Category: recipes

  • Ham Fried Rice

    Ham Fried Rice

    My sons are like a lot of kids these days ( they are not little), they are not big fans of vegetables.  When I have served cooked broccoli and raw carrots for weeks I through in a wild card that I know they like and will eat a lot of.   I make “Ham Fried Rice”.  3 Tbsp. olive…

  • Homemade Maple Syrup

    Homemade Maple Syrup

    One of my fondest memories as a child was waking up to waffles on Saturday mornings.  It was what we did every Saturday.  My mom would get up and make us breakfast, I think it is the only thing that would get my brother out of bed on a Saturday.  Well, with those waffles always…

  • Gingerbread Forest

    Gingerbread Forest

    Sometimes I think we want to try new things and upgrade, so to speak, that we have a tendency to forget about old favorites.  I used to make this Gingerbread Forest  when my children were little and then when grandma hung her big mirror on the wall I stopped.  Last year we purchased a mirror…

  • Peppermint Ice Cream Dessert

    Peppermint Ice Cream Dessert

    The Christmas holiday is full of great food.  In fact too much great food. When you think about the family favorites that you always make and the wonderful new recipes you read or hear about from friends, there are just to many to choose from. “Peppermint Ice Cream Dessert”  is one that we love but…

  • Pineapple Carrot Bread

    Pineapple Carrot Bread

    As my husbands did his usual going through the refrigerator, he found our need to use up ingredient was ” Crushed Pineapple”.  We had enough to make a double batch so we made some into muffins with yummy streusel topping.  3 eggs 2 cups sugar 1 cup canola oil 1 8 oz. can crushed pineapple, do not drain 1…