Chocolate SunButter Rice Krispy Treats

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A while back, there was a little bakery that sold peanut butter Rice Krispy treats. Now just that is a treat itself. Even at $1 a piece. The topper was – those krispy treats were topped with chocolate! So, the children and I set out to recreate this specialty with our favorite SunButter. We simply [...]

Egg Challenge: Allergy Friendly Living

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Another installment in our recent continuing education with Hodgepodge allergy friendly living. This one originally posted February 23, 2010… Our youngest boy had an allergy challenge today.  Some time ago, he was diagnosed with allergies to egg and peanut. Here’s how it works: In a controlled environment (a clinic, intensive care facility, etc.) the doctor [...]

Continuing Education: Allergy Friendly Living

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We are anticipating Lil’ Buddy’s peanut challenge this week. With that in mind, I thought I’d share our recent history with allergies. This one originally posted December 17, 2009… I think you’ll agree that a parenting prerequisite is continuing education. How do I guide this budding adolescent? What’s the best tactic for surviving the terrific [...]

SunButter No Bake Cookie Bites

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Another peanut butter recipe from Southern Plate turned SunButter recipe for Hodgepodge! No bake with yummy ingredients. And yet another afternoon of cooking fun. Mixing and stirring! A great way to get oatmeal in these children. Anything with SunButter! Click over to Southern Plate for the recipe: Peanut Butter No Bake Cookie Bites and just [...]

Crunchy SunButter Plus Apple ‘Sandwich’ Recipe

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We go through some SunButter in our household. Our typical order is two 5 lb. buckets each month. However, this time we thought we’d give Crunchy SunButter, available in 1 lb jars, a try. We’d been wanting to. And so, we placed an order for six 1 lb jars of crunchy. Crunchy SunButter made our [...]

SunButter No-Bake Energy Bites

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Ah, Pinterest. A wealth of inspiration. Like these wonderful No-Bake Energy Bites. Adapted for our allergy-friendly needs with our favorite SunButter. Yum. Yum. Yum. Easy for children to mix up for a little cooking fun. Delicious with ground flax seed, coconut, honey, oatmeal, chocolate chips and SunButter. But simply not enough for us! Next time [...]

Homemade Cookie Dough: Frugal Living

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I’ve talked about them a lot. Even given them as gifts. But it’s been a while since I shared the steps to goodness. Now, I will tell you up front that this, our favorite cookie recipe, is not published online anymore for free. But…Bread Beckers Ranger cookies are similar. Plus, they are a time investment. [...]

Smoothies: More on Slow Cooker Yogurt

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The essence of summer – peaches. Smoothies made with our homemade yogurt. I have timed it the last several times I’ve made the yogurt so that it will be our breakfast the next day. Oh how slow cooker yogurt has changed our lives! Smoothies! Just pour your fresh yogurt into your blender. Add your choice [...]

Pimento Cheese: Allergy Friendly Living

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I could not let the week pass without sharing the joy over Lil’ Buddy joining the pimento cheese fan club. Oh, Mama Ann’s pimento cheese! But…with the mayonnaise it requires, youngest boy could not eat it. Egg allergy and epipen. But, I remembered that Addapinch posted a pimento cheese recipe with cream cheese rather than [...]

Frozen SunButter® Pie

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SunButter®, whipped cream, jelly, milk, a box of instant vanilla pudding and graham cracker pie crust. Let the frozen whipped cream thaw well enough to spread a cup full in the bottom of a graham cracker pie crust. Put that in the freezer for about 10 minutes. Meanwhile you can mix up your 1/2 cup [...]

Puffle Party: Cooking Fun

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Several of the children really have fun with the free site, Club Penguin. “Waddle around and meet new friends.” They have each created a penguin for free and decorated an igloo for their penguins. They have pet puffles. Of course, you can pay a fee for a membership. Then your penguin can enjoy special clothes, [...]

Microwave SunButter® Fudge

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We needed a SunButter treat. So my Mama and I looked at the SunButter site. We picked SunButter Fudge because we had all the ingredients. And guess what? We decided to make it in the microwave!! The recipe said to make it in a sauce pan. Here’s what we did: It was really easy! Mama [...]