Let the Food Challenge Voting Begin!

Wow, the judges had a HARD time narrowing down the entries into the Hot Sauce, Honey, and Corn Flakes Food Challenge, in fact, so hard that they could only narrow it down to five instead of three!  That means it’s up to you to pick My Wooden Spoon’s Food Challenge winner for January!  Let’s get… [Continue Reading]

Mooooooove Over 1000 Calories and Make Way for Skinny Cow

One of the hardest things for me to find in my quest to get fit, is healthier sweet treats that are actually good and I’ve tried a lot. I had the chance to try Skinny Cow a long time ago and have been hooked ever since! Have you tried it? I LOVE the… [Continue Reading]

Cupcakes and Cakes with Wilton and Little Man

When Wilton asked me to do a review, I had no idea all the wonderful goodies they would be sending would be so fabulous and make little man go CRAZY!!
As a long time user of Wilton, I honestly knew this review would be biased because well, I have always loved them.   My son’s 4th birthday… [Continue Reading]

Honey, Hot Sauce, and Corn Flakes Entries

When I start something like the recent Food Challenge, I’m always nervous about having no entries so you can imagine my surprise when I saw a total of 18 entries into January’s food challenge.  On top of that, I had several nonbloggers which felt great because it tells me that people really do read my… [Continue Reading]

Pop’s Stewed Lamb Ribs Special

My father-in-law loves lamb ribs so he’s always coming up with ways to cook them.  He showed up the other day with a sack full of groceries, prepared to cook just for me!  What a nice surprise to get don’t you think?  Anyways, I sat back and watched him cut, chop and stir until the… [Continue Reading]

Simple Apple Butter Bread

While I prefer apple butter with homemade tortillas, eating apple butter bread is the next best thing. This is a pretty simple recipe and would be great with some morning coffee or milk don’t you think?  This bread is MUCH better the next day, after it’s had time to settle and completely cool off. If… [Continue Reading]

Old Fashioned Waffles from Scratch

Every since I posted my homemade pancake recipe, I’ve received TONS of requests asking for a waffle recipe.  Well today, I bring you a waffle recipe that is light & fluffy and made from scratch.  It’s a recipe that was handed down to me from a dear old friend who has much more kitchen wisdom… [Continue Reading]

Easy to Make Mexican Pozole Soup

The recent cold weather here in Texas makes me crave hot soup and one of the most flavorful, authentic Mexican soups out there is Pozole.  This is a Spanish soup that has a staple that we use in so many things, corn and in this case, hominy.  And by simply removing the meat in it,… [Continue Reading]

FOOD CHALLENGE! What Recipe Will YOU Make?

UPDATED: this food challenge is over. Thanks so much to those who participated!
I’ve been wanting to host a food challenge for such a long time now and thought 2010 would be the perfect time to start it! This is a monthly challenge with a grand prize winner.  You DO NOT have to be a… [Continue Reading]