Does anyone LOVE the pumpernickel bread from Outback or The Cheesecake Factory as much as I do? I could eat an entire loaf all by myself. I am new to…
ShandraFebruary 24, 2012
Last month I taught a class on beans and my friend volunteered to bring a recipe for Cajun Rice & Beans. She briefly explained the recipe and I have to…
ShandraApril 29, 2011
There are several recipes of mine that I keep as my go-to busy-night, crazy-mom meal ideas. Some nights I feel like I run around with my head chopped off and…
ShandraMarch 30, 2011
I found a recipe a few months ago for a black bean soup that I have been so excited to try for 'bean' month. It did not dissapoint! I changed…
ShandraMarch 26, 2011
I LOVE beans. I LOVE brownies. I LOVE our recipe for brownies. Mix our brownies with black beans and you have a combination that is more moist, more dense, more…
ShandraMarch 25, 2011
Bean bonanza continues. There is only one more official week of winter, so I wanted to share with you one more of my favorite soup recipes. Of course, this one…
ShandraMarch 19, 2011
Chocolate Chip Cookies (with white beans)--We used our recipe for the Perfect Chocolate Chip cookie and just substituted 1/2 of the butter with bean puree. I also added one…
ShandraMarch 15, 2011
Would it be a surprise to you if I told you I was really excited to post about this recipe? I am sure you are stunned that I could hardly…
ShandraMarch 8, 2011
It is now March and another month has come and gone in our preparedness efforts. Does everyone have their salt and spices supply? If so, I would LOVE to hear…
ShandraMarch 6, 2011
A few weekends ago my husband made breakfast for my kids. My children have a love for "Hot Cereal" as they call it. We recently used our last of Cream…
ShandraJanuary 19, 2011
Sugar, sugar, sugar! Our Positively Preparing food storage goal this month is for you to build up your food storage supply of SUGAR. Who doesn't need to beef up their…
ShandraDecember 9, 2010
I am sure everyone by now has their favorite pumpkin bread recipe. I have taken a family favorite recipe and adapted it to incorporate more food storage ingredients, and…
ShandraNovember 11, 2010
WHEAT 101 Handouts for this month: 1-Favorite Wheat Recipes 2-Wheat 101 Handout
ShandraOctober 8, 2010
This past few weeks I have spent many hours in the kitchen doing some yearly canning. My garden tomatoes have become ripe, so it was time to bottle several quarts…
ShandraSeptember 21, 2010
Do words like maltodextrin, guanylate, inosinate, monosodium glutamate, scare you? I am far from the healthiest person in the world, but I have to admit ingredients like these even scare…
ShandraJuly 14, 2010
First off, a BIG thank you to all of you who were so kind to send me your favorite tortilla recipes (after my tortilla trauma earlier). I knew with the…
ShandraMay 18, 2010
Many of you have probably heard of the new 'oatmeal craze' of Steel Cut Oats. What are steel cut oats you ask? Well, the life of an oat begins in…
ShandraApril 20, 2010
The other day I was making White Bean Chicken Chili and decided to use some of the dried white beans from my storage (SO much less expensive than canned beans!).…
ShandraJanuary 28, 2010
Today, being the snowy & cold day that it is, I decided that I wanted to spend the day in the kitchen. This is a surprise to many who know…
ShandraDecember 7, 2009
