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Happy Holiday Recipes

Homemade Caramels

Homemade goodies and holiday candies make wonderful neighbor gifts and treats to share at the office, shops, schools, church and around town!

Caramel Pecan Fudge

Here are just a few of my favorites - fudge, truffles and brownies are always a nice place to start!

Chocolate Coffee Truffles

I also love to make holiday goodies to give as gifts because they are delicious, thoughtful and frugal!

Butter Cream Brownies

Spread a little holiday cheer with your homemade creations and tasty treats - I promise you'll love the results!

Amish Caramel Corn

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Nifty November Recipes

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Spicy Apple Crepes

Here are a few of my favorite Thanksgiving morning breakfast recipes!

Apple Rice Pudding

Add some delicious berry jam to the pumpkin bread - it's amazing!

Amish Pumpkin Bread

Or stick with this easy bacon melt to save time and keep things simple!

Bacon Melt

Though technically not breakfast, the pumpkin pie squares could be devoured with coffee in the morning!

Pumpkin Pie Squares

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Grateful for Comfort Food!

I am grateful for so many things! My gratefulness always bubbles up exponentially as we get closer to Thanksgiving Day and precious family time. But sometimes, especially this time of year, I am most grateful for good old comfort food!

It's chilly outdoors (and getting colder) and I really want to cuddle up under a blanket with some apple cider and eat my way through a myriad of comfort dishes! What's your favorite comfort food? Try one of our faves too!

Baked Macaroni and Cheese

Quick Chicken Pot Pie

Buttermilk Rolls

All-In-One Quiche

Ham & Scalloped Potatoes

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Fab Fall Treats

Amish Caramel Corn

Pumpkin Cookies With Caramel Icing

Amish Pumpkin Bread

Pumpkin Cupcakes

Apple Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

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5 Awesome Autumn Eats

Bistro Chicken

Basic Biscuits

Baked Pork Chops

Chili

Johnny Cake Cornbread

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October Fest Recipe Ideas

Boston Market Meatloaf

Buttermilk Baked Chicken

Baked Pork Chops

Barbecue Beef Casserole

Lasagna Bread

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Touchdown Tailgate Recipes For Game Day

Bacon Melt

Need some tasty ideas for Game Day? How about a few free recipes perfect for tailgating? We have plenty of touchdown worthy ideas to get you started! Here are just a few to inspire your next fan day feast!

Baked BBQ Beef Ribs

Calzones

Homemade Corndogs

Chocolate Cola Cake

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Fall Favorites

Things are really starting to cool down outside (here in the northwestern states)! I am sharing some fall favorites to get you and your kitchen in the harvest cooking mood. Fresh homemade doughnuts, hot and spicy chili and real fried chicken are just a few of my many favorite fall recipes. Get those kitchens warmed up and ready for...cold weather.

These are ideas are just to get you started cooking and baking delicious recipes perfect for chilly mornings and crisp evenings!

Homemade Sugar Glazed Doughnuts

Chili

Breakfast Cookies

Real Simple Fried Chicken

Lasagna Bread

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Apples, Orchards and Harvest Time

With harvest time here and orchards heavy with gorgeous fruit, I thought I'd offer up an apple recipe round-up for those of you who are fond of Big Red (or Big Green). Here in western Idaho, we are blessed to be surrounded by some fabulous apple orchards, as well as other fruit orchards and wineries. Plus with Washington as a next door neighbor, it's really hard to avoid the tangy sweet round goodness in the supermarket.

As an aside: Do you live near an orchard, fruit stand or farmer's market? If so, I highly recommend visiting one of these places to pick up a crate full of crunchy red or green fun and then go home and make something delicious out them! Don't forget to send a juicy snack with your kids to gift their teachers with school starting again. 

Apple Rice Pudding

Apple Pie w/ Candied Crust

Apple Cake w/ Cream Cheese Frosting

Apple Salad

Apple Crisp

And one extra recipe just for fun...

Spiced Applesauce

2 lbs tart cooking apples
1/2 - 2/3 cup sugar
1 tsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg

Wash, core, and peel apples then cut into quarters. In medium saucepan, bring 1/2 cup water to a boil. Add the apples and return to boiling. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 20-25 minutes, stirring occasionally

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Jammin' Fruity Ideas

Do you can? Put up preserves? In my family it's a time-honored tradition to make jams, jellies, preserves, syrups and pie filling with all sorts of fruits. (We can veggies too but that's for another post!) My great grandmother and grandmother taught my mother [and me] to can and preserve and someday I hope to teach my future daughters-in-law how to do it too, if they don't already know how.

Canning is not only a practical way to store up your family's favorite fruits for winter use, but it's also a fun way to connect or re-connect with friends and extended family. There's nothing quite like sweating together over a boiling pot of jam to help bond peeps together. Get some friends or relatives together and save the fruit for later in the form of jams and jellies, using some of our simple free fruity recipes.

Oh and I threw in the blackberry smoothie recipe to help you cool off after a day of canning - enjoy!

Apple Jelly

Blueberry Jam

Blueberry Rhubarb Jam

Blackberry Smoothie

Date Jam

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