Remember I posted about the garden shivers on Monday ? That feeling you get when you’re so excited about the upcoming garden season, you shake from happiness? Yeah. I got the garden shivers bad. I’m so excited.. I just can’t hide it.. I’m about to lose my mind and plant way too much corn! The garden season is always exciting, but this year it has a new excitement to it as it has so many unknowns....
EASY to make Peach Cake with Vanilla Frosting recipe. The cake is so moist and made with fresh peaches inside and for decoration on top. This cake is made with two 8 inch cake pans layered together. It’s the perfect cake for Summer peach season! It’s the middle of the Summer which means it’s peach season at the farmers market. I love juicy peaches! I love them for breakfast. I love them for afternoon snacks....
Super soft ricotta cookies, dipped in an icing glaze with sprinkles on top. These no chill sweet ricotta cookies are perfect for Christmas or any time! The Best Ricotta Cookies Recipe Ricotta cookies, sometimes known as Italian ricotta cookies, are fluffy cookies with a simple vanilla glaze. This is an easy ricotta cookie recipe because it only requires several basic ingredients and makes the most delicious cake-like cookies, perfect for the holiday season....
This creamy, cheesy, savory carrot casserole is extra easy to prepare! It combines four simple ingredients: sliced carrot rounds, a can of cream of mushroom soup, shredded cheddar cheese and store-bought herbed stuffing mix. Bake until brown-edged and bubbling, and serve as a tasty side dish. It’s fancy enough for your holiday table and simple enough for dinner tonight. Carrot Casserole Recipe One of my favorite ways to use our garden carrots is in this cheesy carrot casserole recipe....
EASY TO MAKE recipe for Homemade Shredded Chicken Dumpling Soup with potatoes, carrots and celery. This creamy soup is a healthy comfort dinner food! Your families are going to love this chicken and dumpling recipe! Chicken Dumpling Soup This Homemade Chicken Dumpling Soup is a favorite comfort food for winter, especially when served with fluffy dinner rolls ! It’s so delicious that when I make it, we often end up having it again the next night because we still crave it, just like what happened last week....
Juicy ham recipe, made in the slow cooker in 6 hours. You need ham, brown sugar and pineapple juice. This is an easy Easter holiday ham dinner recipe! Easy Slow Cooker Ham Recipe You’ll love this recipe because it’s so easy to make and so juicy! All you need to do is throw it in the slow cooker, and come back 6 hours later for sweet and salty tender ham that cuts off the bone so easily!...
Southern Cornbread Dressing is so easy to make thanks to the packaged cornbread mix. Layered with crumbled cornbread, sauteed vegetables, chicken broth, and herbs, this classic Thanksgiving side dish is just as good as grandma’s recipe! Grandma’s classic cornbread dressing recipe This Southern Cornbread Dressing replaces the usual toasted white bread you’d find in dressing with crumbled cornbread instead. A traditional southern Thanksgiving side dish, this buttery and savory recipe is layered with sauteed vegetables, warm chicken broth, and herbs....
How to Store Bananas! These easy tips will prevent your bananas from turning brown! Food storage tricks includes storing with other fruit, plastic wrap, banana trees, in fridge and how to freeze bananas! Learn the best ways to store bananas and keep them green for longer! The Best Ways to Store Bananas I eat a banana every morning, so keeping them fresh is kind of a big deal for me! I’m picky about bananas—they can’t be too green, and they definitely can’t be brown....
Boost your garden game with the ultimate winter tip: plant cover crops! It’s like giving your soil a cozy winter blanket, ensuring a bountiful harvest come spring and summer, all with minimal effort. These crops act as a natural defense against soil erosion, pesky weeds, and even enhance soil health. Think of it as a protective shield for your garden, keeping nutrients intact and setting the stage for a thriving garden season ahead....
Fresh and flavorful, this garden pasta features juicy roma tomatoes, fresh basil, diced red onion, and shredded mozzarella cheese. Lightly dressed with olive oil and parmesan, it’s the perfect non-saucy pasta dish for dinner. And best of all it’s ready in just 20 minutes! Quick Tomato Basil Pasta with Shredded Mozzarella This tomato basil pasta is soooooooo good! Sometimes we don’t want a saucy pasta and want our veggies to shine....
