my kids love cereal. they always have and it seems as though they always will. but the thing that gets me is that within 1/2 hour of eating said cereal they are always, always, telling me that they're hungry again. it just doesn't seem to fill them up. so i've been trying to come up with healthier, ...
recipes
homemade nanaimo bars :: a canadian classic
a good friend of mine sent me the recipe for these nanaimo bars so i could make them this past canada day. being away from home, there are some things i miss, and nanaimo bars are definitely one of them! we used to be able to buy them from a local store, and i'm telling you - they're addictive! even ...
how to roast broccoli (and other vegetables)
i suppose i am a lucky mom in the sense that my kids LOVE broccoli. i've never had a problem getting them to eat it. i think it started when they were really little and i told them to pretend they were a dinosaur eating a tree.... anyway, since we all love broccoli, i bought a big bag of it from ...
easy snickerdoodles cookie recipe
How To Make Snickerdoodle Cookies? If you’re looking for a super quick summary here are the steps of how to make homemade snickerdoodle cookies from scratch: Cream ½ cup butter and ¾ cup sugar. Add 1 egg, 1 tablespoon milk, and ½ teaspoon vanilla. Then add 1.5 cups flour, ¾ teaspoon ...
easy homemade cinnamon rolls (overnight + frozen too!)
for as long as i can remember, my husband's family has made cinnamon rolls. there's something sweet about watching his whole family make their way to the kitchen once the smell of these cinnamon rolls waft its way around the house. so since moving away, i've attempted to make them a few times and am ...
homemade chicken pot pie
my husband came home from work the other day and was pleasantly surprised to find that we were having chicken pot pie for dinner - he loves it! it is such a classic - it's got plenty of vegetables (which i love), a homemade white sauce and, of course, lots of chicken. while the pie crust i use is ...
chicken salad sandwiches
this is one of those recipes that you will want to keep forever. hand-write it on an index card and pass down to your children. chicken salad is one of those classic recipes, and i'm sure there are about 100+ variations out there. but this one is by far our favorite. it's super simple and ...
homemade granola
this past week as i was stocking up (again) on cereal from the grocery store and then proceeded to put away said cereal in my pantry, i noticed that 99% of this cereal *i* would never eat. not that i haven't eaten it in the past - i used to love this stuff. lucky charms - amazing. reese puffs - used ...
death by chocolate bundt cake
this is a cake that my mom has been making for years. she made it almost every time we'd go over to her house because she knew it was my husband's favorite - and who would blame him? it's got sour cream to make it super moist, and pudding to make it fudgy. it may be called "death by chocolate" cake, ...
all bran muffins
there is something that is somewhat perplexing to me. my kids, who refuse to have anything to do with wheat bread in any form, absolutely love eating bran. i hardly believed it when my youngest bypassed the lucky charms in favor of wheaties the other morning. plus, i made 2 dozen (yes, 24) of these ...