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Here is my super simple and uber delicious homemade whipped cream recipe. Skip the store-bought and make your own using only heavy cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract! I absolutely love recipes that are simple, quick and homemade. As a busy mom, I don’t have time for long and drawn out. And I don’t want to…
With summer break coming quickly, my kids can’t wait to check all of these fun summer activities off of their list this year! Here is a list of 144 fun (and mostly cheap) things to do with your kids over the summer vacation! Are you the kind of mom who is just as excited as…
Our best beef stroganoff recipe is quick and easy with a flavorful creamy mushroom sauce over hot egg noodles; It makes the perfect weeknight meal! Beef stroganoff is a dish that I have always loved, but I always thought of it as a dish that was hard to make or contained less than real…
This post is sponsored by Red Baron but the content and opinions expressed here are my own. Summer chaos It’s summer! I don’t know about you, but in my house, summertime is almost more chaotic than the rest of the year. During the school year, we have routines and predictability. While we may be busy,…
Need some budget-saving holiday gift ideas this year? Here is a list of simple inexpensive Christmas gifts that everyone on your list will love! The holiday season has become a time of great stress and budget busters. Buying gifts for everyone gets expensive…fast! Don’t get me wrong, I love getting gifts and having material objects…
Making lunches can be much easier! Picture this: it’s 8am on a Monday morning and the kids are dragging as you try to get them ready for school. You still have lunches to pack when it happens: complete mental shut down. No lunch ideas come to mind, and you find yourself scrambling to send something…
I love to bake! Who’s with me? In fact, baking was my gateway into cooking. My grandmother worked really hard to teach me cooking basics when I was a teenager. However, I had NO interest at the time. I felt bored every time I tried to cook – like I was wasting my time…
When I think “summer,” I think of cookouts, going to the park and the pool, traveling, and potlucks. Summer food preparation, in my mind, needs to be quick and simple. No afternoons spent stirring away at the stove for me! For us, summer is a blur of activity, and I find myself needing…
Want a perfect – and fast – side dish for dinner? Microwave corn on the cob for the perfect way to serve up a nutritious and delicious vegetable in a snap. Picture this: it’s a weeknight. You just got off work and bought some corn on the cob on your way home. It sounded like…
The summer heat has officially reached Colorado. It’s that time of year when it’s just too darn hot to bake or make hot comfort food. I don’t even want to think about turning on the oven! But we don’t always have time to make this yummy ice cream. So what do we do instead? We…
Think for a moment….what do you buy and what do you make yourself? I believe there are certain things that are worth buying, but many things most people buy are better homemade. Consider that mass-produced and processed foods often contain added things that we don’t need or want: added sugar, salt, and other additives and…
We all have a favorite birthday cake, something we look forward to all year long. My kids ask for strawberry icing and sprinkles. I love a good chocolate cake with seven-minute icing. And my husband loves Chocolate Chip Cake. I make it for his birthday every year, which means I just made it….