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    Tricks for Treats Pumpkin Dog Cookies

    October 26, 2021 / No Comments

    Treat your pup this Halloween with these healthy dog biscuits, so good my husband ate some. lol I am a dog person, maybe a borderline crazy dog lady! I love my pups and have been blessed with many fur babies over my  lifetime. Pictured above are our current two puppers. Oliver (The Blonde) and my blue eyed Tessie Jean. They bring me so much joy, I just have to bake for them too (after all they are family!).  These treats are an absolute HIT! They love them and beg for them as you can see. Made with a few simple ingredients they keep for weeks in an air tight jar.…

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    Matches

    October 24, 2021 / No Comments

    Matches are hamburger onion patties fried in home made dough topped with sour cream! One of our families most requested dishes to share.

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  • Recipes

    Quadruple Layer Pumpkin Cake with Cinnamon Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

    October 14, 2021 / No Comments

    Happy Fall Y’all! This Pumpkin cake is EVERYTHING! Oh my goodness! A classic recipe full of so much flavor, your family is gonna be begging for more! It’s easy to make, and so delicious! It is a perfect desert for Thanksgiving! The warm spicy flavors pair perfectly with a cup of your favorite black tea.       I am not usually a frosting girl, I like whipped cream based frostings, and have never been a big fan of over sweet  buttercreams, but this frosting is perfection! It is tangy, light, sweet, and spicy all in one. The Cream Cheese,   Cinnamon, Pumpkin Pie spice, and Maple is the perfect flavor combination!…

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    Teacher’s Pet Apple Cake

    October 6, 2021 / 1 Comment

    Oh my Apple Cake! Yummy Yummy Tummy! This is one of those classic recipes worthy of being passed down from generation to generation! My husband’s grandmother (Grandma Pulido)  shared this recipe with me in 1992, and it has been a staple in my home ever since. Apparently it was a recipe that was printed in the San Francisco Chronicle recipe section some time in the 1950’s. ” The Sebastapol Apple Cake”, made with a whopping cup and a quarter of oil, and 2 cups of sugar! I had to tweak it a bit and make it a little healthier! I replaced some of the oil with applesauce, and cut the…

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    Pickled Red Onions

    June 29, 2021 / 1 Comment

    Sweet, Savory, Crunchy, Tangy, DELICOUS! All the trendy restaurants are elevating sandwiches and burgers these days with pickled red onions. Who knew they are so incredibly easy to make! And they add a wonderful surprise to your ordinary burger.  I started making these a few months ago for my family, and now I have to keep a jar in the fridge weekly. They can’t get enough! Try them, you’ll love them, but be prepared to have to keep making them, because they will be requested.  Ice Cube Smoked Cheeseburger with Pickled Red Onions, and Potato Salad Ingredients 5 Small Sweet Red Onions  16 oz Apple Cider Vinegar 5 Tablespoons White…

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    Mom’s Classic Yeast Rolls Recipe & Bonus Cinnamon Rolls Recipe

    June 13, 2021 / 3 Comments

    Ask anyone in my family and they will tell you, “these are the best yeast rolls you will ever taste!” They are a labor of love, and we usually only got them on special occasions or holidays.  I remember my mom getting up early in the morning, and magically turning plain flour into heavenly, buttery, yeasty rolls. These rolls took all day to prepare, and the anticipation for one  built as the hours ticked by, waiting for what seemed like an eternity for the dough to rise, only to be punched down, kneaded and rise again, then punched a second time and formed into little mounds of perfection, rise a…

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  • Recipes

    Crumble Top Blueberry Muffins

    May 25, 2021 /

    So these Blueberry Muffins, aren’t just any every day run of the mill muffins, they are amazing! They are so good, that when I went to visit my daughter who was away at college in Boston, I asked her what I could bring for her from home, and she jokingly said, “Blueberry Muffins”. So guess what? she got them! I baked them the night before I left, and packaged them in a cupcake carry case, and flew from San Francisco to Boston to deliver them to her and her appreciative roommates. They held up amazingly well for the overnight flight, and my friend and I resisted gobbling them up mid…

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  • Recipes

    Strawberry Shortcake Trifle

    May 16, 2021 / No Comments

    Do you have a favorite desert? One your mom or grandma made when you were growing up? One so simple, yet so delicious it is the first thing to go on the desert table at any family gathering. Strawberry shortcake trifle is that desert for me. We never called it a “Trifle” growing up, it was just simply Strawberry Shortcake. I had no idea that there was another version of my favorite desert until I was well into my 20’s. The small dry sponge cake, or biscuit, with cool whip version definitely does not resonate well with me after growing up with this version. So much so, that I grow…

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