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Easy to make, 1 dozen Apple Pie Cookies recipe. These chunky chewy cookies using fresh apples are perfect for dessert and breakfast. Chewy Apple Cookies These cookies have been a highlight in baking for me this year. The recipe makes a high quality cookie that’s chewy and chunky, delicious with every bite. The apple taste isn’t overwhelming but it’s subtly there with tiny chunks of apple. These are perfect for Fall baking, but honestly we love them so much they’ve become a regular for me to make year round....

These Baked Carrot Cake Donuts are warmly spiced, moist, sweet, and way better for you than traditional fried donuts. Made using simple ingredients and real carrots, this delicious treat can turn any morning into a reason to celebrate! Glazed carrot donut recipe Some of my all-time favorite homemade donuts are lightly spiced, bright, and tangy. Just take my Baked Sugar Donuts , Chocolate Chip Frosted Donuts , and Baked Strawberry Donuts for example!...

CHOCOLATE SPRINKLED BROWNIES made with BLACK BEANS and APPLESAUCE (healthy and low calorie!) that are easy to make! These homemade chocolate brownies are super fudgy and moist! My family considers this the BEST brownies recipe! The rainbow sprinkles on top make the brownies really pretty! Right now I’m bean obsessed. We’ve been cooking our dry black beans we grew in the garden during the Summer on cold nights and it’s been such a treat to enjoy those grown with love beans during the Winter....

These baked sweet cinnamon sugar candied pistachios will be your new favorite snack! They’re great for easy holiday gifts too! This easy recipe only requires simple ingredients and some baking time. Once you’ve learned how to make candied pistachios, you’ll be well on your way to making other candied nuts and seeds in the future. You can even make candied pumpkin seeds around Halloween if you have plenty of seeds left over after carving pumpkins....

These Cream Puffs with Vanilla Pudding Filling are light, fluffy, and delectable! They are easy to make with instant pudding mix! The Best Cream Puffs Recipe Cream puffs are a classic French dessert that melt in your mouth, and this easy recipe makes them simple to whip up at home. Using a box of instant vanilla pudding for the filling gives you that creamy, decadent flavor without the fuss....

Crispy Garlic Parmesan Shrimp baked in the oven at 350 degrees. This baked shrimp is coated in Panko bread crumbs and tastes so juicy and crunchy! The Best Crispy Oven Baked Shrimp Recipe This garlic parmesan oven baked shrimp will melt in your mouth! It’s crispy! It’s cheesy! It’s delicious! Pair with your favorite vegetables, or serve it alongside something fresh like shrimp avocado salad for a light yet satisfying meal....

Quick pickled cauliflower made easy! These crunchy cauliflower florets are soaked in a tangy dill brine and ready in just 24 hours—no canning required. This refrigerator pickles recipe is a simple way to preserve fresh cauliflower and add bold flavor to snacks, salads, and sandwiches. Tastes great after a day, and even better after a few. Quick Refrigerator Pickled Cauliflower I’m a vegetable gardener, and this time of year, our garden is bursting with fresh cauliflower....

Make easy salted edamame at home in minutes! This quick, salty snack tastes just like restaurant edamame and uses only edamame pods, water, and sea salt. Perfect for snacking or serving with dinner. Easy Edamame Snack Recipe If you need a quick, salty snack that tastes like it came straight from your favorite sushi restaurant, this Easy Salted Edamame is it. It cooks in minutes, requires almost zero effort, and always disappears the second I set it on the table....

Easy to make Shrimp, Tomato & Corn Salad that is ready in 15 minutes. This is perfect to serve for dinner over pasta, as a appetizer or a light lunch. This is my current go to lunch as well as go to appetizer for dinner parties if I don’t have time to bake some homemade bread. I love this dish because it’s easy to make, filled with healthy vegetables and is delicious....

Easy Stuffed Shells recipe made with a ricotta cheese filling, Italian spices and pasta sauce. This classic dinner is one of my family’s favorite meatless meals. They’re so cheesy, saucy and full of flavor! Easy Stuffed Shells Recipe We aren’t really a fancy dinner family. We like easy casseroles , soups , slow cooker meals and the occasional hot dog with french fries. We also LOVE cheesy pasta dishes like lasagna and stuffed shells, and I have to tell you this ricotta cheese filling in these shells is delicious and makes all my cheesy pasta dreams come true!...

