.  They were thick, chewy, filled with chocolate and big!  I asked the dear lady for …

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Hearty Beef Vegetable Soup

I was typing up a recipe for my son’s baseball team’s cookbook.  Then I thought to myself  I must to post this scrumptious beef vegetable soup recipe on my blog!  It is so good, I made it last weekend, and we enjoyed it for several days after that.  It really is a great winter soup …

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