If you know me, you know I love to cook and bake from scratch. I’m not crazy though, you won’t find me making from scratch pop-tarts or Girl Scout cookies...at least not yet. I do love making things like homemade pie crust and taco seasoning, because who wants mystery ingredients in their pie crust when you can make it with 4 simple ingredients? So I did it again. My favorite ...
Easy Pumpkin Bars
How many times have you gotten a recipe from your mom, you know that one recipe that you remember from when you were a kid, one of those delicious treats that you never forget. These recipes get handed down from generation to generation, you get them all from your mom but she got them from her mom, and her grandma. Food is not just something to sustain you and keep you alive it ...
Apple Pie Monkey Bread Muffins
I love making monkey bread. It’s fun to make (your kids can even help!) and so delicious. Being that it’s still apple season and we have a ton of homemade apple pie filling around our house I searched for a delicious apple pie monkey bread recipe and came up short. Even the most reputable websites used refrigerator dough for their recipes. So I took it in my own hands and made ...
Homemade Apple Pie Filling
Apple pie is one of the tastiest American traditions that I know of, a warm slice with a nice big scoop of vanilla ice cream on top, you can’t hardly beat it especially after a great meal with family and friends. Homemade apple pie filling probably sounds like a daunting task to most people, but it is really not so bad especially if you have helpers. Preparing and canning foods ...
Easy Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Pumpkin seeds are one of those seasonal snack traditions that only happen once a year for us so of course we saved all of those pumpkin seeds so that we could make a tasty snack to enjoy after we finished all the hard work of carving our pumpkins this week. Easy roasted pumpkin seeds are a great snack and so simple to make. The best part about pumpkin seeds is that they are a ...
How to Make a Tire Swing
I remember the old hay rope we had up in the barn on our old farm, we used to use it to swing from the top of a little wooden motor shed over to the mixer. This was probably really dangerous, no it was definitely dangerous, but we wanted to be like Indiana Jones, I mean who didn't back then right? We never did get anything more than a couple bumps or bruises, which was lucky ...
Tex-Mex Stuffed Peppers
I recently made my first ever stuffed bell peppers, and I gave them my own spin that ended up with these great Tex-Mex Stuffed Peppers. They were so good that AJ asked if it was too soon if I made them again the next week. They were that good. I promise. You see, I had only ever eaten stuffed peppers once before, just your basic green peppers stuffed with under-seasoned beef ...
A Peek at Netflix HQ and Meeting Piper Kerman
I'm a part of the Netflix #StreamTeam, this post is part of a sponsored conversation. All opinions are my own. Last month, AJ and I got to tour Netflix Headquarters (along with other StreamTeam members.) After touring Nteflix HQ, I think I've found my dream job. It's a little bit like pop culture exploded in this building. You can find fun things in almost every cubical (I ...
Our Travels to California Bay Area
We've been back from the California Bay Area for a couple of weeks and I've really been dragging my feet on writing all about the trip. We loved it so much, we keep telling each other that we should move out there. AJ wants a house in Carmel-by-the-Sea, but I personally would love a place in San Francisco. We were only there for 7 days, but I feel like we saw a huge chunk of ...
Baked Bacon and Mozzarella Sticks
It's that time of the year, it's fair season! We just went to our local state fair a few weeks ago, and now the Wisconsin State Fair is in full swing until August 10th! I'm a foodie, so for me the State Fair is all about food. The common themes for fair food in Wisconsin is definitely lots of deep frying, lots of cheese, and bacon wrapped everything! I was at a breakfast the ...
Easy Marinara Sauce Recipe
I love carbs, and carbs are so much better when they’re covered in a delicious sauce. I’ve been making my own tomato based sauce for months, and recently I added sugar as an ingredient to turn it into a marinara sauce and I’ll never go back. Seriously, homemade easy marinara sauce recipe is the best. One of the reasons why I love this easy marinara sauce recipe so much, is ...