What I’m Making: Easy Banana Chip Cake

4 Comments / By / January 5, 2023

I took a magazine to bed with me the other night.  It’s a regular occurrance.  I like to look at something before bed and magazines are perfect.  I get lots from all of you but also buy them at the thrift store occasionally.  They are only 10 cents there.  I get great enjoyment for only 10 cents.

This page caught my eye…specifically the Easy Banana Chip Cake.


I read through the recipe.  Oh, it uses a box cake mix.  I have some that need to get used.


Perfect.  I was going to make the cake the next time I had “bad” bananas.


I came downstairs the next day and look… …

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A Happy Birthday at the Hankens

17 Comments / By / January 25, 2023

On Wednesday it was my daughter Kelli’s birthday.  Georgia, her daughter, was all convincing that a cake HAD to be made if it was her mommy’s birthday.  Kelli decided to “help” Georgia make a cake.

She turned to the Papa Moo book I made.  We make crazy cake here at our house and we always make it in a Bundt cake pan.


I printed out the recipe in the Papa Moo book I made for all of the grandkids.  You all can find the recipe HERE.

If you want to see the book I made for the grandkids, you can see it HERE.

Georgia was …
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What Buck is Making: Beef Heart

17 Comments / By / December 28, 2022

The other day my son, Buck, called me and said he was making a beef heart for supper and did I think my blog readers would like a recipe.  I said I don’t know but if you want to send me pictures, I’ll post the recipe.

Buck writes”
“So, while I absolutely don’t claim to be a chef of any kind, I do enjoy cooking and butchering. Every time I take something to the locker, get a quarter from a neighbor, etc. I always tell them to “grind the end cuts, prime only.” I can honestly say I’ve never ordered a steak from a restaurant because I don’t know the pickiness of the butcher. This sounds very hoyty-toyty, or tunie, or stuck up (depending on your region of the US), but I like what I like. It hasn’t been super easy cooking in a half-built house but after 3 weeks of ham sandwiches and 2 weeks of pork hock soup, I needed a change. The first thing in the freezer was beef heart. I’m not a big organ (tongue gizzards liver etc) guy but I love heart.

Here’s how I made it.

First, remove all silverskin and any connective tissue you can find, then slice the long way into about 3/8-1/2″ steaks.

For steak seasoning, I’ve been using … …

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What I’m Making: Make Ahead Breakfast Bowls

6 Comments / By / January 8, 2023

I am a big fan of the cooking website Iowa Girl Eats…not only because she’s an Iowa Girl like me but also because her recipes are WONDERFUL.  Her recipes are gluten-free but you wouldn’t know it because they are tasty and so delicious.  I am not a gluten-free eater all the time but have learned that when you have diabetes, many gluten-free recipes are also diabetic friendly…this one isn’t quite as much as it has potatoes but, I offset with fewer potatoes and more meat.

Anyway…eat however is right for you…I’m no dietician.  All I really know was that was good and very helpful by keeping me out of the kitchen and cooking all day.

Here is mine all finished.  It was good!!


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