Don’t get frustrated with gingerbread houses that fall apart! Glue them together instead for the easiest way to assemble gingerbread houses. Today we get to decorate gingerbread houses for our advent activity. I am so excited! Decorating the little candy houses has always been a Christmas activity for our family. I did it every year …
Recipes
As the weather get cooler, my dinner menu tends to have lots of soup in it! I love soup, vegetables soups, noodle soups, brothy soups, creamy soups, tomato soups, lentil soups, the list goes on. I just love it all! On a cold snowy day, nothing beats a bowl of hot soup for dinner. But …
Thanksgiving is so close I can taste it… at least I can taste the pie. I just love a good pie. I was lucky enough to grow up in a house where mom always made homemade pies. She didn’t have a specialty, we ate every pie: strawberry, key lime, lemon meringue, coconut or banana cream, …
We are still working through the bounty of apples we have been blessed with. Until winter rears it’s ugly head, the trees are keeping us fed with loads of apples. Apples for breakfast, lunch, dinner and desert! One of our favorite things to eat for breakfast is waffles, so naturally, I needed to add apples to …
If you love pumpkin desserts, you want to try these savory pumpkin sage scones. I am back to my old tricks, more pumpkin goodness! This time I wanted to use it in a savory way. Now I love pumpkin deserts and coffee and all things sweet, but sometimes I need something healthier. And I …
Use extra pears and enjoy fall flavors with these easy cinnamon pear muffins. I was working my way through jars and jars of pumpkin puree this month, I was committed to putting pumpkin in everything and only sharing pumpkin recipes, but then my mom dropped off a 5 gallon bucket of ripe pears from her …
This amazing pumpkin bread is so light and fluffy because it is a yeasted pumpkin bread. Pumpkin season has started and I’m so excited! This is my favorite time of year, when everything I eat is filled with pumpkin and spice and everything nice. Pumpkin waffles for breakfast, my favorite! Pumpkin soup for lunch, perfection! …
Last weekend we went camping, I was getting ready to make a loaf of my whole wheat sandwich bread to take with us for our lunches and decided I wanted something with a little more tooth to it. Going into the mountains, planning on lots of hiking, made me want a bread that with tons …
Last week I came across a recipe for Lemon Creme Puffs and just knew I had to try them. Do you do that? See a recipe and run out to make it ASAP! I do. And this was one of those recipes that just spoke to me. Why? Because I love lemon, the creme puff recipe …
This is the ultimate lazy recipe! Summer has been so hot this year and we are running around in the heat all day. When it comes time for dinner, I am tired and unmotivated! Today, we had sandwiches for dinner. I did try to fancy them up by making some flavored mayonnaise to go on them …