Fruit

Caramel Apple Crisp

October 4, 2011

Apples, oatmeal, and brown sugar are the perfect fall food combination, but what can make it a little better? Add a little caramel to it for a caramel apple crisp! I had a few too many helpings of this. It was so good warm from the oven, I just could not help myself. It made [...]

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A Few Of My Favorite Apple Recipes

September 16, 2011

Today in Oklahoma we have light rain and temperatures in the 50′s. After a summer of record heat and drought, fall is a welcome relief. Nothing says fall food quite like apples. They are a sure sign that cooler weather is on the way. And since I have fall on my mind today, I thought I would [...]

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Homemade Freckled Lemonade

August 16, 2011

My family loves to eat at Red Robin. I have loved it since I was a teenager and my best friend and I discovered how good it was. Now, my family loves Red Robin because our local one is very allergy friendly. I know this varies by restaurant, but our Red Robin is always great and [...]

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Simple Bowl Of Fruit

June 14, 2011

Sometimes I think we over complicate food. Many cooking shows and magazines take basic foods and add a lot of ingredients and steps. This often produces a wonderful result, but it also often makes a dish more time consuming and less healthy. Sometimes it is easiest and healthiest to stick to the basic. A simple bowl [...]

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Homemade Cranberry Sauce

November 16, 2010

I don’t know about you, but I grew up eating the cranberry sauce from a can. You know the kind where you can see the lines from the can indented in it. Yes, that is the cranberry sauce that made an appearance at our Thanksgiving table every year. Because of this I grew up thinking [...]

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Banana Waffles

September 13, 2010

If your house is anything like mine I am guessing that you often have an over ripe banana or two sitting on the counter. I have one daughter who love bananas and will eat hers when they look so bad that no one else will touch them. However, the rest the family prefers our bananas [...]

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Blueberry Recipes

July 9, 2010

One of the things I love about summer is the fresh berries. Here are some ideas for using blueberries. What is your favorite recipe or way to use blueberries? Blueberry Pound Cake Sour Cream Blueberry Pancakes (you can see my gluten free version here) Blueberry Coffee Cake Blueberry Muffins

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Fruit Frappe

June 2, 2010

I have a love hate relationship with canned peaches and it is all my mom’s fault. Sorry mom, but you spoiled me. You see growing up my mom canned peaches. We would go to the orchard each year for peaches and she would spend days canning peaches so that we would have peaches through out [...]

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Fresh Pineapple

April 28, 2010

Fresh pineapple is so good. I did not realize how good fresh pineapple was until I was an adult. Growing up I never remember eating fresh pineapple. We always ate canned pineapple. It was cheap and readily available, so that is what we ate. I am not sure exactly when I had my first fresh pineapple, [...]