Lucas Corner Farmhouse

If you were to open my most used cookbook (Betty Crocker's Cookbook...that I snagged from Mom's cabinet when she bought an updated version ...) you would see page 199 --page with the muffin recipe-- is covered in oil, flour, sugar, blueberry stains. It's pretty great. :) This morning, I took the recipe for Banana Muffins and tweaked it to make it a little healthier.  Cole waited (not-so-patiently haha) this morning for them to cool off so he could try one! I used 2 bananas, but if you want an extra kick of banana flavor, use three (and the more ripe the better!) A few things I sometimes do with recipes to make them healthier are: *Use flax seed + water as an egg substitute* (Then I can eat the batter guilt-free!) *Use honey to replace all or some sugar.* *Use coconut oil instead of vegetable oil.* I use  LouAna  Coconut Oil if I don't want a coconut flavor and ALDI or Spectrum Virgin Organic Coconut Oil if I do want coconut flavor added. Hope you l

I've been horrible about updating the blog (I do good to post something once every 6 months haha!) BUT my mom and dad gave me a serger for Christmas, so I'm feeling pretty motivated to get some sewing projects done. I'm also feeling pretty motivated to cook (particularly some freezer to crockpot meals to practice on before the baby gets here in June).  So, with those two motivations, maybe I'll start posting my projects and recipes again, right? To get started, here's "Get Well Soup."  Everyone has been sick in our house...church...town....state.... and we only felt like eating lots of soup in our house.  We had some basic ingredients on hand and decided to see what came out...and it was delicious.  It's quite possibly one of our favorite soups actually! Get Well Soup 1-2 lb ground meat (we used venison, but you could use any meat you like) 1 can cream of chicken ~1/2 jar spaghetti sauce 2 chicken bouillon cubes + 1 cup of water 1 gr