One of the hardest things about living in the mountain west when I moved here was finding good baking recipes. I found that my cookies and cakes never came out right...they were either flat pancakes on the cookie sheet or they turned out hard as rocks. But over the years I *think* I have tried and found some recipes that work super well for higher altitudes. Although there is one that I am still lacking....a moist and dense chocolate cake recipe made from scratch. That one is still a ... View the Post
The Art of Homemaking: Homemade White Bread Recipe
On Monday I promised you my homemade white bread recipe and today I am delivering good on my promise. I really love this bread recipe because it turns out every time and is easy enough to still make for dinner if I start it by 4 pm. From start to finish it is about 1 1/2 hours and makes the house smell delicious. And the best part about it.....I can make the kids eat leftovers (or soup!) if there is a loaf or two of fresh bread to go with it ;) A mom's dream... Homemade White Bread ... View the Post
The Art of Homemaking: Easy Brown Butter Pasta Recipe
Do you have those days in the week when all of a sudden you look at the clock and it is almost 5 pm and you haven't even thought about what to make for dinner? Yep, me too. All the time. And so over the years I have a few recipes that I can always use in a pinch that come straight out of the pantry so I can put dinner on the table fast. They often save us from a fast food drive-through window;) This easy brown butter pasta recipe is one of those go-to recipes that you can start and be ... View the Post
Salsa Verde White Chicken Chili
In the winter months, soup is always one of my favorite meals. I think nothing tastes better when you are cold than a warm bowl of soup and I can eat it for lunch the next few days so I always make a double batch. I usually plan and make soup once a week. But my soup problem is that I usually get stuck in a rut with the same four or five soup recipes. This Salsa Verde White Chicken Chili is one of my new favorite soups and it was kind of an accidental invention! It was started with some ... View the Post
Easy Lasagna Soup Recipe
Do you know those nights when it's 6 pm and you just got home from running kids to after school things...and you realize that you don't have a clue what you are going to have for dinner? I think I go through that once a week. And so over the years I have tried to have easy 30 minute meals that can save us from a run through the nearest drive-in. This one-pot Easy Lasagna Soup Recipe is one of those recipes that everyone in my house will eat (except my non-soup eater--so I don't count him ;) ... View the Post
Candy Cane Popcorn Recipe
Do you have lots of candy canes leftover from the holidays? They are usually swimming around at our house mostly because they are the last candy eaten---and I usually end up throwing them away after a month or so. But not this year! I decided to turn those leftover treats into a candy cane popcorn recipe that was perfect for family movie night which is a Friday night tradition at our house. And boy howdy did those candy canes get gobbled up this year! I actually had to make a second batch ... View the Post