Newton Crib Mattress Review- the Wovenaire is the best mattress for your baby that is 100% breathable! Perfect for First Time Moms who are worried about everything (that’s me!). For my next review in the baby series, I’m diving into mattresses. Consider this another category that I put endless amounts of time into reading reviews and cross comparing products. This, like so many other baby products, resulted in Matthew physically removing my computer from my lap late night one day saying “That’s enough reviews for you today”....

Embrace the lumps and keep the skins on your mashed potatoes! These chunky mashed potatoes are made with Yukon Golds, making them have a natural buttery taste and texture to them. Some people would call them “rustic” but I just call them delicious. Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes I loooooooooooove these lumpy, buttery mashed potatoes. We’re making them with Yukon Gold potatoes which have a very thin skin (don’t peel them – more about that below), and a very creamy buttery taste to them....

Make the cutest reindeer peanut butter sandwiches for a holiday lunch or snack! All you need is bread, peanut butter, pretzels, chocolate chips and raspberries! A simple, fun, and healthy treat kids will love at Christmas time! Christmas Reindeer Sandwiches Make lunchtime merry with these cute reindeer peanut butter sandwiches! Just spread peanut butter on bread, add mini pretzel antlers, chocolate chip eyes, and a raspberry red nose. Voila! These sandwiches are not only adorable but also good for little tummies....

I had a successful pregnancy and then 3 recurrent miscarriages in a row in a year. Here’s my story and how I’m trying to stay positive. When I got pregnant this time around, I had really positive feelings about it. I told myself that this baby was going to survive and that Enceladus was going to have a sibling. I’m not sure why I was so positive, but I was. So break my heart, but I had a miscarriage....

Easy to make Watermelon Strawberry Lime Popsicles using fresh fruit. These refreshing popsicles are perfect for the entire family in the Summer! Watermelon Lime Popsicles We simply love lime popsicles! During the Summer me and the kids are always coming up with new popsicle flavors that have lime in them! With lots of watermelon and strawberry in the garden, we came up with these Watermelon Strawberry Lime Popsicles which are a real treat!...

Craving a quick and tasty pasta dish? Look no further! This Butter Garlic Pasta With Kale is a breeze to make in 20 minutes and bursting with buttery garlic flavor! Kid approved! Simple and Delicious Butter Garlic Pasta With Kale Recipe My family loves buttery pasta dishes! This simple pasta dish is just like my Butter Garlic Broccoli Pasta , but we’re swapping the broccoli for vibrant green kale instead!...

Stove Top Stuffing Broccoli Casserole is made with frozen vegetables, stuffing, rice and cheese! My family loves this cheesy stuffing casserole! Look at those ooey gooey pockets of Velveeta cheese in the stuffing! Stove Top Stuffing Casserole Looking for a comforting, crowd-pleasing dish that combines the best of cheesy broccoli and savory stuffing? This Cheesy Broccoli Stuffing Casserole is your answer! Made with frozen vegetables, Stove Top stuffing, rice, and melty cheese, it’s a family favorite that’s perfect for weeknight dinners or holiday gatherings....

Homemade vegetable broth made with fresh carrot tops! Don’t throw your carrot greens away after you use the carrots, instead make this simple vegetarian broth perfect for your favorite soup! Freezer option if you want to preserve it! Use Your Fresh Carrot Tops for Soup Broth! If you’re a gardener, then you put so much love and energy into every single one of your plant babies! So when it’s time to pull carrots in the garden, use the carrots but save the bushy green carrot leaves to make this homemade vegetable broth!...

4 hour crockpot chicken and broccoli recipe made with cream of mushroom soup, beef onion soup mix and shredded cheddar cheese! This creamy cheesy chicken recipe tastes so good served over egg noodles or rice! My family LOVES this for dinner (and I love it too because it’s so easy!). Looking for a crockpot meal with chicken and broccoli? I was standing in my kitchen in the late morning, trying to figure out a recipe to throw in the slow cooker that used broccoli I had in the refrigerator that was close to retirement....

These easy, juicy crockpot mushrooms are made with just butter, garlic, and salad dressing mix in 4 hours. Perfect as a savory side dish or appetizer! Juicy Crockpot Mushrooms This recipe makes the most juicy, tender buttery mushrooms ever! And even better, they’re so easy to make! Throw all the ingredients into the slow cooker, cook for 4 hours and you have the most delicious mushrooms! Serve as a side dish (especially good on steak!...

