If you are curious about the Keto diet, how it works and maybe even how to start, read on! I am in no way a professional on the subject and also not your doctor, so take what I say with a grain of salt. I am speaking to you from my personal experience and from …
How to Make Homemade Jerky
Learn how to make homemade jerky. It may seem like a complicated and daunting task, but trust me…it’s easy and WORTH it! One of my favorite anytime-snacks (at home, on the go, hiking, dirt biking, etc.) is jerky. The problem is that jerky can be expensive and it can be chalked full of preservatives and …
Tagalong Girl Scout Cookie Copycat Recipe (but better!)
It’s Girl Scout season and who doesn’t love a good Girl Scout cookie?! They are delicious! But being an avid baker, I know how easy it is to bump the flavors up to make a much more rich and intense cookie than what comes out of the box. The other day, I had a hankering …
How to Make Nutty Chocolate Dipped Biscotti – Recipe
I don’t know about you, but I love baking in the winter. Especially on a rainy cold day with no agenda. There are some recipes that I only bake during the winter just because they are a little more involved, one of those being biscotti! Biscotti are the perfect baked good because they are yummy …
How to Make the Best Butter Cream Frosting and Chocolate Ganache – Recipes
There seems to be two types of people in the world: those who are the frosting people and those who are the cake people, we are the former. It’s the reason we eat cake and cookies. In our home growing up, it was a race to kitchen for who would lick the beaters clean. If …
How to Make Chocolate Dipped Pretzels
If you are looking for an easy and fun kitchen craft, you have come to the right spot! Find out how to make these deliciously festive chocolate dipped pretzels for a fun treat for the family or gifts for coworkers and loved ones. How to Make Chocolate Dipped Pretzels If I remember correctly, making chocolate …
Thanksgiving Desserts – Homemade Baklava and Pumpkin Pie
Thanksgiving Day is arguably one of our favorite days of the year. Why? Well we get to spend time with our family of course, and the FOOD! Food is so much fun. From researching recipes, going grocery shopping, prepping the food, making the recipes, then getting to eat them…it’s all a good time for us. …
Easy “Piroshkies”
When scrounging through my pantry and fridge for an easy dinner idea, I realized I could make a very easy cheat on a Russian classic. Piroshkies. My husband loves to eat anything that involves meat and bread and he always says, “forget it” to the vegetables that I always offer on his plate (more on …
How to save on an entire kitchen remodel
When my husband and I toured our future home for the first time with our real estate agent, we didn’t linger too long inside the house. We were so excited about the property itself and all of the outbuildings, and other features on the property that we hardly paid attention to the interior of the …
The secrets that make up the world’s best chocolate chip cookies (& the full recipe!)
Learn how to make the best, chewy and soft chocolate chip cookies…ever! For as long as we can remember, any time our family had an event to attend, or we were having friends come over, or someone needed a sweet treat, our mom would bake chocolate chip cookies. These cookies have attended birthday parties, showers, …