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Oven Baked Sun-dried Tomatoes in olive oil and Italian spices recipe. This easy homemade recipe will leave your kitchen smelling great and you saying MMMMMM! Includes directions on how to make and freeze sun-dried tomatoes. Use them in pasta, chicken, shrimp, bread, pizza, dip and so many other recipes! Baked Sun-Dried Tomatoes Baking tomatoes makes the best sun-dried tomatoes. They’re rich in flavor, they don’t loose their color and they taste as authentic as those fancy store bought bottles that cost a small fortune (seriously, check out the price next time and gasp)....

Soft Gingerbread Cookies with a sprinkle of powdered sugar over the top are the perfect festive treat! These cookies are so soft and chewy and this easy recipe doesn’t require you to chill the dough, so they’re quick and simple to make! Don’t let the holiday season get away without baking up a batch! These soft gingerbread cookies are some of my favorite Christmas cookies to enjoy during the holidays. We always make my homemade sugar cookies , chocolate pretzel cookies, and these delicious gingerbread cookies with a dusting of powdered sugar sprinkled on top!...

Easy to make Tomato Rice Soup using fresh tomatoes straight out of the garden. This is a 30 minute, hearty meal that will fill the entire family up! This comforting Tomato and Rice Soup is the perfect quick (30 minutes!), healthy recipe to make when you don’t have much time to spend in the kitchen. It’s also a great recipe to make for dinner (or make a few batches to freeze) when you’re swimming in garden tomatoes!...

After years of failing at growing cauliflower we switched to a new variety and grew over 20 pounds of cauliflower! Learn how we grow cauliflower from seeds that can withstand Summer heat and result in a big cauliflower harvest! I’m not sure if you remember but a few months ago when planting our seeds I talked about how Matthew didn’t want to grow cauliflower this year because he thought it was a lost cause....

Easy to make apple, pear and banana baby food recipe. This is my 6 month old’s favorite Stage 2 puree! This homemade recipe made with fresh fruit makes 64 ounces of baby food for only $10! Includes directions on how to freeze. Apple and Banana Baby Food Recipe I absolutely love making homemade baby food, especially when some of the ingredients come straight from our garden. There’s nothing sweeter than watching a messy baby happily slurp up a pouch of apple pear banana baby food with carrots smeared across her face—knowing I grew those carrots myself!...

Mozzarella Cheese sticks designed to look like severed bloody fingers! These are so fun for a Halloween party or snack time! When I surprised my kids with these the first time they screamed in delight! Bloody Finger Cheese Sticks Looking for a terrifying food idea for Halloween? Then you need to make these bloody finger cheese sticks! My kids absolutely loved them, with my little one yelling “more fingers!!”. 😂...

Super moist Cherry Clafoutis recipe that’s delicious! This French dessert looks fancy but it’s so easy to make! Sweet tart cherries really shine in this creamy custard! When it’s cherry season, I’m on it. During the months of July and August I’m buying up endless bags of sweet tart cherries. From red cherries to Rainier cherries to moon cherries (find them, they’re my favorite!) – I’m snacking on them nonstop!...

Take your peanut butter cookies up a notch with these Chunky Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies. So chewy and chocolatey, these easy cookies come together easily and are incredibly delicious! Chocolate chip peanut butter cookies Chocolate + peanut butter = love. My recipes for chocolate peanut butter Whoopie Pies , Ice Cream , Peanut Butter Blossoms , and Oatmeal Bars would have to agree that these two together are pure perfection!...

This Crockpot Salsa Chicken with Black Beans and Corn is juicy, hearty and so easy. Dump everything in the Crockpot, let it cook, and serve in bowls, over chips, or wrapped in tortillas for tacos. Perfect for busy nights — and the leftovers? Even better! Why This Crockpot Salsa Chicken with Black Beans and Corn Is a Hands-Off Dinner Favorite This Crockpot Salsa Chicken with Black Beans and Corn is the ultimate hands-off dinner....

This creamy soup combines the natural sweetness of fresh corn with hearty Idaho potatoes, carrots, and onions. It’s blended until smooth and then additional whole corn kernels are added in for texture, making each bite a comforting balance of smooth and chunky. Perfect for summer corn season, this soup is a must-have for any corn lover. Creamy Sweet Corn Soup This sweet corn soup tastes just like Summer! It’s made with 7 ears of fresh corn!...

