This last weekend we decided to make easy yet cute cupcakes for church potluck. We were expecting more guests than normal and wanted to make a larger dessert. My Princess and I made mini sized cupcakes and regular sized cupcakes with the Jell-O poke method. We made Strawberry Lemon Cupcakes by using a lemon cake mix and strawberry Jell-O. and had a pretty good time doing it. We only at one mini cupcake each at the end too. Baking time is in my Princess' top 5 favorite things to do. So I let her … [Read more...]
Baking With Grandma (Almost WordlessWednesday Linky)
This last week my Princess helped my mother, her grandma, make a dump cake for church potluck. My Princess loves making dump cake. This week's dump cake is my mom's recipe: Cherry Pineapple Dump Cake. Baking With Grandma: 1. Mix Cherry and Pineapple on the bottom of the baking dish. 2. Mix yellow cake mix with 1 stick of butter. My mom always melts her butter and then adds it. The mixing of the cake mix and butter is my Princess' favorite part. Top the fruit mix with crumbled cake … [Read more...]
Peppermint Sugar Cookie Kisses Recipe
I know Christmas is over, but we had such a great time this holiday season baking cookies. Family Christmas traditions are important and baking sugar cookies has been ours for quite some time. A sugar cookie kiss is always such a hit with family and friends of all ages. This year, we decided to make a bit extra and share them with our church family. I am a big proponent right now at this stage in our life to make semi-homemade things. So I purchased the sugar cookies ready to bake. It is … [Read more...]
30 Healthy Holiday Snacks To Make This Season
We love making snacks during the holiday season. But much of the snacks we make are full of sugar and calories. So, to balance it all out, we like to provide healthy holiday snacks for the family too. Do you have a favorite holiday snack? 30 Healthy Holiday Snacks The strawberry Santa Claus snacks and Grinch Fruit Kabobs are both holiday snack ideas that I want to make with the kids this holiday season. There are so many great ideas. Here are 30 -- on for almost every day in … [Read more...]
Vegetarian Thanksgiving Main Course Recipes
If you celebrate Thanksgiving in our family you will find two meals at each family Thanksgiving dinner. We have our main traditional meal available for our large extended family. You know - turkey, stuffing, potatoes and gravy and so on. But, we also have a vegetarian meal. Each year, I make a Tofurky, vegetarian stuffing, and a vegetarian gravy. This year, my mother is hosting Thanksgiving dinner and she has asked me to bring the Tofurky. It has become our go-to vegetarian Thanksgiving main … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Breakfast Ideas
Do you have Thanksgiving traditions? This year my family has been talking about new Thanksgiving ideas. We usually have a late lunch with family that day. Since we live here on a reservation, I have a large extended family. We usually rent a large facility and do Thanksgiving potluck style. We bring games and play board games and card games and just have fun and laughter together. It is great to connect with the whole family, but isn't cozy and warm like a meal in a home would be. So, in my … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Dump Cake Recipe
We made another dump cake this week for church potluck. And by we, I mean, my Princess, who is 4, did most of the work. We like making dump cakes since they are simple and easy. Last week we made a peach dump cake and it was a hit. My mom makes a pumpkin dump cake similar to the one we made with only slight variations. Now that we made this pumpkin dump cake for church potluck, my Princess cannot wait to help Nana make it for Thanksgiving. It really turned out well, and tasted great. Everyone … [Read more...]