Simple cucumber sandwich made with raw fresh cucumber slices and cream cheese spread on white bread. These fresh cucumber sandwiches are perfect for lunch or snack! Save for when it’s cucumber season in your garden. Fresh Cucumber Sandwich When your garden gives you cucumbers you make half sour pickles , cucumber tomato salad , cucumber bread , cucumber cookies (!!) and a fresh cucumber sandwich! Cucumbers are the best, they just keep giving and giving!...

You know what makes recipes even more pretty? Colorful cookware turns a simple pasta dish into a work of art with a simple pop of color! Recently we were in the market to get some new cookware and being a blogger who tends to post recipes, I knew I wanted to get something that was more fun than my regular silver and black pots that I was used to. When I was given the chance to review the Lorena Garcia Technolon Ceramic Cookware in a beautiful “French Blue” shade I was pretty excited!...

How to remodel a shipping container’s floor to make it move in ready. Find out how to easily refinish the floors on a budget to turn it into your modern dream home! Great design inspiration and cost info for your shipping container house! It’s been a few months since I last posted about our Upstate Adventure and what’s going on with our shipping container! As some of you might remember we bought a shipping container to turn into a vacation home....

Overnight Blueberry Peanut Butter Oats recipe! This easy healthy recipe uses old fashioned oats, creamy peanut butter, flax seeds, maple syrup and blueberries. This is my favorite breakfast! Hello Overnight Blueberry Peanut Butter Oatmeal, how many ways do I love you? A ton! I love this because it’s delicious and quick. It’s ready to go for me in the morning. I open the fridge and it’s like “Hello Pamela” and I’m like “Hello beautiful....

Creamy, cheesy, and full of fall flavor! This Pumpkin Jalapeño Mac and Cheese combines smooth pumpkin with melted cheddar and a hint of jalapeño for a cozy dinner everyone will love. Pumpkin Jalapeno Mac and Cheese Recipe Fall is here and our garden’s bounty is in full swing—so I’m mixing velvety pumpkin puree with melty cheddar and a touch of jalapeño to bring you my take on a cozy, flavor-packed crowd pleaser: Pumpkin Jalapeño Mac & Cheese....

Easy to make healthy Minestrone Soup recipe made in the slow cooker. This homemade vegetable soup is made in the crockpot in 6 hours. At the end, add elbow noodles and you have a complete meal that your family will absolutely love! What do you add in minestrone soup? Minestrone Soup is the champion of vegetables soups, and super versatile. It’s the perfect cleaning out your fridge soup. For my recipe the vegetables I use is green beans, carrots, celery, onion, garlic, kale and crushed tomatoes....

15 minute succotash recipe using corn, green beans and cherry tomatoes. This is an easy to make fresh green bean salad side dish! I have the perfect veggie side dish for you! This succotash with corn and green beans is a tasty way to squeeze in some extra veggies and can be served alongside any main course! Our recipe is a bit unique because traditional succotash usually uses lima beans, but we make it with green beans instead....

The best Earth and garden books for kids, to teach sustainability and how we can make the planet a greener place to live. This list also includes board books for babies. Earth and Garden Books for Kids I know you probably won’t be surprised by this, after all you’re visiting a blog called “Brooklyn Farm Girl”, but we love books that have green garden themes to them. If the book involves vegetables, forests, bugs, weeds or kids taking on corporate giants to make the world a greener place- it’s a book we read again and again....

Elevate your breakfast game with these Waffle Iron Hash Browns! This handy kitchen hack will show you how to take frozen hash browns and turn them into crispy, crunchy waffles. It’s the best breakfast ever! Easy cheesy hash browns for breakfast Waffle irons are no longer JUST for waffles . They’re the perfect tool for making extra crispy Waffle Iron Hash Browns for breakfast! Grilling frozen hash browns in a waffle iron with shredded cheese and butter results in a crispy-on-the-outside, fluffy-on-the-inside side dish to pair with your eggs and bacon ....

Save money and make your own homemade apricot jam in 30 minutes. All you need is fresh apricots, sugar and lemon juice – no pectin required. Includes easy canning instructions for preservation. Homemade Apricot Jam Summer means it’s time to make fresh homemade jams to stock up for the rest of the year. I have a couple favorite jams, raspberry jam , blueberry jam , fresh lemon curd and this delicious apricot jam....