Caprese Chicken

Caprese Chicken

two different recipes

one with cherry tomatoes:

https://www.themediterraneandish.com/wprm_print/easy-chicken-caprese

one with large:

https://www.themediterraneandish.com/easy-caprese-chicken/#wprm-recipe-container-24454

Chocolate coconut sweet chex mix

 https://www.sixsistersstuff.com/recipe/gooey-almond-and-coconut-chex-mix/#wprm-recipe-container-92654

I just made this but used pumpkin seeds insteadinstead of almonds, decreased sugar to 1 cup, used 1/2 cup of corn syrup and 1/2 cup of honey, and 1 cup chocolate chips that melted in. Really yummy and going to decrease sugar even more next time. 

Mark’s pizza dough

 For the baptism, we let it rise for all hour, let it rise another hour after rolling out then baked in the pizza oven. https://www.alyonascooking.com/fluffy-yet-crusty-pizza-dough-recipe/

Mark likes to drizzle olive oil And dried spices on after cooking. 

Hash Brown and Egg Casserole

 I made this for Logan’s baptism but I didn’t do Broccoli, upped the salt to 1 1/2  teaspoons. (Next time will do 2 teaspoons). I made with sausage or bacon. Both were good.,

https://www.sixsistersstuff.com/recipe/hashbrown-and-egg-breakfast-casserole/

French Toast Casserole

 This is what I made for Logan’s baptism. Served with whipped cream and berries, parfaits, and french toast, fruit, and salad. 

https://www.melskitchencafe.com/french-toast-bake/

Sugar Cookie bars

 https://www.sixsistersstuff.com/recipe/sugar-cookie-bars-and-moms-frosting/#wprm-recipe-container-88633

Sugar Cookie Bars

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 4 ¾ cup flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

Frosting

• ½ cup butter, softened
• 3 Tablespoons milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3-4 cups powdered sugar
• pink food coloring
• sprinkles, for topping

Equipment

• Mixing Bowl (Large)
• Sheet Pan (Half Sheet)
• Mixing Bowl

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 375℉.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each egg.
• Mix in vanilla.
• Beat in flour, salt and baking soda until well combined.
• Spread and press dough onto a half sheet pan (18"x13"x1") sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until just golden brown; let cool completely.
• In a large bowl using a hand mixer or a stand mixer, combine all frosting ingredients and beat until light and fluffy.
• Spread frosting in an even layer on cooled cookie bars and top with sprinkles, if desired.

Notes

If you double it, you would need to put it in 2 cookie sheet pans. A double batch in one pan would have a hard time cooking all the way through.

Garlic bread sticks

 

Grandma Mari’s Brownies

 

Snickerdoodles or Coconut Cookies

Snickerdoodles or Coconut Cookies

Beat 2 cubes of softened butter 1 1/4 cup sugar and 2 eggs in a bowl until fluffy. In a separate bowl, combine 2 1/2 cups flour, 2 tsp cream of tartar, 1 tsp baking soda, and 1/2 tsp salt. Mix into wet ingredients. in a small bowl, mix 2 Tbsp Sugar and 1/2 tsp cinnamon. Roll dough into 1 tsp sized balls and roll in cinnamon mixture. 

Alternate Coconut variety is to add 1 tsp of vanilla to wet ingredients. and roll in coconut instead of cinnamon mixture.  

Bake 375 10-12 min. don't overbake

Zucchini Bread

 I tried the recipe from Lanae Sharp from 5th Ward for Zucchini bread and used whole wheat flour, avocado oil, and 1/2 cup less of sugar. I would check if done 15 min early though.

 It turned out great. 

Zucchini and Tomato Linguine

https://www.melskitchencafe.com/fresh-zucchini-and-tomato-linguine/

This was easy and yummy. I added a bottle of alfredo sauce to make it better. Good way to use zucchini. Chop it small. 

Orange glazed Banana Bread

 This was a winner recipe. I didn’t add nuts 

Strawberry Brownie Cupcakes

 These were fun for Lucy’s birthday. https://www.melskitchencafe.com/strawberry-ice-cream-brownie-cupcakes/

Pizza dough

 We love this pizza dough. This is the one Mark always makes. We don’t use a bread machine, we use our bosch. https://www.alyonascooking.com/fluffy-yet-crusty-pizza-dough-recipe/#recipe

Tastes Like Homemade cinnamon rolls from Martha's blessing

https://www.mybakingaddiction.com/cinnamon-rolls-with-heavy-cream/#wprm-recipe-container-40402

Instant pot butternut squash

 This was really good https://damndelicious.net/2019/12/29/instant-pot-butternut-squash-soup/

Brazilian beans

 Got this recipe a while ago and isn’t on web anymore. It’s a good authentic one according to Mark. We don’t add all the water from the instant pot however. Probably around 4-6 cups. 

Easter 2025

 This is what I did for Easter: 

Sunday Morning: resurrection rolls with homemade dough and Amish Breakfast casserole recipe. It was good but would like to try different cheese than parmesean flavor  homemade. Not too hard to do the homemade version of resurrection rolls. 

