photo by Megan Elle Photography I am excited to announce that my very first down loadable cookbook is available for purchase! My College Cookbook is filled with college pantry suggestions, no recipe cooking ideas plus over 50 recipes with 27 full color pictures all for just $10.50 It is a collection of easy to [...]
Blueberry Crumb Bars
August 13, 2009 By 16 Comments
Since blueberry season is in full swing here in Oregon and I still had blueberries left over from my Saturday morning trip to the Farmer’s Market today’s recipe was the perfect fit. I love berry pies – all kinds. Just like the Marionberry Bars I posted last summer, these Blueberry Crumb Bars are almost like eating [...]
Chocolate Chip and Toffee Bars
March 27, 2009 By 10 Comments
Warning: Danger! This recipe should come with a warning label: Eating these may be dangerous for your hips! If you have been reading my blog for a while you know that I love the combination of chocolate and toffee. Remember those yummy Chocolate Chip and Toffee Scones? And then there was the [...]
Dressed Up Breakfast – Berries, Yogurt and Granola
March 25, 2009 By 15 Comments
I have never been a big breakfast eater. Remember, I am the kid who grew up drinking Carnation’s Instant Breakfast every morning for years! One of my goals for 2009 is to eat healthier and since breakfast is the most important meal of the day I figured I better start eating it. I don’t like a [...]
Crockpot Brisket
March 20, 2009 By 8 Comments
Over the last ten years or so I have spent a lot of time in the costume shop at the high school. One of my favorite things about it is the opportunity it gives me to meet some of the other moms of my children’s friends. It never fails, when moms get together, the conversation always [...]
Appetizers – Beach Babe Style
February 27, 2008 By 4 Comments
For our annual Beach Babe and their Boys Valentine dinner I prepared some of my favorite “stand by” appetizers. Ones I know everyone will love. Above picture – The Beach Babes enjoying my appetizers. One of our beach babes Patrice was visiting her sick daddy so wasn’t with us – we missed you Patrice! [...]
Sharing Sherra – Chocolate Malted Cookies
January 31, 2008 By 1 Comment
You have heard me say it before -one of the best things about my direct sales homebased business is the friends I have made. Today I want to share one of those friends with you – Sherra (yes, it is pronounced Share – a). We have been friends and business associates for over a decade. [...]
How Do You Eat an Oreo?
January 24, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The great debate – what is the best way to eat an Oreo cookie? That debate has been raging since 1912 when the Oreo cookie was introduced and it has been the best selling cookie in America ever since with over 362 billion sold!! We have eaten our share of Oreos here at the Wilkes house (we [...]
Dinner Time – Fresh Tomato & Herb Soup
October 17, 2007 By 1 Comment
It’s harvest time at the Wilkes’ house. It’s time to put the vegetable garden to bed for the winter. Jim went out this week and picked all the remaining tomatoes (3 buckets full!). The pumpkins were also ready to be picked. It is a family tradition for all of us to go out and pick [...]
The Cookie Jar – Sandlake Cookies
October 11, 2007 By 5 Comments
This week’s “Cookie Jar” recipe is another good “Holiday Baking” recipe. It is a fun twist on your traditional chocolate chip cookie with the addition of cinnamon, ginger and craisinets – yum! The dough also needs to be refrigerated so you can make the dough up ahead of time. It’s also a great one for cookie [...]
