A Christmas Dehydrator!

For Christmas this year, I got Brady (actually I got it for both of us) a dehydrator!  He wanted one to make beef jerky and I wanted one to make dried fruit and other treats like Gina! To start, we made dried apples, oranges, kiwis, and bananas.  Brady also tried...

BSI: Cran-Apple Mashed Sweet Potatoes

It all started with some simple cranberry-apple relish. Chopped cranberries (in my little food processor) + chopped apple + a little honey + 15 min on the stove = delicious cran-apple relish! I made this to add to oatmeal and yogurt this week. I was going to submit it...

Book Club: Water for Elephants

Last night was our monthly book club meeting at my house.  We  just finished reading Water for Elephants, which we all agreed was good, better than we expected from reading the back cover.  If you are looking for a good book to take on vacation or when you have some...

Awesome Apple Recipes

Andrea and Erin at Care to Eat have a secret ingredient recipe contest and this week’s theme was… APPLES! To see some great recipes from the best bloggers, click here! Awesome Apple Recipes! I can’t wait to try them all!! Share on...

Caramel Apple Salad

This recipe came together quickly and spur-of-the-moment right before dinner at my parents.  We had just gone to get apples and I could not wait to use them! Caramel Apple Salad apples – sliced and diced fat free caramel syrup 1/2 c. fat free fage cinnamon Chop...