Bhaile Gross

Our family's recipe for taco seasoning. I make this ahead of time and substitute it for taco seasoning, but also for any mixture of spices that involve cumin & paprika. I just cut the spice part out of the recipe and substitute an equivalent amount of this seasoning. Works every time...

These are the best peanut blossoms I have ever eaten!

Now, it may have to do with using all-natural peanut butter, or it may be that this highly-touted recipe is, in fact, all that. Dunno. But do this and do it with all-natural peanut butter for cookies that you have to give away NOW (otherwise you'll eat them all).

Rather pleased with this simple recipe. Proportions are very, very nice.

Ingredients

1 1/2 c candy melts
1 tbsp vegetable shortening
1/4 tsp peppermint extract
24 plastic spoons

Ruth told me her frosting recipe was just a basic recipe, and it turns out that it is - with just a slight twist. She thins with milk instead of water. It gives the frosting a creamier taste.

Finally figured out Ruth's sugar cookie recipe. This is not an easy one to work with, but the result is a crisp outside, chewy inside and a sweet taste with just a bit of tang.

My fourth-grader brought home a back-to-school activity paper that she filled out in her classroom. Her answers here are typed out exactly as she wrote/spelled them.

This makes an awesome crock pot recipe; brown the bacon, onions, and beef, and leave to simmer all day long.

This is my go-to recipe for marinara, adapted only slightly from Budget Bytes. Mixes up a great single batch, but if you mix up a quadruple, you get at least six quart Mason jars to put up.

About six hours to put up eight batches is enough to keep us in marinara for a year - super tasty and super inexpensive, too!

Something to do with the endless supply of zucchini this time of year ... and my kids love them!

We had some leftover blueberries, so we added them to what blackberries we could pick and ended up with a mighty tasty jelly! I love happy accidents :)