I love making cute snacks for Hailey, because she gets so excited over the little added touches that make her food fun! For example, when she came in the kitchen and saw these today she said “oh my gosh, these look awesome! Thank you so much Sara!” Very minimal effort to create a cute and healthy snack that makes her smile? I’m a fan! Continue reading
Making homemade alternatives for usually store bought items is becoming a trend at our house and I really suggest you do the same in at least some cases, because it’s quick and easy! My latest homemade alternative is an oven fry mix I used when baking pork chops a couple nights ago. I usually buy Continue reading
The ‘Homemade Alternatives’ tab is my favorite new addition to the blog! I hope to continue adding more and providing great recipes that serve as better alternatives to pre-made items at the store. The first recipe I tried for the Homemade Alternatives tab was homemade taco seasoning, worth checking out if I do say so myself 🙂 It’s so easy to purchase store bought versions of dressings, condiments, seasonings and more, but the fact is Continue reading
The crockpot is a wonderful invention! I knew I was growing up when I started putting such items on my “Christmas list”! It was actually a realization that made me smile, because I love this part of my life where I can take care of my family, provide good meals and turn a house into Continue reading
As with all major holidays, I wanted to make a fun Easter treat for Hailey and the family! I came across plenty of ideas of ‘nests’ and this one was my favorite, so simple and cute! You just need butter, marshmallows, peanut butter, rice krispies and some candy coated chocolate eggs! They take minutes to make and are perfectly Continue reading
Here I am at the end of the day writing about the start of my day. Before I get to the very tasty Egg and Avocado Toast, I have to jot down some highlights of my day. I hope you didn’t get too excited just now, because it’s nothing really extraordinary, but little things made me smile over and over again today. I made some Easter egg nest treats this morning (a post on that is yet to come) and Hailey loved them and gave me Continue reading
Salads are a favorite in our family, even my stepdaughter loves salad…you know, as long as it only has cheese and carrots on it and Italian dressing to top 🙂 I slowly try to sneak more into her salads, but so far I’ve only been successful with adding carrots. I’ll take it for now! Back on Valentine’s Day, I added Continue reading
Something new I learned this weekend? Homemade taco seasoning is better than the store bought packet of seasoning in every way! I suspected it would be and I have no good answer for why it took me such a long time to finally make my own. I’ll go with ‘because we don’t cook Mexican food that often’. However, that might be a change in our menu around here now that I have a healthy and cost effective way to make a delicious seasoning! Not to mention, Continue reading
Can I just share my excitement for the official arrival of Spring for a quick minute? Oh how I’ve been waiting for my favorite seasons to come back around! Today is a lovely sunny day and expected highs are in the mid 60’s this afternoon! Fresh air blowing through the open windows of our home? Yes, please! I will be enjoying today to the fullest, because although it’s Spring I do still live in Ohio and the high for tomorrow is in the 40’s…sigh! Still, moving into a new season filled with great weather and pretty flowers to come makes me happy! To start the beautiful day, I wanted to make a Continue reading
Well, my first attempt at some green colored goodies for the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day didn’t go quite as planned! I had the idea to use my recipe for Red Velvet Cookies, but turn them green for the holiday! How cute, right? I’m not sure if it was because I didn’t use enough food coloring at the right time or if maybe green just doesn’t work in this situation, but they were a fairly ugly brown color and didn’t exactly look appetizing! Hey, you win some you lose some! So as I cleaned up from that unfortunate outcome, I decided it was a sign to keep it healthy for St. Patrick’s Day and I
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