With Fall just a couple of days away it will soon be apple harvest time. There is NOTHING better than a fresh picked crisp, juicy apple to bite into. We go out to a farmers apple orchard and pick apples every year. We always have… [read more]
Mini Chicken Pot Pies- A Quick & Easy Dinner
School is back in session! Are you back into a school routine yet or are you still struggling to find your rhythm? I like the structure of back to school but it’s hard for me to be organized enough to have that supper meal ready… [read more]
” Hamburger Pie”- A Quick Fix Casserole
Today was my boy’s first day of school. It wasn’t just a normal first day of school but their first day of high school! Can’t you see their excitement over going to school? Or maybe its because their mother is torturing them by taking their picture… [read more]
How to make your own sun dried tomatoes + 4 recipes using them
I’m a huge fan of sun-dried tomatoes in food but I have a hard time paying the price they want for them at the store. I decided I’d venture out and try drying my own. Now in Michigan as a general rule, we don’t have… [read more]
No Cook Lemon Berry Crisps
I have a super simple no cook Lemon Berry Crisp recipe to share with you today. I needed a snack for a class I was helping with and didn’t have time or want to cook something. I was in a store and saw these…. [read more]
15 Copycat Soup Recipes
Fall is coming FAST!!!! Faster than I would like. One of my very favorite foods in the Fall is SOUP! I’ve been told I’m a really good soup maker. I know that sounds like I’m bragging but I’m not a very good cook so I… [read more]
Roasted Beet & Goat Cheese Salad
I’m on a roll! Last week I shared with you Mary’s Yummy Cucumber Salad recipe and today I want to share another scrumptious salad my friend Joni made for me a few years back, that my family LOVES. I’m so blessed to have friends who are GREAT… [read more]
Mary’s Yummy Cucumber Salad
I LOVE this time a year when fresh tomatoes and cucumbers ripen. We grow a large garden and I’m always looking for some yummy ways to use them. My girlfriend Mary is Italian and she is a GREAT cook! She invited my family for an… [read more]
25 Yummy Zucchini Recipes
In Michigan, we are at the prime of zucchini season!! If you’re like me I don’t ever seem to know what to do with all my zucchini. I get into ruts and get stuck making just fried zucchini which all of my family enjoys…. [read more]
[Beat the Heat with a Summer Seafood Boil]
I want to share with you today something that has become a family tradition at our house during the summer. a Seafood Boil. We just LOVE it! It’s also GREAT because you cook it outside so don’t bring heat into your kitchen on these… [read more]