This easy spiced cranberry sauce is a healthy holiday recipe can be made as a side dish, or as a naturally sweet dessert. Having a big turkey dinner with all the trimmings usually means a lot of cranberry sauce in my home. When I was growing up, cranberry sauce was slid out from a can and just laid on the plate, looking sad. It was even worse when my mom… Continue Reading

 A little tangy, a little sweet, a little spicy, and a little smoky.  This easy homemade barbeque sauce has all of that in an easy to make recipe! You’ll never need bottled sauce again!  Grilling season is a year round thing in our home. We love the smoky, tangy taste of all things barbeque. Hubby and the boy could almost drink barbeque sauce, they enjoy it so much. The bottled… Continue Reading

Thick and rich, perfect for fries, burgers and more, once you make your own homemade ketchup, you’ll never go back to store bought again! For most of us, grabbing a bottle of ketchup at the store is just what we do. I’ll admit, that is how we “ketchup” most of the time. From burgers and fries, and using as a base for many recipes such as bbq sauce, ketchup is… Continue Reading

Just like your favorite Lawry’s blend, only better! This homemade seasoning salt goes great on beef, chicken, fish, vegetables, or just about any other food you can think of! As a child, my mother would add flavor to most of her cooking by using seasoning salt. She would shake it on everything, from burgers and meatloaf to eggs. When she bought another Lawry’s red canister, it usually meant lots of… Continue Reading

So quick and easy, this homemade pico de gallo has just the right amount of zip and zing for delicious dipping! Add it to tacos, quesidillas or just eat it with crunchy tortilla chips! A classic condiment for many dishes, this fresh Pico de Gallo is amazingly easy to throw together. You can easily adjust this to suit your own taste preferences, too. Fresh ingredients that come together in less… Continue Reading

All the flavors of fall, in an easy to make whipped butter! Pumpkin, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg combined with honey, take this pumpkin butter to a whole new level! Fall is here, and with it, all things pumpkin spice. Seriously, I have seen pumpkin spice coffee creamer, pumpkin spice coffee, pumpkin spice dishsoap and bleach. It’s like the entire world goes nutty with the pumpkin spice! However, you need to… Continue Reading

All the goodness of pure maple syrup, whipped with real butter, combines for a delicious sweet spread that goes great on cornbread, homemade artisan bread, pancakes, and more! Who wants butter on all the things? This girl! I love spreading butter on bread, cornbread, and more. This deliciously sweet maple butter is perfect for that and more. One of my favorite things about this maple butter is that it’s so… Continue Reading

Homemade taco seasoning will make all your taco nights quick and easy! Just a few spices and you are on your way to spicy cooking!  Taco night happens often around here. Most weeks, it happens multiple times. Tacos are the “go to meal” when everyone is hungry, and no one feels like cooking a lot.  For seasoning, we can easily open a package of taco seasoning from the grocery store… Continue Reading