31 Days of Progress Day 7 :: Experimenting in the Kitchen

31 Days of Progress Day 7 :: Experimenting in the Kitchen

Category: Cooking & Eating Goal:  Cook at Home! Baby Step:  Develop New Recipes - - - This was supposed to be a post with my new Whole Wheat Oatmeal Pumpkin Pancakes recipe…yummy and healthy, right? Well, this month’s theme is about making progress, moving forward…not always about reaching the destination.  Don’t get me wrong.  It wasn’t a failure.  They were edible, Continue reading

31 Days of Progress Day 3 :: Bulk Cooking Ground Beef in the Crock Pot with Seasoning Recipe

31 Days of Progress Day 3 :: Bulk Cooking Ground Beef in the Crock Pot with Seasoning Recipe

Category: Cooking & Eating Goal: Cook at home, even when I’m rushed or just pooped out! Baby Step: Pre-cook, pre-prep for Quick Meals when Needed This post was actually inspired by Jennifer at Balancing Beauty & Bedlam, who is also one of the original 8 31 Day Bloggers! When one has a difficult food allergy {which I am going to blog about some day soon} the only real way to eat safely Continue reading

Cinnamon Coffeecake Love

Cinnamon Coffeecake Love

I’m actually not going to post the recipe to this incredibly yummy coffeecake…because it’s not my recipe.  I didn’t change a thing.  I made it as-is, and it was good.  I love the King Arthur Flour company and the recipe for Cinnamon-Streusel Coffeecake came from them, so I’m just going to link to it and let you drool over it. It was a little time-consuming to prepare, so it’s Continue reading

Easy Peasy Refrigerator Pickles – By Request

Easy Peasy Refrigerator Pickles – By Request

Raise your hand if you fear you could polish off an entire jar of bread and butter pickles in one sitting {insert pic of me raising my hand here}. Unfortunately, if you are allergic to allium (onion & garlic family), you can’t just run to the store and buy a jar of pickles. I’ve not jumped into the art of canning (yet)…but I did find some easy sweet pickle recipes I adapted for my Continue reading