Every Fall and Halloween we make Candy Apples or these tasty Caramel Apples. The history of caramel apples is not exact. It’s believed to been created in the 1950’s when a Kraft worker, Dan Walker, experimented with excess caramels from Halloween. He melted them down, dipped apples in and caramel apples were created! The apples…
Category: Recipes From Our Kitchen
Homemade Pumpkin Butter
We cooked a pumpkin the other day, roasted the seeds, kept some seeds to plant next year and then pureed the pumpkin in which we got 11 cups of pumpkin puree!! So what better than to enjoy some pumpkin hot chocolate (such a different color with homemade puree than store bought!) while making pumpkin butter!…
Roasting Pumpkin Seeds
Today we are roasting some pumpkin seeds. I am cooking up a pumpkin to puree so we can make an assortment of pumpkin goodies this week and I thought we’d roast the seeds. Roasting pumpkin seeds produces a more flavorful and nutty taste. Cooking pumpkin seeds dates back as far as 7000BC and have been…
Cranberry Orange Loaf
Since it’s the last week of October, we are having fall time fun!! So what better than to bake with two of my favorite fall time fruits — cranberries and oranges! This quick bread is dense with fruit and is more cake-like than loaf-like. It’s not overly sweet so the glaze adds a nice sweetness…
October’s No Grocery Shopping Challenge – Week Four
It’s Week Four of October’s No Grocery Shopping Challenge! This week has been a challenge for sure as we have run out of more ingredients. I was confident that we had stocked up for the month, but we unfortunately did not get enough. This was a good way to show me what exactly I need…
Southwest Mac & Cheese
We like all sorts of Mac & Cheese and this Southwest Mac & Cheese is delicious! It’s a little spicy, but packs tons of flavor! It’s a great way to incorporate a meatless meal into your menu! I had a sweet potato that needed to get used up as well as black beans so my…
Potato & Steak Gravy Stew
This yummy meal takes me back to my childhood. When mom would ask us what we’d like for supper, my brothers and I often asked for “the potato and gravy with meat stuff.” We’d dish it up, blob on a little ketchup before we’d eat. I wrote this recipe down in my recipe box when…
