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Lazy Daisy Cake

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Lazy Daisy Cake

The year before my Grandma Benson passed away, I gave her a recipe box filled with blank recipe cards as a Christmas gift.  The following Christmas, she gave the box back to me and had handwritten her favorite recipes on the recipe cards.  A month after this, she passed away. The recipes she wrote for me have become one of my most treasured possessions. Whenever I make this simple yummy cake recipe, I think of her and the fond memories I have of her.  

 

One of my favorite recipes that she left for me was “Aunt Mickey’s Lazy Daisy Cake”  It’s a sponge cake with a cooked, then broiled frosting. This is a family favorite and another one of the recipes I grew up enjoying.  We loved it when Grandma Benson (that’s her in the picture frame when she was a little girl) would come to visit because we knew she’d make us a Lazy Daisy Cake and her Chicken Cracker Casserole. I will need to share that recipe

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Stan’s Scones and Honey Butter

Breakfast, Desserts + Sweets, Recipes, Uncategorized ·

In Utah, deep-fried bread is called a scone. Top the scone with this amazingly delicious honey butter and you have a match made in heaven.

Have you ever eaten something and after the first bite, you were transported back to a fond memory? That’s how I feel every time I eat these scones and honey butter!

The Story Behind the Scones and Honey Butter

One of my earliest memories from my childhood was going to a restaurant called Me & Stan’s in Rexburg, Idaho with my grandparents. I distinctly remember the first time I bit into their scones covered in honey butter and I’ve been hooked ever since! Every time I visited my grandparents in Idaho, I always had to go to Me & Stan’s and get my fill. When I went to college in Idaho, I carried on my tradition and would go there often with my roommates.

When I was driving through

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PIE-oneer Day 2018

Dinnerware, Entertaining, Holidays, Parties, party themes, Tablescapes, Uncategorized ·

One of the things I really love about living in Utah is Pioneer Day! It’s celebrated on the 24th of July every year.  It is a celebration of everyone, regardless of faith and nationality, who emigrated to the Salt Lake Valley during the pioneer era, which is generally considered to have ended with the 1869 arrival of the transcontinental railroad. Utahan’s take a day off to celebrate and remember those that came before.  

This day is special to me because many of my ancestors were among the pioneers that crossed the plains in covered wagons looking for a better life in the west.  I learned that one set of my Great Grandparents, Nils and Engelika Thuesen, left Denmark and immigrated to the United States. They crossed the plains in a wagon train and were in the same wagon company as my husband’s Great Grandpa Jacob Fuhriman, who was from Switzerland. That is so amazing to me!

When my

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Summer Entertaining + Barbecue

Entertaining, Main Course, Parties ·

Sharing some favorite simple summer recipes including fresh fruit pies, lemon basil chicken, and barbecue meat for everyone to enjoy.

Summer Entertaining + Barbecue

Summertime is a time we have always loved to get together with friends and family.  I recently hosted a fun little get-together with some ladies from my church. I was asked if I could share some simple summer recipes and ideas with everyone. It was right up my alley and I was delighted to share some fun recipes and ideas with these sweet ladies and get some from them as well! I’ve linked some of the recipes at the bottom of this post and included the lemon basil chicken recipe below.

One thing I’ve learned that makes hosting a gathering a lot easier is that when guests offer to bring something, let them! I have learned that many people enjoy creating works of art and making good

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Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie

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Sharing the best strawberry pie recipe with cream cheese filling. It is one of the tastiest desserts thanks to Grandma’s recipe.

I’m so excited to share this amazing strawberry pie with you today. When I first met my husband years ago, one of the things I loved most was getting to know his Grandma Jolley. She wasn’t too sure about me at first, but we eventually bonded over the love of cooking. She was an amazing cook and made everything from scratch. We had the chance to live close to them for one year while my husband was waiting to get into dental school. During that time I learned Grandma Jolley (Louise) was a force to be reckoned with. She said exactly what she thought and was always in charge. It’s just how she was and everyone just knew that the kitchen was her domain!

Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie

Every Saturday morning everyone also knew that Grandma would have homemade

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