cooking/baking

Lemon Poppy Seed Bread Recipe

Pin It One of my favorite quick breads to make is lemon poppy seed bread.  I got this recipe from my Mom, who received it from someone else.  So, I’m not sure of the source, but this bread is easy to make and has a moist consistency and delicious flavor. Lemon Poppy Seed Bread Ingredients: [...]

7 Quick Takes: January 13, 2012 (Vol. 108)

~ 1 ~ News flash: I’m short. I never like to think of myself as short, but it’s becoming more and more obvious to me.  You see, once upon a time, I was tall.  For several years in elementary school, I was the tallest person in my class.  I still kind of think of myself [...]

2012: Our Food Revolution Year

While I realize that I have a recipe index here on Many Little Blessings, and I talk about cooking and baking, I have a confession to make: Cooking is really a struggle for me.  I’m not someone who will just whip up something in the kitchen.  I need directions.  And, honestly – this doesn’t bother [...]

10 Recipes I’d Like to Try

Pinterest is so delicious wonderful.  (Here’s where you can find me on Pinterest.)  Amongst the many very cool things on Pinterest is food.  While I have only managed to make two recipes that I have found there, I have quite a list of recipes that I’d like to try. Here are just ten of them: [...]

Feast in 15 Ebook Review and Giveaway

I was recently able to review the ebook Feast in 15 by Tiffany King, which is available both as an ebook download or as a Kindle book.  I was really excited to have a chance to do that, especially after being able to spend some time with Tiffany (and hear about the book) while we [...]

10 Tips for More Efficient Homemaking

Do you ever struggle with keeping up your home?  I know that I definitely do!  Here are 10 tips that have helped me on my road to attempting to be a better homemaker (and not the kind that burns Rice Krispie Treats three separate times on the same batch). 1. Have a Couple of Go [...]

7 Quick Takes: April 1, 2011 (Vol. 76)

~ 1 ~ We went to Once Upon a Child this week to get a “new” pair of jeans for Noah.  He tried on a few, and used some very interesting adjectives to describe some pairs.  Amongst those were that one pair was “wide” and another pair was “fluffy.”  I realized that wide just meant [...]

Simplify Your Family Life Giant Ebook Sale

If you’re looking for my first day of Spring Spruce Up in the Craft Room either scroll down or check out my Spring Spruce Up post (day one) through this link. Corey from Simple Marriage and Mandi from Life…Your Way have brought together some of the top authors in the family life space with 30 [...]

Homemade First Communion Themed Cakes

I really enjoy having parties to celebrate when my kids have made their First Holy Communion. To me, it’s an outward sign to them (from us, as parents) of how important we think this Sacrament is, and how proud we are.  I usually love to make all kinds of things to feed our guests, but [...]

Saying Yes to Cooking Help (Even When I Don’t Want To)

I have mentioned many times before about my lack of cooking experience growing up. I did do some baking (even pretty young), but always things like cookies.  (And even then, it was only peanut butter cookies and chocolate chip cookies.)  As a parent, I have a better understanding of one of the reasons I probably [...]

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