Author: Brenda

Sides

Everything Bagel Potato Fries

I love the flavor of an everything bagel. I also enjoy a crispy potato, so I decided to put them together and form the Everything Bagel Potato Fry. Now I have to say I am not big on fried foods, in fact I have never actually fried anything. So I needed to figure out how […]

Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies

I know your thinking, another chocolate chip cookie recipe. I must say that I have tried a few. Some good and some not so good, but I think that I have finally come up with a great recipe. There is nothing like a good chocolate chip cookie straight out of the oven. You know the […]

Snacks

Blueberry Breakfast Bars

For years I have bought the boxed breakfast bars from the store to add to my kids lunch box. Mind you I would buy the ones with natural ingredients and I would try to get ones that weren’t mostly sugar. I did it because it was convenient. Then one week the store didn’t have the […]

Donuts

Baked Chocolate Zucchini Donuts:

I know what your thinking, zucchini and donuts don’t belong in the same sentence, but for this recipe they not only belong together, they make a delicious snack that your family will love. Not to mention your getting them to eat there vegetables even if they are disguised in a chocolate donut. I mean how […]

Cakes

Apple Upside Down Cake:

This Apple Upside Down Cake is the perfect dessert. With its tender cake and sweet cinnamon coated apples, it is likely to become your new Fall favorite. I’m always looking for a new way to incorporate apples into a dessert. I’ve done apple pie, apple crisp, apple donuts and many more but I was looking […]

Donuts

Baked Lemon Blueberry Donuts:

Who doesn’t love brunch. In my house brunch is a common occurrence, weather it be with family or friends. We love it because it is so much more laid back then a sit down dinner. With brunch you can just put everything out and your guests can just casually help themselves to what they would […]

Salad

Kale & Brussel Sprout Salad:

This Kale & Brussel sprout salad is a great accompaniment to any meal or as a meal in it self. It is packed full of nutrients and with the addition of cranberries, crispy apples, shallots, crispy bacon and maple toasted walnuts it taste amazing as well. The tangy balsamic vinegar dressing brings it all together. […]

Cakes

Chocolate Zucchini Bundt Cake

So, a few summers ago I decided to grow some zucchini in my garden thinking that the plant would produce two or three zucchini’s if I was lucky. Well my garden produced way more then the two or three that I expected. Now I had an abundance of zucchini and there is only so much […]

Soups & Stews

Roasted Broccoli And Cauliflower Soup

I’m always trying to come up with a new soup that my kids and husband will like. Soup is my husbands absolute favorite. Even in the middle of summer he will eat a bowl of soup. So he is my soup critic. When I told everyone I made Roasted Broccoli And Cauliflower Soup, with no […]