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Quick Mix Oatmeal Crunchies
A couple of months ago, I bought several boxes of instant oatmeal because I had about 10 Quaker Oatmeal coupons that I was able to stack with a great sale price, making the oatmeal nearly free!...
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Simply Made Pineapple Snack Cake
This is one of my favorite cakes to bake! It’s crazy delicious and super easy to throw together. The taste reminds me of a Kentucky Butter Cake recipe I used to make when my children were little. The...
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Garden Fresh Veggie Pizza
This is surely one of my family’s favorite snacks. As we planted vegetables and herbs this weekend, it made me think of this colorful, nutrition-packed pizza. Most of you have probably seen a...
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Crazy Mixed-Up Caesar Salad
We are not a family that often eats out. I’d much rather make “copy-cat” restaurant favorites at home. Then, I can tailor the recipe to please the whole family ( for far less money). However, there...
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Jumbo Oatmeal Cowboy Cookies
Jumbo Oatmeal Cowboy Cookies Crunchy on the outside, chewy in the middle…that’s how I would describe these awesome oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Years ago, when I was a Daisy Girl Scout Leader, one...
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Best Basic Muffin Mix
This morning, I whipped up several batches of muffins for my family. The girls love basic blueberry muffins, while the boys crave muffins with chocolate chips. In order to save time, I double my basic...
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Bountiful Blueberry-Banana Loaf
I have been complaining for weeks about the price of blueberries. This week, I was thrilled to see that the price has dropped to $1.49 a pint. Wow, that’s a great price! Naturally, I bought 6 pints...
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Chewy Chocolate Chip Granola Bars
Yesterday, while searching through the WordPress blogs, a recipe for healthy snack bars caught my eye. Late last night, after tidying up the kitchen, I couldn’t go to sleep without pulling out my...
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Perfect Peanut Butter Cookies
When I was a young girl, I would be asked to load up our Red Flyer wagon with a few of my younger brothers and sisters and spend the afternoon with them at the park. You see, I was the oldest girl in...
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Chocolate Chip Cake Mix Cookies
This past weekend, we celebrated my daughter’s graduation from high school. I knew the temperature was predicted to reach 90 degrees so I got all of my baking out of the way during the week, while the...
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Easy Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Snack Cake
Growing up, I remember a boxed mix that my mom used to buy to make something called a snack cake. The favorite in our household was the spice mix flavor. Mom used to quickly bake it in a square pan...
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Slow Cooker Breakfast Granola
My kids seem to be addicted to granola. If I had to buy it pre-packaged every week, I’d be bankrupt. Thankfully, I have several recipes for this crunchy, delicious and versatile treat. We use it to...
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Chocolatey Oat and Peanut Butter Cookies
So, tomorrow my oldest will be leaving for college…I am surely going to miss her smiling face on a daily basis. It will be hard for me to let her go…. I have spent a good part of the morning baking...
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Easy Banana Crumb Cake
Well, it’s back to school for my high school kids this week and I am baking packable lunch items for the start of the school year. I spied a few overly ripe bananas on the kitchen counter last night...
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Rise and Shine Morning Muffins
Rise and Shine Morning Muffins Well, I have the last of this week’s school lunches packed and heading out the door with my children. It’s Friday and as we head into the weekend, I will have to plan my...
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Apple and Spice Muffins
It’s Sunday and time to bake for the coming school week. Muffins seem to pack perfectly into lunch boxes along with fresh fruit, carrots, yogurt, a sandwich and some trail mix. It really saves time in...
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Easy No-Bake Granola Bites
Making your own granola bars at home can certainly be more nutritious for your family and is definitely a money saving idea. A box of granola bars can range in price from a moderate $2 up to as much...
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Homemade Concord Grape Jam
Homemade Concord Grape Jam We have had a very successful grape growing season and have spent most of the holiday weekend making homemade Concord grape jam. When our children were little, we used to...
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The Perfect Poppy Seed Bread
This is a family favorite! I have been making this quick bread recipe for years. Once the loaf is pulled out of the oven, the whole thing seems to disappear shortly thereafter. It’s an easy enough...
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Chewy Oat and Jam Cookie Bars
Chewy Oat and Jam Cookie Bars What to do with all of this delicious homemade jam? …Make Oat and Jam cookie bars! Last week, we canned loads of Concord grapes and tucked the jars away for a year’s...
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