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Cinnamon Ornaments You Make at Home

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of McCormick. All opinions are 100% mine. Updated: I created this post Cinnaman Ornaments you make at home about four years ago. The grandkids loved making them. It’s a simple inexpensive way to get creative

Freddy’s Sticky Saucy Barbecued Ribs

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Netflix for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. With the holidays approching I will barely have time to keep up with my favorite shows. That’s why I love Netflix. Netflix lets me watch my favorite

Simple White Icing

Disclosure Policy I am more of a cook then I am a baker. But…I have been trying to do more baking, especially with Katie because she loves to bake and decorate the goodies. She loves eating the icing, obviously she’s my grand daughter 🙂 I

Old Fashioned Cider Press Party

A few weeks ago we were invited to an old-fashioned cider press party. The family we buy our beef from also hosts an annual cider press party. The grandkids loved seeing all the cows. I didn’t tell them that 1/2 of one pf those cows

Full Hunter’s Moon

  Hey all you moon watchers, tonight is a full moon. The moon will be officially full at 7:38 PM EST. Tonight’s full moon was named Hunter’s Moon by the Native Americans because it was the time to go hunting in preparation for winter. It’s

Crispy Bacon Deviled Eggs

Today I want to share a delicious variation on an old favorite, deviled eggs. My family loves it when I make deviled eggs, which for some reason isn’t very often. I found this recipe in a magazine and thought “wow adding bacon sounds like a

Full Harvest Moon

Today the moon is full at 7:13 AM. The Native Americans called this moon the Full Harvest Moon  or the corn moon. This moon would mark when the corn needed to be harvested,  Neat fact, farmers can work late into the night by the light of this moon.

Chocolate Zucchini Bread

It’s that time of year again where I have plenty of zucchini. Last year I posted a recipe for zucchini bread so this time I thought I would try to make a chocolate zucchini bread. I found a recipe here and adapted to my liking.

13 All-Natural Uses for Dawn Soap

I am a huge fan of Dawn dish washing soap. It’s the only one I’ll buy. I shared a couple posts some time ago, showing you how to make Homemade Foaming Dish Soap and an All Purpose Spray Cleaner.   Did you know you can use Dawn in many

Delicious Roasted Garlic

Making your own Delicious Roasted Garlic is so simple you’ll wonder why you haven’t made it before. Do you love garlic as much as I do? I use fresh garlic in many of my recipes. I love the flavor and it is good for you. In

Full Sturgeon Moon

Hey all you moon watchers. Today August 20th at 9:45 PM EST the moon will be full. ( Check out my cool picture below ). Did you know that the Native Americans named the full Moons? The August moon was most commonly known at the

Cauliflower Pizza Crust

On a Low Carb diet and dying for a nice big slice of pizza? Make your pizza crust using cauliflower with this Cauliflower Pizza crust recipe. My daughter found this recipe and  has been raving about how delicious it is. Since I love cauliflower I

Full Buck Moon

Hey all you moon watchers the moon is full today, July 22 at 2:16 pm est.  This full was commonly referred to as the full buck moon because it’s when the new antlers on the buck deer emerge out of their foreheads. They are like

Summer Salsa

One of my favorite things about summer is all the fresh produce I have on hand. Once the peppers and tomatoes start coming in I usually have plenty so I always make this simple summer salsa. We eat it every day as a snack with

Vitamin Water You Make at Home

A couple days ago Amazon was offering one of those fabulous free e-books that I love so much. This one was for Vitamin Water. ( As of this posting it is still free, if it’s not $.99 isn’t a bad price). It gave great combinations

Chocolate Honey Cupcakes

Chocolate Honey Cupcakes We’ve been having so many rainy days lately that the grandkids and I decided to do a little baking. I’m using these silicone cupcake forms,  I must say I was very skeptical that you could actually bake in something that seems like

Simple Summer Salad

One of my favorite parts of summer is when the cucumbers plants start producing all those delicious cucumbers. Once they start producing look out, you will have plenty. We eat them almost every day in the summer. Today I am sharing a recipe using cucumbers.

Full Strawberry Moon

Hey all you full moon watchers. The moon is full at 7:32 AM est. Did you know the Native Americans named all the full moons? This moon they named the full strawberry moon because the Algonquin tribes new it signaled time to pick the ripening strawberries,

Macaroni Salad

Today is going to be another beautiful day. Highs around 80 and low humidity. Great day for a cook-out. We were planning on cooking out last evening for Father’s day but my kids decided they wanted to get Dad his favorite pizza instead. It’s from

Homemade Donuts

Did you know that today is National Donut Day? Who knew they had such a wonderful day! I eat a donut every other Wednesday at 10;30 in the morning. We have a patient at the clinic who brings the Dr and I a donut from

Backyard Gardening 6/5 ~ Herbs

The weather has been very nice this spring. Not to hot and plenty of rain. I have been outside working in the garden or just sitting outside enjoying it. I have actually been blogging less these past couple of months. There have been many personal