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How to Make Black Eyed Peas In Ninja Foodi
Black Eyed Peas are some good ol’ Southern comfort food, and this Ninja Foodi Slow Cooker version is hands down our favorite on the farm. A quick ten minutes to throw together in the morning and you are set. No soaking of the beans required. These Ninja Foodi Slow Cooker black eyed peas are part of our New Year’s Eve celebration. It has taken some time to come up with the perfect recipe for these little beans, but I have finally come up with the best black eyed pea recipe. Black Eyed Peas have a very unique flavor that not everyone in my family loves, however this simple recipe takes…
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How to Make a Traditional New Year’s Day Dinner
Can you believe how quickly we are approaching the New Year!? With the coming of a new year peaking around the corner, I begin to plan out our traditional New Year’s Day dinner. This dinner helps usher in the new year with a bit of luck and good fortune while sending the old year out with style and grace. This year has been quieter than 2020 ever was, but still full of change. We have continued to navigate our way through home construction. Thankfully, we are getting closer and closer to beginning our new life in a new home. I have also learned about homesteading and blogging in a way…
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15 Awesome Gifts Your Gardener Will Love (2021)
We all have a gardener in our life. Whether they grow a potted plant in their apartment, a box garden on their porch, or a full fledge garden in their homestead’s back yard, we have the gifts your gardener will love! The holidays are fast approaching and we know how stressful it can be to buy the perfect gift for everyone on your Christmas list. Never fear! Today we will be breaking down our favorite gardening items that are great for gifting to the gardener in your life. Gardening Books Your Gardener Will Love Books are a great way to amp up the confidence of new gardeners or used as…
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How to Make Melt In Your Mouth Christmas Sugar Cookies
Sugar cookies are a Christmas tradition at our home. We love to make and decorate these delicious melt in your mouth Christmas Sugar Cookies for Santa every year on Christmas Eve. These buttery delicious bites are sure to please your family and the big guy in red. I can remember being a little girl, sitting on the counter of my momma’s kitchen as she rolled out the silky buttery dough. She would always let me and my sister use the old metal Christmas Cookie Cutters to make stars, bells, snowmen, and boots. Then she would carefully move the dough to the cookie sheet and the real fun began. We always…
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The Best Easy Christmas Desserts
Christmas can be a busy time of year full of holiday parties and get togethers. Between holiday shopping, Christmas Parties, and everyday life, who has time to spend hours baking in the kitchen? That is why we put together this list of the best easy Christmas desserts! Christmas is my favorite time of year. There is so much joy and magic in the air. But it can also be a really busy time full of things to do and places to go. As much as I love to be in the kitchen baking, sometimes with all the other things, it isn’t feasible to spend the day in the kitchen baking.…
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10 Christmas Eve Traditions to Bring Magic to Your Home (2021)
Christmas Eve is almost as magical as Christmas Day itself. Kids, and adults like me, are full of excitement and anticipation as the big day gets closer and closer. Take a peek into our magical Christmas Eve Traditions, and find some to adopt with your family this year. Do you remember that feeling you had as a kid when you knew Santa was coming the next day? The raw anticipation and pure excitement that kept you from going to bed early and woke you up way before the sun was up? I am in my thirties now and still remember that feeling I had on the night before Christmas. …
