Recipes and homemaking ideas for a simple life
The best nutty and buttery cookies! These cookies are so SO good! They turn out fluffy and sandy and just melt in your mouth. This is my mom’s recipe she’s been using since I was a kid. She used to make them all the time, …
How to make easter jello jiggler eggs! This is a family tradition here, we have the vintage jello egg molds to make them! But if you don’t, I couldn’t find them for sale anywhere. Here’s a how-to from Marissa at Squirrelsofafeather.com using plastic easter eggs …
The Easy How-To Using a Boxed Cake Mix From a fellow mom with young kids, I wanted to share with you easy how-to instructions so that you can make an Easter Lamb Cake with your littles this year! We had so much fun making an …
Have some sticky fun with your kids, decorate Rice Crispy Treat Easter Eggs this year! Now this was a lot of fun! Make sure you like getting a little bit messy because the process sure was sticky, but the memories are so worth it! I …
How to make perfectly seasoned barbecued chicken I will let you in on a little secret. My husband doesn’t like barbecue sauce! We have been married for 7 years and I let barbecued chicken fall on the back burner and it took me about 5 …
Oven roasted broccoli, the tastiest way to eat your veggies! Oven roasted broccoli is my go to vegetable. It really transforms frozen broccoli into something delicious. It’s perfectly seasoned with onion, garlic, salt and pepper. And gets crispy in the oven from cooking spray, let …
Creamy and refreshing, made at home! Starbucks Copycat Iced Caramel Macchiato- Nespresso Recipe We all love going out for coffee, but sometimes you may want to save the money or even the time it takes to go out. I used to work for “that company” …
Crispy on the outside, practically still cookie dough on the inside! Do you remember those giant chocolate chip cookies they used to serve in school? They were soft and delicious and had mini chocolate chips in the middle. It was like they half baked them …
Our favorite weeknight go to! We have chicken fajitas probably every week and my family loves it! This recipe is my ultimate go to. The lime and cilantro are so fresh and flavorful, once you add them to your taco night, you’ll never want to …
My family’s secret Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza Recipe! This recipe is near and dear to me, it is my dad- as we call him, “papa john’s” Chicago style deep dish pizza (his name is John, haha). I have tried over and over to replicate …
Warm and comforting with a hint of cinnamon! These oatmeal cookies have the perfect combination of buttery crispiness on the outside, and a soft gooey middle! You can choose what to put in your cookies, but my family always go for the chocolate chips. Some …
Classic & Comforting Beef Roast with Onions, Carrots and Potatoes There’s nothing better than smelling a tasty dish cooking away all day in your crock pot. This beef roast is classic and satisfying and totally easy. It is a recipe that I got from my …
You’ll never want to buy a boxed brownie mix again, these are soo good! Soft and Gooey Brownie Recipe From Scratch This brownie recipe from Karina at cafedelites.com are my go to brownie recipe! They are so gooey and fudgy they almost taste like brownie …
You’ll love this light and fresh dessert! The How To: With all this cold and snow going on here in the midwest, I’ve felt the need for a taste of summer! Making these Sugar Cookie Fruit Pizzas is really simple, all you need is …
A lighter Broccoli & Cheese Soup that uses milk and no cream, but is still just as delicious! Winter seems never ending here in the midwest, and we have about a foot of snow on the ground! Like you, we are definitely in need of …
All you need are vanilla beans, bottles and vodka! One thing I love about baking is that if you have the basic ingredients – flour, sugar, butter, baking soda, salt, vanilla – you can make most any cookie or cake by just add one or …
How to make any jar of pasta sauce taste like it has been simmering all day in a kitchen in Italy The How To: We’ve all been there, you have spaghetti on the menu for the evening. You get some nice garlic bread, boil …
The Easy Recipe To Make Classic Scotcheroos! If you live in the midwest, Scotcheroos are a classic! They are like rice crispy treats but full of peanut butter, butterscotch and chocolatey goodness. There are a few variations of recipes going around out there, but this …
My Favorite Dairy Free Sugar Cookie Recipe: Made With Coconut Oil Dairy Free Sugar Cookie Recipe Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite holidays! As a kid, our parents would always make it so special for us. We would get flowers from our Dad, our …
Using everyone’s favorite Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies, we are going to make decadent and truly chocolatey milkshakes for two! This is a super easy and simple recipe inspired by an episode I saw on The Kitchen last year. I remember watching it and the …