Have you ever thought of making your own Oreos from scratch? Thanks to popular food blogger and author, Casey Barber, you can make many of your brand name favorite snacks at home using recipes from her new cookbook, Classic Snacks Made from Scratch. I recently received a copy of this cookbook and love that it features more than 70 recipes for homemade versions of cookies, chips, and other snack favorites we usually buy at the store. And there ...
Recipes
Basic Hummus Recipe (Easy)
Are you a hummus fan? I am! I usually buy it at the store, but the other day I got a craving for hummus on my pita bread and decided to try to make it at home. Read: I was too lazy to drive to the store. If you are looking for a basic hummus recipe - try this one. Now that I know how easy it is to make hummus, I won't be buying it anymore. A lot of hummus recipes call for tahini. Honestly, I don't even know what tahini is - I'm assuming it is ...
Slow Cooker Desserts: Mini Berry Cobbler
Mini Berry Cobblers These mini cobblers are perfect when you’re serving dinner for four. Other fruits can be substituted for the berries—just make sure to cut the fruit into small pieces so it will fit nicely into the ramekins. Yield: 4 servings Prep time: 20 minutes Cooking time: 4 hours Ingredients: 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour 1¼ cups granulated sugar, divided ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened 1 teaspoon ...
Tips From the Chef! Make Valentines Day Chocolate Truffles
Chef Nathan Lyon’s Chocolate Truffles Four Ways Yield: 40 Truffles, 10 of each flavor ...
Homemade Granola Recipe
Have you ever tried to make granola at home? I found out how easy it is to make your own granola, and surprisingly it is one of the foods I can make at home that tastes better than what you can buy at the store! One of my favorite granola recipes is for Coconut-Pecan-Cranberry Granola. Last week I noticed that my pantry was full of little baggies with odd amounts of nuts and dried fruits leftover from holiday baking, so I decided to toss them ...
Creamy Chicken Taquitos Recipe
I tried this Creamy Chicken Taquitos recipe with my family last week. I just have the "Before" baking picture because I forgot to take the "After" picture before we ate them! Sorry, things get crazy when the troops are hungry at my house. I doubled this recipe so I could have a batch to eat and a batch to freeze. It is a simple meal that works great for those nights you need to just pull something out and bake it for 20 minutes for an instant ...
Homemade Toaster Pastries Recipe
I have been wanting to try to make homemade toaster pastries ever since I saw them in the book, The Homemade Pantry: 100 Foods You Can Stop Buying and Start Making. It's actually not too hard to make them. All you need is a basic pie crust recipe and whatever fillings you want to put inside the pastries. I had Nutella, Strawberry and Grape Jam on hand, so that is what we used today. Even though my 5-year-old's first reaction to the homemade ...
Family Meal Planning ~ Nine Healthy Recipes Under 400 Calories & $4 Per Serving
One of my new year's resolutions is to get better at family meal planning. I want us to eat healthy meals and avoid the I-Don't-Know-What-To-Make-For-Dinner Let's-Just-Order-Pizza trap that I seem to fall into quite often! So, I recently joined eMeals to see if their menu planning services could help me out. So far, I have really enjoyed getting my family's weekly menu e-mailed to me, along with the SUPER HELPFUL grocery store shopping list. ...
Chocolate Souffle Recipe ~ Easy To Make and Under 500 Calories
A Chocolate Souffle dessert sounds like something that is hard to make at home. But it's really not! Try this easy-to- make recipe and enjoy a savory dessert with your family. They are best served warm right out of the oven. Chocolate Souffle Recipe ...
