Day 9, Scratch Day (3 Moms, 3 Kitchens, 31 Days)

I made another batch of tortillas Friday, using a slightly different recipe (recipe below) that called for shortening rather than butter since I don't keep real butter on hand. Joely had a lot of fun helping me make the tortillas. We could even classify our cooking session as a geography lessons because one of the [...]

3 Moms, 3 Kitchens, 31 Days: Day Eight—Making Do With What I Have

I made a double batch of chocolate chip muffins, which has turned out to be my kids' favorite breakfast. I made a double batch and froze the extras. I had intended for all the muffins in the freezer to be used for another breakfast, but several of the freezer muffins were eaten today since we [...]

Hail Jenny, Giver of Scrumptious Biscuit Recipes!

I successfully baked another winner-of-a-recipe this morning. This time the recipe was from Jenny over at Runningamuck which she called "Big Daddy Biscuits." I put this biscuit recipe on my list of 13 Blogger-tested Recipes, but I hadn't made them as of that post. But now that I've made them, I think I'm in love! [...]

Hail Kate, Giver of Delicious Cinnamon Roll Recipes!

I made cinnamon rolls this morning using a recipe Kate at A Simple Walk emailed me, and they turned out soooooo good! If you missed the cinnamon roll recipe in my post earlier this week, I've posted it here again for your palate's pleasure. Thank you, Kate! I'd like to say that these cinnamon rolls [...]

Thirteen Delicious Blogger-Tested Recipes [Fifth Edition]

I've been trying to do a lot more baking lately, and I've had several of my blogging friends recommend recipes for me to try. So for today's T13, I thought I'd post 13 of the recipes I've collected over the past several days (as well as a couple oldies) that I've either made or plan [...]

Mmmm! Chocolate Chip Muffins and a Good Rib Rub

We managed to grill pork ribs this evening. We've never attempted it before, but I picked up a package of boneless pork ribs for super cheap a few weeks ago, and since I'm trying to use what I have on hand this week, we went ahead and gave it a shot. And they actually turned [...]

Homemade Olive Garden?

This afternoon my husband (bless him!) informed me that Olive Garden—which happens to be my absolute favorite place in the world to eat—has posted many of their delicious, delectable, scrumptious, succulent (and fattening) recipes online at their website. Woohoo! I know what I'll be trying out in the next few weeks.

Hello. My Name is Joy, and I'm a Chocoholic.

And I often have a powerful hankerin' for peanut butter, too. So what could be better than chocolate and peanut butter together—in a snack that's actually good for you? I know it sounds too good to be true, but I assure you, it's not. Now I do admit that this snack is not exactly lowfat, [...]

A Little Random Link Love

San Francisco Symphony for Kids: Learn about music and instruments with the San Francisco Symphony. Joely absolutely loves this site! Nourish Interactive: Nutrition education games for kids. Although this uses the "new" food pyramid (which I thoroughly despise), the information is great on this site, and the games are really engaging. Make Your Own Handwriting [...]

World's Best Brownies!

Well, they may not be the world's best, but they're pretty good! Last year the kids and I made up several jars of cookie and brownie mixes to sell at an auction at church. The brownie mix was a huge hit and I still hear people praising it—twice in just the last two weeks in [...]

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