Recipes, Comfort Food, Farm Life, Family
Chris isn’t a picture taker, it just never occurs to him to take them. One Mother’s Day, my third to be exact, I just asked for it. Mother’s Day 1999 will forever be one of my most memorable ones. For me, it’s extremely intimidating to ask for someone to take a picture of me. Why…
Putting together an Easter Dinner Menu can be simple and delicious. Family holiday meals don’t have to full of complicated recipes and too much food, keeping it easy allows you to enjoy the family time too. Ham is the traditional Easter Dinner main dish but I’m also leaving it open with a link to…
Some say progress is good but progress seems to be hitting me like a brick wall. Well more so like a million square foot prefabricated concrete building. Change is inevitable. A new soon-to-be trucking warehouse seemed to appear overnight not 3 miles from my home. It crossed the line, the imaginary line I didn’t realize…
Quick Hamburger Vegetable Soup, an easy stovetop meal. Keep 3 simple pantry and freezer ingredients on hand for this hearty soup. Half the battle when making meals for the family is merely ideas. “Recipes” that I haven’t over made a million times that don’t take a lot of prep. Scrapping the bottom of my idea…
One skillet gets you the best base for a taco meal to please everyone in no time on those busy nights. I love my Easy Loaded Skillet Taco Meat when I have no meal plan but a hungry family! My friend Sarah over at Farmwife Crafts has a great homemade taco seasoning recipe which is…
My love for homemade bread runs deep and this Crusty No Knead Dutch Oven Bread is the easiest artisan bread ever. I make this more often than is needed because it’s so delicious and easy. I love this recipe because the dough is super easy to make and not finicky. This recipe calls for very…
Breakfast, lunch, supper, or snack these Oatmeal Banana Pancakes are great. Perfect fresh or made ahead for snacks on the go. My favorite way to eat these might be an afternoon on the go snack. Hand-held, made with oat flour, ripe bananas, extra protein milk, pecans, and chocolate chips. They make a great “healthy” snack!…
Sangria is my weakness, all the different kinds. This Sparkling Cranberry Sangria is a Thanksgiving tradition that will always have a place at my holiday table. I have a thing for sangria, there is something about adding the extra ingredients to a bottle of wine that just makes it over the top for me! Which…
