A blog. Where I show you the things I make!
This post may contain affiliate links Broccoli is becoming a good friend. You see, I have been trying to eat healthier this season, and it turns out that a bag of steamed broccoli is filling and makes for a beautiful lunch. Also, when I ask my kids what vegetable they […]
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #GetGrillingSmithfield #SmithfieldGrillingHero #CollectiveBias Here in Northern Iowa, we had the longest, coldest, snowiest winter within memory. We had two-plus feet of snow on the ground until the middle of March, along with about […]
This post is sponsored by Dorothy Lynch. All opinions are entirely my own It turns out that my oldest son could probably eat tacos for dinner every night of the week and be as happy as a clam. He loves soft tacos. He likes crunchy tacos. He loves them with […]
This post may contain affiliate links. This winter has been cold, blistery, never-ending and my kids have had more snow days than I can count. The way I see it is that I can sit around and complain about it. Or I can sit around and warm myself up with […]
It has been a long while since I have done a round-up on this website. I have two good reasons for this pressure cooker chili round-up. Tomorrow it’s going to be colder in Iowa than in Antarctica, so we will all need a nice bowl of chili to warm up […]
This post may contain affiliate links Back when I studied abroad in Ireland, ( quite a long time ago now). I ate a lot of Shepherd’s Pie, and it was always excellent. Shepherd’s pie entered our dinner repertoire last year after I realized how much my youngest son loves mashed […]
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #RealFlavorRealFast #SmithfieldRealFresh #CollectiveBias About once a year my Italian mother will step away from her fabulous risotto making and make a traditional Bavarian dish at my dad’s request. I remember as a child that I […]
I happen to have a few good friends who consider themselves to have type-A personalities. I try to keep those friends from opening up my silverware drawer when they come over to my house. ( or any other drawer) I consider myself to be very organized. In a way that works for […]
This post contains affiliate links My husband and I belong to a small group from our church, and the group of 6 couples meets once a month for a meal. How it works is that the couple who is hosting cooks the main dish, and the other members of the […]
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #RealFlavorRealFast #CollectiveBias This supper is so perfect for my family in every which way. I spent less than $10.00 on all of the ingredients. I cooked it in less than thirty minutes. It’s […]
This post contains affiliate links Check out the rest of my Instant Pot recipes! I have gotten into some meal-prepping on Sunday afternoons. Not prepping whole meals, but just some simple meal prepping so I can make easy healthy snacks, lunches, and dinners. Right now, on Sunday afternoon, I meal […]
Another day, another Instant Pot recipe. Check out my Instant Pot recipe collection! I saw where a blogger friend of mine posted a photo of vegetable soup on her Instagram using tomato juice as a base, and my mind started wandering. Then the next thing I knew, I was at […]
