A blog. Where I show you the things I make!
This post is sponsored by Travel Iowa. All opinions are entirely my own. #thisisiowa #madeiniowa It’s that time of year again! Time to buy all those Christmas gifts for your loved ones. I realized over Thanksgiving how incredibly lucky my family is when I sat there with my younger brother, […]
This post may contain affiliate links I don’t have many Thanksgiving recipes up on this site. This is crazy for so many reasons, one of which is that I have been hosting Thanksgiving at my house since I was 23 years old. My reasoning for this lack of Thanksgiving food […]
This post may contain affiliate links I know we’re a few months from and after Christmas, but I know that mothers day/fathers day and graduation will be coming up in the coming months and I wanted to share this gift idea for you. About two years ago, I started getting […]
Check out my entire collection of broccoli salad recipes! Hello! I have another awesome recipe combo for you today! Some of my favorite recipes on this website are combinations of my favorite things. A few years ago, my love for minestrone and Chili bore my Minestrone Chili. Last week, I combined […]
This post may contain affiliate links Check out my entire collection of broccoli salad recipes! There is nothing that I love more than a well-balanced crunchy salad. So this E coli and lack of romaine lettuce have got me down just a little bit. Last spring when we had this romaine […]
This post is sponsored by the Iowa Department of economic development. All opinions are entirely my own. #madeiniowa I have spent most of my adult life living in Iowa. The nicest people in the world live here and are a constant reminder to why I know that I am raising my […]
Thank-you to Sugar In The Raw® for sponsoring today’s post #intheraw. I have been compensated for this post. All opinions are entirely my own. Carrots. Such mundane food, yet some of my very favorite things to eat are made from carrots. My favorite gingery soup is made from carrots, my […]
This post contains affiliate links. Abruptly, This fall, all three of my sons started loving and gobbling up cauliflower with cheese. Sometimes I make a cheese sauce, and sometimes I just top the steamed cauliflower with shredded cheese. My middle son, who has never been very excited about eating will […]
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #CollectiveBias #CookingWithOdoms In my house, we love green beans all year round. We have two vertical garden boxes devoted to just green beans every summer, we enjoy canned green beans for a quick side […]
This post contains affiliate links. The holiday season is almost here! I have a love/hate relationship with the holidays. ( when is it acceptable to start listening to Christmas music?) I love the gatherings, the cookie decorating, the music, the lights and all of the family memories ( doing jigsaw […]
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #InspireWithCheese When I host Thanksgiving in the fall my family members help out by bringing amazing side dishes and appetizers, and it really helps keep the stress level down when trying to host […]
I have been super busy these past few weeks. I have had sick kiddos, lots of freelance work to do, and lots of Christmas shopping/gift-wrapping and planning to do. I am sure this will be my last post before Christmas. Merry Christmas Everyone! I thought it would be fun to make […]
