15 Uses for Overripe Apples
If you are anything like me, you can easily let fruit get past it’s prime. I really try hard not to let that happen- I loathe wasting food. But every once in a while, something slips past me and has…
Create Fun Christmas Memories On a Budget
Christmas is such a wonderful time of year. Everything is decorated beautifully, people come together to celebrate the season, children are excited, and the atmosphere is just magical. Christmas also often brings the stress – especially when it comes to…
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Easy Spaghetti Sauce
If there is one thing that my whole family loves, it’s Italian food. I am always looking for new ideas and recipes to satisfy our craving for Italian. Up until a few years ago, I always purchased the jarred spaghetti…
Soft & Chewy Pizza Crust
One thing is for sure. If it’s on a pizza crust, my kids will eat it. I find myself making homemade pizza dough quite often. It is much more cost efficient to make it myself, especially since my kids could…
15 Fruits & Veggies For Your Freezer
Years ago, my husband’s great grandmother gave us her deep freezer. She was moving into an assisted living home and no longer had room for it. Not to mention she really didn’t need that much freezer space since she…
Time Out For Mom- Make Your Own Pumpkin Spice Coffee
Time Out For Mom is my weekly post dedicated to us mom’s that contain ideas, tips, and things that I love and make my life a little easier. I think it is so important for us mom’s to take a…
My Must-Have Herbs and Spices
Here’s a confession: I live in the South. Even more, I’m a Louisiana girl. We love our food, and our food has to have flavor. It just isn’t worth eating if it tastes bland. I keep tons of spices and…
Pizza Sauce
Many years ago, I began making pizza from scratch. I started making it even before I had children. For the longest time, I could not find a suitable pizza sauce. I bought every kind you can imagine. None of them…
How To Freeze Apples
Have some apples hanging around that are starting to look a little sad? Don’t throw those out! Freeze them. Frozen apples are perfect for so many things. Applesauce is a favorite in our house, but I also use them for…
Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins
My kids love donuts. Heck, I love donuts too! But they certainly don’t love me. And they aren’t great for my already-entirely-too-active-to-need-additional-sugar children either. On my quest to find an alternative donut solution, I discovered this recipe for muffins that…