cooking, baking, and a home in the making

Author: Courtney

Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

During the cold winter months, there is nothing better than a hot bowl of homemade chicken noodle soup! I don’t always make it from scratch, in fact, I honestly rarely do. But when I have the ingredients and the time, it really does make a 

Blackberry Brandy Fizz Cocktail

Blackberry Brandy Fizz Cocktail

This blackberry fizz cocktail is a perfect way to start your new year! It’s bubbly, fizzy, and just the right amount of sweetness. You can easily make this a mocktail by just skipping the brandy and using a sparkling cider instead of the sparkling Moscato. 

Warm Bacon and Cheese Dip

Warm Bacon and Cheese Dip

It’s officially football season, y’all! As much as I’d like to pretend the first two weeks of the Lion’s schedule never happened, football season is here and I will still enjoy it!  Anyway, let’s talk about food. I love me some snacks when it’s football 

Caramel Apple Cider Cocktail

Caramel Apple Cider Cocktail

Is it just me, or is everyone extra hyped for fall this year? Maybe it’s because we are relishing in the changing seasons more than ever this year since our daily lives are so monotonous due to Covid. Either way, I’m on that fall bandwagon 

Cherry Vanilla Muffins

Cherry Vanilla Muffins

I’ve mentioned before that I try to meal plan our breakfasts for the week and usually end up making this casserole or some muffins on Sunday to eat throughout the week. I am not normally a fruit person, but my husband is, so I like 

Orange Crinkle Cookies

Orange Crinkle Cookies

Sometimes during the warmer months, I forget how much I like baking. Fall is perfect for pies, I love pretty much every baked-good imaginable in Winter, but in Summer I really like to make cookies. Cookies are easy to prep, quick to bake, and store 

Sausage, Kale, and Sweet Potato Breakfast Casserole

Sausage, Kale, and Sweet Potato Breakfast Casserole

Every week I have big plans to do a lot of meal prep on the weekends so we have breakfasts to eat throughout the week. I’m not sure why, but breakfasts are the hardest meal for me to make. I am a morning person, so 

3 Ingredient Easy Chocolate Fudge

3 Ingredient Easy Chocolate Fudge

On one of my visits to my grandparents’ house in Irons, MI my Grandma June pulled out a dish of this easy chocolate fudge. She kept it in the refrigerator and it was cold and creamy and so dang good. I still think about the