This is my favorite cake recipe.  The main ingredient is apples, mixed with just enough batter to make a moist, fruity cake.  Give this recipe a try, it makes a great breakfast cake!  Mix with fork: 4 cups apples 2 eggs over apples 2cups sugar Then Add: 1 cup chopped nuts 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/2 cup vegetable oil Stir, then sift 3/4 teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 cups flour Stir all ingredients...

I am constantly in the search for great bread recipes. Recently I have made recipe after recipe of Artisan breads that my family and I love. However, I am not always able to make breads that take a lot of time. I came across a great old recipe for Oatmeal bread that includes whole wheat and eggs. A piece of this bread makes and entire breadfast(or should I say breakfast!) OATMEAL BREAD 2 1/2 C. boiling water...

I have been spending all of my spare time lately totally engrossed in this wonderful book.  Not a recipe book per say, although there are 50 recipes of exceptional breads in the book, but more, a tutorial, really giving the bread maker instruction on what makes the difference between fantastic bread, and the ordinary loaf.  I consider myself a seasoned baker, however, after reading just the first few pages,...

It’s just after Christmas, I want to share a review about a gift I received, “The Pioneer Woman Cooks”, by Ree Drummond.   If you are not familiar with The Pioneer Woman blog, you are missing out!  Ree Drummond, the ultimate type A personality, has a wealth of information, photography, recipes, and life anecdotes, to inspire you for years. Based on her blog, www.thepioneerwoman.com, this...

Baked Pumpkin Soup  This is not a quick dinner to make just before trick or treating, you may want to start the day before, or just make this meal to celebrate the coming of fall.  I planted some sugar pie pumpkins in  my garden this year.  They are quite small , approx. 6 – 8 inches, and make the perfect soup bowl! This would work in one large pumpkin just as well.  The soup  is cooked on top...

With all the tomatoes ripening slowly in my basement, I have time to search for new and interesting ways to fix them.  The recipe for Tomato Bread intrigued me so I tried it, and I am glad I did, it is amazing !  (If you like tomatoes) It makes great toast with garlic butter.  Would be great as bread sticks or even pizza crust.  You don’t need alot of tomatoes, just tomato juice you can pick up at...

It is fall and in Northern North America it is time to bring in the harvest. My garden was a success although the summer here was cool, so in September my tomatoes thought it was July. It was a very weird sight, it’s September and my tomato plants have blossoms and tons,(I mean tons!) of very dark green tomatoes. Well, the frost warning came so I ran to the garden with my grocery bags in hand and filled...

One of my very favorite soup recipes, Baked Potato Soup, is thick and hearty, great for a crisp fall night. BAKED POTATO SOUP 2 1/2 lb. baby red potatoes (quartered) 3 stalks celery (diced) 1 quart water 1 quart milk 1 tsp. black pepper 3/4 C. flour 1/4 C. chipped parsley 1/2 lb. raw bacon ( diced) 1 jumbo yellow onion (diced) 1/4 C. chicken base 1 tsp. salt 1 1/2 sticks margarine 1 C. whipping cream BOIL potatoes...

This recipe was given to me by a friend.  This recipe is a keeper!!!  Packed with vegetables and even the kids loved it! Try this for a quick week night supper, or impress your company! ROASTED CHICKEN AND VEGETABLE PASTA PRIMAVERA Roasting the vegetables deepens their flavors.  A small amount of cream per serving is the ticket to an incredibly rich and tasty – yet healthful-pasta dish. 1 1/2 pounds...

Just as I am excited to grow the vegetables in the garden, I am excited to use the recipes in my vegetarian cookbook.  I purchased this book with the money I received from my YMCA workout buddies after I had surgery.  I thought it to be a fitting use of money from my fitness minded friends!  “Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone”, by Deborah Madison, has turned out to be a great investment. Packed...