Category Archives: Cooking and Food

Homemade Yogurt

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Mary

I’m always looking for great breakfast alternatives to cereal. Typically, our breakfasts consist of our own organic scrambled eggs and fresh fruit, occasionally muffins, blender waffles, or baked oatmeal. But homemade yogurt is a real treat–it’s easy, and we love … Continue reading →

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Labor Day Pizza

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Mary

Labor Day is here, and with it, wide open windows and highs in the 70′s! And we’re LOVING it. After all, July’s never-ending line up of 105+ degree scorchers is still very much alive in my memory! Whew. Dare I … Continue reading →

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Homemade Ice Cream, Anyone?

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Mary

Finally.  After almost 18 years of marriage, we have become the happy consumers of our very own homemade ice cream! We were so excited about a month ago, to stumble upon a used-maybe-once White Mountain 6 quart ice cream maker–hand … Continue reading →

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Love your family with Baked Oatmeal!

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Mary

Joy fills my heart every morning, knowing my days have purpose. There is no more fulfilling job in this world, than that of wife and mother. God has been so gracious to allow us to raise our family 100% ourselves. … Continue reading →

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Easy Baked Salmon

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Mary

Friday mornings are usually reserved for Bible study luncheons with my parents. With our hectic schedule, we haven’t had any semblance of regularity with our studies, but it worked out today! Dad taught on Matthew 24, regarding the signs of … Continue reading →

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Cheesecake Gifts and Recipes

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Mary

In early December, my friend Kim called with a brilliant Christmas gift  idea. She needed to borrow my springform pan to carry it off.  Why? Because cream cheese was on sale for .59 cents a package! And because cheesecakes make … Continue reading →

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Great Dip Recipes for the Holidays

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Mary

I mentioned in a previous blog post that I was going to have to post some recipes from the October Writer’s Retreat I attended. Here are some goodies for you! More to follow! Julane’s Corn Dip 2 cans Mexicorn 2 … Continue reading →

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Tips for Bake Sales

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Mary

Family and friends have been anxiously awaiting this post since mid-November! Not because they need the vital information I’m going to share for hosting a successful bake sale, but rather for the glory this post is going to give to … Continue reading →

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Homemade Pizza Sauce

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Mary

Here is my friend’s famous pizza sauce recipe, as per yesterday’s  request by “fellow midwesterner”! First of all, to make pizza sauce, we start with tomato sauce. Tomato Sauce (taken from the Ball Blue Book of Preserving) 45 lbs of … Continue reading →

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Brownies and other Ooey-Gooey Delights

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Mary

Hard to be overly health conscious when these treats are in the house! My oldest first baked these brownies on May 17, 2009, to assuage the trauma caused me by the “vicious possum attack of ’09″…remember my sad tale,“Hard Life … Continue reading →

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