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
Roasted Carrot Hummus
Roasted Carrot Hummus is an easy way to make a favorite healthy snack even healthier, and makes for some fun colors and delicious flavors. Homemade hummus is worth the extra time, much fresher and healthier than the grocery store version,
Healthy “Greens” Hummus
I’m just starting to get a few things to harvest from the garden so I’m putting some healthy snacks in the fridge! Hummus is easy to make yourself and always have in the fridge, great to dip with veggies, chips
The Sungrown Kid Series Episode 7–The Taste Test
While popsicles are an awesome healthy snack, my kids are serious bedtime snackers. We eat an early dinner in our house, everyone is starving by 4:30, so we eat. It works for us, I can do the dishes and hang
8 Minutes, NOT from a Box, Mac & Cheese for Kids
I’ve never understood boxed Mac & Cheese, a fast and better kids lunch can be thrown together in the same amount of time it takes to open that little orange packet of mystery cheese powder. While a big batch of
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
The Sungrown Kid Series Episode 5–Dinner Sides My Kids Love
Getting kids to eat vegetables can be pretty difficult sometimes. I read something once that has stuck with me…don’t stress about little kids eating veggies, because vegetables can taste quite bitter on their little taste buds. Have them try it
The Sungrown Kid Series Episode 1–Popsicles
I never intended to write much here about kids, but as any parent will agree, kids have a tendency to take over your life (in a good way). When I get together with fellow mom friends, our conversation always seems