I love making dehydrated and shelf-stable fruit for quick snack or a healthy treat for on-the-go. Dehydrated bananas are so easy to make and taste delicious! This was the first food I ever dehydrated and now I make a batch every few months. Continue Reading…

It’s a cake!  It’s a brownie!  It’s actually both…so does that make it a cawnie?  Or maybe a broke?  Okay, neither of those are good names, so let’s just call this a Brownie Cake.  It couldn’t be any easier – it’s essentially the marriage between a cake mix and a brownie mix.  Add in some Read more

One of my favorite date night places to go to is Old Chicago.  Know why?  Well, besides the fact that someone waits on me, gets my food for me and keeps the soda refills coming, it’s because they serve me calzones.  Love them.  They’re like grown up pizza rolls.  They’re simple, but also satisfying.  American Read more

Our family loves fresh fruit and are always looking for ways to eat healthy on a budget. Berries are in-season and on sale just a few times a year and I like to stock up so we can enjoy delicious fruit year-round. However, fresh berries, like strawberries, blueberries and raspberries, can go bad quickly, so Read more

How to roast cauliflower in the oven for a quick, healthy side dish It’s cauliflower season!  I love the vegetable all year round, but we go through alot of it in the summer time because it’s on sale.  My boys like it raw (with ranch dip!), but they also like oven roasted cauliflower – and Read more

Thick and hearty veggie and barley soup is a “soup” that really wants to be a stew.  How do I know that?  I know that because I came up with it based upon my favorite beef and barley stew recipe.  I love, love, love my beef stew recipe, but I came up with this recipe Read more

Smoked sausage and a variety of vegetables in a perfect blend of seasonings baked in the oven We’re not vegetarians at our house – we have meat at every dinner. We eat ground beef quite often (so much so that I compiled a list of 50+ ground beef recipes), but some of our meals are Read more

Did you know?  According to the internet… There are around 2 billion pigs in the world. On the Apollo 13 mission, the crew managed to create a functioning CO2 filter out of duct tape and glazed ham. Ham was selected as the official Christmas dinner after hot dogs and baked beans fell out or grace Read more

Are you a Manwich fan?  If so, making sloppy joes is really easy.  Just add cooked ground beef to the sauce and you’re done!  The problem is that I’ve experienced homemade sloppy joes that I like much better.  I like when I find homemade recipes that are still really quick & easy to pull together Read more