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  • Lemonade - If You Make it, They Will Come!
    July 21, 2020 Jeannie Pence

    Lemonade - If You Make it, They Will Come!

    Lemonade - it's so easy. Want to see your grandkids? Make lemonade.....they will come.))) Recipe 1 1 /2- 2 packets of sugar-free lemonade (the kind of packet that makes 2 quarts) Lemon Orange Cherries Start with two quarts of water....

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  • Keto Blueberry Muffins
    July 13, 2020 Jeannie Pence

    Keto Blueberry Muffins

      Updated Post 7/11/21: A week ago my husband and I started on the keto diet. Two reasons were, he needed to get his A1C down and losing a few pounds for me. This was a new adventure for both...

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  • Sugar Free Whoopie Pies
    April 19, 2020 Jeannie Pence

    Sugar Free Whoopie Pies

    Nothing says comfort food like Whoopie Pies! A slow rainy Sunday afternoon is a perfect time to experiment in the kitchen. While grocery shopping yesterday I ran across a box of Pillsbury Sugar-Free Chocolate Cake Mix. Now I haven't made...

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  • Chicken Salad It's Whats for Dinner!
    March 31, 2020 Jeannie Pence

    Chicken Salad It's Whats for Dinner!

    Chicken salad, a great choice for lunch or dinner. This is a recipe I found while watching YouTube last Saturday. We were looking for information on making gardens out of pallets and ran across this great channel: Hollis and Nancy's...

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  • Caramel Corn Easy and Delicious!
    December 19, 2019 Jeannie Pence

    Caramel Corn Easy and Delicious!

    Caramel corn, it's easy to make and delicious! It's that time of the year when we get hungry for snacks. Well, we get hungry for snacks all the time, but during the holiday season we tend to dig into cookbooks...

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  • Quick & Easy Sunday Morning Brunch
    July 22, 2019 Jeannie Pence

    Quick & Easy Sunday Morning Brunch

    What does Sunday morning brunch have to do with Trendy Tree? Good question! Nothing really))) But the Trendy Tree family is headed down to Florida for a little well deserved R & R. What better way to send them off...

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  • Southern Oven-Fried Chicken
    July 29, 2014 Jeannie Pence

    Southern Oven-Fried Chicken

    (Repost) I recently purchased the Betty Crocker Picture Cookbook, 1950 edition off eBay. This cookbook is just like the one my mother had when I was a child and I suppose it's been gone for years or still packed away...

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  • 1950's Lemonade Recipe
    July 22, 2014 Jeannie Pence

    1950's Lemonade Recipe

    Change is always good......right? Well....not always! Some things just don't need to be changed! Here's a Lemonade recipe from my mother's 1950's Betty Crocker Cookbook.....worked in the 1950's and it's works today))) Enjoy! Combine in a saucepan: 1 cup of...

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  • Tomato Pie
    July 28, 2013 Jeannie Pence

    Tomato Pie

    Nothing says summertime like fresh tomatoes))) Now, I'm not a gardener....I've tried....I'm ashamed of my misgivings in this area because I grew up working in the garden, cotton fields and even a little barn work. But, I've given up on...

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  • July 1, 2012 Jeannie Pence

    Fresh Peach Pie

    We live in the South of course and are very fortunate to live close to the Cherry Creek Peach Orchard. So every year we look forward to getting that message ......Cherry Creek Peaches are in! Just as soon as the...

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  • May 27, 2012 Jeannie Pence

    Strawberry Pie

    Well it's Memorial Day weekend for us and it just didn't seem right not to have something red/white/blue for Sunday lunch)) So I opted for my mother's version of Shoney's Strawberry Pie. 1 baked pie shell (prepare as directed on...

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  • April 29, 2012 Jeannie Pence

    1950 Betty Crocker Gingerbread Recipe

    I was browsing on Pinterest the other night and drooling over the gingerbread house creations. Made me want to get out my old 1950 Betty Crocker Cookbook and look at the gingerbread cookie recipe. So here it is))) Gingies Mix...

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