Today's post is taking a side road from our Family Vacation 101 blog series to share one of our favorite homemade snacks. One being perfect for Road Trips. Without a doubt our favorites are Homemade Granola Bars and Yummy Snack Mix. Both are protein-packed. Nutritious. Filling. Each bite is sheer yumminess. And, super easy to make. ...
Recipes
Who has time to cook elaborate meals? Not me! But because I want my family to eat nutritious and cost effective dishes, I have learned to keep our meals easy. Check out our favorite reci
Recipe: Parmesan Bites
Approximately four times a year, I make the meal for our Community Group gathering. We each take turns preparing supper for the group before we dig into the Word and pray together. It's not a huge group but 10 adults can put down some grub. Beyond that, I enjoy blessing hurting and struggling families with meals. I am always ...
How to Make Homemade Bread in a Bag
Making Homemade bread can be very intimidating. When some of you saw the activity in the Easter Activity Workbook to make homemade bread, you freaked! Some of you shy away from anything with yeast for fear of failure. But yeast is not your enemy! In baking, yeast is your friend. And baking homemade bread is nothing to be scared of. Beyond the ...
Yummy, Delicious, Homemade Granola Bars
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What Will You Serve for Christmas Breakfast? Here’s a Winning Idea!
Curious what you are looking at? Breakfast gone wrong, you ask? Nope. That, my friend, is pure deliciousness that produces smiles around our breakfast table. I had German Pancakes for the first time when in college and on choir tour. I still remember the goodness. After we had kiddos, I went in search for the recipe so that I could serve ...
Easter Recipes for Preschoolers
Here are two of our favorite Easter recipes. Both can be done by preschoolers with much success. Click on the links below to see the instructions. Resurrection Rolls - Recipe and discussion ideas to explain the resurrection of Jesus. Bird Nest Cookies - These cookies are so yummy and kids can make them without too ...
Recipe: Homemade Granola
Every other week I mix up a huge batch (4x the recipe below) of homemade granola. We eat it as cereal, on yogurt and anything else that it will enhance for the moment. Daddy and I eat it every morning. It sticks with you and is an excellent source of good stuff! I have played with the recipe for several years to get a good ...
Fabulous Christmas Food to Eat or Share
Food is tightly associated with the holidays. And why not? Christmas brings about some of the yummiest morsels of food that there is. In this post, I have gathered our favorite recipes! This is one of our family's favorites at Christmas and I don't believe that my mom can make enough batches. This is truly the best English Toffee recipe ...
Creating Turkey Muffins
Amy at Traurigs In Training shares a fun turkey snack of table decoration! Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffin (with slightly healthier substitutes) Ingredients: 4 eggs 2 cups sugar 1 can of pumpkin or 2 cups homemade pureed (recipe here) 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 1/4 cups of vegetable oil (I substituted coconut oil) 3 cups flour (I used 2 1/2 cups of ...
How to Make Homemade Ice Cream in a Bag
Several times in my teenage years, I had the opportunity to make individual servings of homemade ice cream. As an activity at church and youth group a few times. We actually made it at school in a Family Living class I took to provide us with examples of creating traditions in a family. It was fun and memorable experience each time. In creating ...