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Cranberry Orange Muffins with Rosemary

Cranberry Orange Muffins with Rosemary

I love to bake muffins on the weekend and then eat them throughout the week for breakfast. These cranberry orange muffins have a hint of rosemary and are a perfect winter breakfast with just the right flavors and spicy to remind you of the holidays.

Gingerbread Cobbler

Gingerbread Cobbler

There is something about the holidays that turns me into a complete sugar fiend. As soon as I get the first whiff of fall I am ready to start inhaling desserts like it’s my job. In November it’s usually pumpkin and apple and then come 

Homemade Green Bean Casserole

Homemade Green Bean Casserole

Let me start out by saying that I LOVE GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE. And I mean the canned green beans, cream of mushroom soup, mushy, casserole-y, classic that I eat 4 helpings of on Thanksgiving. That being said, my husband doesn’t love it. He doesn’t like 

My Favorite Apple Pie Recipe

My Favorite Apple Pie Recipe

This is quite possibly my favorite pie of all time. I am a huge pumpkin pie girl, but man, this apple pie has my heart. I have tweaked this recipe for a couple of years and this is turning out to be THE ONE. It’s 

Preventing Another Hospital Stay: Why I Choose to Vaccinate

Preventing Another Hospital Stay: Why I Choose to Vaccinate

When my daughter Willa was born she inhaled meconium during labor. She had to be in the NICU for 6 days before we could bring her home. In all of our first pictures of her, she was hooked up to breathing tubes, feeding tubes, oxygen, 

Chipotle Feta Hummus

Chipotle Feta Hummus

I still remember the first time I made this Chipotle Feta Hummus. I made it for my then-boyfriend, now husband, and he absolutely loved it. So I figured I’d make a batch for my brother and my dad for a visit we were having with 

My January Love List

My January Love List

This year I want to start getting back into blogging for myself. I love sharing recipes and tips and I am going to continue to do that, but I also hope I can make this space feel like a personal outlet because, after 2020 and 

Easy Meal Prep: Cook Once Eat All Week

Easy Meal Prep: Cook Once Eat All Week

My biggest struggle since becoming a mom is cooking. I never thought I would say that, but here we are. Let me remind you that this blog started out as a cooking blog. I LOVED to cook, always have. But from the moment I got