Apple Dapple Cake

(courtesy from Sparrow’s Nest)
For Cake:
3 eggs                                2 cups of sugar                1 tsp. baking soda     1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup vegetable oil        3 cups of flour                   1 tsp. salt                  3 cups chopped apples
For Glaze:
1 cup brown sugar           1/2 stick of butter            1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
To Make:
Cream together sugar and eggs, add oil and mix well. Combine [...]

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Home-made Pizza Rolls

I got his recipe for pizza rolls from the Sparrow’s Nest blog.
To make these, all you need to do is take out the crescent roll triangles from the tube, individually seperate them. Then, add your favorite pizza roll fillings. We made ours today with pepperoni and cheese. You roll them up, and I sprinkled parmesan [...]

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Simple Smoothie

Frozen fruit is so much cheaper than fresh these days. We also picked our own strawberries this past spring and I froze most of them, so I’ve been making smoothies from the strawberries I froze.
This smoothie recipe is made from ingredients you have on hand and for the nutrients you get, it is very economical.
In [...]

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Product Review

 

Last time we shopped at the commissary I bought this for Kate and I to try. We eat a lot of pancakes here, aside from PB&J’s and McDonalds this is one of Kate’s favorite foods. While I like to include fresh fruit in our diet as much as possible (and as much as Kate will [...]

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Cuisine for the Girls!

Kate and I feasted on some yummy “chick food” this evening since Keith is away.

We had Italian Crusted Chicken Strips with Balsamic Vinegarette and Mozzarella Salad. For Desert, we enjoyed fruit parfaits.
 

Kate really enjoyed hers! (Well, actually just the whip cream, she wasn’t too thrilled about the fruit, but hey, it was worth a shot!)

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Spring-ity Goodness!

Add 2 Cups flour, 1 tsp. baking soda, 1 tsp. salt

then add 1/2 cup sugar, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup shortening

stir everything together, and add 2 eggs and 1 tsp. Vanilla

Add half a bag of “bunny mix” M&M’s

Place on a cookie tray, bake until light brown at 375 degrees

Remove from Cookie Sheet and let [...]

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