As you may know, I did a three-week series for the holidays where I shared recipes for some delicious soups. Winter is the perfect time to indulge in the comfort food of warm soup. I've created this roundup for all kinds of soups, so you'll have plenty of options for this winter! I share the soups from my holiday series, as well as my other soup recipes ... and I've even included soup recipes from other bloggers! Here are my holiday soup series recipes: Hearty Potato Soup -- All natural with potatoes, carrots and celery Vegetable Soup with Roast Beef -- Green beans, Continue Reading
Holiday Cookies: Swirl Butter Cookies
Welcome to my Holiday Cookie Series! I'm sharing some holiday cookie recipes with you every Monday throughout the holidays. If you missed it, last week I shared a chocolate mint cookie called Grasshoppers. But this week, I'm showing you how to make Swirl Butter Cookies! Travis was excited that I was finally making a type of sugar cookie instead of some kind of chocolate cookie! He doesn't like chocolate -- crazy I know, but it means more for me. :) I was really nervous that these cookies wouldn't turn out right. Making the cookies have a swirl within the dough sounded like a failure waiting Continue Reading
The Ultimate Frugal Christmas Guide: Young Children
Christmas is coming! I'm so excited for it! One (out of like a zillion!) of the things that I like about Christmas is the gift giving. I love picking out presents for people, especially when it's something I know they are really going to like. But there are a few people on my list that I just do not know what to get them. I know what this person likes, but I want them to really be excited and grateful for my gift so it's hard to decide. Do you ever have that problem? Some people are just hard to shop for. That's why I teamed up with a few lovely ladies to create a frugal gift guide for the Continue Reading
Chili Mac
It's week three of my Soup Series! So far I've shared potato soup and vegetable soup. Today, I'm sharing a recipe for chili! Here's what you'll need: Hamburger, browned and drained Tomato juice Elbow pasta Chili powder Garlic powder Salt Pepper Chopped tomatoes Chili beans Black beans Tomato paste Start by browning your hamburger. Drain out any grease. This was my least favorite part because I really don't like hamburger, especially hamburger from the grocery store. I come from a family who grows their own cattle and eats their own meat, so grocery store Continue Reading
Grasshopper Cookies
It's the holiday season! I love me some Thanksgiving and Christmas -- decorating, baking, the music, the festivities, seeing family -- it's the best time of the year! For this holiday season, I'm doing a series on holiday cookies. Because not only do I love the holidays, but I love cookies! I want to share with you a few holiday cookie recipes for you to bake for your own family, get-togethers with friends or family and/or special events like Christmas parties! I'll be sharing a holiday cookie recipe every Monday for five weeks. Let's get this holiday cookie party started, shall we? Today, Continue Reading