Apple Harvest Muffins recipe

I don't know about you, but the arrival of October this week made my soul smile. I love Fall with every fiber in my being.

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I put out my Fall decorations in September. I couldn't wait to get my pumpkins out.

 

I'm trying this Apple Harvest Muffins recipe this weekend and wanted to share. One muffin is 98 calories so you can get your Fall sweet fix without the extra calories. Love. Love. Love.

 

image via Beachbody

 

 

Total Time: 28 min.
Prep Time: 10 min.
Cooking Time: 18 min.
Yield: 12 servings, 1 muffin each

 

Ingredients:
Nonstick cooking spray (optional)
1½ cups whole wheat flour
½ cup wheat bran (or oat bran)
1 Tbsp. baking powder
½ tsp. baking soda
¾ cup apple butter, no sugar added
½ cup low-fat buttermilk (or nonfat plain yogurt)
2 large egg whites
1 medium apple, chopped (about 1 cup)
½ cup chopped pitted prunes

 

Preparation:
1. Preheat oven to 350° F.
2. Prepare twelve muffin cups by lining with muffin papers or coating with spray.
3. Combine flour, bran, baking powder, and baking soda in a medium bowl; mix well. Set aside.
4. Combine apple butter, buttermilk, and egg whites in a large bowl; mix well.
5. Add flour mixture to apple butter mixture; mix until just blended.
6. Add apples and prunes; mix until just blended.
7. Divide batter among twelve prepared muffin cups.
8. Bake for 16 to 18 minutes, or until golden brown and tester inserted into the center comes out clean.
9. Transfer muffins to rack; cool.

 

 

*recipe via Beachbody

HAPPY WEEKEND!!
XoXo,
Tiffany

Banana Bread

Snow days....mean BAKING time for our house. 

There are not any complaints either.

Jaxon LOVES to help in the kitchen. He's getting really good at it too. I don't have to beat anything these days. It's marvelous.

We made Leslie from The Green Cattle Blog's recipe for banana bread. It's super yummo. Click HERE for the recipe. She's always rocking some DELISH recipes!!

  I bet you want a slice don't you? It's SOOOOO GOOD! I bet you already have the ingredients on hand to whip up a batch for today!

Have a delightful day!

XoXo

Christmas Love Day 10–Saturday Morning German Pancakes ((recipe))

Happy Saturday to you! Hope your weekend is off to a great start. I don’t know why I’m on a recipe kick lately but I wanted to share another food goodie today.

I had never heard of German Pancakes until last year. I read about them on a food blog and then researched the recipes of different ones. I had to try them out. They are sooooo good. And they are cheap, anyone usually has the ingredients on hand and they are SUPER easy.
I love pancake breakfasts, but I don’t like standing over a hot griddle for 20 minutes to cook them. Yuck and boring. And for just Jaxon and I --- it’s kind of silly to do. So these are the perfect alternative.
They take about 5 minutes to make and 25 minutes to bake. Super easy!
I love making them on Saturday mornings. And you know my Jaxy loves to help make them too!

I don’t know why they are called pancakes, because they don’t have the same texture. I think it’s better.
They are like a fancy pastry.

See all the flaky goodness. YUMMO!

You can serve them with honey, agave nectar or syrup. We’ve had them with all three. They would be really great to experiment with and add various ingredients. For now, we love them with syrup drizzled over them.
I added them for the Christmas features because I thought they would be a super easy, cheap and fast breakfast for your houseguests. They are so delicious, they taste like a gourmet entrée and your guests would never know how simple they really are!
Here’s the recipe:


Have a blessed day!!
XoXo

December Love Day 9–Make Yummy Crockpot Swiss Steak ((recipe))

Oh. My. Goodness. It is Friday. Today is my last day of normal classes. I have a 20 page fictional narrative due tonight. The rest I have finished. Then next week it’s finals. I am almost dooooooone. And wouldn’t you know, I’m sick as dog at the moment. What in the heck?
I’ve had the worst cold hit this week and I have to laugh about it. Because really, of course I would be sick for finals. Because nothing is easy. Ever. So I laugh, blow my nose and keep typing! Carry on! I’m so close I can taste it….and flu or not…this Mamma is finishing the semester with a bang.☺
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I did post a yummo picture on the EP facebook last night. It was so good I had to share!
This is what we had for dinner last night:

