In our house this delicious and nutritious smoothie is commonly and affectionately referred to as “banana shmoo”. We are not quite sure where the name originated, but whenever someone makes it, we ask one another if anyone wants any “shmoo”. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
Cinnamon Pumpkin Bread Ingredients:3 1/2 cups all purpose flour3 cups sugar2 teaspoons baking soda1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon nutmeg1 1/2 teaspoons salt4 eggs, beaten 1 cup oil2/3 cup water2 cups mashed pumpkin1 12-oz bag cinnamon chipsDirections:Preheat oven to 350. In the bowl of an electric mixer beat together the eggs, pumpkin, water, and oil.In...
The very first time I made these muffins, intending on only making a great blueberry muffin, I hit a bit of a bump in the road. I was measuring out the blueberries and got to the bottom of the bag (I always use frozen. I live in Michigan and the...
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting up with some local food bloggers. (Trust me, locals, I was as shocked as you that there was more than, oh, 2 of us around here). Our hostess with the mostest for the evening was Maggie of Dog Hill Kitchen....
It is my opinion that there are not enough breakfast foods that taste like dessert. There’s a small selection of coffee cakes, donuts, and the occasional breakfast cookie, but that’s about it. So, one day while I was making the oh so healthy Cranberry Almond Granola I started thinking about how...
There are certain foods that we just seem to associate with store-bought and, for my family at least, yogurt seems to be one of them. However, I love any chance to break through the status quo and challenge myself. Now, I can safely say with conviction that our yogurt will...
One of my earliest vivid memories is shopping with my mom at our dinky little mall (now a small strip mall) when I was 4 or 5 years old. I loved going to this mall with her- partly because I learned the art of shopping at an early age (something...
One of Brian’s favorite breakfasts/snacks/desserts is granola with vanilla yogurt. I’ve been wanting to make some homemade granola for while, but when his favorite granola was discontinued, I decided I should really make some for him. He was a big fan! I make a triple-batch of this whenever I make...
This was part 2 of our Superbowl Stuff Yourself Food Fiesta. While they’re not the most photogenic of foods, they were so incredibly tasty. Incidentally they were great leftover for lunch the next day too 🙂 Ingredients: 2 russet potatoesSalt, to tasteBlack pepper, to tastePaprika, to taste1/3 cup colby-jack cheese5...
While Brian and I have never been football kinda people, we enjoy the Superbowl. I like it for the commercials, I admit it. (I think Brian secretly likes the commercials best too, but he’d never admit it 🙂 ) This was the very first year since we’ve been married that...