Daring Baker’s Yule Log

 

The December Challenge of the Daring Bakers was supposed to be a French Yule Log.  I was really excited about attempting this challenge since I have never attempted anything like this before.  When I first read the challenge I was a little overwhelmed but then I got a little more comfortable with the idea and thought [...]

Quick and simple no bake cookies!

Growing up, I’m sure everyone had that particular food that was always on hand.  It’s a food that was just a staple in life as you were growing up.  I had several of those foods from main dishes to desserts.  This particular recipe is one of those.  This recipe is great to through together, especially [...]

Munchin’ on some Peanut Butter Munchies

 

 I have made quite a few things with combination of peanut butter and chocolate; it’s just an awesome combination and probably one of my favorite combinations.  I love it in all different types of desserts; it’s just two flavors that go so well together.  Whenever I come across a recipe that has this combination of [...]

Operation Baking Gals-Round 5

So this is the fifth round for Operation Baking Galsand it is growing by leaps and bounds.  This is only my third round to participate but it’s amazing to see how many teams have been added over the past few times.  I’m so glad that more people are getting involved with the Baking Gals.  At times I don’t feel like baking cookies is [...]

Not Your Ordinary Green Beans

I love green beans, they are one of my favorite vegetables.  They can be seasoned very simply or with different combinations of flavor.  They are one of the many foods out there that are basically a blank canvas what any flavor combination to create whatever taste is desired.  
For Thanksgiving I wanted to make a [...]

A Twist on a Thanksgiving Classic

Everyone associates different foods, traditions and memories with every holiday that comes around.  Thanksgiving is no exception, for most people when they hear Thanksgiving they automatically think pumpkin.  A lot of people start breaking out the pumpkins to make pie and all sorts of stuff during the fall and sometimes through Christmas.  This year I [...]

Good, Old Fashioned Sausage Balls

I guess I had a theme of pork going on for my appetizers for Thanksgiving, it wasn’t planned at all.  Actually I hadn’t even thought about the ingredients in everything until just now.  To go along with the Hearty Sausage Dipand the Piggie SticksI made sausage balls.  Everything went together very nicely and everyone loved [...]

Piggie Sticks

Alone both pretzels and bacon are very good but combine the two and you have a wonderful snack or appetizer.  This is one of the easiest things to make and it makes such a wonderful snack.  This is another of the appetizers I made for Spencer’s family Thanksgiving.
Since I had quite a few things to make [...]

It takes a hearty chip to eat this dip!

I know it’s December, my blog has been lonely and there aren’t any recipes from Thanksgiving on here yet.  I’ve been busy so I really haven’t had time to share everything I cooked for Thanksgiving…but that’s all about to change, better late than never, right?
So for Thanksgiving with Spencer’s family I was asked to do [...]

An Explosion of Chocolate

 
Brownies are a dessert that have been around for many years and I know there are several different ways to make them.  I know everyone has their very own favorite family recipe that cannot be beat, I know there’s a recipe in my family that I consider “The Best” recipe!  Brownies have always been a common [...]