I try to be open to different recipes, but sometimes cringe. I don’t like funky food with funky ingredients. I can’t help it. And weird meat recipes really gross me out. But this I had to try. We have never had this before and it was so good!
I thought it would be a great meal for the holidays. Your family will LOVE it!
The PLUS side: the meat is so tender it’s like a roast. And compared to the price of a roast, round steak is about half the cost. WOW! I love making roasts on the weekends but sometimes it seems a little to high for my budget. This we could have all the time. Yay!
It’s such a good comfort food. And I have to tell you something else. I hate bell peppers. Grody. If I eat fajitas, I pick out all the bell peppers and onions. Yeppers. I’m that girl.

But the flavor the bell pepper adds to this dish is just the best! I actually ate and enjoyed the bell peppers!!
I found the original recipe in my “Fix-It and Forget-It: Our Best Slow-Cooker Recipes 2011” cookbook. But changed it up for what I had on hand and wanted to make it with. You can change yours up too. I’ve seen other recipes that use carrots and celery, so based on your taste you can mix your veggies.
After making this, it tastes so good that I would rather have this than a roast. And now that I know what a frugal, delicious meal it can be, we will be having it more frequently in our casa! It could actually be a delicious Christmas meal to change up the traditional holiday menu this year!
Here’s the recipe:


Happy Friday!!
XoXo

Christmas Love Day 8–Christmas Popcorn

Happy Thursday! My goodness – hope you’ve had a marvelous week!
Today I thought I would share an oldie but goodie with you as a Christmas treat idea that you can keep and munch on  yourself or share with friends, neighbors and family.

I blogged this last year, but it’s been pretty popular with almost 2,000 hits this week. Isn’t that just wild.
Wowzers! I wanted to make sure and share it this year again!
Is is SUPER YUMMO and you will LOVE it! It’s a tradition at our house now!
Check out how to make your own by clicking HERE.

Have a splendid day!
XoXo,

Fall Recipe–Santa Fe Soup

Does Fall make you think about soups, stews and Crock-Pots? It does for ME!!! I get so excited about NEW Fall food recipes. And maybe not all new, but maybe those recipes that you haven’t made…since cooler weather…this time last year.
One of my favorites is Santa Fe Soup. You know I love Leslie of the Green Cattle Blog, and her Santa Fe Soup is MARVELOUS! I have tweaked it a little to make it for me and my Jaxy! It’s soooooooo good and relatively cheap and easy! If you are looking for something different to make for your sweet family this weekend…you ought to give it a try!


I add a little water as needed depending on what kind of consistency I’m in the mood for! It’s soooooooooooooooo good!!!! I know you will LOVE it TOO!
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I just finished my third week of graduate school…and I still have all A’s…and my homework is all turned in early. Funny thing going back to school at 32…I’ve learned a little bit about getting stuff done EARLY! LOL!
I also finished a WAY-CUTE project that I absolutely CANNOT wait to share with you!!! Just look!!! I made everything…a camera strap…and a camera bag…for less than $25…pinky PROMISE! And I’m going to show you how to make one for yourself!!

Have a SUPERB day!!
XoXo

What was cookin’ this past weekend!

Hidy-hoooooooo bloggie friends!! Hope this Monday finds you in SWELL spirits!! We had a great weekend in Easie Peasie land. I finished up a few projects before Jax got home, and we had some YUMMO FOOD!!
I finally put a mini-blind on my front door window. I h.a.t.e. hanging mini-blinds. I’ve been putting that one off for at least three months. LOL! And it’s not even really up “right.” But it works and that’s all that matters to this Mamma!

It looks a whole lot better than my scrap piece of fabric I had up!!
I finally painted a dresser that a friend gave me. I wanted to do turquoise but I had black on hand. So black it was!!


As I mentioned on Facebook, she’s our new coffee bar and craft storage dresser. My little casa only has two closets, so I use dressers in every room for extra storage!!

