Herbed Yogurt Spread- Mayonnaise Alternative

Are you looking for an healthy mayonnaise alternative if so Herbed Yogurt Spread might be the one for you!

In January, I was wanting to eat healthier but my husband was a hinder-er. Now the scales have tipped a little too much for him and he's really making dietary changes. So to answer his need for an alternative to mayonnaise I have this Herbed Yogurt Spread that is quite a yummy addition to your 3. It also takes that ordinary ham sandwich to being an extraordinary ham sandwich.

The ingredients are easy to find and the directions are so simple.

We've declared this recipe a winnner!

Herbed Yogurt Spread

Total time to prepare: 5 minutes

Yields: 1 3/4 cup

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cup nonfat Greek yogurt

2 tablespoons fresh parsley

1/4 cup capers (rinsed and drained)

3 tablespoons lemon juice 

salt (dash..just to taste)

Directions:

1. Puree yogurt, parsley and capers.

2. Add lemon juice just until smooth.

3. Season with salt.

                                            Enjoy!!

Potato Dumpling Pie

Wanting for comfort food? Maybe, you're yearning for some Potato Dumpling Pie!

This Potato Dumpling Pie recipe can be cooked in a pie dish, iron skillet, or a casserole dish. Slices of potato and onion seasoned up with garlic and black pepper enveloped in a thick, creamy texture,all along with spoonfuls of rolled buttermilk dumplings simply beckon you to the supper table.

Very few ingredients and a simple technique make this recipe a winner. 

Let's get started and gather up some ingredients!

Total Cook Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes (approximately)

Bake Time: 1 hour

Preheat Oven: 425 degrees

Ingredients:

4-5 medium size potatoes

1 medium onion

2 cloves garlic

2 cup Self-rising flour(Martha White or White Lily)

3 tablespoons shortening(I prefer butter flavored Crisco)

1 cup buttermilk

1 teaspoon salt for dumpling plus approximately 1 tablespoons to flavor potatoes

black pepper season to taste

water-enough to boil potatoes in

Directions:

1. Slice potatoes into disc and onion into rings

. 

2. Place potatoes, onions, salt, and pepper in a medium pot. Fill pot approximately 3/4 full with water.

3. Bring to boil. Turn temperature down to a rolling boil for about 15 minutes.

4. Prepare dumplings by combining flour and salt in mixing bowl. 

5. Cut-in shortening.

6. Add buttermilk a little at a time while stirring with a fork. When dough will follow fork around the bowl there's enough milk.

7. Turn out on board, kneading just a little. Roll out and cut into squares.

6. Add dumplings to potatoes. Be very careful not to get burned by bubbling. Turn down the temperature on the potatoes if there's a danger of getting burned. The mixture will get quite thick and extremely hot.

7. Turn temperature down to a simmer after adding all your dumplings. Simmer approximately 5 minutes or until thickened.

These potatoes & dumplings could be served as is and be quite good but to achieve the brown crust you'll want to pour it in your dish to bake.

8. Pour in dish.

9. Bake at 425 degrees for 1 hour or until top is browned over.

Do enjoy!

This recipe is also shared on the Farm Blog Hop

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Peanut Butter Delight Bars

This Peanut Butter Delight Bars Recipe is simple decadence. 

Blending of rich cocoa flavor with a crunchy peanut filling and the final topping from the honey-bear makes this dessert an absolute treat. It is an adaptation from what most southern folk call the Preacher Cookie. Although the recipe contains a bit of sugar it is also fairly healthy if you take in the quantity of peanut butter and oatmeal.

Most importantly, my kids say,

"It's Good!"

Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook time: 5 minutes Cooking Time: 5 minutes

Yield: 2 quart Yields: 7 x 11 inch or 2 quart (recipe can be doubled if not being served individually)

Ingredients:

1/2 Cup Sugar

1/3 Cup Cocoa

1/2 Cup Evaporated Milk(regular whole milk can also be used)

2 Tablespoons Butter or Margarine

1 1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract

1/2 Cup Crunchy Peanut Butter plus 1 or 2 cups to spread as filling

2 Cup Quick Cooking Oatmeal

Honey for drizzling over top

Directions:

1. Combine sugar, cocoa, and evaporated milk in a saucepan. 

2. Bring to boil, stirring constantly for 3 minutes then remove from heat.

3. Stir in peanut butter, vanilla, and butter until smooth.

4. Fold in oatmeal until well blended.

5. Spread into pan or casserole dish.

6. Cool until well set.

Bars can be served as the are but doubling with peanut butter in the middle is what really adds the extra to this dessert. Don't forget to drizzle the honey on top.

Happy Day Cake with Coffee Icing

If I knew you were coming I'd a' baked a cake...baked a cake..

There's no special occasion or birthday today. 

We just like cake!

I'm glad to share my version of Grandma Hylton's Happy Day Cake.

Happy Day Cake with Coffee Icing

Preheat oven: 375 degrees

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 45-60 minutes (approximately)

Ingredients:

2 Cups Self-Rising flour(sifted)

3 Teaspoons Baking Powder

1 Teaspoon Salt

1 1/3 Cup Shortening(I use Crisco Butter Flavored)

1 Cup Milk

2 Teaspoon Vanilla flavoring

2 Eggs

Directions:

1. Sift all dry ingredients into mixer bowel.

2. Add shortening and 2/3 of milk, then add vanilla.

3. Beat 1 minute on low speed.(I use speed 2 with Kitchen Aid)

4. Add remaining milk and eggs, beat 30 seconds. Stop & scrape bowl.

5. Beat 1 minute  on high(I use speed 6 with Kitchen Aid)

6. Pour batter into prepared pan.

7. Bake 375 degrees for 50 minutes or until cake pulls away from pan.

Coffee Icing

Ingredients:

2 Cups Confectioner's Sugar

1/4 Cup Margarine(softened)

1 teaspoon Vanilla flavoring

3 Tablespoons of Strong Coffee

Directions:

1. Cream  sugar into margarine.

 2. Add vanilla and coffee creaming until smooth.

Are you on cereal burn-out?

How about trying an alternative to the usual bowl of cereal and splash of milk!

You might even gather a little more nutrition 

&

exchange it for excitement!

I have always tried to offer a little variety to my children's breakfast but even changing up between a boxed-cereal, oatmeal,  poptarts or pastry, and the an egg here and there, their weekday breakfast can quickly go boring and stale. 

As I was hoping to retrain myself on some healthier habit(I'm usually a breakfast skipper) I picked up a tub of yogurt and a box of granola and placed it in the grocery cart when I asked what they would be wanting for their morning breakfast for the week they eyed my yogurt and granola in jealousy. I then asked them if they would really eat it; they nodded wholeheartedly.
&
They have! They love it! 
I think they think there getting dessert for breakfast.

Let me give you my super simple recipe....

Boo Berry Cereal~Alternative

Prep Time: 2 minutes (maybe if that much)

Ingredients:

French Vanilla Yogurt 

Granola cereal 

Blueberry topping

Directions:

1. We've started ours with placing 3 heaping tablespoons of yogurt in the bowl.

2. Top with granola and a tablespoon of blueberry topping.

3. Fold over gently.

There's nothing left but the eatin'!

I'm no nutritionist but this meal can boast no preservatives.

Have checked out the ingredients to you children's favorite cereals?

Hambone Stew~Crockpot Style

This cold & rainy day is just a callin' for soup.

There's a ham bone in the fridge that's still got a good bit of meat left on it. He seem like the perfect beginning for my stew for today.

Soup and Stew are basically the same thing. I call mine stew when it's loaded with meat and has been simmered to a thick creamy consistency. I generally prefer a stew in the cooler weather. Thinner soups I consider better on those warmer days.

