Category: Ingredients

  • When I participated in Elf 4 Health, one challenge was making a mug cake. Some of the participants gave recipes or websites with mug cake recipes. I was intrigued when I saw this recipe s,o I decided to try it. Delicious! Oh, I made some adaptations to make it a little bit healthier. I will…

  • What is it about comfort food that warms your soul? The day after Christmas brought us lots of snow. We were under a winter storm warning, but the counties around us were under a blizzard warning. The day after the storm, I decided to go grocery shopping. I still have to walk around snow piles…

  • I went to my stats summary page to find the recipes that get the most clicks.  This is the top post of 2012.Baked Spaghetti Here’s the 2nd to 5th top posts of 2012: Charleston Cheese Dip Green beans, potatoes, and ham Bacon Cheeseburger Soup Peanut Butter Blossoms Redone  

  • S’Mores Bars Toffee Brownies Peanut Butter Cups Chocolate Cookies Easy No Bake Cheesecake Homemade Brownies This has been linked to Finding Joy in my Kitchen’s countdown to 2013 – best desserts.

  • Fruit Smoothie Baked Cinnamon Doughnuts French Toast Muffins Apple Crisp Granola Homemade Baking mix and pancakes Cherry Cheese Danishes Pumpkin Granola “Tropical Smoothie” Smoothie For more best of breakfasts, visit Finding Joy in my Kitchen.

  • My husband has a cousin, J., who is a vegan.  We went to his handfasting (another new experience for us) a year and a half ago.  The reception afterward featured Indian food (another new experience for us) and vegan cupcakes.  We were pleasantly surprised at how yummy they were. J. and their wife had their first…

  • I thought I had blogged about this before, but when I looked for it, I couldn’t find a blog entry about crock pot chicken.  If there is one, I apologize. Cooking for a semi-picky eater is a challenge.  The Imaginative One is often fearful about trying new foods, especially if he doesn’t know what ingredients…

  • Italian Chicken (GF, DF)

    One of my favorite blogs is Eat at Home. I’ve been following Tiffany’s blog for the past 2 years. Each week she provides free weekly menus featuring recipes she has posted. The majority of her recipes are fuss-free or little-fuss recipes. The recipes are also delicious. I got this recipe from the blog. She named…

  • I love Tim Horton’s. Five years ago, I stopped there almost every day on the way to work. I considered it my half-point because it was almost directly in the middle of my drive to work. I would get an iced coffee and almost always get a BELT bagel sandwich. If you are wondering what…

  • Okay, peanut butter blossoms will never be totally healthy. First, they are a cookie; second, you put a piece of delicious chocolate on top. However, I made a little bit healthier version of them. The Imaginative One has a list of his favorite cookies. The top three are Snickerdoodles, Chocolate Chip, and Peanut Butter Blossoms.…