HOMEMADE Ginger Ale Soda! This DIY simple syrup recipe is easy to make! Make your favorite flavor soda healthy with fresh ingredients and a sparkling water sodastream machine! As a kid I drank too much soda. As a adult in my early 20’s I continued on a Diet Coke, Cherry Cola path. Then I took a shameful look in the mirror after finishing my 3rd can of Diet Coke and realized it wasn’t the soda that I loved, it was the carbonated water....

How To Make a Sub Irrigated Planter! We grow HUNDREDS of pounds of vegetables in our planters! Follow these easy DIY step by step instructions on how to make your own container garden. These planters are perfect for gardens of any size, and they’re cheap to make! What is a Sub Irrigated Planter? Sub-irrigated planters (SIPs) have been a game changer for us since we started using them almost 10 years ago....

The best 3 ways to stop birds from pecking holes in your tomatoes – balloons, tape and netting. The birds love our cherry tomatoes and peas so here’s how we kicked them out. These methods work great for protecting corn and strawberries from birds too! Tell The Birds To Go Away If we’re not battling rats that are eating our corn , then we’re dealing with birds. If the birds aren’t after our baby bean and pea seedlings then they’re pecking at our cherry tomatoes....

All you need is aluminum foil to keep kale crisp! This is such an easy way to store kale in the refrigerator to make it last for weeks. How to Store Kale in the Fridge to Keep It Fresh Kale, aka “The Queen of Greens” is one of our favorite greens to grow in the garden. The plants are so easy to grow, resulting in an endless supply of kale. Kale, packed with vitamins, fiber, and antioxidants, is a nutritional powerhouse that we love adding to our dinner plates!...

Instant Mashed Potatoes Cheesy Broccoli Casserole is a comfort food recipe that will have your entire family begging for more! It uses Instant Mashed Potatoes so it’s easy to make. It’s the perfect side dish for the holidays because it’s cheesy and delicious and only takes 5 minutes to prepare, 25 minutes to bake. Instant Mashed Potatoes Casserole with Broccoli Before we know it the holidays will be here and we’ll be planning our dinner menu with friends and family....

PAMELA’S Slow Cooker Pork Chili is made with BACON and SAUSAGE! This pork chili is one of the easiest crockpot recipes with diced tomatoes and beans! If you’re looking for dinner ideas to make as your family’s favorite comfort food dinners, then this it! Ready in 6 hours on LOW. Serve with shredded cheese and a big piece of crusty bread! Crockpot Recipes With the temperatures feeling like single digits, I’ve been craving a nice (big!...

Salted Roasted Soybeans recipe using fresh soybeans. This baked healthy snack recipe is so easy to make! A few years ago I learned how easy it is to grow soybeans in our garden. They tend to be one of those plants where you plant a seed, don’t do much else and suddenly you have beans galore to pick. Soybean recipes Soybeans can be used in many recipes, including fresh edamame , soybean pesto for pasta/dip....

Slow Cooker Sausage and Sauerkraut recipe served over mashed potatoes! This easy crockpot meal will become your family’s new favorite dinner! Use a good pork kielbasa for full flavor! It’s inspired by my Polish family! Slow Cooker Sausage and Sauerkraut A few weeks ago I was left with a cup of sauerkraut. Being a person that doesn’t like any food to go waste I was going crazy with what to do with it....

Not only did we grow a baby for the first time this Summer but we also grew celery for the first time! Garden high 5! We usually stick with our usual plants but this year we were feeling adventurous so we added celery to the garden mix! For time reference the seedlings were transplanted to the garden on May 17 and then celery was picked in September! We still have a few plants growing!...

Baked strawberry donuts recipe using fresh strawberries. These homemade donuts are soft, moist, fluffy and covered in cinnamon sugar! Don’t you love strawberry season? It’s that magical time when you can grow or buy the most juicy strawberries that taste so delicious! We’re picking juicy strawberries by the basket in the garden right now. Even though most time they don’t even make it back to my kitchen (pregnant woman + toddler = EAT ALL THE STRAWEBRRIES), I was able to save a couple as I’ve been dreaming up these fluffy strawberry donuts!...

Easy Cabbage Roll Casserole recipe made with cabbage, ground beef, tomato soup and rice. This tastes like traditional cabbage rolls but instead in a simple casserole form! If you love this recipe try my Baked Spaghetti Casserole with Ground Beef & Ricotta too! Easy Cabbage Roll Casserole If you love cabbage rolls, but don’t love all the work involved, this easy baked cabbage roll casserole is for you! It’s definitely one of my favorite meals to prepare....

