It was October and while one list is pumpkin everything, my other list was screaming “It’s time to start making homemade vanilla extract!”. Why? Because it’s officially over-the-top baking season now! It’s unbelievably easy to make your own vanilla extract. All you need are vanilla beans and vodka, plus the containers you will be using […]
Category: 5. Recipes
Hodge Podge Smoothies!
Hmmm… 🧐 What?! Having had one too many (or several) surgeries on my abdominal area due to one botched exactly 4,933 days ago (yes, I Googled that) my digestion capabilities “have gone to the dogs”. Still doesn’t stop me from creating adventures with my kids! Progressively getting worse through the years and fixes to other […]
Applesauce Cake Roll
Another day, another weekend, another surprise coming out of my oven 👩🍳 This one helped me use some staples in my pantry, plus my kids truly enjoyed it. While I envisioned the taste to be different afterwards, my kids said it tasted like a bagel and loved it. 🤦♀️🤷♀️ 4 eggs 1 cup all-purpose flour […]
Vanilla Coconut Cake
This recipe contains no flour, but is so moist and delicious! Easy steps that kids can help with too! 1 cup butter, softened 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar 6 eggs 1 box (11-12 ounce) vanilla wafers, crushed 1/2 cup milk (1%, 2%, alternative) 1 1/2 cups flaked coconut 1 cup chopped pecans 1/2 teaspoon ground […]
Simple Dog Treats
Simple, as in one-ingredient! We all know the healthiest foods are sometimes the simplest of things. Below is a listing of healthy and tasty fruits and vegetables you can feed your dog as treats or snacks. Today I decided to dehydrate a couple bananas and a sweet potato for my Terrier-mixes, Eva and Mitzi. […]
Kids In The Kitchen IV: Strawberry Breakfast Rolls
Strawberry Breakfast Rolls Decided to make these for my youngest son’s birthday breakfast which we were celebrating early to spend it with my daughter. Alternately, also made for a great Mother’s Day breakfast! With this recipe kids can do various tasks from rolling out and pinching the crescent rolls together, chopping up strawberries (my 11 […]
Kids in the Kitchen III: Easy Cream Cheese Squares
Easy Cream Cheese Squares While I love Cheesecake I tend not to have graham crackers readily available in my pantry. Behold an easier and quicker way to make some deliciously good cheesecake squares. Kids find this easy to follow and make on their own even. Ingredients: 2 (8 oz) cans of refrigerated crescent roll dough […]
Sushezi
Right before Thanksgiving 2016 I saw this amazing video posting on Facebook about the Sushezi and was so excited about it I shared it to my Facebook page. A Secret Santa of mine ended up surprising me and bought it. Easy homemade sushi rolls here I came! Okay, tons of lessons learned along the way […]