A blog. Where I show you the things I make!
Chicken noodle soup is one of the most asked for dinner at my home. I always make the noodles separately and let each family member add as many noodles as they like to their bowl. Chicken noodle soup is one of those ” blank canvas” dishes where you can get […]
These days, almost everyone has a friend or a family member who eats a gluten-free diet. I do. Although my immediate family isn’t gluten-free, I try to have a gluten-free option when I host a get-together at my house. Eating a gluten-free meal is easier than you think! Here is […]
Thank-you to the Iowa Egg Council for sponsoring this post. This past summer, my almost 9-year-old has taken an interest in cooking! It is so fun, and almost a little relaxing to sit at the kitchen table and instruct and monitor him while he cooks us food! He loves making […]
This post may contain affiliate links. My newest food obsession is Trader Joe’s Everything but the Elote seasoning! I have been putting it on all my food! This Everything but the Elote seasoning has been gracing my hard-boiled eggs, seasoning my chicken sandwiches, and topping my salads. This Instant Pot […]
These Sticky Barbecue Chicken Drumsticks are finger-licking good and are always a massive hit with my three sons! I have gotten into the habit of making larger batches of meat and then eating the leftovers the next day for lunch. That means you get TWO meals in 30 minutes! This […]
I love classic cucumber salad! This year, I have decided to switch cucumber salad up a bit by adding zingy chimichurri sauce! Chimichurri sauce is an Argentinean condiment. I have started adding it to many of my favorite midwest dishes. This salad screams summer. Crispy garden fresh cucumbers and chimichurri […]
This post may contain affiliate links. Last summer, at a party, a friend of mine introduced me to creamy cucumber salad. I spent the rest of the said party snacking on the mentioned cucumber salad. It was delicious! This summer, we’re not exactly having parties, but I decided to kick […]
This post may contain affiliate links I have been making broccoli salad a lot this spring/summer. I can always get my kids to eat broccoli salad. I am totally fine with mixing broccoli with a sugar-mayonnaise sauce if it get’s my kids to enthusiastically eat their vegetables. I have a […]
This post may contain affiliate links Right now, I am taking a back to basics approach to cooking. I plan on sharing with you some of my favorite simple recipes. Some of the recipes that I make during my day-to-day life are mundane, but I can rely on them to […]
Whole 30 is a 30-day eating plan, meant to reset your eating habits, cutting out most processed foods so you can focus on eating whole foods. I did a round of whole 30 in 2019, and I still make whole 30 meals because it felt so good to focus on […]
This post contains affiliate links. I wanted to try this old recipe in my Instant Pot, and what I came up with was something entirely different and so good that I had to share it with you! Boiling bratwurst in hard cider is an excellent alternative for folks who are […]
