Hootenanny Hotcakes

Some might call them German oven pancakes. Either way they are a nice change to the ordinary pancakes. Fast & Easy to make.
I had these growing up and I now make them for my own family.
Everyone loves them.

6 eggs
1 C. Milk
1 c. Flour
Dash of Salt
1 Cube of Margarine

In a 9x13 pan lightly greased place the cube of Margarine.
Place this in the oven to melt while it is heating to 350.
Watch carefully so wont burn.

In a blender place all other ingredients.
When margarine is melted, pour batter in pan.
Blend the margarine & batter together. ( it will separate from the batter, this is OK.)
Bake for 30 minutes. When first taken out of the oven; it will be puffed up and with large "bubbles". It will "fall" as it sits.
Serve with warm maple syrup and powdered sugar.

3-DAY FOR THE CURE RAFFLE.....

As many of you know, my husband is a Carpenter. And to help me raise the amount I need to be able to participate in the 3-day for the Cure run in Arizona this November.

He is giving a $1000.00 Gift Certificate to be used towards a Custom Built Entertainment Center or to Re-Face your Kitchen Cabinet Doors.

ONLY 100 Raffle ticket's will be sold!

Ticket's are: $25.00 for 1 OR $100.00 for 6

**ALL Donations are tax deductible, ALL Money from the raffle go directly to the Susan G. Komen Fund. If an email is given a receipt will be mail to you from the Susan G. Komen foundation.

So please open your hearts and wallets, to help end the fight against Breast Cancer!

New & Cool Esty Store to check out....

The Bag Lady of South Carolina!

I just LOVE the Collapsible Market Tote in the Black damask print.
I heard of this Site in SEE IT LOVE IT WIN IT.

Check it out!

Summer Soup with Sausage

I love fresh veggies from the garden.
And during Summer, if you have a garden you probably grow some type of squash.
My favorites are Crook Neck (yellow) and Zucchini. In this soup you can use whatever type of squash you want. (I just typed in zucchini)
And meal in the Summer that I can make that
doesn't heat up my home is a Good thing!

1/2 lb. Pork sausage; browned & cooked
1 chopped Onion
1 clove of Garlic; minced
3 (14 oz.) cans of Chicken Broth
28 oz. can Crushed Tomato
2 med. size Zucchini; diced
2 carrots diced
3 stalks of Celery diced
1 green pepper; diced
1/2 tsp. Oregano
1/2 tsp. Salt
1/2 tsp. Pepper
1/2 C. uncooked Macaroni noodles


Place cooked meat into Crock Pot. Add all other items.
Cook on Low heat for 4 hours until noodles are cooked.

Pork Chili Verde

I made recipe up while looking for something 

that could feed a few, plus freeze for an easy dinner for later.

Pork Chili Verde

3 3/4 lbs. diced lean pork

1 (21 oz.) can of green enchilada sauce

1/3 C. chopped Onion

1/4 C. green onions~ chopped

1 fresh jalapeno~ diced

1 (4oz.) can chopped green chilies

garlic powder to taste

black pepper to taste

cilantro to taste

I cooked this all day in the slow cooker.

 I just browned the pork first, then placed it in the crock pot.

 Adding in the remaining ingredients.

Serve with flour tortilla's.

And the Winner is......

TONIA !!! Congrats! I am sure you are gonna LOVE this prize.
And thank you for becoming a follower.
Please get me your address, so I may send this right out!
Just send an email to lchemail2003@yahoo.com


Thank you everyone who commented for this give-a-way.
Check back later on in the week for my next give-a-way with a twist!

Old Fashion Peach Cobbler

This is a Family recipe that I grew up with.
And still to this day I prefer this Peach cobbler over
The biscuit topped type. I love eating it while it's still warm.

1 Stick Butter
2 C. flour
1 1/2 C. sugar
1 TBSP baking powder
1 1/2 C. milk
1 (29 oz.) can of sliced peaches

Melt the margarine then set aside. In a bowl mix all dry ingredients.
Then pour melted margarine into the dry mixture.
Stir until margarine in blended. ( Mixture will be clumpy)
Next pour the milk in, and blend until smooth.
Pour this mixture into a sprayed 9x13 pan.
Place the peaches on top of batter (saving juice until last)
And last but not least pour the peach juice over the top.
Bake @ 350 for 1 hour
Let set for 10 minutes before serving.
You can serve this warm or cold.

