Category: Food / Recipes
Great Grandma’s Refrigerator Pickles Recipe
August 6, 2015
We grew pickling cucumbers in our garden this year. We should have picked them a lot earlier, but they still taste good. Since they grew so big, I decided to make refrigerator pickles, rather than canning them. I remember my mom making these when I was a kid from my dad’s grandma’s recipe. I love […]
Self-catered Wedding Menu and Timeline
August 4, 2015
For my wedding, I was extremely fortunate to have my mom head up the catering. In our family it is sort of a tradition to serve our own food. At least that’s what happened at 3 of my cousins’ and my brother’s weddings. I helped prepare food at most of these because they’re family and […]
4 Seahawks Football Drinks for Game Day!
February 1, 2015
Back to back Super Bowls call for excellent {and pretty} game day drinks! Here I’ve rounded up 4 football cocktails for you to try (plus a bonus pick-me-up at the end). They all look fairly simple to make. I’m going to make the margaritas today. Post in the comments your snack or drink recipes! I’d love to […]
‘Skinny’ Banana Peanut Butter Muffins
January 18, 2015
These are basically ‘skinny’ muffins because there’s no white sugar, vegetable oil, or eggs. Disclaimer: as you’ll see, there are natural sugars and carbs. I adapted this recipe from Sally’s Baking Addiction’s Skinny Banana Peanut Butter Muffin recipe. My recipe below made 2 dozen muffins. I froze half of them for breakfasts in a few weeks. […]
DIY Christmas Gift Crafts (Or Other Time-of-Year Gifts!)
December 27, 2014
My friend Kelli (www.livingwellbykel.com) and I attended our first barter fair a few weeks ago with some of our handmade crafts and canned food. I posted the photo below to my Instagram and told a few people what we made. Since I was asked how to make these items, I wanted to share the links […]
Pumpkin No Bake Cookies Recipe
October 6, 2014
I made this pumpkin no bake cookie recipe a few years ago and since then, it has become my most pinned blog post on Pinterest! If you love fall, pumpkin, and simple recipes, this is the cookie for you! Ingredients: 1 cup pumpkin puree 2 TBSP cinnamon 1 tsp nutmeg 1 tsp cocoa powder 1/3 […]
How to Can Fresh Peaches – Canning Fruit with a Water Bath Canner
October 4, 2014
We bought a water bath canner a few years ago and have barely used it. Probably because we are busy, had a crappy kitchen, and did not have a dishwasher. But now, since we have a beautiful kitchen with a dishwasher we canned our first batch of peaches! A couple blogs showed us how to can peaches […]
Lasagna Recipe with Garden Fresh Tomatoes
September 5, 2014
This year my garden included three tomato plants, plus a few plants from last year grew back. (Normally they only produce one year). With an abundance of fresh tomatoes, I decided to make lasagna. My dad and I also made salsa with the Ninja blender – one of our cool wedding presents. Here’s the recipe […]
Wedding Cake Tasting with 8 the Cake!
June 7, 2014
8 the Cake is my cousin Cynthia’s new cake business, but she has already made many cakes this year. Her and her boyfriend made Tyler’s Lineman cake (see post) and it was amazing! I feel like cakes don’t really need many words, so here are the pictures! These beautiful cakes were just for tasting and they looked […]
Rosemary Pork Shoulder Roast in the Crock Pot / Slow Cooker
June 6, 2014
This simple recipe for rosemary pork shoulder roast only contains a few ingredients and is basically thrown together in the crock pot! Due to our non-existent kitchen and dusty house (we had to remove a concrete pad from our hallway)… the fewer dishes, the better. That’s why I use Reynolds slow cooker liners. No, plastic bags […]
