Tag Archives: Flour
How to succeed at pie making without really trying
Take one semi-lazy baker. One text conversation about desserts. And 1 hour. What do you get? Mixed Fruit Pie. This recipe will make 2 pies. 5 cups of random frozen fruit from said baker’s freezer 1 cup all-purpose flour (or preferred flour) 1-1/2 to 2 cups sugar (depending on how sweet you like your pie) …
Irish Stew
Stew is one of those meals that feels like a hug in a bowl. My family is Irish, Scottish, German. Our varied heritage means we embrace a little bit from each piece of our backgrounds. Well, mostly we embrace the Irish and the German. I should work on the Scottish. Irish stew is one of …
Chicken Pot Pie
What could be more comforting or more fall – winter-ey than chicken pot pie? That question was totally rhetorical. In my opinion, no store-bought pot pie will ever come close to the taste of a home-made pot pie. I’ll be totally honest, home-made takes a little more time to make, but it is totally worth …
Banana Pumpkin Muffins
My continuing saga to use up my pie pumpkins……. I made pumpkin banana muffins on Saturday night. We had some lovely friends over for dinner and I always like to send them home with some baked goodie for breakfast the next morning. Since I had just baked pumpkin number 3 of 6, I figured pumpkin …
Slow it Down, Slow cooker beef stew.
The Winner of my Yoplait giveaway was Linda of Savoring Every Bite! She recently posted a lovely Pumpkin Rugelach recipe that you should totally check out! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I adore my slow cookers. Yes, I said cookers…as in plural, as in I have 3. Well, I have 4 of you count the little dipper (warming only). …
For goodness sake, I made a Homemade Foreo!
I made an Oreo like cookie. Honestly. What’s better than a homemade Oreo cookie? An over-sized, soft, chewy Oreo cookie…and a foot rub, but the foot rub is totally optional. 😉 It does not taste exactly like a Oreo, but it’s super good. I decided to make the cookies soft and chewy instead of crisp. …
Meatless Monday….3 bean soup.
I hope you had a wonderful weekend!  We’ve had a wonderful weekend here in central Texas. 🙂 The Texas State Fair opened on Friday, we’re planning to visit the fair tomorrow (Tuesday). My children have Monday and Tuesday off this week, for the fair and a teacher in-service (6 weeks grade entering day). On Sunday …
A Waffle recipe, a Swanson Health Products review and a giveaway!
Yesterday I told you a bit about Swanson Health Products. I also shared my sweet and nutty fruit bar recipe. As I told you yesterday, Swanson Health Products sent me a few items free of charge so I could review them. Three of the 4 items I picked were “new to me” items.  Ben …
Whole Wheat Apple Crisp
If you have not already, please take a moment and leave a comment on my Giveaway Post! You could win free stuff. Free is good right? Right! **. I’ll wait here…go! The giveaway ends on 9/22/11 at 9:00 pm central. I had planned to try making the Cheddar and Chilies Cornbread Scones, but I’ve got …
White Wheat Oat Quick Bread
If you have not already, please take a moment and leave a comment on my Giveaway Post **. I’ll wait here…go! How was your weekend? Mine was very nice! We went to a house blessing and saw some lovely friends and……We had rain! Can I get a WOOT?! It was lovely to hear the rain …
A Dash of Domestic 