Give-a-way July 12th-17th

Love to cook? Then this give-a-way is perfect for you!

The winner will be receiving : A Five or fewer cook Book
rubber Spatula
small grater/zest

The winner will be posted July 17th

To enter: Become a follower of Lark's Country Heart

"Heart" my shop, in my Esty Store

Make a comment of what your favorite item is, from my store.

Get 2 entries when you email me a recipe: lchemail2003@yahoo.com

Get 2 entries when you grab my button!

Good Luck!

I am featured on ; See it, Love it, Win it !

If you haven't checked out this Way cool Give a way blog:
See it, Love it, Win it!
You don't know what you're missing. My good friend Andrea is the "master mind" of this blog, where she finds super cute, cool, original crafts & numerous other things to Feature. Them gives them away! Who doesn't like to win something?

Well this week July 12th-17th Lark's Country Heart will be featured
on her blog! She is highlighting my blog as well as my Esty Store.
I will be giving away (3) great prizes.....
1st- a $20.00 gift certificate to use at my Esty Store/
2nd- a Handmade Domino Pendent Necklace.
3rd- a Handmade Charm Bookmark

So make sure you check out her Blog! I know once you visit it, you'll become a follower of her site.

And the winner is....

Andrea! Hip Hip Hooray! Andrea is a great friend of mine
who is the "mind"behind the Give-a-way blog:
SEE IT, LOVE IT, WIN IT Go check it out!

I am looking for more follower's! Know of any friends who might like to become a follower of a fun blog? Well send them right over!

I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

If you are of the 1% who hasn't tried this product
YOU NEED TO! This is one item I buy in "tub" from Costco!
Anyone who is on a diet or life style change to eat better,
this stuff is wonderful! It comes in 2 different types: spreadable or spray
I love them both! I first really tried this when I joined Weight Watchers
years back. It "hooked" me when they said it was point free
if you use less than 5 sprays. And half the time I didn't even need that many sprays.

And being a Baker I have even made cookies with it.
And they tasted & looked great!

Strawberry Cheesecake Stuffed French Toast

How many ways can I say YUMMY?!
After you have french toast this way, you'll never want to make the "original" kind again.

You can make it into any flavor Cheesecake, by just changing the preserves.
Also you can use pie filling instead of preserves.
Cherry, apple and blueberry pie filling work the best.

8 oz. pkg. Cream Cheese, softened
4 TBSP. Powdered Sugar
4 TBSP. Strawberry preserves (or pie filling)

4 eggs
1 C. half-and-half
4 TBSP. Sugar

16 slices of white bread

Softened Margarine

Combine the Cream cheese, powdered sugar until smooth. Stir in preserves.
Spread cheesecake mixture over 8 slices of bread; top with remaining slices to form a sandwich.
Whisk together half/half, sugar & eggs.
Dip each "sandwich" into egg mixture covering each side.
Melt approximately 2 TBSP. margarine in skillet (for each sandwich)
Cook "sandwich" 2 minutes on each side or until golden brown.
Serve hot with Syrup and powdered sugar.

I doubled the recipe and had ton's of filing left over....so we used it as a topping as well.

Some of my Esty Store item's are in a Give-a-way....

over at Nikola's Book Blog. So make sure to check out his blog & enter the give-a-way.

Go to: Cunninghamfan.Blogspot.com

I am all about finding new blog friends & site's.

Willow Tree Angels

These figurines are so nice. They each have there own "meaning" and I am sure that everyone who purchases them, interprets that to their own life. I received my first one from my husband.
Since then I am a collector. I have received one every Christmas, Mother's Day, Valentines Day and some just because.


I have given some to friends myself, they say that they loved them so much they are now a collector too! I have some that I wanted just because I thought they looked cute.
Other's Have a special moment that I wanted to remember.....Like my wedding Day. My Daughter's birth. My first marathon.

