Today's guest post is from Jessie at Life as a Strawberry.  When I saw her beautiful photos,  I just had to ask her to share this recipe with you!  Gingersnaps is one of my favorite cookies.  Not only do they taste great, your house smells amazing when you bake them!  Enjoy this recipe over the holidays!  Your family and friends will love them!   Cookies are the best.   … [Read more...]

  I have a great recipe for you from Sheryl at Lady Behind the Curtain!  I love how you can make this Pumpkin Cake Roll ahead of time and freeze it!  I'm going to make it next weekend so I can get one of my desserts out of the way for Thanksgiving!     Probably the most popular dessert next to the pumpkin pie.  In less then an hour you can have this dessert ready for the … [Read more...]

  Have you ever made homemade applesauce?  I used to make it every year when I taught Preschool many years ago.  I would bring my mom's electric skillet to school and we would have a grand old time making applesauce together.  All the teachers would poke their heads in our classroom to see what was cooking and they were always thrilled to get a sample! Today's guest post is from Laura … [Read more...]

    Today's guest post is from Nicole at The Galley Gourmet.  Doesn't her Peach Streusel Coffee Cake look delicious?  Can you pick peaches in your state yet?  Unfortunately, I can't pick them until August (in Massachusetts).  I can't wait to make this when they become available!  Yum!     If I had to pick one summer fruit that I couldn't live without, it would … [Read more...]

    Victoria Sponge Cake     English recipes are a preferred choice of many top rated chefs. The reason is the taste with the perfect blend of ingredients. The English recipes are quite popular around the world, and every hotel has some of the English dishes present in their menus. The chef finds them easy to make. On the other hand, with proper care, the dish wins the heart … [Read more...]

    Today's guest post is from Jennifer at Mother Thyme.  Wait until you see all of her beautiful photos!  You'll be turning on your oven before you get to the bottom of the post!     I love making donuts especially baked and eliminating the frying.  Baked donuts taste just as good as the fried donuts with a little less guilt.     For this … [Read more...]

    I have another guest post today from Jonna at Get Off Your Butt and Bake!  Do you remember her French Chicken Broccoli Supreme?  Well, feast your eyes on her mouthwatering Slow Cooker - Chicken Cordon Bleu!  THIS is on my menu this weekend!     This slow cooker version creates very tender chicken and scrumptious golden sauce.     If you don’t have … [Read more...]

      Chicken Spiedini is an amazing and filling, yet still, light main dinner dish that can be put together with just a few ingredients, and is also wonderful for the fact that it costs about $10 to make a meal for four people! One of the many great parts about this dish is that a lot of the ingredients are ones that you already likely have on hand! Plus, the meat cooks on … [Read more...]

  Home Food Preserving Techniques That are Dangerous to Try In order to have easy food stores available in case of emergency, such as a power outage due to a natural disaster, many households are choosing to purchase freeze dried meals to keep as reserves.  While choosing Wise food storage options are always beneficial in an emergency setting, they don't provide long term food storage … [Read more...]