I know everyone remembers the refried beans that they served in the cafeteria at school, a brown shapeless mass that you were not sure what it actually was. Well if you can get past those school days I guarantee that this recipe for Bacon Refried Beans will make you a fan of refried beans once more. First of all this recipe has bacon as one of the main ingredients so that ...
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When I was in high school I worked part time in a machine shop as part of the school to work program, I worked instead of attending my first two hours of class but still got credits, and made a little extra money, win win! I mostly cut material for the machinists but whenever the industrial maintenance guy showed up I got to help him with whatever project needed to be done. He ...
Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Crackers
Sometimes it’s the simple things in life that can bring us the most joy. These chocolate dipped peanut butter crackers are very simple and easy to make but are deliciously addictive and can be made with both white chocolate and milk chocolate. They are very simple to make but they have such a good peanut butter and chocolate flavor. They are also very easy to decorate with ...
Beer Battered Green Beans
Beer battered anything is usually awesome especially when you are from Wisconsin where we beer batter everything. Beer batter is definitely a Wisconsin tradition that gets handed down from generation to generation. Every family has their own recipe that they claim is “the best beer batter ever”, but it really comes down to personal preference. I know that I have gotten into ...
Slow Cooker Chili
Chili has always been one of my favorite foods to make as well as to eat, for me it signifies the change in seasons and it is such a blank canvas that is really fun to work with. Chili can be sweet, it can be spicy, or it can be somewhere in between, noodles or no noodles, chili can really become an extension of yourself. It is also a great way to learn some basic cooking ...
Lemon Garlic Roasted Vegetables
The holiday season is full of menacingly delicious dishes that are waiting around every corner to give you a heavy punch to the stomach and make you double over with gluttonous agony. From mashed potatoes and stuffing, to coma inducing turkey there are heavy foods on every plate just waiting to fill you up and put you in a sleeper hold. As much as we love these foods they tend ...
Easy Pumpkin Bars
How many times have you gotten a recipe from your mom, you know that one recipe that you remember from when you were a kid, one of those delicious treats that you never forget. These recipes get handed down from generation to generation, you get them all from your mom but she got them from her mom, and her grandma. Food is not just something to sustain you and keep you alive it ...
Homemade Apple Pie Filling
Apple pie is one of the tastiest American traditions that I know of, a warm slice with a nice big scoop of vanilla ice cream on top, you can’t hardly beat it especially after a great meal with family and friends. Homemade apple pie filling probably sounds like a daunting task to most people, but it is really not so bad especially if you have helpers. Preparing and canning foods ...
Easy Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Pumpkin seeds are one of those seasonal snack traditions that only happen once a year for us so of course we saved all of those pumpkin seeds so that we could make a tasty snack to enjoy after we finished all the hard work of carving our pumpkins this week. Easy roasted pumpkin seeds are a great snack and so simple to make. The best part about pumpkin seeds is that they are a ...
How to Make a Tire Swing
I remember the old hay rope we had up in the barn on our old farm, we used to use it to swing from the top of a little wooden motor shed over to the mixer. This was probably really dangerous, no it was definitely dangerous, but we wanted to be like Indiana Jones, I mean who didn't back then right? We never did get anything more than a couple bumps or bruises, which was lucky ...