I love cooking in my cast iron skillet, I have the Lodge 10.25 inch Cast Iron Skillet. It’s such an affordable pan, lasts a lifetime, and is so versatile for so many recipes. It’s especially great in the winter as
How to Clean A Cast Iron Skillet
Holiday Gift Guide for the Home Cook 2019
Shopping season is here again and gifts for the kitchen are so appreciated by everyone on your list! Here are a few of my favorite things that I couldn’t live without and some recipes to enjoy them with. Product links
Crockpot Steel Cut Oatmeal
Once or twice a week, especially when I know its going to be a hectic morning, I start the night before with a hearty oatmeal breakfast in the crockpot. We have a lot of family favorite breakfasts, but this one
Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs
Hard boiled eggs should be two colors and two colors only, yellow and white….not grey, not green, not black….yellow and white. Perfect for egg salad, making salad into dinner, or just to eat as a snack or fast breakfast. The secret to perfection?–use a timer: Place eggs
9 Ways to make EARTH DAY Everyday
Don’t use Produce Bags at the Grocery Store — You can buy reusable produce bags but with a lot of produce, you really don’t need them at all. If you are going to peel or wash your produce before you
Top 5 Super Bowl Eats!
A few ideas for the big game weekend! Chili Sweet and Sticky Crockpot Meatballs Guacamole Avocado Bean Dip Veggies and Hummus Bonus…Chips and EASY Salsa
Gifts from the Kitchen
Christmas gifts from the kitchen are well loved in our family. The kids love making them as much as their grandparents love eating them. A few years now we have been making batches of Almond Biscotti in the food processor,
Eggplant Panini
The greatest way to eat healthy homemade food night after night is to utilize your freezer. I got my first deep freezer as an early Christmas gift and I’m pretty excited:) Whenever I make a large pot of spaghetti, I
Home Sweet Home, and Cranberry Muffins
I haven’t been writing lately, I’ve been cooking, we’ve been eating, but not much writing. This summer we moved…finally, after house hunting since I was pregnant with our first. He is now 4 and his sister is 1 1/2. After
Bedtime Healthy Cookies
I am still nursing my youngest, so when I get the kids to sleep at night, I need a serious snack and I usually feel like I deserve ice cream (bedtime can be rough with the little monsters). I’ve heard