It has been a funny month. I’m still getting into the swing of Summer, and keeping up the kitchen hasn’t been going too well.

I had better get to the kitchen, and get some more photos. I haven’t been baking that much, but I have a ton of dishes to wash…

The month of May flew by. The kiddos finished up school, and I kept busy around the house. I have several photos to share of some tasty treats from May.

I tried my hand at making Homemade Soft Pretzels for the kids. I used the breadmaker to proof the dough.

The kids really liked them. Next time I think I’ll double the batch, and make them a bit bigger.

I made a few Jell-O Cakes too. The boys finally like this cool dessert.

We made a batch of Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream too. I’ve got to make some more, and re-stock the freezer with this tasty treat.

My family surprised me with breakfast for Mother’s Day.

I made a single layer Pig Pickin’ Cake for Mother’s Day too. My family isn’t a fan of this cake, but it is one of my favorites, and since it was Mother’s Day, I thought that was o.k.

Agnes and I had a Donut party on the boy’s last day of school. We celebrated one last quiet morning.

I made a few Chocolate Bundt Cakes too.

When it was breakfast for dinner night, I made a batch of Buttermilk Biscuits. Half of the batch I served with Sausage Gravy.

The rest of the batch was made into Cinnamon Raisin Buttermilk Biscuits.

I topped them off with powdered sugar glaze. I really liked them, but again the family wasn’t a fan…

I spotted Strawberries on sale, so I made a batch of Strawberry Shortcake for dessert.

And that’s a week’s worth of shopping to keep up with my family.

I had a few Strawberries still on hand, and that calls for a big batch of Milk Chocolate Ganache.

It is just about the tastiest thing ever.

June has been busy so far. I haven’t been cooking quite as much, but I’ve been washing a ton of dishes. I’ve been having quite a time keeping up around here. I hope I’ll get caught up again soon.

I haven’t been in the kitchen too much this month… I need to do something about that, fast. Here are a few sneak peek photos to share though.

Time to get back in the kitchen and get to work.

I seemed to be in the kitchen non-stop through April, but I didn’t get too many pictures. I’ll have to do better in the month of May.

We have been on a homemade ice cream kick lately. Thade wanted to make a triple chocolate batch, and I was happy to make up a new recipe.

Our triple chocolate ice cream started off with a chocolate base, and we added in some mini chocolate chips.

I also made a batch of homemade hot fudge sauce. We added in a ripple of the hot fudge to finish off the triple chocolate ice cream.

It was crazy tasty!

The homemade hot fudge sauce was tasty on vanilla ice cream too.

I’ve been making ahead a few meals to have for fast lunches for the boys. I made up a big batch of Turkey and Cheese Rolls. These are easy to pack into lunch-boxes.

For breakfast for dinner night I made a KS favorite, Sausage Rolls. They were delicious.

I’ve also been rotating in new quick snacks for the kids. They liked the batch of Toffee Bars.

We made lots of chocolate chip cookies too.

Agnes and I needed a tasty treat. I topped off the last of the homemade vanilla ice cream with Bananas in a butter & brown sugar sauce. I loved it.

I made a quick batch of Irish Soda Bread for Sunday dinner.

I liked it best with Strawberry Jam.

At the end of the month I made up a batch of homemade Strawberry ice cream.

It has been my favorite that we’ve made so far.

May has been busy already. I’ve been back in the kitchen baking, and menu planning for Summer. I’ve been having a time keeping the pantry stocked, the boys are eating everything in sight. Time to get back to it.