Hambone Stew

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 8 hours

Total Time: 8 hours 15 minues

Yields: 8 servings

Ingredients:

Ham or leftover ham bone~ I'll be cutting as much meat off the bone as possible. I like mine to be nice                                         bite size chunks. 

Potatoes~5-6

1 onion

1 Cup of Rice

1 can green beans~I use a short cut smaller bean. I don't want to see a soup full of green beans

2 cloves minced garlic

1 Tablespoon Black Pepper

1 Tablespoon Ground Cumin

1 Teaspoon Ground Allspice

Directions:

1. Cut ham into bite-size chunks. Place chunks and ham bone into crockpot. Covering with water.

2. Turn  temperature to high.

3. Place remaining ingredients in pot.

4. Simmer 8 hours. Remove bone before serving. Salt to taste.

Do enjoy a bowl of Hambone Stew!

Mandarin Crush Cake

This light and citrus flavored cake is sure to be a crowd pleaser.

This easy recipe is sure to please the cook as well.
Prep Time: approximately 10 minutes.
Total Time: approximately 40 minutes.

Preheat oven at 350 degrees

Ingredients:

Box of Yellow Cake Mix

12 ounces Crush soda

11 ounce can  Mandarin Oranges

1 tub vanilla icing

1/2 teaspoon vanilla flavoring

Direction:

1. Stir Crush soda into cake mix.

2. Bake about 35 minutes or until done. 

3. Let cake set 5-10 minutes. 

4. Poke holes in cake and pour juice from oranges onto cake.

5. Let cake cool completely.

6. Whip icing and vanilla until very fluffy and cover cake.

7. Place orange segments on top of cake.

Enjoy!

Jellied Cranberry Salad

If you're getting ready for the cranberries,

you might be ready for Cranberry Salad.

This is a super simple recipe made of only three ingredients.

So let's gather up and get started.

You'll want a 2-quart square or rectangle baking dish.

Ingredients:

1 Can of Jellied Cranberry Sauce(16 oz.)
1 Can Whole berry Cranberry Sauce(16 oz.)

2 cups of boiling water

2 packages Jell-O Raspberry Flavor Gelatin

1 tub of sour cream (16 oz.)

Directions:

1. Whisk together cranberry sauce and 1 cup of the boiling water; set aside.

2. Dissolve gelatin in the remaining cup of boiling water.

3. Stir gelatin mixture into cranberry mixture.

4. Pour half the cranberry mixture into you baking dish and half can of whole berry cranberry sauce into mixture. Cover and chill for 1-2 hours or until set. Save the remaining cranberry mixture 

at room temperature.

5. Spread sour cream evenly over set cranberry mixture.

6. Pour the remaining cranberry mixture over sour cream.

7. Cover and chill  for 2-24 hours. 
8. Pour remaining whole berry cranberry sauce.

Cranberry Salad is a fun addition to a holiday meal.

It also looks nice with a little extra garnish;

a sprig of green or a dash of crushed nuts on top

gives a nice touch.

Good Morning Raisin Cinnamon Muffins

Hey..why not get your morning really started?

Putting a smile on the families faces is quite easy if your greet them with this 

warm & yummy 

Good Morning Raisin Cinnamon Muffin.

Let's preheat out oven:

While we gather our ingredients:

2 cups self-rising flour

1 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons cinnamon

1 cup brown sugar

3 tablespoons mayonnaise

1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups of water

2 cups cornflakes lightly crushed

1 cup raisin

You'll want your margarine or butter and a squeeze from the honey bear

as they come out of the oven piping hot.

Directions:

1. Combine all dry ingredients(first 4 ingredient) in a large mixing bowl. 

Whisking as you add each ingredient.

2. Add your 3 heaping spoons of mayonnaise and vanilla, and 2 cups of water

continue stirring with your whisk.

3. Fold-in raisins and then fold-in corn flakes.

4. Bake for approximately 20 minutes or until they are a nice golden color.

Add your pat of butter and a squeeze from the little honey bear.