I just had to share the good news of these muffins I saw on Pinterest. Easy, tasty, and healthy.

I made a batch to take on the road to the Oregon Coast and they were a huge hit with Andrew and our friends.

Take a yellow cake mix.

Mix it with a 15 oz can of pumpkin (I only had a 29oz. can, so I used half and froze the rest).

Pour the batter in a muffin pan.

Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes. 

That's it.

Maybe I'll experiment with a spice cake mix next time. 

Our friend questioned me several times about the truthfulness of my 2 ingredient boast:

"There are no eggs?" 

"You didn't have to add oil or water?"

"How did they get so moist?"

Let's count the ingredient together, people. One. Two. 

I'm not lying. 

Okay fine. I used three ingredients if you count that I added chocolate chips. But those are optional. The muffins are seriously tasty enough without.

And I was surprised to read that this is a weight watchers recipe with fewer than 100 calories. Not that I am a calorie countin' kinda gal...'cause I'm not. But I thought I'd share anyway for those who care. 

All the rest of you non-calorie countin' folk might try it with cream cheese frosting too.

*This is also posted on my personal blog here.

Egg Rolls with Sweet and Sour Sauce

Hey all! Remember this blog? It's time to get this thing going again:)

I made egg rolls tonight for the first time, and they were SOOOOO good! I've always wanted to find a good egg roll recipe, but the only recipes I've found call for weird ingredients, like fish sauce or oyster stuff. Ick. This is my mother in law's recipe, with some modifications from moi, and it is really a keeper!


Egg Rolls

1/2 lb ground sausage (we like the hot flavor)
1/2 head of cabbage, shredded*
1 cup carrots, shredded
3 green onions, diced
1 Tbsp soy sauce
2 Tbsp corn starch
1-2 Tbsp water

Egg roll wrappers

*You could use a bag of coleslaw instead*


Brown sausage in frying pan. Add remaining ingredients and stir fry, until veggies are tender.

Place 1/4 cup filling just below the center of egg roll wrapper.Roll up per instructions on wrapper.

Fry egg rolls until golden brown.

You can also bake them at 400 for about 15-18 minutes, or until golden brown.

The texture of the wrappers is definitely better when it's fried, but obviously not as healthy.


Sweet and Sour sauce:
3/4 c white sugar
1/3 c white vinegar
2/3 c water
1/4 c soy sauce
1 Tbsp ketchup
2 Tbsp corn starch

Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Continue to cook until thickened.

ENJOY!!!

WIngers Sticky FIngers

I love Wingers!! So when I saw this recipe for Wingers Amazing Sauce I had to try it!! IT was so good!!!! IT tasted so much like the sauce from Wingers and it was so easy to make!!

*I am typing with one hand which it taking forever so instead of typing out the recipe I am just going to link it to the site where I got it from :)

http://www.favfamilyrecipes.com/2009/01/just-like-wingers-sticky-fingers-and.html

Great Evaporated Milk Substitute if find you're without it

I just learned something today and I'm ecstatic about it. I planned on making cornbread for dinner, but I realized I didn't have any evaporated milk. I hate it when I don't have ONE thing. Anyway, I looked up a substitute online and found this:

2/3 c. non-fat dry milk powder

3/4 c. water

Mix together and use in place of evaporated milk.

It's GREAT. I actually have a huge box in my pantry of dry milk that I haven't used. Great thing is I won't have to go out and buy any evaporated milk! Yippee!! Had it share it with y'all.

Whole Wheat Buttermilk Pancakes and Apple Syrup

This pancake recipe comes from the Our Best Bites blog. I wish I could put into words how much I LOVE these pancakes! I've made them multiple times now, and have been blown away each time. They smell so good while they're cooking, I'm always tempted to just eat them straight off the griddle! I love how fluffy they are. I love how they have a slight sweet taste. I love how I can premake batches by mixing together the dry ingredients, and then throw them together quickly in the morning. I love that they are whole wheat and healthy. I love how you cannot tell that they are whole wheat. In my book, these are the perfect pancakes!

See how fluffy they are?!

They just puff right up on the griddle

Whole Wheat Buttermilk Pancakes

*Makes about 10 large pancakes*

3/4 c whole wheat flour

3/4 c all-purpose flour

3 Tbsp sugar

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

(If desired, mix dry ingredients together and store in a ziploc bag. Then mix together with remainder of ingredients in the morning)

1 1/2 c low fat buttermilk (Have you been converted to buttermilk yet? I sure have! Regular milk just doesn't cut it!)

1 tsp vanilla

1 Tbsp oil

1 large egg

1 large egg white

In a medium bowl, mix together dry ingredients. Set aside. In a separate bowl, mix together wet ingredients. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix. (I always have to add a little milk to the batter to get it to my desired consistency). Heat a non stick griddle to medium heat. Cook pancakes. (I'm assuming we all know how to cook pancakes, so I won't go into a lot of detail here.) Delicious!

I found this recipe for apple syrup randomly online somewhere. It is very yummy! I like that it has simple ingredients and is a healthier alternative to the sugar, additive-laden syrup from the store. (Not to say I don't like the store version; just trying to be a tad bit healthier on occasion:)) This made our house smell like fall, which I loved! But I also loved that it didn't taste like eating wassail on my pancakes. It was a light, subtle apple taste. Very good! Apple Syrup

1 c granulated sugar

2 Tbsp corn starch

1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice *

2 cups apple cider or juice

2 Tbsp lemon juice

1/4 cup butter

*I didn't have pumpkin pie spice, and almost had a heart attack when I saw how much it cost at the store- 7 bucks for lik 4 tsp?!! So I checked out the ingredients in pumpkin pie spice: allspice, nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon. That's it. So I skipped the pumpkin pie spice and just seasoned to taste with the much cheaper spices that I already had on hand. Turned out perfect!

Mix dry ingredients in a medium saucepan. Add juices and bring to a boil. Boil one minute, stirring constantly. Off heat, add butter and stir until combined. This stores great in the fridge! Just reheat before serving.

Happy breakfast, everyone!

Snicker doodles

My little girl LOVES to make cookies! These by far are her favorite to make because I roll them in balls and she gets to roll them in the cinnamon/sugar mixture all by herself :) I like to make these cuz they are so delicious!!

*1 1/2 C Sugar

*1/2 C butter-softened

*1/2 C shortening

*2 Eggs

*2 3/4 C Flour

*2 t. cream of tarter

*1 t baking soda

*1/4 t salt

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix sugar, butter, shortening, and eggs. Stir in flour, cream of tarter, baking soda, and salt. Shape dough into balls. Mix 2 t. cinnamon and 2 T sugar. Roll balls in mixture to coat. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8 (soft) to 10 (crunchy) minutes! Enjoy!!

LOVE!!!!

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