Was going to do Mels Kitchen cafe mini quiches instead but didn’t  want to make the crust. Used turkey bacon in Amish casserole and cooked extra to put on top of potatoes before cornflakes step on top for dinner. 

I made Lemon yogurt bread for neighbors so that was our dessert but was going to made raspberry angel food cake instead or Easter dirt cups. Lemon yogurt bread was so delicious. 

Dinner: 

Deviled eggs

Jello eggs

Funeral potatoes with turkey bacon

Buttery Bundt pan rolls from Mel’s

Green salad mix with cucumbers and radishes 

Pineapple—was going to cut out tomb with them but too tired by then. Could do honey vanilla yogurt fruit salad recipe next time. 

Holy week: 

Sunday built garden tomb with chia seeds, did Hosanna waving with palm leaves, 

Talked about growing testimonies of Christ, gave grow fish toy

Monday—building foundation on Christ like the temple-gave building legocandy and smartie-sang wiseman song

Tuesday-parables of Christ-watched video of serving others is like serving Christ—listened to learn of me and listen to my words song. Gave them books from the book fair 

Wednesday- watched Lazarus raised from the dead, miracles song-“He is a God of miracles”. Gave slinky—Jesus walks with us when it’s hard/He can do miracles like helping people walk again

Thursday-passover-bread of life-nutella

We got out our candles, put red tablecloth on our ottoman, put Easter music on,  had mahi mahi, vegetables, olives, bread with oil dip, nuts, grape juice, dates

We added epsom salts to warm water and washed each others feet then watched Jesus Suffers video. It was so special . 

Friday was living water-gave a fun drink with Easter straws we went to King of Kings movie

Saturday- Peace in Christ gave pieces of gum and confetti eggs-took turns crushing over heads—talked about how egg looked like a normal egg but there was something exciting and magical happening inside

Sunday oh sweet the joy this sentence gives-Easter pencils. 

Watched Jesus is resurrected video

Recipes Mels kitchen, six sisters, and jello eggs, resurrection rolls the friend magazine 

Mahi Mahi Lemony

 Had this with our easter Jesus dinner. It was really good https://www.thekitchn.com/mahi-mahi-22931939

Easter Snack Mix

 

Taco Soup-a nice change from the original

 https://www.sixsistersstuff.com/recipe/instant-pot-loaded-taco-soup/#wprm-recipe-container-118944

Christmas 2025–Ang’s omelette and fondue

 I just wanna make sure I write down what we did a Christmas cause I forget by the next year and have to figure it out again. This year we did a fancy Christmas Eve dinner and got outer festive plates with nice glasses and had a candlelight dinner and then did our Christmas nativity after. Next year, I think I want to read the away in a major book with the Christmas nativity and seeing Wayne a Manger as well as silent night. I also want to do Jenny Oaks Baker Christmas book on a Sunday before Christmas. What we had for dinner on Christmas Eve was leftover turkey from Thanksgiving that I had frozen along with a gravy that I had frozen. Then I made potatoes and stuffing from a box and we had a cranberry salad And Bundt rolls and hot chocolate for dessert and I have the salad for the cranberry fluff salad, and that seemed about right. Mark doesn’t like that salad but me and Lincoln did a lot. I’d like to try Katie’s cheesecake raspberry salad. She posted on here next year for this meal. The next morning we had Ang’s omelette casserole

. It was a nice change from the year before. I just have to remember that it cooks a long time so don’t wait to put it in the oven. I think instead of turkey sausage the frozen turkey sausage links I use from Costco that were flavored were better. we also had oat knock and normal eggnog, but we always like to mix in the oat dog because it doesn’t make us feel as sick. We had oranges with powdered sugar, the bunt rolls, but I have to make sure I spray the butt roll pan before because I forgot to do that and it was a mess. I like the sick sisters recipe, but I also want to cover the rolls after 10 minutes cause they get brown that day I sliced cucumbers and brought cheese and crackers upstairs just after lunchtime before we did presents because no one was hungry for lunch that night. I did frozen lasagnas from Costco with a Caesar salad mix from Costco and French bread. It was so easy. I loved it. Mark said next year he may want to do a steak but maybe we could do that for Christmas Eve because that goes with potatoes and gravy and rolls instead of turkey. For New Year’s fondue I used the symphony Hershey bar recipe using our old Halloween candy. It worked great. I also want to try Angie’s recipe from Suzy for fondue.

I also did a Christmas breakfast for Lucy and got hot chocolate cups with peppermint, stirring spoons that were chocolate and marshmallow peeps that were peppermint and did gingerbread waffles with powdered sugar and oranges. Then the girls made Christmas bracelets and did a Christmas craft and painted these peg ornament dolls, and then played Christmas Pictionary and a gift passing game where they had to stand up and trade with someone if They had done that thing at Christmas like watched five Christmas movies or was wearing red or that year or caroling. It was so much fun and I would love to do it any Christmas.