If you need to give a special gift to someone, I am sure they would NOT be disappointed with any one of the many Willow Tree Figurines.

Crunchy Hot Chicken Bake

I wish I had a photo of this dish! Just one look at it and my mouth starts to water.

So when I find time in my menu schedule to make this again, I will post a picture of it next to the recipe. It is so good you'll want to make this dish at least 2 time a month if not more. *I substitute Fat Free soup & light mayo*

6 TBSP. Margarine, divided
1/2 C. diced celery
1/2 C. diced Onion
4 oz. can sliced mushrooms, drained
4 C. cooked chicken, diced
1 C. Mayo
1 (10 3/4 oz) can Cream of Celery Soup
1 tsp.Pepper
2 C. French's Fried Onion's

Melt 4 TBSP of Margarine in skillet, add celery, onion. Cook until tender, spoon into a 13x9 pan. In bowl add chicken, mayo,soup, melted 2 TBSP margarine. Pour over vegetables in pan. Bake @ 350 for 25 minutes. Take out top with the fried Onions, return to bake for 8 more minutes. Serve with hot bread.

Cook Book's!

I can't get enough of them, I read Cook Book's like I would a novel.

I guess you could say I collect them. My friends and  family know all about this. In fact while recuperating from surgery, my sister bought me a new cook book. And also a good friend of mine did the same.

So I guess I could start blaming them for my lack of space of where to store them. I had my husband build me a cook book cupboard and I have already filled it. Now I need him to build me another. (I am just a little scared to tell him I need another one. (lol)

FOODIE BLOGROLL

If you love finding new recipes and tips, you should look up
the Foodie Blog.
As you can see I am now a member of the Foodie Blog Roll. Just click on the Foodie Button, and it will take you there to check it out.
There are thousands of blogs you can visit. Ton's of recipes to look over.
I could spend hours going from site to site.
So if you love to cook or know someone who does, let them know about this blog site.

My Baby is growing up...

July 7th was my only child's Birthday. She turned 11 yrs. old. WOW!
Now if I could just get her to listen to me, clean her room, and eat what is fixed for dinner. I would be a happy camper

I just had my 2 wk. Post - Op. And the Doc. says I am doing wonderful.
I just really cant stand sitting around every day.

On the bright side I am getting alot of reading time in. I just ordered 8 new cook books on Half.com And I am loving all of them! I will be posting a few new recipes today.
And I bought one extra for a give-a-way later on this month. So Keep checking back to find out when I will post it.

WONDERFUL WACKY CAKE

This cake has been a family favorite for many years.
It is so moist that you don't even need to frost it.

It received it's name because of the unusual way you mix it together.

Wacky or not, you will love this cake! Enjoy!

*this cake can be halved to make a 9x9x2 cake*

Sift together in a large mixing bowl:

3 C. Flour
2 C. Sugar
6 TBSP. Cocoa
2 tsp. Baking Soda
2 tsp. Salt

In the dry ingredients make 3 "holes".

In the 1st hole pour: 12 TBSP. Oil

2nd hole: 2 TBSP. Vinegar

3rd hole: 2 tsp. Vanilla

then pour 2 C. Cold Water over all. Mix until smooth.
Pour batter into a greased 9x13 pan. Bake @ 350 for 35 minutes
or until a tooth pick comes clean from the center.

July 1st-10th give-a-way

Summer is here for sure! I love going to our hometown 4th of July celebration.
All the kid's in town think it is one of the best day's of Summer.
Lots of shorts, tanks, swim suits & of course Flip flops!

So for this week's Give-a-way I am letting you pamper your feet!
I know that I love to have my feet smooth & clean before "sporting" flip flops.

You will be getting:
Bath & Body Works Foaming Anti-bacterial soap
Avon's Foot Works Soothing foot cream
Puma stone
Toe Separator's
And O.P.I. polish (not pictured above)

TO ENTER:

Become a follower
Donate on my 3-Day for the Cure.(any amount=2 entries)
Visit my Esty Store, come back here & comment on what you liked.
Email me some recipes @ lchemail2003@yahoo.com (1 entry per recipe)

I will draw the winner on July 10th

GOOD LUCK!