Halloween Decorated Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Pretzel Granola Bars! These are great for snacks, breakfast and Halloween parties! Use black and orange chocolate chip morsels to make them festive looking! While walking around the Halloween section at Target I came across these festive chocolate morsels. They are Nestle Toll House Semi-Sweet Chocolate and Orange Morsels. I threw them immediately in my buggy, not really knowing what I was going to make with them, but how could I turn them down?...

Update: We had lots of fun but we sold our land Upstate . I wrote a post explaining why, check it out. I’ve been so excited to tell you…. we bought land! Did you notice the new menu category up above called “ P+M Upstate Adventure “? Well if not I’m here to tell you about it! Our new adventure we’ll be starting is the journey of starting a once in a while getaway in Upstate New York....

Once you bite into these crumbly peanut butter thumbprint cookies with a raspberry jam center, you will never stop with just one! They are the perfect mix of salty, nutty, and sweet and are just melt-in-your-mouth delicious! The Perfect Holiday Cookies Is it even Christmas without endless amounts of cookies in your kitchen? There’s Peanut Butter Blossoms Cookies , Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies , M&M Cookies , Christmas Donut Cookies , Snowball Cookies and so many more cookies !...

The best Polish Cabbage Rolls made with ground beef, rice and tomato soup. These classic homemade rolls are my family’s favorite! Includes directions on how to easily blanch cabbage leaves to prevent tearing. Classic Cabbage Rolls (aka Gołąbki) This is my favorite stuffed cabbage rolls recipe because it’s delicious and because it’s a Polish family pass me down recipe. I remember my Mom would always prepare these on Saturday night and my Dad would always sneak his way into the refrigerator, eating 1 or 2 before Sunday dinner....

Real review of Lovevery play kits, including the Inspector Play and block set by a Mom of 2. Is it worth it? Let’s see what our baby and toddler thinks. Are Lovevery play kits worth it? Let’s just start out with probably the biggest question, are Lovevery play kits and block kits worth it? There’s no denying these little kits look like they have fun toys. There’s also no denying that they aren’t cheap....

Delicious garlic shrimp pasta casserole made in less than 30 minutes! This easy baked shrimp pasta is a creamy, cheesy, one-pot skillet meal that the whole family will love. Packed with tender shrimp, penne pasta, and a flavorful garlic cream sauce, it’s a comfort meal that comes together fast. Cheesy Shrimp Pasta Casserole Recipe This garlic shrimp casserole is a super easy recipe packed with cheesy shrimp and penne pasta, cooked in fresh garlic, butter, shredded cheese, and a splash of lemon juice....

Is it snowing? Then make this classic Snow Ice Cream recipe that your family is going to love! You need fresh snow, milk, vanilla, sugar and salt. It’s so easy to make! Snow Ice Cream Recipe I’m in NYC and it’s snowing today. I mean it’s really snowing! We’re hoping (fingers crossed) to see close to 2 feet of snow and you know what that means? It means sledding in Fort Greene Park until we can’t feel our fingers!...

Battered and fried General Tso’s Chicken is a saucy treat to replicate your favorite Chinese takeout. Dressed in a sweet and savory sauce, you won’t be able to get enough! General Tso chicken recipe I really can’t get enough of Chinese takeout. Chicken and broccoli , wonton soup , chow mein … it’s all just so good! If you’re like me and could recreate your favorite takeout menu every night, add this General Tso’s Chicken to the line up....

Perfectly cheesy, moist, and fluffy, this recipe for jalapeño cornbread melts in your mouth! It’s made with buttermilk, cheddar cheese, diced jalapeño peppers and cornmeal. Baked in an 8 x 8 inch pan, and ready in ready in 45 minutes, serve the cornbread warm with a generous spread of honey butter. Oven-baked Cornbread I know lots of people love skillet cornbread, but I am team oven-baked cornbread! This class cornbread is cheesy, moist and has the perfect amount of spice that isn’t overpowering....

Easy, delicious Cauliflower Grilled Cheese Sandwich ready in 15 minutes. It’s a classic sandwich but looks fancy with roasted cauliflower and jalapeno peppers. Are you like me and LOVE grilled cheese? It’s such a classic meal that I loved in my childhood, and today I still crave it! I know it’s cliche, but tomato soup and grilled cheese is one of my favorite meals! Cauliflower Grilled Cheese Recipe Today we’re going to make one heck of a cauliflower grilled cheese sandwich by throwing cauliflower, jalapeno peppers and shredded cheddar cheese on it....