Family Favorite Chili

Bob’s sister Laurie and kids are here visiting tonight from California.  Made this Betty Crocker chili and another soup for dinner and some tasty cornbread (recipe for other soup and cornbread to follow soon).  Good snow day dinner! 2 pounds ground beef 1 large onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, pressed 1 (28 oz) can diced … Continue reading

Halloween Cinnamon and Sugar Chips

These are already on the blog called Sugar Chips under Appetizers and Desserts along with a recipe for Fruit Salsa from my friend Tesla but I was thinking how cute they would be in Halloween shapes for my Glitter Toes Party so I experimented and the experiment went pretty well.  Here’s how to do it! … Continue reading

Quick Bean Soup

Another “Cooking Light” recipe.  It was a little spicey for me and Courtney but Bob and Zach were ok with it.  I think next time I’ll used mild salsa instead of medium. 2 teaspoons canola oil 2 cups prechopped onion (didn’t have any onions so used 4 tablespoons dried onion) 3/4 cup prechopped green bell … Continue reading

Waffle Iron Brownies

I’m telling you right now – make a double batch!  One batch will not be enough!  In fact, I’ve given you a single batch ingredient list and a double batch ingredient list to make it easier for you.  These go fast at our house.  I made these for my Glitter Toes Party tonight and had … Continue reading

Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Cupcakes for the Sunday School class.  Recipe from “Real Simple”, they send me emails with recipes and stuff.  These were so cute!  And even the teenagers who didn’t like pumpkin ate them! 1 (18.5 oz) box yellow cake mix (plus ingredients to make cupcakes) 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice 1 (15 oz) can pumpkin puree … Continue reading

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

I found this recipe on allrecipes.com.  Nobody at my house likes pumpkin so I’ve never made pumpkin bread or pie or anything before but felt like giving it a try this year.  It smelled really good baking but no one here will eat it so I’ll have to give it away!  (Perhaps a little gift … Continue reading

Bread Bowl Artichoke Dip

This is a super yummy Pampered Chef recipe that was requested by my friend Kathie for her sister Verenda’s baby shower today.  (It’s her first and she’s having a girl!) 2 (16 oz) sourdough bread rounds (about 6″ in diameter), divided (I prefer to use 1 sourdough round and 1 sourdough baguette) oil or cooking … Continue reading

Hershey’s Best Brownies

It was my friend Belinda’s birthday yesterday and so I made her some brownies from scratch and gave her a jar of Pampered Chef’s new Chocolate Raspberry Sauce so that she could make brownie sundaes for her bday.  I sampled the pieces that fell off while cutting them up and they were delicious!  Another great … Continue reading