Home Sweet Homemaker

Here is a recipe for a sauce that is great for grilled chicken. It originated from the Weber Gas Grill Cookbook that came with our grill. This tasty sauce has served us well at family get-togethers and parties over the years. Yes, it’s so good that we have been making it for years… 6 to [...]

The full title of this delicious breakfast is Raspberry-Stuffed French Toast with Custard Sauce. I’m thinking about making this one on our beach vacation with my family. My husband usually does the breakfast cooking while I’m still in the bed. Wait a minute… no, that’s not a good idea. I will let him handle breakfast. [...]

The original recipe is called “Marvelous Mini Meatloaves”. Kraft Food & Family is always using unnecessary adjectives in their recipe titles. I need something that I can remember, so I usually give their recipes simpler titles before adding them to my collection. With that said, the modified version of Marvelous Mini Meatloaves is below.
The only [...]

Chicken Ranch Pizza is based on a recipe from Allrecipes.com. The original recipe is called Gourmet Chicken Pizza but I prefer to call it Chicken Ranch Pizza. I like naming my food something that makes sense, that way I’m more likely to remember it. After all, “gourmet” could mean anything. If adding ranch makes a [...]

When you want something other than chicken for dinner, this is a nice recipe to try. We had it tonight at book club. Instead of making dinner for my family as well as snacks for book club, I decided to make this casserole to serve everyone. It serves 8. You could pair it with a [...]

I’ve recently taken up making German pancakes for breakfast. It all started at Thanksgiving when we had this tasty treat at my in-laws. They say the family has been eating these for years but somehow after more than 5 years of marriage, I’d never had a German pancake! In their defense, we don’t actually eat [...]

I always say I need to rename this recipe because it in no way, even remotely, resembles a salad. I bring it to nearly every church function and people have come to know it by this name, so Pineapple Pretzel Salad it shall remain.
Ingredients
1 cup sugar
2 cups pretzels; crushed
2 sticks butter; softened
12 ounces whip cream
12 [...]

It had been a while since I tasted my mom’s oatmeal cake with peanut butter icing. We were having our annual church-wide fellowship, so I decided to make it since I had all of the ingredients. I knew the cake would conjure up childhood memories, but when I smelled the icing melting onto that hot [...]

I’m going through a tomato and basil phase, but my book club doesn’t mind. This was a hit at book club recently so here’s the recipe, girls! It is from the Stoneware Sensations Cookbook by Pampered Chef.
Ingredients
1 package refrigerated pizza crust
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
1/4 cup fresh parmesan cheese, grated
2 tablespoons fresh basil leaves, [...]

Here’s the one that got Jocelyn started on marshmallows. This recipe is from the Kraft Food & Family website.
Ingredients
3 squares Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate; divided
2 packages Cream Cheese; softened
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup milk
2 cups Whipped Topping; thawed
3/4 cup Miniature Marshmallows
1/3 cup Cocktail Peanuts; chopped
1 Oreo Pie Crust
Instructions
Microwave 1 of the chocolate squares in small microwaveable bowl [...]

Here’s one of those cakes that gets better with age. There’s something about those pecans and coconut hanging out together in the bottom of the pan for a day that is just delicious. I’ve known people to say “I don’t like coconut” but this cake changes their minds. The cream cheese/butter/powdered sugar combination is ugly [...]

This recipe is based on Party Pesto Squares by Pampered Chef. Instead of topping the squares with tomato and green onion, I step up the flavor by piling on the bruschetta. My infatuation with tomato and basil lives on! By the way, Jocelyn’s words for tomato and pesto are “may-mo” and “pay-po”.
Ingredients
1 roll round buttery [...]

The butter pecan cake mix really sets this apple crisp apart from all others. Very easy to make and serves a crowd.
Ingredients
2 cans apple pie filling
1 box butter pecan cake mix
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 sticks butter
1 cup walnuts
Instructions
Pour two cans pie filling in a 9 x 13 pan. Top with dry cake mix. Sprinkle with [...]

This easy-to-make taco dip is always a hit. The original recipe came from my Aunt Pam.
Ingredients
8 ounces ounces cream cheese
8 ounces ounces cottage cheese
1 onion; chopped
1 green pepper; chopped
1 tomato ; chopped
1/2 package taco seasoning
1 can can olives; optional
cheddar; grated
Instructions
Blend cream cheese and cottage cheese until smooth.
Place in 9×9 pan.
Combine onion, pepper and tomato with [...]

This is a yummy petite dessert adapted from Kraft Food & Family.
Ingredients
1 pie crust
4 ounces cream cheese; softened
2 cups raspberries and/or blueberries
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon sugar; (3/4 tsp. granulated sugar and 1/4 tsp. cinnamon)
1 cup whipped topping; thawed
Instructions
Heat oven to 450°F. Place pie crust in greased 10-inch pie plate. Carefully spread cream [...]