As the school year progresses, I always struggle with finding quick, homemade, recipes that satisfy. (Yes, these aren’t the healthiest, but they are a TREAT at our house.) 🙂 These Quick Homemade Cherry Turnovers not only come together in a snap, but my family loves them! I hope yours will, too. This recipe is a… Continue reading Quick Homemade Cherry Turnovers
Love pie but have a lot of people coming to visit? Danish Pastry is the perfect dessert for you! Its from-scratch crust and filling (or two) makes Danish Pastry a real crowd pleaser! No matter if it’s Easter, baptisms, or birthday parties, Danish Pastry has made the rounds in my family. 🙂 I hope you’ll try… Continue reading Danish Pastry: Pie for a Crowd!
This recipe is from my great grandma. I only knew her for the first ten years of my life, but she was a wonderful lady! Every week growing up, my mom would take us, my grandma, and my great grandma to the grocery store. Great Grandma never had a driver’s license. That always seemed strange… Continue reading Old Fashioned Red Raspberry Shortcake with Vanilla Sauce
Oh. My. Goodness. If you have cut sugar from your diet, you know that sweets are usually not allowed. Not so with this two ingredient Dark Chocolate Pudding. With fewer than 4 net carbs, you better believe this is my #1 indulgence! Not only is it creamy, but the dark chocolate flavor is totally intense.… Continue reading Dark Chocolate Pudding: Low Carb & Keto Friendly
This post is from my student, Jessica. As part of my Foods IV class’s final exam, students created their own recipes, complete with pictures and a compelling blog post. Here is Jessica’s project. I hope you enjoy her Heath Brownie Bar Sundae recipe! 🙂 It is very tasty and would be a fun summer… Continue reading Heath Brownie Bar Sundae: Heaven in a Bowl!
Report card day at our house is a reason to celebrate, and what better way than with food? We don’t reward our kids with money for grades, as my goal is for them to intrinsically want to do well. A special meal with an extra-special dessert is the way I show my love. Pumpkin Spice Cream Puffs… Continue reading Pumpkin Spice Cream Puffs with Caramel Sauce
This week we were all blessed with the same day off and that usually means I’ll make a special breakfast. You’d think, maybe, that an FCS teacher would make breakfast regularly for her family. Sorry to disappoint! 🙂 Instead I expect my kids to make their own breakfasts before school, and they have to pack… Continue reading Double Chocolate Beignets
One of my most cherished possessions is my grandma’s cookbook. Really, it is nothing more than a small, tattered, binder, but I treasure it for its contents. The worn pages hold tiny slips of paper, newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes from Grandma’s years of recipe collecting. Today I want to share with you my Grandma’s… Continue reading Grandma’s Lemon Bars–Simply the Best!
Sometimes, all I want is comfort food. You know the kind… the warm, gooey, basic recipes that make you think about simpler times spent in mom’s or grandma’s kitchens. Hasty Bread Pudding is that kind of recipe! Its soft bread filling, wrapped in cinnamon, and covered with a buttery sauce is the kind of homemade goodness… Continue reading Hasty Bread Pudding–Ready in 30 minutes!
The sweet-tart goodness of the fresh cherries from our trees beg to be enjoyed, and individual cherry cobblers are a great way to savor their flavor. I love individual desserts. They not only portion the recipe so we don’t overindulge, but they are just so cute! I created this recipe by combining a basic biscuit recipe… Continue reading Individual Cherry Cobblers