Do you love soup? Do you love chinese restaurants? Do you love chinese restaurants soup? Ok, then this is for you! What is your favorite soup from chinese restaurants? There’s wonton, which I love. Then there’s shrimp noodle which is great. Then there’s this…. This is egg drop soup and it’s so good. Can you believe it takes 10 minutes to make? I’m not kidding. And you can customize it if you’d like....

Classic German Chocolate Cake frosting for German chocolate cake. Made with evaporated milk, brown sugar, coconut and pecans, this thick frosting is the best! Recipe will frost 10 inch cakes, 24 cupcakes or a sheet cake. German Chocolate Cake Frosting This German chocolate cake frosting is incredible! It’s thick, sweet and perfect to frost your chocolate cake, cupcakes or brownies with! Skip the store bought cake frosting and make your own!...

SO GOOD green tomato salsa using green tomatoes. This simple green salsa is a gardeners dream. You will love the tangy fresh taste of the tomatoes, lime juice an d jalapeño pepper. Serve with tortilla chips, or on top of enchiladas, nachos or a topping for grilled chicken. Let’s make green tomato salsa! No, I’m not talking about green salsa verde made with tomatillos , I’m talking about salsa made with unripe green tomatoes!...

This is an easy homemade baby pea puree recipe. All you need is frozen peas and water (or formula/breast milk). This is a good Stage 1 puree to start serving at 4-7 months old. Homemade Baby Pea Food Making your own homemade baby food is easier than you might think—and this pea puree baby food recipe is one of the best places to start. Peas are naturally sweet, full of nutrients, and blend into a smooth, creamy texture that’s perfect for babies just starting solids....

100% real review of Crowd Cow meat delivery. I’ll discuss delivery, price and why my family uses it to save money on beef, chicken and pork. My family has been using Crowd Cow for the last few months for all our meat buying. On a monthly basis we buy beef, chicken and pork from Crowd Cow. Below is my review on why we like it and why we think it’s worth the cost....

Learn how to easily freeze half and half milk to save money! Follow these step by step instructions and never throw away half & half milk again! Easy way to freeze half and half Do you have Half and Half milk close to the expiration date but don’t want it go bad because of how expensive it was? Don’t worry, you can freeze it! You know the situation. You buy Half & Half milk because you are craving homemade ice cream or creamy potato soup ....

Easy Italian Anise Cookies that everyone loves. These classic cookies are soft with vanilla icing and sprinkles on top! Recipe makes 18 cookies. Italian Anise Cookies Recipe These classic Italian Anise Cookies will have you eating 1 and wanting more. Trust me. Each cookie is soft, tender and baked to light golden brown. Once baked they’re dipped in a simple vanilla icing and rainbow sprinkles are added on top....

Moist Mini Blueberry Muffins topped with a sweet cinnamon sugar streusel. This quick and easy recipe takes just 20 minutes and uses 1 cup of fresh blueberries for the best flavor. These fluffy bite-sized muffins are perfect for breakfast, school snacks, or even dessert. They’re freezer-friendly too, making them a great make-ahead option for busy mornings! Mini Blueberry Muffins Recipe These mini blueberry muffins are moist, fluffy, and they have the most delicious streusel crumble on top!...

In case you missed it, Matthew and I bought land in Upstate NY! You can follow the entire series here . Now we’re ready to work! Buying land was the result of wanting a garden that came with no rules. So it’s no surprise that the first thing to build on the land is a garden! It’s funny to think about where the garden started from. In 2009 it was 32 square feet and then it became a few hundred square feet, getting bigger by the year....

Creamy Peppermint Hot Chocolate recipe for 2! This recipe uses milk, peppermint mocha, chocolate chips, cocoa powder and more! Peppermint Hot Chocolate I know it’s only early November but I’m already in the holiday spirit. The Halloween directions are still up but they will soon be replaced with snowmen and penguins. The aisles of the stores are slowly starting to fill up with colorful holiday lights and ornaments. Soon we’ll be smelling fresh pine (after we begrudgingly carry the tree home), the cats stockings will be hung and I will start to hum Christmas songs while baking cookies....