Homemade Lemon Ice is the perfect dessert if you’re looking for something light to eat and easy to make. Lemon Ice is made with water, lemon juice, lemon zest, sugar, and topped with mint sprigs for garnish. You don’t even need an ice cream maker to create this beautiful dessert. A blender, beaters or you…
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How to Start a Victory Garden
How to Start a Victory Garden will put you on the path to starting a garden that will provide food for your entire family. Recent events have taught us that there can be food shortages, even in the modern age. “The first supermarket supposedly appeared on the American landscape in 1946. That is not very…
Themed Family Dinner Ideas
Themed Family Dinner Ideas will help you spice up your evening meal and create new memories along the way. “All great change in America begins at the dinner table.” – Ronald Reagan Every night we sit down and spend time with our favorite people in the world. Adding themes for family dinners to the nightly routine…
Depression Era Habits to Start Today
Depression Era Habits to Start Today will help you start on the path of frugal living. Grandma and grandpa had the right idea when they watched where every penny went. “People who live far below their means enjoy a freedom that people busy upgrading their lifestyles can’t fathom.” – Naval Ravikant Financial stress is awful. We…
Homemade Candied Ginger
Homemade Candied Ginger is a super easy to make and tastes amazing. Why buy this yummy treat, when you can make your own? If you’re looking for even more ginger recipes, try this amazing Detoxing Lemon Ginger Tea. History of Ginger: Ginger has been cultivated in Asia for over 3,000 years. It is used…
Easy Homemade Ginger Ale Recipe
Easy Homemade Ginger Ale Recipe is such an easy recipe to make with just four simple ingredients. We all know that homemade tastes better. The first part of the recipe is to make the ginger ale syrup. You let it cool, and then you can make the homemade ginger ale. I found this recipe on Epicurious….
Easy Orange Dreamsicle Smoothie
Easy Orange Dreamsicle Smoothie is a delicious way to start your day with a nutritionally dense breakfast that is so easy to make and tastes amazing. I think you’re going to start seeing a lot of smoothie recipes on this blog because they are such an easy way to get more fruits and greens into your…
35 Best Cottage Garden Flowers to Grow
35 Best Cottage Garden Flowers to Grow will give you some ideas on how to make your yard look amazing with plants that transform the space they’re grown into a magical oasis. “Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.” – Henry Ward Beecher A cottage flower garden…
How to Hygge Your Vehicle
How to Hygge Your Vehicle will show you a few tips on how to make your car more comfortable whether you have a long or short commute. “To attract men, I wear a perfume called ‘New Car Interior.’ – Rita Rudner One of our cozy living group members asked an interesting question of the group….
The Best Cheese Fondue
The Best Cheese Fondue is the perfect recipe for every gathering, date night, or special occasion. This cheesy, creamy dish will leave taste buds happy. “Life is great. Cheese makes it better.” – Avery Aames, The Long Quiche Goodbye I was trying to decide the next recipe to feature when I watched a movie…
Best Hygge Movies to Watch
Best Hygge Movies to Watch for a Cozy Night will inspire you to get comfortable and get lost in an excellent movie that leaves you feeling good about life. “We love films because they make us feel something. They speak to our desires, which are never small. They allow us to escape and to dream…
12 Creative Business Ideas for 2021
12 Creative Business Ideas You Can Copy will inspire you if you’re looking to start your own small business or change careers and become your own boss. New creative business ideas for 2021 is what’s needed to create a life you love. I’m passionate about people finding the perfect career that is centered around doing…
Best Banana Bread Recipe
This Best Banana Bread Recipe is easy to make, tastes amazing, and will make everyone happy that you give a slice to – including yourself! If you’ve been hunting for the perfect banana nut bread recipe, you can rest now because the hunt is over. I found this recipe in one of…
31 Simple Ways to Relieve Stress
31 Simple Ways to Relieve Stress will help you navigate your way out of the stormy seas of your mind and get you back to calm waters. “Stress level: extreme. It’s like she was a jar with the lid screwed on too tight, and inside the jar were pickles, angry pickles, and they were fermenting,…
31 Small Goals Easily Achieved in 2021
If you want to start your dream with confidence, the best way to do this is to start is by conquering a few small goals easily achieved. Success breeds success. “The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.” J.P. Morgan We all have dreams….
Hygge New Year Traditions
Hygge New Year Traditions are simple ways to usher in the New Year by adding our own personal stamp to the holiday with ideas that make our day just a little bit cozier. “The New Year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written.” – Melody Beattie How exciting is…
Authentic New England Clam Chowder Recipe
Authentic New England Clam Chowder is one of those recipes that has you dreaming of watching the ocean waves crash upon the rocks with the salty breeze blowing back your hair. Fresh clams, potatoes, cream, and a little butter add up to one of the most famous soups in the world. I love chowders, add a…
How to Dry Orange Slices
How to Dry Orange Slices will get you started on making beautiful natural decor to add to your packages, make garland, create Christmas ornaments, or simply as seasonal accents for your home. “If you wait until you have enough money to decorate and make your home your own, it will never happen. If you wait…
31 Hygge New Year’s Resolution Ideas
31 Hygge New Year’s Resolution Ideas will help you come up with some thoughts of how to turn 2021 into an amazing year that transforms your life. “Benjamin Franklin said it best: “Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom.”…
Creative Inexpensive Christmas Decorations
Creative Inexpensive Christmas Decorations will show you some tips and tricks to infuse your home with the Christmas spirit, even if you don’t have a big budget. “The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: The presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow You don’t have to…
Smoked Salmon Chowder
This creamy Smoked Salmon Chowder Recipe is full of flavor that your entire family will love. Make sure you serve some crusty bread along side it, so you can soak up every bite! “Every year, tens of millions of salmon return to the pristine shores of Bristol Bay in Alaska. They linger in the bay’s…
Cheesy Baked Vidalia Onion Dip
This Cheesy Baked Vidalia Onion Dip will have your taste buds singing and make you the favorite chef of any potluck party. Who doesn’t love a yummy, gooey, cheesy dip? “We would load up the yellow Cutlass Supreme station wagon and pick blackberries during blackberry season or spring onions during spring onion season. For us, food…
How to Make Cocktail Sauce
How to Make Cocktail Sauce is the perfect recipe to make your seafood taste divine. Why buy jarred sauce when you can easily make your own that tastes even better? This recipe has the right combination of ingredients that makes it the perfect sauce that tastes amazing without being too strong. Personally, I like to add…
Best Turkey Brine Recipe
Best Turkey Brine Recipe is the recipe you’ve been looking for to make your turkey taste amazing. You’ll never go back to your regular recipe after tasting this one. “You should brine your turkey. Don’t even think about not brining your turkey. Ever.” – Kimbal Musk This turkey brine recipe is about as foolproof as you…