This recipe "An Easy Whole Cherry Pie - Clafoutis Recipe" was something from a Friday afternoon coffee break a.k.a. Fika. Working for an international company gives you a great chance to experience other cultures. The parent company for Mack Trucks is Volvo in Sweden. A tradition in Sweden is Fika "to have coffee" an afternoon coffee... Continue Reading →
Thanksgiving sweet potato casserole recipe
It's that time again and I'm sharing my famous Thanksgiving sweet potato casserole recipe. I've been making this specific casserole for our family celebration for years. This year I am making this dish to take to our church for a potluck too! *Please note: This recipe is Dairy Free, Processed food free (except for the... Continue Reading →
Easter and your iPhone
In today's post, I wanted to experiment on what can be done by using a Smart phone for images. So for Easter and your iPhone how do they cross paths? I was amazed at how good my iPhone 5C, iPhone6 and iPhone 7 was for photos. Add the power of WordPress to manipulate them, you can have... Continue Reading →
Lunch Anyone? What are Mason Jars for?
A friend at work and I started to discuss the blog today, and I showed him a couple of the recipe's we use for breakfast at our house. He chimed in on something I had not seen (maybe I have been under a rock) that seemed very interesting. If you have not seen or heard about... Continue Reading →
Skinny Shamrock Shake – NUTRiBULLET
On Christmas morning, a little appliance known as a NUTRiBULLET was brought to our house. The idea was motivated by weight loss, to change how my wife and I feel day to day. In general we, (all of us Americans), eat so many heavy meals that we needed & wanted to make a change (we just don't need this much food). Juicing has... Continue Reading →
NUTRiBULLET – meal replacement
For the past three months we have replaced our normal breakfast by using our NUTRiBULLET to create a smoothie. Here's a picture of an example of what I typically make. Ingredients Carrots Handful of spinach Handful of kale Blueberries Strawberries 1 Radish Pineapple Some rolled oats If you are using this as a meal replacement... Continue Reading →
Lebkuchen Recipe
My Great Grandma Schultz's German Lebkuchen Recipe (Lebkuchen Cookies)! After growing up on these every year at Christmas... I had a chance to cook these with my 96-year-old Grandmother Marge. If you don't know Lebkuchen, these are not your typical cookies. It takes time, lots and lots of time (Which was ok for my oldest daughter... Continue Reading →
