Archive for Jill
Jill is a Mom, wife, teacher, artist, & creative genius. She works everyday on her blog at SimpleDailyRecipes.com. When she's not home schooling her kiddos or filling her blog, Jill likes drinking lattes & dancing to funky disco in the living room.
Food for thought: BrainPOP
You may not know this about me, I educate my children at home, at the grocery store, at the park, via Community Bible Study, field trips, at the local food bank, whenever the opportunity presents itself. One of my favorite online learning tools is BrainPOP.
We have been happy members for two years. It's absolutely [...]
German Chocolate Pie
Growing up, my Memaw always made two pies for the holidays: Pecan Pie and some kind of chocolate pie with nuts and coconut blended together. The chocolate pie was my favorite! When she passed away nine years ago, she took the recipe with her. No one in our family has it or knows what it [...]
2Nov2007 | Jill | 1 comment | Continued
Roasted Chicken Breasts
I’ve been watching so much Barefoot Contessa on TV. I decided to copy her roasted chicken technique. It’s so simple, I had to make it. I admit it! I get in cooking routines and forget to try something new.
Now, this ‘technique’ is not new to the cooking world, it’s just new [...]
Vanilla Pancakes
After making Awesome French Toast from last weekend, I was curious how vanilla would taste in my pancake batter. My kids thought I made flat cupcakes for breakfast, and of course, they ate every bite! Notice that this is not a sweet batter, I skipped the sugar, knowing that there would be maple syrup added [...]
1Nov2007 | Jill | 1 comment | Continued
An Unusual Apple Recipe
My family really loved that awesome Apple Crisp I made a couple of weeks back. But before these apples meet their fate, I used them for a table centerpiece over the weekend. Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, inspired me to use leaves from our beautiful Red Oak tree to add a natural layer [...]
28Oct2007 | Jill | 2 comments | Continued
Most AWESOME French Toast!
For some time now, I’ve wanted to make really good French toast. I’ve eaten plenty of not so good French toast from restaurants. I’ve eaten so much that I thought I really didn’t like it at all.
This morning my life is turned around. I feel a new spring in my step. My kids and husband [...]
Mexican Stack Salad
I devoured a Mexican Stack salad for lunch today. It has an odd combination of ingredients, but MAN, IT IS GOOD! The Mexican Stack Salad is perfect for pot luck gatherings. If you have enough guests attending, each person picks one or two ingredients to bring to the meal.
HERE’S ALL YOU NEED FOR THIS TASTY [...]
24Oct2007 | Jill | 2 comments | Continued
Baked Sweet Potatoes
Before I served the Simple Cocoa Brownies the other night, we enjoyed these sweet potatoes buried under mini-marshmallows. It really put everyone in the mood for the holidays. And, it was practice for the big day, Thanksgiving.
Sweet potatoes are always around, but honestly, I never think to eat them until now. Their [...]
19Oct2007 | Jill | 3 comments | Continued
Easy Cornbread Pancake Recipe
This is the fastest way to get cornbread to your table. I’ll make cornbread pancakes every time we have pinto beans for dinner. My kids love’em! If you know how to cook pancakes, you can make these EASY.
When I’m feeling sassy, I use a freezer bag as a piping bag and fill it with cornbread [...]
Beans n’ Cornbread
“Beans, beans, the musical fruit!“
Tuesday night, we had friends over to the house. You remember from the Simple Cocoa Brownies recipe? For dinner, we ate baked ham, mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes. I heard that! Yes, I know I served two starches. Half the crowd consisted of children that I [...]
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I'm a big fan of the KISS principle...keep it simple stoopid! 
