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Peaches and Cream Muffins

Peaches are in season at the height of the summer, so now is the ideal time to stock up while they are on sale. In addition to enjoying them fresh, we like to freeze them for yummy smoothies all year long. And now we have a new recipe to add to our peachy repertoire! I was in the mood to whip up peach muffins the other day, but did not have a recipe. I did have cream cheese though. Mmmmm. So I played around and came up with this recipe, which I am calling Peaches and Cream Muffins. It is […] Read more »

Patriotic Salad

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After sharing the Kale and Blackberry Salad in May, a friend of a friend made a version that included raspberries. Those pretty red berries got me to thinking… how could I make a red, white and blue salad? So I played around, and just in time for Independence Day, here it is! Starting with a base of spinach, you’ll layer on strawberries, blueberries and feta, then toss them with a simple lemon juice based dressing (you might recognize the flavor from the blackberry salad.) A yummy and light addition to your patriotic celebration! Patriotic Salad Print Prep […] Read more »

Build A Menu Flash Giveaway!

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Enter to win a 6 month subscription to Build A Menu! Entries close Monday June 30, 2014 at 11:59 pm CST.

Oooo, we have a little weekend surprise for you! Our friends Lisa and Karee at Build A Menu offered us the chance to give one of YOU a free six month subscription! If you have been wanting to try Build A Menu and haven’t yet, now is your chance! But hurry, because this giveaway only goes through tomorrow, Monday June 30. In case you haven’t yet heard me wax poetic about BAM, you can read this review I wrote on my other blog two years ago. Or you can read my guest post last month for Dawnita on how I […] Read more »

Six Strand Braided Ribbon Bookmark

By Abbie and Mrs. Brown · 1 Comment

One day Abbie sat down with some ribbon, fiddled around for a bit, and produced this pretty bookmark. It lies nice and flat in books, and can be made in up to six colors. To make it extra fancy, you could add charms to the ends. Moms will be happy to learn that the supplies for this project cost a whopping 25¢! Materials 6 spools of 1/8″ satin ribbon Scissors Directions Step 1: Cut six equal pieces of ribbon, one of each color. Step 2: Layer the ribbons on top of each other and tie a knot in one end. […] Read more »

Yummy Grilled Chicken Marinade

By Patti Brown · 2 Comments

Here is a quick chicken marinade that you can throw together to make your chicken taste fantastic! What’s a marinade? A marinade is a liquid in which you soak raw meat or vegetables. Marinades infuse food with flavor, and tenderize meat. Tough meats can be marinated for as long as a whole day and night, but usually you don’t marinate chicken for that long. A few hours will do the trick! Salt can toughen meat, so we’ll add that after the meat is cooked instead of putting it in the marinade. After your chicken has taken its flavor bath you […] Read more »

100% Whole Wheat Bread

By Abbie and Mrs. Brown · 11 Comments

For years I searched for a 100% whole wheat bread recipe that was actually edible. All the recipes I tried either turned out like bricks, or required part white flour. I was so happy when I found this recipe! A dozen years later, I no longer remember my original source, but I’ve made the recipe our own with unique modifications. – Mrs. Brown This bread is delicious. My favorite way to eat it is cut in thick slices, fresh out of the oven, with butter and cheese. It’s nice to know what ingredients are in it, and that it doesn’t […] Read more »

Texas Sized Cowboy Cookies

By Patti Brown · 2 Comments

Cowboy Cookies are big-as-your-hand wild-west concoctions full of chewy crispy chocolatey yumminess. These are basically oatmeal chocolate chip cookies with pecans and coconut and a loooooot of butter. Oh yeah! I originally got this cookie recipe out of the newspaper… way back in the days when the internet was not my primary source of news. As a result I can’t properly attribute it. I’ve been making Cowboy Cookies for the last fifteen years or so. They are a big hit with guests (and the pecans make them oh-so-Texan.) Now, I don’t especially advise you to eat a Cowboy Cookie while […] Read more »