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    Peanut Butter Banana Smoothies – Quick Recipe

    June 16, 2010

    Peanut Butter Banana Smoothies – Quick Recipe “Because Mom Makes them Better” was my youngest son’s quote this morning immediately after my middle son said that it was better than Braums.   I don’t know if I could exactly compete with Braums, but the price sure is better. (BIG GRIN) You may be surprised that I served this for breakfast.  For a quick breakfast, I used to feed them some bananas with peanut butter smoothed over the top with a small glass of milk. Suddenly, I thought, why not make breakfast super special by serving it all mixed in a smoothie! (Great idea, mom!) Here’s the pic, to entice you a…

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    Birthday Cakes and Birthday Boys Who Grow Up Too Fast

    May 8, 2010

    Birthday Cakes and Birthday Boys Who Grow Up Too Fast Attending a birthday party yesterday for a young boy in our church gave me a new awakening.   After our arrival, my two youngest boys immediately headed out to play with the group of kids that were there to enjoy the birthday party at the park. My oldest, who is turning 14 tomorrow, lingered at the edge of the sidewalk simply gazing at the children who were playing with enthusiasm on the playground.   It struck me hard for the first time that my son really is growing up fast.  I sort of missed seeing him out there playing and running around…

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    Easy Homemade Chicken Stock Recipe

    March 30, 2010

    Easy Homemade Chicken Stock Recipe I’ve planned for quite some time to share my homemade chicken stock recipe (I even took the photo shown here a very long while back). Anyway, after my 12-year-old son saying how much he loved my broth at least four times tonight during supper, I felt inspired to share it with you all because I believe good chicken broth is the key to making delicious soups….and it’s so easy to do.   It literally only takes a couple of minutes to toss everything together; after that there isn’t much maintenance at all to do. Tips: *I use celery to munch on during the week for snacks…so…

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    Healthy Banana Nut Muffins

    March 23, 2010

    Healthy Banana Nut Muffins 2 eggs beaten 3 very ripe bananas 1/4 cup olive oil 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup sugar ———————— 1 cup white flour 1 cup whole wheat flour 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. cinnamon ———————— 1 or 2 TB ground flaxseed 1 cup of chopped walnuts *Optional: 1/2 cup of chocolate chips ———————— Directions: In a mixing bowl, beat 2 eggs, add in small pieces of ripe bananas and beat together. Next, stir in oil and water and then beat in your sugar.  On top of mixture, toss in flour, salt, baking soda and cinnamon; gently stir together and begin combining it with…

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    How to Make Homemade Banana Pudding (Video)

    February 24, 2010

    How to Make Homemade Banana Pudding (Video) At a local store here in my small town, I pick up bananas at a big discount on Tuesdays.  On Wednesday nights after church we like to have some sort of snack or treat.  So, many times I whip up a quick batch of banana pudding and stick it in the fridge to have ready when we come home. I found a video online that shows how to make homemade banana pudding and their recipe looks pretty easy. (The actual version I use without eggs is down below underneath the video.)  I usually forgo the cookies to cut back on sugar…and no complaints…

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