Animal Cracker Banana Pudding

Ok I borrowed this recipe but changed it up a little. I made it with animal crackers instead of vanilla wafers.

1 heaping tbsp of flour
1/2 cup of sugar in the raw
2c milk
2 eggs
1/4 tsp butter
1/4 tsp vanilla
4 bananas
1 handful of animal crackers to cover bottom of the bowl/dish

Over Med/High Heat

In a saucepan mix flour, sugar, and eggs. Slowly add milk and stir constantly. Soon as all the milk has been added and the mixture has thickened add the butter and vanilla. Mine took about 10 minutes or so. In the meantime I added the animal crackers to the bowl and chopped the bananas. I would stir and then chop up a banana stir then chop up another one. You get the pattern. So after having the bottom of the dish ready with animal crackers and bananas I poured in my thickened pudding mixture and topped it with crumbs from the animals crackers. I put a handful of animal crackers in a zip lock bag took a rolling pin and rolled over it to  make crumbs. Put it in the fridge let it sit for about 2-4 hours and enjoy!!

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Brobee Cupcake Cake

This is a cupcake cake or a pull apart cake. I made this for my son's birthday because he loves Brobee from Yo Gabba Gabba. The dark green cupcakes are frosting with Coconut. They eyes are fondant and the rest is cream cheese icing. Much harder than it looks and took some time. My first cupcake cake.

Today I made homemade pizza dough with my KitchenAid stand mixer. I LOVE this piece of equipment. It is one of the most amazing things I have ever owned. I made the dough took about 30 minutes all together. Used flour, yeast, water, oil, pinch of salt, and a dash of sugar. Used no salt added sauce, veggies, mozzarella cheese, and turkey pepperoni. Baked it for about 20 minutes and that was all there was to it. I must say it was amazing!! I didn't have to worry about it being overloaded with junk and sodium!!  Last week I made a batch of dough in my bread machine and after trying both methods I have to say I love doing it in the stand mixer.

Home School with Time 4 Learning

I know this is my blog for food. However I wanted to share something with everyone about a really great program I use for home school. If you home school and are looking for a fun creative way for you kids to learn this is it.


As a member of Time4Learning, I have been given the opportunity to review their program and share my experiences. While I was compensated, this review was not written or edited by Time4Learning and my opinion is entirely my own. For more information, check out their standards-based curriculum or learn how to write your owncurriculum review.

Sweet Cajun Pickles

These are diabetic friendly pickles. Here is the recipe

Take as many pickles(drained) as you want layer them in a jar/container of your choice.
Sprinkle Stevia on pickles this will be to taste depending on how sweet you want them.
Put 2 or 3 cinnamon sticks on each layer.
Add red pepper flakes to taste on each layer.
I also added a few pieces of garlic in mine.

Do as many layers as you want. When you are done put the lid on the container and flip it upside down. Refrigerate for 12+ hours and enjoy :)

Everything will be to your taste.

I used Stevia instead of sugar but you can use any sweetener.

Homemade CrockPot Apple Butter

Homemade CrockPot Apple Butter

1 dz apples
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons Sugar In The Raw
1 tablespoon Pumpkin Pie Spice

Cook on low for about 18 hours

Put it in the crock pot on low and let it cook.. After it is done let it cool and put it in the fridge... All there is to it..

Fruit Smoothie

I use a variety blend of frozen fruits I buy in the freezer isle at Wal-Mart. The one I usually get has strawberries, mango, pineapple, & peaches in it. I like to use the frozen fruits because I don't have to worry about them going bad and they make the smoothie thicker more like ice cream. I add some yogurt probably about 2 tablespoons, and about a 1/2 cup of milk. But it all in the blender and that is it. If I have banana's I will throw a banana in there too it makes it even better. When I bought my VitaMix the guy who did the presentation made Ice Cream with healthy ingredients and threw a tomato in it. It was good you could not even taste it! If you are feeling brave sneak a veggie in there!