Everyday Food for Busy People
I don’t often make my own jams and jellies, but I do like to use them in recipes. They’re a quick and easy way to bring fruit flavor to baked goods.
I like to use them in salad dressings too. My favorite packed lunch is salad with a simple vinaigrette dressing made with strawberry or raspberry jam.
Here are a few of my recipes using jam and jelly: [Read more...]
When my sister and I were teens, we used to make these crepes together. I’m not sure where we found the recipe. It could be that we brought it home from French class. If so, that’s about the only thing I brought home from French class. The language lessons didn’t stick nearly as well as the memory of these crepes!
I hadn’t made them in years, partly due to the fact that I didn’t own a non-stick skillet. I finally broke down and bought one last week. It’s just a basic 10.5” WearEver brand. The next day I picked up a copy of Kitchen Wisdom by Julia Child from the library. The book is excellent and it really made me happy to see her recommend a basic non-stick skillet from WearEver, “available in any hardware store” as she put it.
Go out to your kitchen and grab a jar of peanut butter and a jar of jam, then make these muffins. Wait. Read this post and then go make the muffins.
It’s no secret that I love peanut butter. These muffins have a deep peanut butter flavor, like peanut butter cookies. The fruity jam in the center compliments perfectly. No wonder PB&J is a classic combo.
Here’s what you’ll need to make them: [Read more...]
I felt like a kid again when I had this for lunch the other day. Something about the homemade white bread, the big glass of chocolate milk and the individual cup of applesauce. It made me remember carrying my Holly Hobby lunch box to school. The same lunch box I hit Denny Rice with. Denny was a trouble maker. He knocked the head off my snowman. Our second grade teacher, Mrs. Shaum actually washed his mouth out with soap one day. Can teachers still do that?
Sunday nights at our house never involve me actually cooking dinner. My rule is “If you can find it, you can eat it”. We do help the younger ones get their dinner – I’m not cruel! Last Sunday night we were making French Toast and I remembered the pie crusts I had bought to try Homemade Pop Tarts. I decided to put the Pop Tarts on hold and try frying little jam squares on the griddle. The result was delish!
