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I’m really hoping not to lose any of you just by reading the title of this post 😉 In all reality, using lard from pastured organic pigs in your cooking, baking, and frying is not only super delicious and easy, it is also extremely nutritious. Whaaaa?! “Nutritious”?! If you had told me that a few…
Alright, be honest. How many Starbucks pumpkin spice lattes have you had this season already?! Ok, here’s the deal. I’m not down on Starbucks. But I am down on a delicious drink that I can only justify having once or twice a year because of its price! (And maybe I am a little down on…
This is one of my favorite recipes to make in the fall 🙂 Why? Because it makes the whole house smell…just. plain. delicious! I know it can sound daunting to core up 4-5 pounds of apples, but it is so worth it! And it really goes pretty fast! We usually do about 4 or 5…
This is a favorite lunch recipe of mine. Why? 1. It is full of delicious, nourishing beef stock. 2. I get to put a big hunk of raw cheese on top. 3. The recipe possibilities outside of just eating it plain are endless. 4. You get to cook with red wine – so that means…
Has anyone tried the chicken stock recipe I posted a while back? Let me know how it’s going! Some recipes call for a richer, beefier flavor and that’s where beef stock comes in! Hit up your local grassfed beef farmer, ask around at the farmer’s markets, or get in touch with a local butcher and…
How about a fun fall breakfast this weekend? Or maybe make it up this weekend and have leftovers for breakfast during your busy school week next week? We have been having this pumpkin bread with our breakfast a couple times this week and it just makes the season so special 🙂 This recipe is SO…
This is one of the warmest, most inviting soups you will ever taste! Even if you aren’t a pumpkin person I invite you to try this mild yet very flavorful soup. I typically use less stock than what I did for this batch, as I love a thicker soup (especially for the little ones –…
What a fun time of year! If you haven’t already, I’m sure you are planning a pumpkin patch trip local to you 🙂 I know we are! We usually do a pumpkin trip around the first of October, and then spend a day roasting them off to make up pumpkin purees for the season. Everything…
Who has little book worms at home?! I sure do! My youngest, as busy as she is, is *finally* interested in books. Her attention span is short but her face just lights up when it is storytime. And my oldest has loved books from day one. I typically can’t pull her away from them! With…
I have a banana monster. No, really. I do. I think Claire would eat a banana every meal of the day if I let her. One of her first words this past summer was “nana” 🙂 Bananas go quick in my house between snacks and smoothies. They rarely go super ripe on me, but when…
I try as hard as I can to take advantage of in season produce prices – as in, cheap fruits and veggies 🙂 A couple weeks ago I noticed cabbage (which is pretty cheap anyway) for $0.35/lb and I decided to use it in some soup using up some veggies I already had in the…
I hope yesterdays post on how to get your kids involved in the kitchen was helpful and inspiring! Today I want to show you how I use food prep and meal planning become occupying kitchen play, and how I have set up the girls’ “play kitchen” in their playroom. There is seriously nothing more fun…