Looking for some delicious pumpkin recipes? Look no further – here’s 46 perfect pumpkin recipes for fall that are sure to entice your taste buds. The leaves are falling, kids are back in school and the air is starting to cool down. You know what that means? It’s time for fall food and most especially, …
Fall soups & chilis
This past week I made some fresh roasted tomato and herb sauce that you may can or freeze! This recipe is easy and absolutely delicious and only calls for a couple of minor adjustments if you plan to can it! I chose to freeze this first batch so that we have a quick pull out …
Getting the kids, the house and yourselves back into the routine of school can be challenging at the end of the summer. Early mornings, bus schedules, after school programs, homework….all of it. One of the last things you want to do is have to think about FOOD on top of all of that. Let us …
Autumn has arrived and that means it’s time for comfort food! Get your fall dinner menu planned in minutes with these delicious fall dinner recipes! *UPDATED POST – Fall is near, despite the calendar date. The leaves are turning, the nights are getting chilly and we’re gearing up for our favorite fall dinner recipes. And …
Need a quick, easy breakfast or a delicious bread to go with your dinner? Try these amazing Sweet Corn Cakes – they’re perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner! Sweet Corn Cakes are a “healthier” take on Corn Fritters – which I dearly love – but they are so much better for you when they aren’t …
Save the the flowers from your backyard and make this delicious day lily Syrup recipe to drizzle over pancakes and waffles throughout the year! I know, I know…you’re thinking I’ve totally lost my mind this time! But, this day lily Syrup recipe is soooo good! And if you’re willing to give it a try, you’re …
This Beef and Vegetable Soup is delicious, easy to make and it’s a great way to preserve your summer vegetable harvest, too! Today, I’ve partnered with Denali Canning to bring you this yummy Beef and Vegetable Soup recipe. I realize that a hot bowl of soup on a cold winter night is still a few …
Love beef stew, but not the time and work it takes to make it for dinner? Start pressure canning beef stew instead! Pressure canning beef stew is so easy and the best part is, you’ll have it ready to eat on the shelf during the winter months. And on a cold, winter night, there is …
Love carrots, but don’t want to waste the time slicing and dicing for canning? Learn how to ferment carrots with this easy, step-by-step tutorial… This year, I’m adding fermentation to my homesteading skills, as you might have guessed when I recently shared How to Ferment Radishes. And since many of you seemed to enjoy the …
Do you have tons of spinach from the garden? Don’t waste it – preserve it for winter instead! Learn how to dehydrate spinach at home with this simple, step-by-step tutorial… How to Dehydrate Spinach You’ll need the following items: Fresh spinach Food Dehydrator Blender Jar First, you’ll need to head out to the garden and …
Mexican style stuffed sweet potatoes are a new family favorite in our house! We eat sweet potatoes fairly regularly but with kids it is in the typical forms you could imagine….fries, cubed potatoes or even whipped. But by roasting them and stuffing them you get to cut down on all that chopping and up the …
Got the sniffles with no end in sight? Try my Homemade Healing Soup for Colds and Flu and you’ll be feeling like your old self in no time! There is nothing like a good, old dose of Jewish penicillin when your feeling under the weather. And I recently had a bit of cold with a …
Savory and Spicy Cowboy sandwiches can only be described in two words, big and rich! They are finger lickin’ good. A flavor combination that makes this meaty creation a home run. This Savory and Spicy Cowboy sandwich recipe is easy to tweak depending on your preference of heat and pairs well with almost anything. Grab …
A delicious list of DIY seasoning mixes for slow cooker meals of any preference. Slow Cooker meals are the bees knees in any season. Our household is filled with kids and chores and this time of year, Spring cleaning, garden bed planning and fresh air intake – most importantly. I typically do not want to …
This article will give you some tips and tricks to successfully grocery shop for 2 weeks to 3 weeks at a time and also not waste all those goods! Bulk shopping and meal planning can not only be a time saver but can also be your budget’s best friend. For me- especially with multiple little …
Chicken & Biscuits is by far one of my very favorite meals. Perfect for a quick, easy meal on a chilly night and yet, fancy enough to serve at a dinner party. It’s ultra comforting to sit down with a big old bowl of Chicken & Biscuits, too. Especially on a chilly, Vermont night! You …
There is nothing better to feed a little one when they are sick than a good, old fashioned bowl of Homemade Chicken and Stars Soup! Why bother to buy the nasty canned soup when it’s so easy to make your own? Believe it or not, you can have a fresh bowl of homemade soup on …
Winter is long here in the northeast, so obviously, we eat lots and lots of soup to keep warm throughout the season. And one of our favorites is this slow cooker hamburger soup. But, even Hamburger Soup can get boring when you eat it over and over again. So, I like to play around …
Happy New Year! I hope you had an awesome celebration with family and friends. We just hung out at our house for New Year’s Eve and ate some snacks and homemade pizza. I barely made it to midnight. After falling asleep around 10, I somehow managed to wake up at 11:45 – just in time …
Looking for some new back to school recipes to surprise the kids with this year? Look no further! This post contains 22+ recipes that are not only delicious, but cheap and easy to make, too! It’s time! The back to school rush is on nationwide. Throughout the south, kids have already been back in school …
Boy, was I surprised when I found some of these homemade pretzel recipes! From savory appetizers to delicious desserts, pretzels seem to find there way onto every type of dish you can imagine. Some look surprisingly delicious and some are pretty unexpected! But, whether you’re a die-hard pretzel lover or a pretzel picker, you’re not …
Hello! I hope you had an awesome weekend! Today, I’m sharing a free summer canning list printable to help you keep track of everything you plan to preserve this summer. It’s slowly warming up here in Vermont and while many of us don’t even have seeds in the ground, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t start …
Hello – I hope you had an awesome weekend! Today, I’m sharing 75 of my favorite chicken recipes for dinner. Since, the weather is finally warming up here in Vermont, I’m so anxious to spend some time outside and not in the kitchen! So, most of these recipes are super simple to make and some …
Hello – I hope your week is going well! Today, I’m sharing a whole-lotta different egg recipes that you can use for every meal of the day… Since, I (hopefully) gave you the little push you needed to get your own baby chicks, I figured it was only fair to show you how to use …
This easy Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo recipe is perfect to make on a busy night, a slow night or any night! Happy Hump Day! I hope you’re doing awesome today! Yes, I am totally aware that every day seems like hump day lately. But, just in case this one is hitting really hard, I thought …
Need a hearty meal that will stretch for the whole family? This Irish Meatball Stew recipe is packed full of enough veggies and meatballs to feed up to 8 hungry people! Hello! I hope you’re doing awesome today! Spring is slowly getting here to our little valley. But, since we’re still having some chilly nights, …
These salt and vinegar baked potato bites are about to become your favorite dinner side dish! For real! If you’re anything like me than you already know that salt and vinegar potato chips are the best potato chips in the world. I don’t eat them as much as I did as a kid, but they’re …
We’ve been waking up to mornings in the mid-40s and low 50s here in Vermont already. So, you know what that means? It means the September menu is full of easy dinner recipes that are warm and comforting for fall. Like soups and stews…casseroles and baked dishes. Fall is my favorite food time of the …
Looking for some easy dinner ideas to start off the summer? Get the free printable menu for June 2019 below and follow along to save time and money this month! Happy (almost) June! I know I’ve been sorta MIA the last couple of weeks, but we’ve had a TON going on here. And I haven’t …
Dinner’s Ready! Are you? If not, follow along with my April dinner menu plan and have good food on the table every night! The April dinner menu plan is here! Already! How is it possible that we are already 4 months into 2019? Do you know what that means? That means that my oldest daughter …