Yummy winter soups!

This soup was made with an organic all-veggie liquid boullion for stock then carrots, celery, mushroom and wild rice were added...

This soup has "stock as you go" base, lol, which means I started with water and as the carrots and turnip were cooking I added salt, onion powder, celery seed, tarragon and thyme. Lastly, I added the peas and alphabet pasta! Yum! With the turnip and the tarrogon it was almost on the sweet side, it was really good! And the kids, surprisingly do LOVE the soups :) (Catriona is my pickiest eater)...

Cooking with the kiddos!

Oooh this chicken vegetable soup, made from scratch, was sooo good! I had 2 bowls of it this day!


This is our new friend at my home child care...I'm expecting more children soon as well! I'm very excited about this opportunity!

Catriona loooves to cook with her mommy!

Yummo! Was this good! The kids loved it too... This is an all organic pizza, made from scratch...you can really taste the difference :)

Pumpkin Bread

Can we say YUMMO! This pumpkin bread was divine! Ok, so I went a little too heavy on the powdered sugar, but it was delish!!!

Pumpkin Bread

1 3/4 cup sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 large eggs
1/3 cup water
1 cup pumpkin
*powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all dry ingredients, mix well. In another bowl, combine pumpkin, water, eggs, vanilla, and oil, mix well. Add dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture and beat thoroughly. Pour batter into a greased loaf (bundt/cake/or muffin pan). Bake for 75-80 minutes (less than this for muffins). Cool 15 minutes before removing from pan.

*Sprinkle with powdered sugar for a festive look.

Enjoy!

Low-fat Oatmeal Raison Cookies

Ok, I just have to share, these have got to be the yummiest oatmeal cookies ever! You all have to try them, Catriona will tell you how yummy they are ;)
Low-fat Oatmeal Raison Cookies
60 cal - 1 gram fat

1C flour
1t baking powder
1/2t baking soda
1/2t salt
1/2t cinnamon
2T shortening
1/4C applesauce
1/2C sugar
1/2C brown sugar
1 egg
1t vanilla
1 1/3C Oats
1/2C raisons

Preheat oven to 375*
Lightly spray cookie sheet with non-stick spray. In a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. In a separate bowl, whisk together shortening, applesauce, sugars, egg and vanilla until shortening breaks into pea sized pieces. Add applesauce mixture to flour mixture, mix well. Fold in oats and raisons. Drop rounded teaspoons onto cookie sheet 2" apart. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on a cookie sheet for a couple of minutes then move to a cooling rack. Enjoy!

Apple pie!

Yummo! Is this good Apple pie... See the one that is only half there, that's because I had a slice out of it already, I couldn't wait, I had to try it before anyone else! This is Betty Crocker at her best! I love my cookbook and use it as a spring board a lot of the time :)

Spinach and Feta pizza!

YUMMO! Was this good! I made this for supper last night, aint it gorgeous! haha! I know, not everyone likes spinach and feta cheese pizza, but it's my favorite!

It is a Betty Crocker crust, with homemade sauce (one can of Italian flavored diced tomatos, one can of tomato sauce and one can of tomato paste and about a T. of sugar, that's it), I sprinkled on a 2 cup pack of mozzarella cheese, then I added some sliced onion and a huge pile of cleaned spinach, added almost a whole pack of feta, baked for about 22-24 minutes and viola', done! It was to die for MMmmmmmmmmm!

My delicious squash soup!

From this...

...to this...

...then this...mmm, mmm, good!

This was very easy to make... First, peel and cube the squash, boil (add water until just above squash level) with one chopped onion and about 4t. of veggie boulion, until tender...add one can of condensed milk, shake some dill weed, garlic powder, cinnamon and salt, in it...then mash it up...you can let it cool and run it through a blender for a really creamy texture...but I couldn't wait and had it like this, yummo!