Recipe Book - Chapter 8: Easy Meals

Chapter 8: Easy Meals

Because sometimes, you just need something fast and easy

Recipe Book - Chapter 7: Your Crockpot

Chapter 7: Your Crockpot

There is not another appliance that I love more then my crockpot.

Recipe Book - Chapter 6: Foods to impress

Chapter 6: Foods to impress

These are a few no-fail foods to bring to a gathering (or just your family) that will have everyone say WOW! 

Recipe Book Chapter 5: Cookies

Chapter 5: Cookies

There are few joys in life that can top eating a really good cookie.

Recipe Book Chapter 4: Bread

Chapter 4: Bread

Bread making and I have not always been friends.

Twas many a failed loaf before I finally had success.

I recommend starting with Ma'Kenzies no fail recipe if you are just starting

your bread making journey. It has really detailed instructions that will make it easier for you and yeast to get to know one another.

Recipe Book Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Salads

I hate eating plain lettuce salads.

 I try and get creative when I have to eat vegetables.

Recipe Book Chapter 2

Here is Chapter 2 of my recipe book.

I love soup, and I have a gift for soup making.

I don't think I have ever made a bad soup.

Hope you enjoy!

In case you missed it here are the links to the other chapters:

Recipe Book Chapter 1

Recipe Book Chapter 1

I have had a few requests for recipes.

This is handy because for school I had to create a book and I chose to make a recipe book.

I will give you a chapter at a time, these are all tried and true recipes that my family loves.

Hope you enjoy!

P.S. Please ignore type-o's, I tried to check and re-check my work, but the class I made this for was a design class, not a writing class. I was graded about how well I knew the program, not my writing/spelling skills. Also, I never took a picture of the shepherds pie that I made. I was gone that evening, my hubs had instructions to take a picture, but he forgot and I didn't have time to make it again.

Recipe: Enchilada Soup

I have been having a few people telling me I need to post more "Like you used to Rachael."

I would love to post more, but this blog is a hobby and I don't want to be overwhelmed by it.

I enjoy writing this blog and I want to keep enjoying it.

That being said, there are a few reasons posting has been slower... well one really.

I am back in college!

My baby is in school full time and I decided that I should be in school too.

Time will pass whether I do something with it or not so I might as well finish my education.

I am studying graphic design, and I am having so much fun doing it.

My order of priorities:

Family

School

Not going crazy and overwhelming myself

Blog

And of course God & church are integrated into these things... mostly the top 3 ;-)

But today since I desperately need a break from a HUGE assignment I have been working on...

Let me digress and talk about my assignment for a moment. I need to vent.

I have to give a 3 hour speech about the proper way to give a speech. Power point is kickin my butt. Each student has to do this. My professor just divided up the chapters in the book, according to how how many class days there are in the semester and assigned each of his students to give a presentation during class time. The professor sits off to the side and watches. Did I mention that my presentation is three hours long? THREE HOURS! Do you have any idea how many power point slides that will require? So far I'm up to 42...

Whew! now I feel a little better.

Now on to the real subject of this post:

I have a recipe for you.

A yummy, hearty soup recipe that is perfect for these nippy autumn days.

I got this recipe from my Aunt Susie who lives far away but whom we love to visit.

This is so incredibly good.

I cannot emphasize its goodness enough.

It is chock full of veggies and other healthy stuff too!

Ok now I'm hungry.

Lunchbox muffins and biscuits

Someone asked me the other day what I pack my kids for lunch.

Pretty much the basic stuff, juice box, cheese stick, pretzels, treat etc.

But my kids do not like sandwiches.

Unless they are deli-meat sandwiches, but the amount of meat and cheese these sandwiches require makes it unreasonable to make them often.

One of their favorite things to bring are these lunchbox muffins and biscuits that I make, and the recipe is 100% made up by me.

But I'm not selfish, I will share with you.

Recipe: Tomato Cucumber Salad

I haven't done a recipe for a little while so I thought I'd share one today.

This is my favorite salad lately.

Recipe: Green Smoothie

A lot of us have made it a new years goal to eat healthier.

A great way to get extra fruits and vegetables in your diet is to drink smoothies.

I like the green ones.

This smoothie is sweet and yummy. 

Recipe: Chocolate Mint Truffle

Or another good title could be:

"Wickedness Can Sometimes be Happiness"


Warning:

This recipe is wicked

Thats right, W.I.C.K.E.D

But it's a great recipe to take to your family Christmas party to impress all your in-laws.

Recipe: Homemade Bread, yes you can

When I got home from dropping my kids off at school I stepped out of my car and a heavenly scent enveloped me... Someone was making homemade bread.

(way better then the smelly socks that were bothering me in yesterdays post.)

I started salivating immediately.

Isn't fresh baked bread one of the most heavenly smells?

Best Cookie from 1915

I love this cookie recipe, not only are they soft and yummy but they don't

contain a whole lot of fat and sugar.

Salsa, Ole!

Last week CM and I canned some salsa.

I grew plants in our garden especially for this purpose.

This is good salsa. One recipe makes about 24 - 26 jars. That should last a few months... I hope.

We eat it like it's candy here at our house.