CHEESY Chicken Tomatillo Casserole recipe! This easy dinner Mexican casserole uses 1 pound of tomatillos to make a creamy sauce that is layered with tortilla chips, chicken, black beans and cheddar cheese! I love to make this simple dish when my garden tomatillo plants give me too much and I’m left asking asking “What to do!”. I’m back with another tomatillo recipe ! With another 20 pounds of tomatillos picked from the garden I’m trying to think more outside the salsa verde box and wondering what to do with them!...

Shh… this creamy mashed cauliflower is my secret swap for mashed potatoes, and no one ever notices the difference. It’s buttery, smooth, and so good it disappears before anyone figures it’s cauliflower. Creamy Mashed Cauliflower Love mashed potatoes? You have to try this creamy mashed cauliflower recipe—it’s rich, buttery, and tastes just as good but with fewer carbs. We love this served on the dinner table next to our juicy holiday turkey , rotisserie chicken or my super easy salisbury steak !...

EASY FLUFFY Pumpkin Pancakes recipe! These delicious extra fluffy pancakes made from scratch are low carb and packed with protein (1/2 cup pumpkin!). They make a healthy substitution instead of buttermilk pancakes. My family considers them “the best pumpkin pancakes in the world!”. <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://brooklynfarmgirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Easy-Pumpkin-Pancakes-1-e1576782112281.jpg" onerror=“this.onerror=null;this.src=‘https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe7F7TRXHtjiKvHb5vS7DmnxvpHiDyoYyYvm1nHB3Qp2_w3BnM6A2eq4v7FYxCC9bfZt3a9vIMtAYEKUiaDQbHMg-ViyGmRIj39MLp0bGFfgfYw1Dc9q_H-T0wiTm3l0Uq42dETrN9eC8aGJ9_IORZsxST1AcLR7np1koOfcc7tnHa4S8Mwz_xD9d0=s16000';" alt=“EASY FLUFFY Pumpkin Pancakes recipe! These delicious extra fluffy pancakes made from scratch are low carb and packed with protein (1/2 cup pumpkin!). They make a healthy substitution instead of buttermilk pancakes....

Easy Oven-Baked Salisbury Steak with Homemade Mushroom Gravy – Juicy ground beef patties baked in the oven and smothered with a rich, flavorful mushroom gravy. Made with simple ingredients like bread crumbs and pantry staples, this family-friendly dinner is quick to prep and perfect for weeknights. Includes step-by-step freezer instructions so you can make-ahead for meal planning or enjoy later as a freezer-friendly comfort meal . Easy Salisbury Steak Recipe If you love classic comfort food but also want the convenience of make-ahead meals, this Freezer Salisbury Steak recipe is for you....

Easy to make homemade sugar cookies that are only 51 calories each. This simple recipe makes light and airy sugar cookies, perfect for dessert and Christmas cookies! Homemade Sugar Cookies These light and airy Homemade Sugar Cookies are going to hit the spot just right. You guys know I have a thing for super soft cookies and these ones definitely fit that category. This is a classic sugar cookie recipe, but these are so light and moist inside....

Use chicken, cherry tomatoes, green peppers and onion to make shredded chicken tacos in the Instant Pot! This is one of our favorite Summer recipes to make with our garden cherry tomatoes because it uses 4 cups of them! My family gives this recipe a big thumbs up! Make Chicken Tacos with Cherry Tomatoes This has been a top 3 recipe of this Summer. Why? It’s delicious! our entire family, including our kids, absolutely love it!...

A little Halloween hello from my clown family to your family! You know we can’t resist a reason to dress up, so we had to break out the clown costumes and makeup! Enceladus’s schedule included a few Halloween events happening over the past week, so I was pretty happy when she announced she wanted to be a clown witchy. What is a clown witchy you ask? Well it’s a clown who rides a broom....

Pierogies with cabbage, onions and crispy bacon made on the stove top. This is a quick and easy homemade meal! Pierogies With Cabbage Pierogies are a food that I had very often as a kid, so it comes as no surprise that I’m making them now for my family! We love potato and cheese pierogies served with cabbage, onions and bacon! If you’ve never tried pierogies and cabbage, or you’re already a pierogi connoisseur, I think you’ll like this recipe!...

Ok, I can’t believe it. Proxima is 6 months old today. She’s half a year already! Can you believe it? Maybe it was because 2020 was a doozy and everyday just feels like it blends together to make one giant day, but seriously where did the last 6 months go? I’m not even going to talk about how much Enceladus has grown up in the last year (I’ll save that for another post), but seriously Proxy… look at her, sitting up with her 2 little teeth!...