Crazy Cake

This Crazy Cake has no butter, no milk, and no eggs. We have a neighbor that I wanted to make a Christmas treat for but they have a daughter who is allergic to milk and eggs so I did some searching and found this recipe. I’ll be honest with you, it totally sank in the … Continue reading

Fresh Fruit Birthday Cake

It was my neighbor Micah’s birthday the other day and he is off sugar so I decided to give one of these all fresh fruit cakes a go and it was pretty fun and not too difficult. Here’s a look at the top and a look at the side 1 watermelon 1 lemon, cut into … Continue reading

Italian Vegetable Soup with White Beans

Sometimes I just start tossing things into the crock pot and hope for the best and sometimes that is what I get like this soup, which turned out perfectly!  Lots of veggies and deliciousness! 1 cup chopped broccoli 1 cup green beans, cut in half 1/4 head of green cabbage, chopped 2 stalks celery, sliced … Continue reading

Fresh Tomato Soup

Still trying to use up all the yummy tomatoes from my garden.  This recipe is great comfort food and was so warming on Sunday night for dinner.  It would be great with a grilled cheese sandwich.  The recipe comes from “Raising Generation Nourished”. 1/4 cup olive oil 2 medium onions, chopped 2 large carrots, chopped … Continue reading

Homemade Tomato Sauce

All of the sudden I’ve got more tomatoes than I know what to do with so I went looking online and found this homemade tomato sauce recipe that you can freeze and then use in place of canned tomato sauce in recipes for soups and spaghetti sauce, etc so I’ve been making sauce like crazy … Continue reading

Black Bean and Roasted Corn Salsa

First post from our Cinco de Mayo feast last night.  I could not stop eating this stuff, it was so good!  It’s a Betty Crocker recipe. 1 (11.8 oz) bag Green Giant Seasoned Steamers frozen honey roasted sweet corn 1 (15 oz) can black beans, rinsed and drained 1/2 cup (1 small) Roma tomato, chopped … Continue reading

One Pot Mexican Rice Casserole

Sunday dinner last night with the whole fam, my favorite part of the week!  Made this along with some other things, which will show up later.  It was easy and yummy!  I served it as a side dish but I was thinking that you could add some meat to it and it could be dinner.  … Continue reading

Almond Mint Pesto

Since Bob loved the mint pesto so much, I thought I’d experiment with some other recipes and give him a variety so here is mint pesto #2.  This one comes from Good Housekeeping. 2 cups mint 2 tablespoons roasted salted almonds 1 clove garlic 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated lemon peel 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice … Continue reading

Mint Pesto

I planted 1 mint plant in my garden and it is huge!  So I’ve been looking for ways to use the mint and discovered that you can make pesto with mint so I thought I’d give it a try since everyone around here loves the basil pesto.  I took one bite and thought I was … Continue reading