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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More Summer Snacks!

With long summer days and warm nights, it seems like the phrase "I want a snack please!" is a never ending, ever repeating sing-song loop playing in my head and in my kitchen! I'm sure they pause sometimes. I'm sure my little boys don't say it over and over and over again. But it sure feels like it.

In honor of snack attacks and cookie monsters everywhere (and in the spirit of being kind to other mommies like me) here's a short list of just a few of the yummy recipes to try from Alicia's.

Blackberry Bars

Peanut Butter Bars

Banana Pancakes

Blueberry Muffins

Black & White Cookies

With the time that's left in your summer, try some of our recipes and let us know which is your family's favorite! We'd love to hear from you.

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Healthy Kid-Friendly Snacks

Homemade Granola

Shuttling the kids to and from day camps, appointments, ball games and other activities in the summer gets hectic. With just a few minutes of prep-work at home, you can prepare tasty snacks containing less salt, fat and sugar.

No worries - we can help you avoid the temptation to stop and grab greasy or calorie-heavy treats. With a little planning and prep time on your part, your kids will enjoy healthy yummy snacks on the go, at home, outside or anywhere this summer!

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