Category: Recipes
Crock Pot Apple Butter Recipe
Apple butter is a southern mainstay. It’s great on biscuits, toast, waffles and you can even use it with pork too! You can easily pick up apple butter at any cider mill and many grocery stores, but it’s so easy to make! Using your crock pot, you’ll have enough to last or give as gifts [...]
Gluten Free Halloween Treats
Gluten Free Halloween Treats don’t have to be expensive or hard to make! Do you know that there’s an estimated 3 million Americans that suffer from Celiac Disease? Chances are, someone in your child’s circle of friends are on a gluten-free diet. Gluten-free products are becoming more readily available at chain grocery stores, but [...]
A Hearty Meal with Hillshire Farm #GourmetCreations Sausage
I try to cook with seasonal produce whenever I can. This time of year it’s not hard to do. There are plenty of squash, peppers, onions, and cabbage in the stores. I was lucky enough to be included in a project to highlight cooking with the New Hillshire Farm Gourmet Creation Sausage. The sausage comes [...]
Pumpkin Shake – a Seasonal Favorite
How about celebrating the season with this yummy pumpkin shake – we had it for dessert the other night. It comes together pretty quickly. Makes 4 servings Ingredients 2 cups vanilla ice cream 1 cup milk (I used skim) – or less if you like you shakes thicker. 1 cup pumpkin pie [...]
Canned Apple Pie Filling Recipe
Did you pick a few too many apples when you went to the orchards? Instead of letting them go to waste, why not try this recipe for canned apple pie, from All Recipes? It’s been given great review and for good reason; it’s simple & delicious. I tested this recipe last October, after bringing home [...]
Pumpkin-Ricotta Stuffed Shells
Two of my favorite things this time of year are the pumpkin pancakes at The Original Pancake House in Birmingham and the pumpkin spice shakes at Culvers. I consider both a treat and usually share them with someone. If you find yourself in a Trader Joe’s make sure you grab a box of their pumpkin [...]
M&M’s Candy Corn White Chocolate Candies Pizza! #MMsGetCorny
Fall is probably my favorite time of year, probably because Halloween is included. The specially packaged trick-or-treat candy that’s in all the stores right now is so tempting. I usually buy some early and it never makes it to October 31st. We always end up running out at the last minute to buy “replacement” candy [...]
Home Made Granola – with Agave In The Raw Nectar™
The other day, walking through the local Meijer’s store I noticed a new product on the shelf – Agave In The Raw™. A week later I received an email asking me if I would like to try a sample of a new product called Agave in the Raw™, sure why not. I didn’t know much [...]
Tips for Easy Meal Planning
There’s no questioning the benefits of family meals. Families that dine together generally eat healthier, have stronger connections and children are more likely to do well in school. But let’s face it, some nights it’s a hassle to get dinner on the table! Between work, school, extra activities, keeping up with the kids and everything else [...]
Candy Apple Pie Recipe
You don’t have to be a super sleuth to know that it’s apple time here in Michigan. It’s a Michigan tradition to bundle up and head over to the cider mill to pick tons of apples! If you’re hankering for apple pie, try this twist on the classic that combines everything we love about fall; [...]















