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The Easiest Fresh Pizza Sauce

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Jamie H

Make fresh pizza sauce with tomatoes straight from the garden. No cooking involved, so it’s really fresh tasting! Updated: I’ve been making this recipe for about 10 years now, and we still love it. I thought it was time to update the post with some better pictures, along with a few tips. You can add a dash of cinnamon to give this fresh pizza sauce even more flavor, but it’s also perfect just how it is. This sauce is a bit thinner than pizza sauces that are cooked first (cooking them takes out a lot of the liquid from the

How to Dry Roast Almonds

Posted on October 7, 2017 by Jamie H

Find out how easy it is to dry roast almonds! My family loves to snack. And because we homeschool, we’re home a lot, which means there’s plenty of time for snacking. Because of this, I try to offer healthy snacks for my family, like these dry roast almonds, so at least those snacks can be packed full of vitamins instead of just junk. Almonds in general are such a great snack. They are surprisingly filling, full of fiber and protein, and a great source of nutrients. They’re full of potassium, magnesium, calcium, and vitamin E, so they’re really a great

DIY Instant Oatmeal Cups

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Kerry

DIY Instant Oatmeal Cups are an easy make ahead breakfasts that are easily customizable. Making it ahead yourself will save you money and time. Jamie and I went to the Everything Food Conference back in May. It is a conference for food bloggers. We had a great time and learned a ton. We also got to eat a lot of great food.Most of the food was amazing gourmet. But one of the things that stood out to me was regular ole instant oatmeal cups. Little did I know but those instant oatmeal cups would be a God send. That conference

Raspberry Lemonade Popsicles

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Jamie H

Refreshingly sweet and tart, these Raspberry Lemonade Popsicles are perfect for the hot summer weather! During the summer, my kids eat a lot of popsicles. I don’t like to buy the ones from the store that are basically just sugar and artificial dyes. And the ones made with real fruit are usually quite expensive, so we make our own, like these simple raspberry lemonade popsicles. Many years ago, I invested in a popsicle mold. I love that I can make my own popsicles with anything I want! After using a popsicle mold for a few years, I realized that I

Raspberry Sorbet

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Kerry

Raspberry Sorbet is a refreshing cold dessert that is low in calories. It is a perfect dessert for hot summer days. It is also dairy free. Has it been as hot as the surface of the sun at your house? It has been here. We’ve even had to bring the outdoor loving dog in during the afternoons. We’ve been eating tons of watermelon, sno-cones, ice cream and sorbet to help stay cool. Earlier this week I shared Chocolate Sorbet which is an amazing substitute for chocolate ice cream. Well, it’s just amazing regardless if you are steering clear of dairy

Virgin Strawberry Rhubarb Margaritas

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Jamie H

These Virgin Strawberry Rhubarb Margaritas are a sweet, tart frozen mocktail. My kids were so thrilled when I made them Virgin Watermelon Margaritas, that they’ve been asking me to make them another “special drink.” So today I decided to go for it and give it a try, and these Virgin Strawberry Rhubarb Margaritas were conceived. I’ve got a big rhubarb plant that is about as hardy as a plant can get. We moved in the fall before last, and most of the yard was either overgrown weedy, or dead and scorched, due to the fact that it had been vacant

Chocolate Coffee Depression Cake

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Jamie H

This Chocolate Coffee Depression Cake is moist and delicious, made from scratch, and uses no eggs, milk, or butter. A long time ago, a friend told me she had made a Depression Cake. I was interested by it, so I looked into how to make one and loved that it was an easy cake made from scratch. However, I never got around to trying it until now. A Depression Cake is a cake made with no eggs, no milk, and no butter. It doesn’t require a bowl, as all the ingredients are mixed in the pan you’ll bake it

Chocolate Dipped Raspberry S’mores

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Kerry

Chocolate Dipped Raspberry S’mores are a decadent treat that is super easy to make. They are perfect impressing your friends. They look like they took hours and they taste amazing! I was discussing with a group of friends what is their favorite flavor of marshmallows. I will be posting a Hot Cocoa Bar in a few weeks, and I wanted a marshmallow to go with the Hot Cocoa. We discussed flavors and shapes. One of my friends, the Salted Peach, sent me a list of flavor pairings for s’mores to see if that would help with my marshmallows. I was

How to Can Salsa

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Kerry

Learning How to Can Salsa is not terribly difficult and you can make it exactly like you prefer. It’s a great way to preserve the harvest from your garden. We love salsa in this household. I canned a lot of it last year. And I plan on canning a lot more this year. Canning salsa is not a difficult task. And a great way to be able to eat your garden harvest throughout the year. The first steps and the last steps of canning diced tomatoes are very similar to the first and last steps of How to Can Salsa.

How to Can Diced Tomatoes

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Kerry

How to Can Diced Tomatoes from beginning to end. Canning tomatoes is a great way preserve your garden to use through the winter and spring. Last year I had 24 tomato plants in the garden. I wanted a lot of tomatoes to can. And I sure got that. We canned tomatoes for weeks. I also made tomato sauce, tomato paste, spaghetti sauce, and salsa. We had tomatoes coming out our ears. At the end of the season, I picked all the green tomatoes to let them ripen. I had a wheelbarrow full of green tomatoes. This year I