Make your meal prep time easier when you have these essential spices in your kitchen! Add flavor and change up your meals quickly and easily! Is your meal prep getting boring? Are your meals becoming “ho hum” and your family dissatisfied? I am here to tell you it’s not your fault. Sometimes, you just need a change in your meals. And that change could be as simple as changing up… Continue Reading

Full on fall flavor can be yours anytime of year, homemade pumpkin butter, so easy in the crockpot! Pumpkin spice everything can be yours. If you want it to be, that is. The hubby and the Frenchman love anything with pumpkin, that’s a fact. The boy? Not so much. However, digging into fresh, homemade bread and spreading it with pumpkin butter is a favorite of the entire family. Even the… Continue Reading

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