We have just started reading the Little House Series. The first book in this series is the Little House in the Big Woods. While reading this book, we are doing little activities to go with the story. When we got to the part in this book about Ma making pancake men for breakfast, our boys were eager to have a go at this.We have pancakes for breakfast quite a bit, so we just made our normal pancake mix (you can find that here) and shaped ...
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Butterscotch Biscuits
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These butterscotch biscuits are a favourite in our house. I always make a double batch, but even that doesn't last very long. They go down well with a cuppa for morning or afternoon tea.They are so easy, with only four ingredients, our children can make them!Enjoy! ...
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I had quite a few pumpkins, and was trying to decide how to use them all. I had already made a lot of pumpkin soup and pumpkin scones, so I was looking for something a bit different when I came across this Pumpkin and Blueberry Bread.Now, neither of our boys really like pumpkin that much and only one of them like blueberries, but can you guess which one loved this bread?Yep, the boy that doesn't like pumpkin and doesn't like ...
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As the oldest child of six children, my mother did a lot of baking, especially biscuits and snack type foods. One of the biscuits she made all the time, were rice bubble biscuits. The boys and I were talking about what I ate as a child, so I decided I would bake some of these rice bubble biscuits for them too.These biscuits are easy to make and have only a few ingredients, many of which you will already have in your pantry. Keep them ...
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Whether you grow them in your garden or purchase them from the store, it is always good to have beets on hand for an impromptu bbq or to use in your favourite side dish. Here is how I freeze beets.The way to do it is:Trim off all the excess leaf stems leaving 1/2 inch still on the beet. If you purchase beets and they don't have this, just continue onto the next step. Scrub the beets well with water. Place the beets in a ...
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After making the passionfruit curd, I was left with four egg whites, so I decided to make some basic meringues to have with the curd. This recipe only has four ingredients and is very easy to make.I decorated our meringues with a small amount of whipped cream and a dollop of passionfruit curd. ...
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While doing the grocery shopping, I saw the sticky date puddings in the frozen section and thought that I since it was so long since I had made them, I should do it again. And, since R is starting to help out in the kitchen a lot more and this is such an easy recipe, I let him make it on his own. With this recipe, we made 12 individual puddings in our muffin tray. We served these with caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream. I had ...
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I was cleaning out the kitchen when I found quite a few passionfruit that were not looking as good as they should have been, so I decided that I would have to use them up pretty quickly. I thought, why not try some passionfruit curd as it can be used in a variety of ways; in a sandwich, in-between layers of a sponge cake, dolloped over muffins and pancakes or poured into a tart shell.This recipe has only four ingredients and is ...
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Last week when I went fruit and veggie shopping, I purchased a box of strawberries. 8 x 500g punnets of strawberries for $5! Our boys would just sit there and eat them all, but since we had so many, I decided to mix a few with white chocolate chips in some very yummy strawberry and white chocolate cupcakes. If you like these cupcakes, why not try our cranberry and white chocolate muffins. ...
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I used to make these brownies quite a bit in the past, but, due to trying out many other amazing recipes, I haven't gotten around to making them for a long time. So, when R came to me and said he wanted to make some brownies, I gave him this recipe for easy chocolate brownies and off he went.This recipe only contains 7 ingredients, (though we leave out the walnuts as I never seem to have any in the cupboard) and is easy to make in one ...
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