Homemade Cheeze-it Cracker Recipe Review

While I was looking into which Mac & Cheese recipe to make, my oldest saw this video and insisted we try it out.

So, this afternoon we made some cheese crisps, or homemade cheese-it crackers.

The recipe is really quite simple.

Mix flour, cheese blend, salt, baking soda with oil and enough water to get it all stuck together, roll it out and cut it up. Bake and enjoy!

Don't they look pretty good?

Cheddar Cheese Crisps

1 1/4 c. Flour

1/2 c. THRIVE Cheese Blend

1/8 t. Baking Soda

1/4 t. Salt

2 T. Veg. Oil

1/2 c. water

Preheat oven to 350F. 

Sift together dry ingredients. 

Add oil and stir. 

Add the water 1 tablespoon at a time, until the dough comes together.

Roll dough out on a well floured surface until ~1/8" thick.

Transfer to greased baking sheet and cut into small squares with pizza cutter or knife. Spread them out, prick the tops and sprinkle with salt. 

Bake for 10 - 15 mins or until golden brown.

This recipe gets a thumbs up!

Cinnamon Roll Recipe Review

Cinnamon Rolls

I have been wanting to make my own cinnamon rolls for a long time. It's just so easy to buy them already made, but as usual, I read the ingredients and "nutrition" facts and wonder why I let my family eat them. They just taste so good! So, I wanted to make some myself that tasted good but didn't make me feel so guilty for eating!

So, I got out my new THRIVE cookbook and saw the recipe for cinnamon rolls that included fruit. Sounded like a winner to me. My daughter and I got our aprons on and got to work making Sunday dinner, er, Cinnamon Rolls! :)

Well, my yeast was old, so they didn't rise quite as much as they should have, and I think I didn't add enough flour because the dough was still pretty sticky... but we forged ahead. We used raspberries, and though my "rolls" looked more like giant cookies, they tasted great!

I tried so hard to stick to the recipe, but as usual ended up cutting down the butter and sugar that you layer on and they still tasted great! 

I give this one a thumbs up!

THRIVE Cookbook

I see lots of blogger do posts by theme for each day of the week. I just recently got a copy of the new THRIVE cookbook. I'm planning to try out lots of the recipes and thought I would share them with you! 

So, should we say...

Make it Monday?

Tell you on Tuesday?

Wednesday's Wonder dish?

Try it Thursday?

None of the above? :)

Regardless of a cheesy blog theme... this book is full out lots of great things. If you've hesitate to try any THRIVE food cause you don't think you'll know how to use them, you're in luck! 

Along with wonderful THRIVE recipes, you'll also find:

•  Creative tips on how to use THRIVE
• A helpful THRIVE and fresh equivalents chart
• Kitchen tips from television network star, Kelsey Nixon
• A detailed index categorized by THRIVE foods

And I LOVE that it's spiral bound inside, so it lays flat while you're busy cooking away!

 Still at the introductory price of $14.95.