Made From Scratch
Come to into our kitchen and hang out a while while we explore recipes like grandma used to make
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Chocolate Chip Pie
This Chocolate Chip Pie Recipe is a rich and delicious chocolate chip cookie in pie form. It is so rich and decadent, only a small piece will satisfy even the strongest of sweet tooth. It is one of the easiest pies you will come across. This chocolate chip pie recipe comes together in minutes and bakes in under an hour. Serve it slightly warm with ice cream or the next day with a cup of ice cream. I made this Chocolate Chip Pie for Thanksgiving this year, and while it was only the five of us, it didn’t stick around long. It is also easily portable and freezable! It is…
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Five Quick and Easy Weeknight Dinners
We have all been there. You get home from work and realize you have no desire to cook and have zero ideas for dinner. To top it all off the kids immediately start complaining that they are starving. You don’t want to fight the kids to get them to eat, don’t want to order pizza, and you didn’t set anything out. You need some quick and easy dinner ideas in a hurry! Trust me, I feel your pain. I usually pre-plan our dinners for the week via my bullet journal, but I will be honest that I am not always 100% on top of my game. There are nights that…
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Blueberry Muffins
After a full week juggling work, virtual school, and dinners, I typically spend the weekend working on the farm and cleaning the house in an effort to catch up on a week’s worth of laundry and life. I would really love to be one of those moms that just has it all together with flawless hair and makeup and a spotless house, but I don’t…. So my house ends up looking like a tornado ran through it by Monday afternoon. It seems like a never ending cycle sometimes. But on the rare occasion that the kids and I get to forego our housekeeping and spend the day with friends, we…
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Slowcooker Apple Butter Recipe
Using a slow cooker is one of the easiest ways to make apple butter. It tastes like you have stood over a wood burning fire stirring apples in a copper kettle all day. For those who may not know, apple butter does not actually contain butter. The “butter” term is used to describe its butter like texture. Apple butter is instead a scrumptiously decadent thickened applesauce spiced with cinnamon, cooked low and slow all day. It is delicious spread over toast in the morning or used in baked goods. Check out our recipe for homemade light bread to try it out on! It is so good! Apple butter is so…
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Simple Apple Sauce Recipe
When the apple harvest starts to come in I get the itch to make some of my favorite apple recipes to sustain my family through the winter. One of these family favorites is applesauce. So simple and so delicious. Yes, I realize that I can go and buy applesauce from the store, but there is nothing quite like fresh homemade applesauce. When it is made from scratch at home, I am able to keep the ingredients local, the quality high, and there is no added sugar (unless I just want to add some). My twins love applesauce. Really what 5 year old doesn’t? They love applesauce just plain in a…
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Apple Sauce Cake Recipe Like Granny Used to Make
A deliciously easy and moist applesauce cake studded with plump raisins and beautiful pecans just like Granny used to make
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Easy Pecan Cream Cheese Pumpkin Roll
Ahhhh fall. There is no other season that compares to fall with its gorgeous yellows, vibrant oranges, rich reds, and earthy browns. Beautiful confetti leaves falling from the sky as Mother Nature celebrates yet another harvest year. Fall is nature’s last glorious hoorah before winter’s white chill sets in and we are reset with a blank slate in the Virginias. To some it is a sign of the year coming to an end, but to me it is a celebration of all that has been and is a time to reflect on the many blessings we have been given. What better way to celebrate fall’s arrival than this easy pecan…
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Quick and Easy Beef Stew with the Ninja Foodi
Beef stew is one of those warm you from the inside out kind of dinners, full of veggies, potatoes, herbs and beef that will stick to your ribs and please even the pickiest of eaters. It is a take you back home to your momma’s house kind of meal. Unlike traditional beef stew recipes that cook all day in the slow cooker, this version is super quick and easy with a start to table time of under 30 minutes. You can’t beat that, especially on a busy weeknight. The reason this recipe is so quick and easy is due to using my Ninja Foodi to shorten cook time while still…
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Pawpaw Quick Bread Recipe
Pawpaw bread is a delicious moist quick bread made with the fruit of the Pawpaw tree. The pawpaw tree bears a sweet smooth skinned fruit that looks similar to a papaya on the outside with a banana like custard on the inside. This custard like filling is a great addition to your fall baking recipes. I had never had a pawpaw before this fall, and knew very little about the tree and its sweet fruit even though it has been growing right outside our back door for years. If you want to learn more about the pawpaw and how to use it and grow it check out our post The…
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Easy Hearty Homemade Chili
I love fall with its cool mornings and warm afternoons. I love watching the leaves change from the bright green of summer to the varied crimson and brown tones of autumn. It makes me feel all warm and cozy on the inside. Since demolition has started on the house, I have found myself reaching for my Ninja Foodi more often than usual. The Ninja Foodi is a pressure cooker, air fryer, and slow cooker all in one! I have been in love with mine since my husband and kids bought it for me for Mother’s Day. It is seriously one of the best gift they have ever given me. Quick…