Her details turned out really cute – you just really can’t see it! Black furniture is way hard to capture in a photo!
I also hung a shelf that my little Madre gave me last week. She made it a few years ago. It’s way super cute!

It’s perfect for our entry room!

On Sunday, I baked up a storm, which I haven’t done since Jax has been gone.

I decided to have a big dinner celebration to welcome him home! Remember how I told you about my favorite The Green Cattle blog last week?? And remember the recipes I shared?? Well…they are MARVELOUS!!!
I made Leslie’s Chile Relleno casserole….

And her Sopapilla cheesecake….

My goodness. It was beyond DELISH! My best friend came over with her sweet pea to have dinner. And we were both just blown away with how good it all was!! Go visit Leslie today…try a few of her recipes! You WILL BE HOOKED!!!
And finally….life is back to normal around here!
This sweet pea….is finally home!

You can tell he was thrilled that already…at breakfast…Mamma is taking pictures!! GO FIGURE!!!

Do we ever really know how much we can really love…til we have these little tooters! I missed him so much…and my heart is whole again!!!
Hope you all have a SUPAH Monday!!!

Love love love!!!

Yummmm….Chili Rellenos Casserole

Who doesn’t like a “stick-to-your-ribs” casserole!!! I love finding new recipes for DELISH casseroles! And I found a FABULOUS new recipe!!! I’m definitely making this on Sunday!!

Chili Rellenos Casserole

image credit: Green Cattle Beef


And maybe even a little Sopapilla Cheesecake too!


image credit: Green Cattle Beef


Oh my GOODNESS!!!


CLICK the images for recipe individual recipe information!

Both recipes are from one of my favorite blogs!! I’m a faithful reader of The Green Cattle blog.

Number one because I’m all about supporting local bloggers and companies {she’s a Texas girl too}…and Number two because I love HER recipes!!! And number three…her sweet cotton-headed munchkins remind me of my little tooter-pie! And at our house…we are big fans of cows too!! LOL!☺

You must swing by The Green Cattle blog and check out the amazing food! And their funny llama named Tina!!

image credit: Green Cattle Beef


 ♥♥P.S.
I'll be participating in







on Thursdays from now on! TOOOOO FUN!!! Click the image above to learn more!!!

My weekly embrace the camera picture is from yesterday! My sweet Mamma bought me the caaa-uuutest dang hat! A lady bug hat! You know how I feel about ladybugs!!! If you don't understand the connection with me and my little lady bugs you can go HERE!

Let me know if you start participating in EMBRACE THE CAMERA!!!
I'd love to see your GORGEOUS PICS!!


XoXo

Iced coffee…my new favorite

Oh my oh my….do you get MESMERIZED by PIONEER WOMAN’S photography of her recipes. Good lord. It’s AH-mazing. I saw this picture and recipe the other day….and I haven’t been the same since.

image via The Pioneer Woman
PW’s recipe for THE PERFECT ICED COFFEE found HERE!
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It is NO secret that I have coffee issues. So I immediately began searching my cabinets for ingredients to make my own!!! I’ve always LOVED Frappuccino's but never tried just iced coffee. That picture made me drool…and I was certain is must be DELISH!!
I didn’t have an entire bag of coffee…but I had a little…plus I just couldn’t wait 8 hours for it to steep.
But….oh honey dew…I do have an espresso machine. (Thank you MAMMA!)
So here’s my version of PERFECT ICED COFFEE!!


I gathered these ingredients….{{coffee addicts already have things like this on hand…lol}}

And brewed a pot of espresso….

And MIXED up THIS fine cup of ICED COFFEE!!!

PW used a LARGER Mason jar for hers….I couldn’t find an empty one to use…but I have a whole set of smaller mug versions. It’s summertime…MASON jars are a MUST for beverages!!!
Needless to say…this…is my new morning cup of JOE. I’m in LOVE!!


It’s the BAD version too…sugar…cream…the works. Yes I know….and I’m okay with it!!!

SUPER DUPER YUMMMMMMO!!!
Try it this weekend! I bet you will LOVE it too!!!
XoXo