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
Homemade Pancakes From Homemade Pancake Mix
Easy pancakes for camping or just a weekend brunch meal are yours! Make up some of this homemade pancake mix for a quick, easy meal! We go camping at least once a year. More often if at all possible, honestly. I love the outdoors and the slower pace of being in nature fully. Making a warm, satisfying breakfast can be a challenge when you are cooking over an open fire,… Continue Reading
Easy Homemade Marshmallows
Perfect for hot chocolate or smores, you can have your own Kosher marshmallows with this easy marshmallow recipe. Most commercial brands of marshmallows have a couple of things in common: they are soft, fluffy, melty, and are made with pork gelatin and corn syrup. Both of those things are items we try and avoid in our diet. However, we love making smores and having marshmallows in our hot chocolate in… Continue Reading
Pumpkin Ravioli with Brown Butter Sage Sauce
Creamy, rich pumpkin filling stuffed inside an easy to make ravioli shell makes these pumpkin ravioli a weeknight dinner your family won’t forget! Creamy pumpkin meets slightly sweet Parmesan cheese and savory sage, tucked nicely into a won ton wrapper for the easiest ravioli ever. Poured over that, you have delicious browned butter and delicious garlic for an easy weeknight dinner your whole family will love. Why a won ton… Continue Reading
How To Quick Soak Beans
If you forgot to soak your beans overnight, you can still have them recipe ready quickly with this quick soak beans method. I like to have different kinds of dried beans on hand. Beans are a healthy way to stretch meat, or go without meat at any meal. They have loads of fiber, and are so versatile in so many recipes. However, beans generally need to be soaked overnight in… Continue Reading
Apple Stuffed Grilled Cheese
Tart apples stuffed in between creamy slices of gouda cheese make this apple stuffed grilled cheese kid friendly, and upscale for a fancy lunch time for adults, too. Switch up your classic grilled cheese and add sweet crunch! I love this easy to make apple stuffed grilled cheese. Creamy gouda and the sweet bite of Granny Smith apples are perfect for this. This grilled cheese sandwich is not the sandwich… Continue Reading
Best Apple Pie French Toast
Creamy French toast combines well with spicy cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Add sweet applesauce and you have the best apple pie French toast recipe ever! We love French toast in our home. It is one of the boy’s favorite breakfasts. He requests it at least 3 times a week, to be honest. I like to switch things up in the kitchen. One day, I had some applesauce hat I needed… Continue Reading
Creamy Chicken One Pot Pasta
Need an easy dinner tonight, with just one pot to clean up? You’ll love this creamy chicken pasta recipe! Of all the things I do for my family, cooking is my favorite. I love being creative in the kitchen, and seeing what I can come up with for any meal. Very commonly, what I create is a home run. I have had a few “okay, at least we have food”… Continue Reading
Potato, Chorizo and Egg Breakfast Tacos
All the flavors of the Southwest in one easy breakast dish! You’ll love how easy these breakfast tacos are to make! Ah, tacos. It seems to me that nearly anything can be made into a taco now. Take a flour tortilla and stuff it with just about anything from seasoned ground beef and hot sauce to black beans. But, scrambled eggs in a taco? You bet! Add some delicious chorizo… Continue Reading
Vanilla Coffee Creamer
Make your coffee sweet and creamy with this easy to make homemade coffee creamer! Loaded with vanilla flavor! I thought I liked coffee, it turns out that I just really like coffee creamer. Flavored coffees are one of my favorite beverages on a daily basis. A good mug of hot java is how we start our day here. Do you use flavored coffee creamer? What happens if you run out… Continue Reading