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Tips for Different Types of Hospitality + Recipes: 4 Moms

Welcome to this weeks edition of 4 Moms, 35 Kids: How Moms of Many Manage.  My post last week about being Given to Hospitality sparked a lot of questions about the practical aspect of being hospitable.  So today the 4 Moms are sharing some tips and recipes for practicing hospitality. **Link up your summertime company…

Chocolate Chip Brownie Cheesecake

This has been one of our favorite birthday desserts for many years. Cheesecake and brownies, how can you go wrong? Chocolate Chip Brownie Cheesecake Ingredients: 1 (19.8 oz) package fudge brownie mix (or scrumptious homemade brownies) 3 (8oz) packages cream cheese, softened 1 (14oz) sweetened condensed milk 2 eggs 2 tsp vanilla extract 1/2 cup…

Whole Wheat Bread Baking 101: 4 Moms

100% Whole wheat bread sliced

Welcome to this week’s edition of 4 Moms, 35 Kids: How Moms of Many Manage.  This week the 4 moms are talking about baking bread, sharing our recipes and inviting you to link up. Our family has been baking our own whole wheat bread for more than 10 years, well except for the pickled wheat…

Eggs for Dinner: A Recipe

My friend Kimarie has been overrun with eggs, 524 of them to be exact and while our family does not have chickens and between our regular consumption of eggs and my recent stint of throwing cartons of them on the floor, never have a surplus, we are always willing to help a friend in need…

Carrot Souffle Recipe

When I was a young teen, my mother had me make this recipe to accompany dinner one evening. It was an instant success and from that point on it was my specialty. In our home we still use this occasionally.  It’s a nice treat and is always a hit. It also makes a lovely side…

Freezer OAMC Recipes: Part 1 (Winter Menu)

Chicken Gumbo served in a fresh bread bowl

We regularly do once-a-month freezer cooking, but we do it in a way all our own. We bulk freezer cook with 4 other families once every two months. We pend several hours on  Saturday morning preparing the food and each family takes home 40-50 meals for their freezer. Freezer cooking is one of the things…

Lentil Chili: 4 Moms Soup Link-Up

Welcome to this weeks edition of 4 Moms, 35 Kids: How Moms of Many Manage.  This week we’re sharing our favorite soup, stew or other cold weather recipe.  Be sure to read to the bottom of the post to see more and to link up one of your own. Be sure to visit the other…

Chocolate-Peanut Cluster Recipe

This super easy crock pot recipe for chocolate-peanut clusters is ideal for last minute gift giving. Over the past two days the children and I have made hundreds of goodies to pass out to our neighbors and friends.  We chose 6 fairly simple recipes, doubled and quadrupled them and then put an assortment of each…

4 Moms Share Cookie Recipes

Welcome to this weeks edition of 4 Moms, 35 Kids: How Moms of Many Manage.  This week we’re talking about holiday baking and giving you the opportunity to share your favorite cookie recipes. Be sure to visit the other 4 Moms to read what they have to say about holiday baking: KimC at Life in…

Pumpkin Crunch: 4 Moms Share Thanksgiving Tips

This week the 4 moms of many are sharing Thanksgiving recipes, decorating ideas and/or organization tips.  Head on over to Life in a Shoe, Smockity Frocks and The Common Room and then scroll to the bottom of this post to link up your Thanksgiving tips or read . Pumpkin Crunch Recipe Ingredients: 15 oz pumpkin…