Friends, meet my new FFS… No, not FF Sake. Favorite Freakin’ Salad: Mexican Street Corn Salad. Mexican Street Corn Salad, meet your new friends. Colorful. Flavorful. Fresh. What else could you ask for in a salad?
Happy November, friends! Can you believe we only have 2 months until 2020?! I’ve decided the theme of this new decade for me is going to be Get It Done. All those house projects we’ve talked about for years? Get It Done; starting with solar panels that’ll be installed in February! My loonnngg list of things for this lil’ website? Get It Done, and no need to wait until January. This Copycat Boxed Yellow Cake Mix has been on my to-do list for a really long time and it’s finally here!
Oh heeeey! Guys. It has been a crazy month. Between glamping on the coast for my husband’s 40th, plus a whirlwind trip to New England to help pack my mom for her to move out here to Oregon, and then help her get set up in her new home, we’ve been bus-ay. And as amazing as it’s all been, we were on vacation mode for a lonnnggg time and to say we all missed our from scratch, whole foods diets is a major understatement. Enter, this Sweet Potato Turkey Skillet which has been a super quick and easy meal that has been clutch during the craziness of getting home and trying to get back into our routines.
Guess what’s around the corner?!? Just the one holiday that M’s been talking about since last year when she got her first “candy bucket.” Obviously this time of year is all about candy, which means that I’m thinking about how to make them from scratch and at home. One of my husband’s favorite candies? Butterfingers. But so many of the recipes I’ve found online have corn syrup in them or, even worse, candy corn. Bleh. Until now. These Copycat Butterfinger Candy Bites are my healthier, bite sized take on this classic candy!
Happy football season, friends!! Ok, to be honest, the big football season in our house started months ago when Major League Soccer season started. However, I am never one to say no to watching any kind of football game; as long as there are snacks. Especially one of our new favorite dips, this Dill Onion Dip From Scratch!
Here’s a super quickie for you all! These Easy Homemade Apple Fritters were are spur of the “I really want some fritters,” moment, kind of delicious creation and they were sooo tasty I had to share!
There are some foods that you never forget the first time you had them. Muesli is one of them for me. I was living in Italy where breakfast is sweet. As a fruit and eggs breakfast eater, I was lost. Eggs? Never. Fruit? Blank stares. Toast? Only if it has Nutella. The best I could compromise for from my hosts was muesli and yogurt. And omg muesli. I was. In. Love. Oats, dried fruits, and nuts. This Easy Homemade Muesli is takes me back to my days in Italy and also gives my girls a delicious, healthy cereal!
Ahh good ol’ spinach and eggs. It is a favorite combo in our house! Admittedly, we eat an inordinate amount of fresh spinach each week, and a majority of it (especially for the girls) can be found with eggs (Like our Crustless Spinach and Feta Quiche and Turmeric Eggs). One of our new favorite grab ‘n go breakfasts are these Spinach and Feta Egg Cups!
It’s prime blueberry picking season here in the PNW and I couldn’t be happier. A couple of weekends ago we took the girls to a local farm and picked 8 lbs of the beauties and when I asked M what we should make with them, her immediate response was cookies! Since summer has been filled with loads of birthday parties, gatherings, and outings with cake, ice cream, popsicles, and endless other treats, these Healthy Blueberry Oatmeal Cookies were the perfect way to help balance the rest of the summer deliciousness.
Happy Summer, friends! Phew, what a summer it’s been already! If your house is like ours then the only thing busier than our schedules is our grill and our smoker! Which means we’ve been making a ton of one of our favorites. One of our go-tos. One of the all-stars in our condiment round up: The Best BBQ Sauce From Scratch!
