Category Archives: Recipes

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Apple Crisp & Lee Drummond’s New Line

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We went to an apple orchard a few weeks back and came home with a bounty of delicious apples of all sizes & varieties. The honey crisp apples were some of largest apples I have ever laid eyes on but I also discovered my new favorite eating apple there, the Liberty apple.

Apple Crisp

We have been having apples as snack for weeks now.  We’ve had sliced apples on their own, dipped in peanut butter,  slathered in homemade caramel dip, apple crisp and apple pie.  I won a dehydrator off of a local auction site (the extent of my excitement over this was somewhat embarrassing) and set off to make some apple chips.

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Egg Nog Recipe

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Jessica Broberg

A favorite Christmas treat for our family is homemade Egg Nog. This year my 7-year old daughter Hannah helped me whip up  a batch for a Christmas party for our Kids’ Ministry Leaders. After sampling it for what she said was her first time ever she decided it was the most delicious thing she had ever tasted. We had to whip up another batch a few days later for our family to properly inhale, I mean enjoy. 🙂 It’s super easy & because it’s Christmas the calorie intake doesn’t count. Enjoy!

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White Chocolate Chip Island Cookies

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white chocolate macadamia

Here’s a cookie recipe that’s a bit spendy but in my opinion, worth every penny! 🙂 Also, in my humble opinion, worth every calorie. 🙂 Enjoy!

White Chocolate Chip Island Cookies

Ingredients

1 2/3 c. flour

3/4 t. baking powder

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Holiday Biscotti Recipe

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Holiday Biscotti Recipe

Holiday Biscotti Recipe

This is a favorite Christmas cookie recipe in our house. It’s a bit of a process, but worth it! These holiday biscotti are so delicious and flavorful I’m willing to bet they’ll be a new “favorite” in your house too! Here’s the recipe…

  • 1/4. c. butter, softened
  • 1 c. sugar
  • 1 t. baking powder
  • 1/2 t. baking soda
  • 1/4 t. salt
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 t. vanilla
  • 1/4. t. almond extract
  • 2 1/2 c. flour
  • 1 1/2 t. anise seed
  • 1/2 t. fennel seed
  • 1 c. dried cranberries
  • 3/4 c. pistachios, shelled
  • 1/2 c. dried apricots, snipped (I sometimes omit these if I don’t have them on hand & I think the biscotti is just as tasty without them. But, if you’re a apricot fan, by all means, throw them in! 😉
  • 1 egg
  • 1 T. water
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Marinated Tomatoes Recipe

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Look at what my son just picked from our garden…

 Marinated Tomatoes

our first fresh garden tomato of the season! Now, I know some of you reading are not huge tomato fans and I “get that.” Well, I get not liking tomatoes bought from Wal-mart or some other such grocery store, especially during the winter months when their color isn’t even really in the red family anymore.  But,

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Summer Pasta Salad

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Making Sunday lunch is always a little daunting to me.  I always dream of having a big delicious meal ready & waiting for us after church.  That is rarely the case.  Sunday mornings in our house with my husband being a pastor means he leaves before I am even thinking of getting out of bed.

summer pasta salad

  And with myself and three young children to get ready, if we can manage to get to the car with everyone alive and nobody crying, then we have really accomplished something pretty amazing.

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Citrus Slush

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I grew up on this recipe of citrus slush. It’s an oldie but a goodie. Such a delicious & refreshing way to beat the summer heat!

Citrus Slush

I was home a couple of weeks ago & my mom had 3 or 4 containers of this frozen & ready to go. My kids were begging for “slushies” all week. 🙂 In fact, an old childhood friend of mine came over & jokingly asked my mom, “Hey, ya got any of that citrus slush you used to make?

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Rhubarb Dream Bars

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rhubarbHere’s a great recipe if you like rhubarb. (And probably even if you don’t).  It’s super easy & delicious! A couple of you were asking for it and some of you I know love to bake so here goes…

Crust:

  • 2 c. unsifted flour
  • 3/4 c. powdered sugar
  • 1 c. butter