Homemade vanilla ice cream is a warm-weather dessert that usually shows up for cookouts and Sunday School class parties. We made three freezers of homemade ice cream for a rehearsal dinner in a barn ...
Favorite Recipes
Snacks, desserts, casseroles and more. Nothing fancy, just real food that families love. Use the drop-down menus to find recipes in specific categories. Happy cooking!
Homemade Mashed Potatoes: Our Family Recipe
These days our family equates real mashed potatoes with special occasions like holidays or big family gatherings. But it wasn't always so. Let me take you back to our life many years ago, before I ...
Meals for a Crowd
It's wedding week, on the heels of a funeral weekend. We currently have a dozen houseguests, in addition to the seven of us who live in our home. That's two families of five and one young married ...
Perfect Potluck Dessert: Sopapilla Cheesecake
Church potlucks can be an amazing dining experience, with everyone bringing their best dishes to share. As a pastor’s wife I’ve attended my share of potlucks over the years, and I have a few favorite ...
Prize-Winning German Cinnamon Swirl Kuchen
Several years ago three of our high school boys had the privilege of taking an online German class. They had an inside track because the university professor attended our church, so she met with them ...
Homemade Spaghetti Sauce
If there was a prize for most-often-served Sunday dinner, spaghetti would win at our house. It's simple, quick to throw the sauce into the crock pot before Sunday School, and pleases almost everyone. ...
