Cinnamon Roll Cake

One of the recipes I love from my mother-in-law's house is her cinnamon bread. She would serve it for breakfast on Christmas morning or when we all got together for one of our large family gatherings. This cake reminds me of that but in much larger quantities.

I have made this for my family a few times and each times it disappeared very quickly. Once I over mixed the cinnamon topping into the cake, it still tasted good, but not as good, just a word to the wise.

Crockpot Chicken Soup

A good soup always makes a nice meal since it is an entire meal, in a bowl. This is a soup I like to make when we have some left over chicken (or turkey) from a previous meal. The other nice thing about a soup like this is that it doesn't take long to prepare, you throw everything into the crockpot, forget about it for about 6 hours and tada your supper is ready.

If you want, you can also serve with some nice fresh buns.  Enjoy.   :0)

Homemade Chocolate Pudding

The last time I made Skorr Cake, I found that my son had used up all my instant chocolate pudding. So I did quick Google search and found a way to make it from scratch.

The recipe I found turned out to be pretty good, especially when eaten warm, but after the pudding cooled it became a little rubbery because of the cornstarch. So I modified the recipe to use flour instead of corn starch. The result is a nice rich and creamy pudding that tastes good hot or cold.

My husband loves cooked pudding and this is a lot less expensive than the normal pudding mixes we used to buy. I think we will be eating a lot more pudding in the months to come.

Yorkshire Pudding

One of the best memories I have of eating at my grandmother's house is Yorkshire Pudding. We would have it with roast beef and mashed potatoes.

I have tried for years to find a way to make them like she did, big and fluffy. I only recently discovered this recipe and it works every time. The secret is to let the batter sit for at least half an hour to give it time to rise.

They are great with leftover gravy drizzled over them (or my children seem to think maple syrup on them is pretty tasty as well.)

Chicken Hurry

I have never been sure why this dish is called Chicken Hurry, it might be because it is so quick and easy to make. At any rate it is a tasty meal, all my children will eat it, and it is easy to warm up the leftovers for later (plus I will show in another post how to make the leftovers into a completely different, and yummy, meal.)

To add a little bit of variety and balance to the meal it is probably best to serve some vegetables with it as well.

Waffles

My kids love waffles, I love waffles, my husband not so much. I often serve these as a treat after weekend swimming lessons for lunch. They like them with strawberry sauce and whip cream, but usually they get them with plain old margarine and syrup.

This is another recipe from my mother-in-law, but I add a touch of vanilla for a bit more flavor.

Brownies

Brownies, what a delectable treat. They are especially good with a little ice cream on top, and even better if you take a fork, mash them up, and stir them into your ice cream.

Another wonderful thing about brownies is that they are pretty easy to make -- other than when you leave out the sugar. (I have only done that once and they were pretty bad.)

Nathan and I were recently invited to a party and asked to bring a dessert. I wanted something simple but yummy to take. So I decided to take our brownie recipe and add something a little different. I took some chocolate squares I had laying around, chopped them up, and added the bits to the batter. My little experiment turned out very nicely.