This is my go-to recipe for Indian green chutney, made with just cilantro and a few simple ingredients. It’s the same fresh and tangy sauce you get with Indian takeout, and after lots of trial and error, I’ve finally perfected it. This post will walk you through how to make it, how to adjust the spice level, and the best way to store or freeze it for later. Homemade Green Chutney Sauce If you love Indian takeout as much as I do, you know how good the green chutney sauce is—the perfect mix of fresh, tangy, and spicy flavors....
When you get a email invite to a private event that Michelle Obama and the White House are hosting for Let’s Move, you accept it. Well your heart skips a beat, you accept it and then you try to figure out what shoes you’re going to wear. It goes in order like that. That’s what happened last week. Last week, I made the trip to Washington DC to attend a event to have a conversation on the health of our nation’s children....
Cure your sweet tooth cravings with this single-serving Blueberry Mug Cake. In less than 2 minutes in the microwave, you’ll have a mini blueberry sponge cake that’s just as delicious, moist, and fluffy as the real thing. Perfect for breakfast, snacks, and dessert. Blueberry mug cake recipe I love single serving treats, like my Single Serving Brownie and Chocolate Banana Mug Cake because if there’s a full-sized cake in front of me, I’m going to eat the whole damn thing....
Candy Corn Oreo Chocolate Chip Cookies using Oreo Cookies! Grab a pack of Halloween Oreos and bake these cookies ! Candy Corn Oreo Cookies Every year Oreo releases limited edition Candy Corn Oreo Cookies around Halloween time. Every year I go to Target waiting for them to stock the shelves. Last year, I went to Target 2 times a week for the entire month of October, and they were sold out every single time....
This Cheesy Skillet Lasagna is made in one pan on the stove. It makes for a simple and easy weeknight meal that still has the same great flavors of a classic baked lasagna, but takes just 35 minutes from start to finish! Cast iron skillet lasagna recipe Lasagna has always been one of my family’s favorite meals because it’s just so comforting, cheesy, and delicious. On nights when we don’t feel like spending the time or energy putting a classic lasagna together, I turn to this Cheesy Skillet Lasagna instead!...
Easy to make Chocolate Avocado Brownies recipe that is incredibly fudgy and packed with healthy fats. They’re gluten free, grain free and delicious! I stock up sometimes in the supermarket with avocados because my mind is racing with so many ideas. Usually though I come home with multiple avocados and only use them for tortilla soup . But this time, I was craving something sweet – Avocado Brownies to the rescue!...
These Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes will be the best you’ve ever tried! Easy to make with 5 simple ingredients, you won’t be able to get enough of the lusciously creamy bites and rich flavor. Creamy mashed potatoes with cream cheese Have you ever had a batch of mashed potatoes that made you weak in the knees? These Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes are sure to do it! Not only are they lusciously creamy and so fluffy, but they’re really easy to make....
Super easy kale pesto ready in 5 minutes! This creamy pesto can be used with pasta or as a spread or dip. This is great to make when you have lots of kale to use! This recipe will make about 2 cups of pesto. Have lots of kale? Make Kale Pesto! Have you ever been stuck with too much kale in your fridge but have no desire to make yet another batch of Kale Chips ?...
This is one of those recipes that I cannot count the amount of times we have had it. 25? 50? 100? 200? More? During the garden season it becomes a staple and we have it a few times a week. It’s simple, it’s delicious, and you can totally customize depending on the vegetables you have on hand to use. We usually always have it with carrots and sugar snap peas, but don’t be scared to experiment with your own loved veggies!...
Turn your tomato skins into tomato powder by baking them in the oven or food dehydrator and then grinding into a powder. This is great no waste recipe that every gardener needs to make! Homemade Tomato Powder It’s raining tomatoes! Don’t I always say that during July and August? Well it’s true – we have so many tomatoes right now! You guys know I love my Stewed Tomatoes recipe , Roma Tomato Soup , Heirloom Tomato Pasta and homemade tomato paste to freeze , but with that comes a lot of extra tomato skins....
