The Best Whole Wheat Zucchini Bread Ever

We belong to a CSA and have gotten quite a few GIANT zucchinis so I immediately thought of zucchini bread. I love zucchini bread and for years now I’ve been searching for a good recipe that makes a nice, dense and moist zucchini bread and I’ve finally found it. The ladies over at Divas Can…

Super Simple Dessert – Strawberry Sunrise

Whip up this simple dessert in no time! The other night we had just finished dinner and the girls were asking for dessert. Looking around I realized we had some whipping cream, shortbread cookies I had baked the night before and some fresh strawberries from our CSA so in 15 minutes I had a lovely…

Wordless Wednesday – All Seeing Owl

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Super Easy Thick Delicious Greek Style Yogurt

A few weeks ago I showed you how to make yogurt in your slow cooker and mentioned how I used it to make Greek style yogurt. To make this tick, almost cream cheese like yogurt, simply put the yogurt in a strainer lined with a clean thin dishtowel (or preferably cheesecloth which I didn’t have)….

5 Great Ways To Use Up Hard Boiled Easter Eggs

Easter is now a memory but the dozens of hard boiled eggs in the fridge remain. I’ve scoured the web to find 5 great ways to use up those dyed delights. Continue Reading ….

Slow Cooker Yogurt – Make Yogurt In Your Slow Cooker or CrockPot

So I’ve always thought that I didn’t like yogurt but I buy it because my kids do. Purchasing organic yogurt (greek yogurt too)  can get expensive and I’ve heard that you can make yogurt in a slow cooker so I started looking around at various recipes for slow cooker yogurt and found some short and…

Garlicky Feta and Black Bean Dip

Today we were hankering for chips but had barely any salsa. Tortilla chips are fine alone but they’re much better with something to dip them in. I hit the pantry intent on pulling out some chickpeas to make hummase but we were out. All I found was a lowly can of black beans. So I…

Food for Thought – Leftovers

We are always trying to do our best to buy organic and eat whole foods but we are really bad with leftovers. They sit in our fridge uneaten for weeks. We have things growing in there that could sprout legs and walk away. While browsing the web contemplating breakfast this morning I came across this great…

How I Made a Four Layer “Cake” out of Marshmallows and Cereal.

My oldest requested a four layer marshmallow fondant cake back in June.  Her birthday is in January so I happily agreed to make one, thinking she might forget.  Fast forward six months and just days before her actually birthday when she reminds me that I’m going to make this four layered masterpiece for her party….

Filling Friday Finds – Leftover Roundup

The relatives are gone but the food is far from it. What to do with Thanksgiving leftovers is a challenge and if your family’s anything like mine you’ve cooked enough to feed a small army. Continue Reading ….