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Make It From Scratch

How About A Cookie?

Everyone loves cookies, but I have found that everyone especially loves M&M Cookies.  And at that, they especially love jumbo M&M Cookies.  They are consistently so loved, that I’ve pretty much determined...

Homemade Pizza Sauce

I almost forgot to blog today!!  It’s Sunday, which means I am quit the busy beaver, and the little computer time I do have I tend to spend visiting a few online...

Underutilized Chickpeas

or Garbanzo Beans.  Whatever it is you prefer to call them.   Every single time I eat chickpeas I tell myself that we need to eat these beans more often.   And then for...

Bridge Soup

We have officially arrived at the wonky weather time of year.  One day it’s cold, one day it’s borderline hot, and overall the mornings are much cooler than the evenings.  As one...

Zebra Cake

We had a birthday or two in the house this past weekend.  My beautiful little girl is not so little it seems, as she celebrated her 11th birthday this past Saturday. Eleven...

Nourishment

It’s been a season of salads and sandwiches for us.  Mostly because both things are really easy to throw together- but they’ve also become monotonous and dull. We’ve broken things up with...

Amazing Homemade Flour Tortillas

I have been wanting to get on the homemade tortilla bandwagon for a very long time.   I’ve tried so many recipes over the years, and while I thought each one was good...

And A Mate: Pineapple Muffins

These muffins just naturally go with the Coconut Almond Muffins I shared the other day! These also rank right up there with some of The Best muffins I’ve ever made.  I don’t...

Amazing Coconut Muffins

A few weeks ago I went on a muffin baking spree.  I tried a few new-to-me muffins, as well as a few oldies-but-goodies.  This muffin easily ranks as one of The Best...

The Foolproof Cake

AND it goes with everything. I really, really like making Yogurt Cake.   It really is a foolproof cake- though it does take two bowls to mix the ingredients in.  What I like...

Scratch Cherry Pie

It is most definitely the year of the pie for me.  Pie is one of those things that makes everyone happy, and is actually one of the healthier options when it comes...

The Growing Boy, Part II

So yesterday I posted about the crackers that I was making to keep my Always-Hungry-And-Growing-Boy satisfied.  The crackers help, but after a while, he does get tired of the same old snacks.  ...