Magleby's Buttermilk Pancake Syrup

Magleby's Buttermilk Pancake Syrup

from Rosemary Groesbeck

1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla or maple flavoring

Combine butter, sugar, buttermilk and soda in a saucepan. Bring to a boil for 1 minute. Take off heat and add vanilla. Add to an equal amount of maple syrup.

Lunch with the Kids

Here are our favorite kid lunches:

• Quesadillas
• Pigs in a blanket
• Mini Pizzas (english muffins, tomato sauce, pizza seasoning, cheese and pepperoni)
• Grilled Cheese Sandwiches (or 'Girl Cheese Sandwiches' and 'Boy Cheese Sandwiches')
• PB&J's (or 'Pink-a Butter and Jam'  like Jacie says!)
• Picnic...anything is fun to eat when eating outside or on the family room floor on a blanket!
• Open Face Sandwiches (Katelyn loves these with just butter and jam...she thinks they are called open face sandwiches because her face always gets dirty when you eat them!)

Snack Ideas for the Kiddos

Here is a list of our favorite snacks:

• Graham crackers and milk!!
• Fresh fruit/veggies (apples bananas, oranges, grapes, clementines, carrots, celery, strawberries, peaches, nectarines, apricots)
• Ritz Crackers and Peanut Butter Sandwiches
• Crackers and cheese
• Going Fishing! Celery stick with a glob of peanut butter on the end to catch the gold fish crackers!
• Ants on a log! Celery with peanut butter inside topped with ants (raisins)
• Surprise mix (anything you have in your pantry all mixed together in a bag!)
• Homemade bread and butter/jam
• Granola bars (homemade is even better!)
• Cookies and milk (fresh out of the oven!)
• Pinterest ideas (all these fun Pinterest ideas that you pin but never know when or why you'll make them...my kids love it when I make them a special treat like that!)

Vanilla Custard Ice Cream

Vanilla Custard Ice Cream

from Marsha Richards

2 1/4 cups sugar
6 T flour
1/2 tsp salt
5 cups milk, scalded
6 eggs, beaten
4 cups heavy cream
2 tsp vanilla

Combine sugar, flour and salt in saucepan. Stir in the hot milk slowly. Cook over low heat for 10 minutes, stirring until thickened. Mix a small amount of this hot mixture into the beaten eggs. Ten add eggs back into the hot mixture and cook 1 minute. Chill in refrigerator. Add cream and vanilla, mixing well. Pour into a 4 quart ice cream freezer can and freeze according to directions.

Crock Pot Scalloped Potatoes and Ham

Crock Pot Scalloped Potatoes and Ham

from Marsha Richards

3 lbs med potatoes, peeled and sliced
1 onion, chopped
1 cup cheddar cheese
1 cup cooked ham, in chucks
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup water

Combine potatoes, onion, cheese and ham in crock pot. In small bowl, stir together soup and water. Pout over potatoes, cover and cook on high for 4 hours or until potatoes are tender. Stir just before serving. Garnish with more cheese.
Serves 6.

Crock Pot Fajitas

Crock Pot Fajitas

from Marsha Richards

1 1/2 lbs chicken breasts
1 cup onion, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
1 jalapeno pepper, chopped
1 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
2 cloves minced garlic
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp coriander
1/2 tsp salt
1 can chopped tomatoes
toppings

Add all ingredients to crock pot. Cook on low for 8 to 10 hours or on high for 4 to 5 hours. Shred chicken with a fork. Serve on tortillas with sour cream, guacamole, cheese, salsa, lettuce, tomatoes, etc.

Frosted Banana Bars

These are just like banana bread but in a bar form!

Frosted Banana Bars

from Marsha Richards

1/2 cup butter
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups (about 3-4) ripe bananas, mashed
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt

Cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs, bananas and vanilla. Combine flour, soda and salt and add to creamed mixture, mixing well. Pour into greased jelly roll pan. Bake 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until bars test done. Cool and frost.

Frosting:
1/2 cup butter
1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese
4 cups powdered sugar
2 tsp vanilla

Cream butter and cream cheese together. Gradually add powdered sugar. Add vanilla. Beat well.