My daughter discovered these cookies while at her art class, and begged for the recipe. Her teacher’s wife was gracious and shared it with us, and I am sharing it with you… with one or two modifications. 2 cups sugar 1/2 cup butter or coconut oil 1/2 cup milk (or a nut milk) 1/2 cup [...]

My mom was here over Christmas, and we had picked up a box of sweet potatoes to use for our Christmas dinner. I think we used one, maybe two spuds… that left me with a rather large box to use up (did I mention it was from Costco?) Due to having a few extra sweet [...]

I received an email this morning from the Green Smoothie Girl… with a recipe that I hesitated to try.  But, as I happened to have the key ingredient on hand (and no other way I could fathom to use them) I decided to give it a try. And what was this key ingredient? Beets. Beautifully [...]

ingredients: 1 cup butter 1/3 cup sugar 2 tsp water 2 tsp vanilla 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup walnuts, chopped fine Cream butter & sugar, then mix in water and vanilla.  Add the flour and chopped nuts. Chill 4 hours in fridge. Pre-heat oven to 350F.  Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place on [...]

2-1/4 cups all purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice or allspice 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup light brown cane sugar 3/4 cup cane sugar 3 egg equivalent in Ener-G egg substitute 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup vegetable oil** 2 cups finely grated carrots [...]

Banana Cream Pudding was one of those treats from childhood that you remember, then forget, then something brings it back to mind.  But oh, what a treat it is! Last Summer I went to New York to see my youngest cousin graduate from college, and while we were there she took us to one of [...]

I promised a picture of the completed butterfly, and even though I don’t have all of the recipes posted yet, here is the finished cake! The rundown: I know, it’s missing the antennae, but we put 7 candles on it… 1 on each of the bottom 5 cupcakes, and 2 on the top one.  Antennae [...]

This is one of those cakes… you know, the ones that are reserved for really special occasions because it’s so *not* good for you! And I don’t just mean the food coloring *wink* Background… the red color originally came from the reaction between cocoa powder and vinegar. And it does still make it somewhat red, [...]

Yes, I am calling this a fruity carrot cake, because it tastes, well, fruity!  It’s also very moist, and very delicious.  It’s also kinda good for you, but I won’t tell if you don’t! Ingredients: 2/3 cup all-purpose flour 2/3 cup almond meal or whole wheat flour (I did a combination) 2 tsp. baking soda [...]

This is a wonderful fragrant rice to serve alongside any dish, but especially Indian cooking. 1.5 cups basmati rice 2 cups water 3 cardamom pods 2 whole cloves 1/2 cinnamon stick (or ground cinnamon) Wash the rice thoroughly.  Put it into the rice cooker with the water and spices and let it soak for 30+ [...]