Like to give gifts to teachers during all the holidays? They’ll feel more special receiving these truffles instead of the same candy or cupcakes the kids are getting.
Although they are very elegant, truffles are very easy to make and Rachel Beyer from Adventures in Making gives you the recipe and directions. She uses Halloween colors, but you can take … Read More ...
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Betty Crocker Wicked Witch Hat
Here is another cute idea for after school or for the school party. The Witch’s hat is made out of Fruit Roll Ups
,Gushers
, marshmallow and a cookie. Betty Crocker shows us how to take an every day snack and remake for Halloween. The best part is that it takes 5 mins. to make. Of course, you have … Read More ...
Cotton Candy Ghost Toppers
Boooo! Here is one cute ghost that won’t scare you away!
Gina from Willowday like most creative moms, loves to making things with her kids. Here she shows how she take cotton candy and turns it into ghosts to top off a cake or cupcakes. In the USA we are able to find tubs of cotton candy in pink or … Read More ...
Easy DIY Freezer French Fries
More freezer friendly recipes. We don’t eat a lot of french fries, mostly because they cost too much at the grocery store. At least if you are like us and on a budget. This will be something to try when potatoes get cheap around the holidays.
Kristen at Make the Best of Everything shows how she takes a bag of … Read More ...
Homemade Ham and Cheese Pockets
Another solution for the leftover ham from sandwiches or holiday meals.
As mentioned before Crystal at Money Savings Mom has wonderful recipes to make and store in the freezer. If you haven’t checked out her website, you really should. She did a freezer series to help you fill the freezer and use up leftovers.
Click on the webpage in the … Read More ...
Chocolate Peanut Butter Acorns
Tomorrow is the first day of fall. I love fall for the cooler weather and the leaves changing color, but I’m not very fond of what comes after. The acorns are falling off the trees and inspired me to use this creative idea.
Nicole at TikkiDo shows how to take chocolate kisses, mini peanut butter cookies, mini chocolate chips and … Read More ...
Cake Mix Cookies
I couldn’t resist popping over from my usual blog BathnBody to share with you this recipe my daughter I adapted today. We have seen lot’s of recipes for cake mix this and cake mix that but this was our first time in tweaking a recipe. I don’t normally use cake mixes but being able to give my 7 year old … Read More ...
Coffee Mug Quiche
Most of the items I see for cooking in mugs are cakes! This works great for me, because I’m the only one that likes quiche and it is more of a meal than a dessert.
Tonmoy D at DIYReal shows you how to take the ingredients for a quiche, put it in a mug and microwave for those home alone … Read More ...
Mini Caramel Apples
Caramel apples are yummy, but very messy! Plus, they can be kind of hard to eat! These mini caramel apples save the day!
What a great treat to make with the kids! Plus, it is easy for them to eat too!
Tiffany at My Litter shows how to take some apples, melon baller
, cake pop sticks
and of course … Read More ...
101 Peanut Butter Sandwich Ideas
Tired of making the same peanut butter and jelly sandwich for your kid? This mom decided to make it fun for her boy and shared all the amazing ideas she came up with. I feel I really deprived my child of a fun childhood when I see what you amazing moms come up with. All you need is creativity and … Read More ...
Hot Cheesy Corn Dip
Still having a hard time to start Halloween posts! I might have to go out to the stores to put me in the mood!
In the meantime, I am happy it is football season and that also means chip and dip season in our household. Averie Sunshine from Averie Cooks has this warm dip that sounds perfect for the cool … Read More ...
Apple Pecan Dump Cake
Here is another easy recipe for those apples, besides a pie.
Carrie from Saving 4 Six has created this cake that uses a pie filling
and cake mix
. It looks like the pie filling without the crust. If you aren’t a pecan fan, than maybe try this with a spice cake mix and without the pecans.
As Carrie says, … Read More ...
Depression Cake – Crazy Cake/Wacky Cake
Cake that you can make in the same pan and doesn’t need eggs, milk or butter!
It is called crazy or wacky cake and was created during the depression when it was hard to afford or find ingredients. I love how creative and resourceful those ladies were back in the day. I think I will do some more research and … Read More ...
Perfect Weekend Brunch: Macaroni and Cheese Waffles
With three methods of making it, this recipe for Macaroni and Cheese Waffles
is the perfect fail-safe idea for the weekend brunch/breakfast.
The three methods are the plain batter, sandwich and the double decadent recipe. Each one gets increasingly difficult as you go along.
Since this breakfast uses waffles and macaroni – what kid (and adult) won’t love these? I … Read More ...
How To Cook Cooler Corn
I still haven’t tried it yet, but I might try a smaller version for Labor Day Weekend. Corn that you cook in the cooler!
Apparently, it is well known in the camping community and the writer found out about it from his sister in Maine. I live in Maine and hadn’t heard of this till Pinterest. I apparently need to … Read More ...