“A lot of living happens in the kitchen.”
This cranberry apple pie is the perfect Christmas pie! Filled with all the quintessential flavors and spices, it’s as beautiful to look at as it tastes in your mouth. Apples, cranberries, orange zest, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves. Mmmm! I look forward to this pie …
Smooth and creamy, this homemade yogurt is easy to make. You can make a large batch for way less than buying it at the store and it’s so healthy. You know exactly what’s in it. We make a lot of smoothies with the yogurt. Also …
This is our family Christmas sugar cookie recipe! We also use it for any other holiday that calls for a cookie. They are soft with a yummy vanilla sugar flavor. They store really well so they can be made in advance. We decorate the cookies …
These cute little gingerbread boys and girls taste as delicious as they look! Full of molasses and warm spices, they’re the perfect Christmas cookie for dunking into a cup of hot cocoa. This is a fun cookie to bake with the kids. Rolling out the …
This yummy chicken pot pie is filled to the brim with chicken and veggies in a perfectly seasoned gravy. This is comfort food and it’s hard to eat only one serving. This is one of my favorite meals to make with leftover Thanksgiving turkey. You …
The secret to making the best Thanksgiving turkey is to season it good, bake at a higher temperature, and flip it halfway through! Once you try it this way, you’ll never want to make it any other way. Assemble your ingredients: a thawed turkey onions …
This festive creamy cranberry salad is sweet enough to be a dessert! Perfect for the holiday table and easy to throw together. Just remember that it’s best if you mix up the ingredients and let them sit overnight. That gives the cranberries time to soak …
These sour cream and onion mashed potatoes are so savory that you don’t need gravy to go with them. I make them for every holiday table at our house and also often throughout the year. They are a family favorite. It only takes a couple …
This creamy butternut squash soup is one of my favorite fall meals. It’s bursting with savory autumn flavors. I serve it with thick slices of sourdough bread. Butternut squash store great and I got this particular one from a friend’s garden awhile back. It’s extra …
