I cooked a hearty country breakfast on this glorious Fall morning! 

Bacon, sausage, eggs, grits, blueberry muffins, & Beer muffins!!!

~ Cooking With My Kidlets

The Kidlets & I made muffins this past weekend!!! 

The Pinterest recipe turned out great for the Pumpkin Spice muffins

....easy & yummy

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  Ѽ Pumpkin Muffins Ѽ

Just 2 Ingredients:

1 box Yellow or Spice cake mix

1 can Pumpkin

 No oil, no eggs, no water, nothing else!

Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes

 

Hope y'all enjoy! ~ Cooking With My Kidlets

In memory of our beloved Mom & "Gran", forever in our ♥'s 

~ Cooking With My Kidlets

Aley's Famous Meat Loaf

Ingredients:
2lb Ground Beef
1 cup Crushed Crackers (we usually use Ritz)
1 med-lg Onion chopped
½-1 Bell Pepper chopped
2 Eggs
1 cup Milk
1 tbsp Salt
1 tsp Black Pepper

Topping Sauce:
⅓ cup Ketchup
2 tbsp Packed Brown Sugar
1 tbsp Prepared Mustard
mix ketchup, mustard, & brown sugar well!

Put onion, bell pepper, egg, milk, salt & pepper in a blender and puree'. Combine meat & blender mixture, add cracker crumbs, mix thoroughly. Pack into a 9"X5" loaf pan (we always make a double batch for sandwich leftovers therefore we use a large crock bowl). Pour sauce over meat loaf, bake 1 hour @ 350°, let stand before slicing, will serve 8
When I'm in a hurry I have put my own twist on this simply by baking it in muffin tins so that it doesn't have to be sliced, mom loved my muffin tin idea!

Hope y'all enjoy! ~ Cooking With My Kidlets

From time to time I will be sharing some of my mom's all time best recipes.  

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Almaas Edith Mahfood Wacasey, affectionately known as "Aley," was born October 4, 1944. She was the eldest of 10 siblings. My grandfather passed away when my mom was only 16. Due to this, Mom helped my grandmother raise her little brothers & sisters. My grandfather was Lebanese and had been raised on the island of Jamaica. He was an excellent chef and taught my mom to cook a wide variety of cuisines.

Mom loved to cook and took delight in feeding everyone. She was the best when it came to unexpected guests and/or impromptu get togethers. Spur of the moment parties where one of her many specialties!

From the time I could stand on a stool I was always next to her in the kitchen. Some of my earliest memories are of helping mom cook. I am lucky to have learned from such an amazing lady! I am making sure my mother's legacy lives on by teaching my kidlets to cook just like her.

Mom was diagnosed on June 21, 2011 with liver cancer which was inoperable nor would any other treatments help. She was released to her home with hospice care on June 24, 2011. We lost her in the early am on July 3, 2011.

Mom never believed in "secret" recipes, she felt it was necessary to help others learn to cook. She enjoyed sharing what she had learned over the many years of nourishing all who crossed her path. Sharing Aley's recipes is yet another way to keep memories of my mother strong!!!

Hope y'all enjoy! ~ Cooking With My Kidlets