9 Enchanting First Snow Day Traditions will let you pick the perfect idea for your family to celebrate the start of a magical season. “The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up in another quite different,…
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Most Amazing Nautical Christmas Tree
The Most Amazing Nautical Christmas Tree is a fun way to bring seaside elements indoors. Why stick to the tradition of a green and red themed tree when you can do something a little bit different? “There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none…
Slow Cooker Raspberry Balsamic Glazed Meatballs
Slow Cooker Raspberry Balsamic Glazed Meatballs is the perfect appetizer for any gathering and it couldn’t be simpler to make. “Cooking is like painting or writing a song. Just as there are only so many notes or colors, there are only so many flavors – it’s how you combine them that sets you apart.” –…
Low Carb Blue Cheese Dressing
Low Carb Blue Cheese Dressing is the recipe you’ve been looking for to make your salad taste amazing. It’s also the perfect recipe for a dip. “Age is not important unless you’re a cheese.” – Helen Hayes I’ve tried lots of different recipes for Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing. Most were okay. Nothing great….
Rustic Candied Sweet Potatoes and Apples
Rustic Candied Sweet Potatoes and Apples paired together makes an amazing tasting side dish. Add a topping of brown sugar combined with butter and you’ve got heaven on your plate. “My dream is to become a farmer. Just a Bohemian guy pulling up his own sweet potatoes for dinner.” – Lenny Kravitz Not only…
Easy Homemade Cranberry Sauce
Easy Homemade Cranberry Sauce goes hand-in-hand with turkey. I can’t imagine thanksgiving without cranberry sauce – it’s that vital. “Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not a coincidence.” – Erma Bombeck This simple homemade cranberry sauce recipe has four ingredients and only…
55 Old Fashioned Christmas Ideas
55 Old Fashioned Christmas Ideas will help fill your holiday with magic and you may find some of the enchantment you experienced when you were young. “He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.” – Roy L. Smith Getting everything done can make your holiday season feel…
How to Make Chocolate Pudding from Scratch
How to Make Chocolate Pudding from Scratch is that old-fashioned, creamy goodness recipe you’ve been looking for like grandma used to make. “When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.” – Regina Brett I found this recipe on allrecipes.com and it had the most positive feedback, so of course I had to try it. A…
Grandma’s Hot Cranberry Tea
Grandma’s Hot Cranberry Tea is the perfect tea to make for your holiday gatherings. Not only does it taste great, but it’s beautiful to look at through a clear glass mug. “The chef that grew up with the grandma who cooks tends to always beat the chef that went to the culinary institute. It’s in…
Homemade Fajita Seasoning
Homemade Fajita Seasoning is easy to make and so much better than store-bought seasoning. Why go out and spend money at a Mexican restaurant when you can recreate the flavors at home? “I wish they made fajita cologne, because that stuff smells good. What’s that you’re wearing? That’s sizzlin’!” – Mitch Hedberg There’s something so…
Minimalist Lifestyle: Why Others Got Started
Minimalist Lifestyle: Why Others Got Started will give you a little peek inside the window of souls that craved a simpler life. “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” – William Morris Let me start this post by saying I’m not a…
Easy Greek Quinoa Salad Recipe
Greek Quinoa Salad is an amazing healthy salad that your entire family will love. This salad is bursting with flavor and easy to make. “All the money in the world can’t buy you back good health.” – Reba McEntire I was looking for a yummy way to use quinoa (I’m a little late to the…
31 Simple Ways to Add Flavor to Mashed Potatoes
31 Simple Ways to Add Flavor to Mashed Potatoes will give you some ideas on jazzing up your mashed potato recipe with some fun add-ins. “Nothing like mashed potatoes when you’re feeling blue. Nothing like getting into bed with a bowl of hot mashed potatoes already loaded with butter, and methodically adding a thin, cold…
Creative Ways to Save Money
Creative Ways to Save Money will give you the advice you need to to put you on the path of frugality from people who’ve been in your shoes. A dash of frugality is a good thing for everyone. – Jason Chaffetz In a frugal living group, a question that was asked was, “What’s the one…
Quick Pickled Red Onions
Quick Pickled Red Onions is a recipe you’ll use again and again to add flavor to your salads, grain dishes, sandwiches, tacos and avocado toast. “Most of us have fond memories of food from our childhood. Whether it was our mom’s homemade lasagna or a memorable chocolate birthday cake, food has a way of…
How to Start a Small Jelly and Jam Business
How to Start a Small Jelly and Jam Business will give you simple steps to get started on your way to entreprenuership and design a life you love. “I have four chickens. I have four laying hens. And I have 50 fruit trees. I make apricot and plum jam every summer. I brought Memphis…
Summer Herb Butter Recipe
Summer Herb Butter Recipe is a very simple compound butter recipe that adds an amazing taste to rolls, potatoes, sandwiches, or any other way you use butter. “I grow my own vegetables and herbs. I like being able to tell people that the lunch I’m serving started out as a seed in my yard.” –…
100+ Hygge Journal Writing Prompts
100+ Hygge Journal Writing Prompts will help get you started on creating that cozy life you crave by digging deeper into your desires. “Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.” William Wordsworth Life can be stressful! It’s up to us to change that by creating a cozy lifestyle that reflects the vision of our dreams….
Easy Homemade Butterscotch Recipes
Easy Homemade Butterscotch Recipes is the perfect way to indulge in different ways to infuse butterscotch in your life. “Invention my dear friends, is 93% perspiration 6% electricity 4% evaporation and 2% butterscotch ripple.” – Willy Wonka I love butterscotch and I’m guessing you do too since you’re here. It seems that everyone is a…
How to Grow an Insect Repellent Garden
How to Grow an Insect Repellent Garden is the perfect garden to create when you hate bugs that ruin all the hard work you’ve done in your yard. A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all, it teaches entire trust. – Gertrude Jekyll…
DIY Herb Salt Recipe
DIY Herb Salt Recipe is the perfect homemade seasoning mix to jazz up your dishes, and it makes the ideal gift for friends and family! “Salt is a preservative. It really holds flavor. For example, if you chop up some fresh herbs, or even just garlic, the salt will extract the moisture and preserve the…
DIY Lavender Linen Spray Recipe
DIY Lavender Linen Spray Recipe will have your linens and towels smelling fresh and clean with this easy to make idea that has three simple ingredients. “If rosemary is for the spirit, then lavender is for the soul.” – Anonymous Ahhh….lavender. Not only is it a beautiful plant, but it smells intoxicating. Why not have…
Watermelon Feta and Black Olive Salad
Watermelon Feta and Black Olive Salad has the sweetness of watermelon, mixed with mint, the saltiness of black olives and the tangy taste of feta cheese. “When one has tasted watermelon, you know you’re going to get some seeds; just spit them out and take another bite.” – Jeff Steinman I made this recipe once,…
31 Summer Hygge Ideas to Nurture Yourself
31 Summer Hygge Ideas to Nurture Yourself will set you on the right path to embracing the cozy side of living – even in the heat of summer! Who said you could only hygge in the winter when summer has so many cozy elements to savor? “Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy….