An Easy, Yummy Chili Recipe

A couple of weeks ago, the girls helped me to make Wagon Wheel Chili as part of Caravan.  I based what we did on a recipe in Taste of Home’s Fun Food on p. 88.  It was so easy and yummy!  We also made “Mini Subs” to go with the chili, and those were also [...]

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Another Year of Caravan

This week the girls and I started back with our weekly Caravan meetings.  We had taken off most of the summer, but since the boys are getting back into scouts, it was time for the girls to start up again too.
We still have a couple of badges to earn from our first book, and then [...]

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Camp Recipes: Meatballs in Gravy, Hearty Taters, and Easy Scout Pies

As promised, I am posting the supper recipes that John made at this weekend’s camp.  (By the way, any of these recipes would work at home in normal ovens too!)

Make a Smilebox recipe

Make a Smilebox recipe

Make a Smilebox recipe

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Kids a Cookin’ Class

This summer Cosette has been enjoying the Kids a Cookin’ class offered by the extension service of one of our state universities.  This is really a neat program.  They offer 4-week sessions several times each year to teach the kids about nutrition and cooking.  This summer they are meeting on Tuesday mornings, and Cosette has [...]

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Creamy Bacon Mac ‘n Cheese

I made this recipe this week and it was SO GOOD!  It was a lot of work for macaroni and cheese, but it was worth it.  I got the recipe out of a booklet put out by Reynolds called Packet Cooking and More.  This recipe would be perfect for church dinner! 

Make a Smilebox [...]

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Great Depression Era Cooking: Poorman’s Meal

I came across a series of cooking videos on You Tube that are of a 91-year-old grandmother preparing some of her favorite meals from the Depression Era. She is just wonderful–and her recipes sound great! Enjoy this video. It is nice to smile in such uncertain days.

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A Recipe for a Cold Day

Yesterday I did something that I have not done for a long time: I made beef jerky. I found the old food dehydrator that I used to use for this job hidden away in the garage, and decided to try it again. Unfortunately, when I plugged it in, the air blew, but [...]

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Super Easy Cheesy Breadsticks

My kids are great fans of Pizza Hut’s cheesy breadsticks, and I have been expermenting lately with ways to make a similar recipe at home. I have tried several times, but usually they are too complicated or just don’t taste right. Well, tonight was my best shot yet, so I thought I’d post [...]

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Grandma Jain’s Banana Cake

My mother’s parents were wonderful and amazing people, and I was really close to them.  They lived in the same town as I did growing up, so I had a very special opportunity to really spend time with them.  They did not have easy lives, but they loved God, and they loved me.  I was [...]

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A Family Favorite: French Dip Sandwiches

It’s not very often that every single person in my family likes a certain recipe, but this recipe for French Dip Sandwiches is one that hits that lofty goal! This recipe was shared with me several months ago by my internet friend, Jill. She is a very neat lady. She and her husband have adopted [...]

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