Delicious From Scratch Meals Without a Meal Plan + Lots of Desserts

Sometimes I like to ditch the meal planning and use up bits and bobbles of ingredients lurking in the back of the pantry and refrigerator. And this was the week to do just that. I really worked through a lot of containers with little bits in them and it feels so good to do that. Below are some of the recipes I used in today's video. Cranberry Waldorf Salad 1/2 pound fresh or frozen cranberries, chopped 3/4 c. sugar 3 c. mini marshmallows 2 c. chopped apples 1/2 c. chopped nuts 1 (8 oz.) pineapple tidbits, drained (I used crushed pineapple) 1 c. halved grapes, seedless 1 cup whipping cream, stiffly beaten Place cranberries in large bowl and pour over sugar. Allow to stand on the counter for 30 minutes or more. Add in remaining chunky ingredients. Stir well. Then fold in whipped cream. This is phenomenal!! We all loved it so much. Cookie Sticks 1/2 c. oil 1/2 c. sugar 1/2 c. brown sugar 1 egg 1 t. vanilla 1 1/2 c. flour 1/2 t. salt 1/2 c. chocolate chips 1/4 c. walnuts, chopped Mix together oil, sugars, egg and vanilla. Then stir in flour and salt. Divide dough in two and shape each portion on a greased cookie sheet into a long rectangle. Press chips and nuts on top. Bake at 375 degrees for 6-12 minutes. Mine usually take the full 12 minutes. Allow to cool a bit and then cut in sticks and serve with milk and a movie!! Sugar Spun Run biscuits https://sugarspunrun.com/sourdough-biscuits/ Granny's Delight 2 sticks butter 2 c. flour 1 c. chopped nuts Mix to coarse crumbs and press into 9x13 baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Let cool. 8 oz. cream cheese 1 c. powdered sugar 1 c. Cool Whip Cream cheese and sugar. Then fold in whipped topping. Spread over cooled crust. Mix 1 large box chocolate pudding and 2 1/2 c. milk. Allow to thicken and spread over cream cheese layer. When fully set spread more cool whip over top and sprinkle with nuts if desired. Serve chilled. This was very good. S H O P T H I S V I D E O My cookbooks are available for purchase. Volume 1 https://www.acountry-life.com/product-page/a-country-life-vol-1-cookbook Volume 2 https://www.acountry-life.com/product-page/a-country-life-cookbook-vol-2 A Country Life heavy duty spatula https://www.acountry-life.com/product-page/spatula Pure Vanilla https://amzn.to/4fBu3c9 Please consider joining my email newsletter. It comes out once a week usually on Mondays. In there I share extra tidbits of family life, recipes, meal plans, new merch coming to the shop and so much more. https://mailchi.mp/b5285cf875a2/country-life-connections 📫📫📫 Business or Personal Mail A Country Life PO Box 33 Pittsville, WI 54466 Music from Filmora and https://bensound.com and https://incompetech.com/music (Creative Commons License) and YouTube Music Library. Business Inquiries OR Collaborations cranmomof7@gmail.com This post contains affiliate links. Please know if a purchase is made through one of these links I receive a small percentage of the sale. Thank you for shopping through my links. #acountrylife #fallbaking #countryhomemaker #over50homemaking #fromscratchcooking #pantrycooking