I'm going to post for the next two weeks today since we'll be leaving for vacation in Arizona this week. I am beyond excited! I get ...

I'm posting this a little early this week... so I can sleep in as late as possible tomorrow.  I've been battling a cold and really j...

This past weekend, we met some of our family at a basketball game in Grand Rapids and then we all went over to my SIL's house for dinner...

We have a pretty low-key week this week. We're headed to church this morning and we're planning to do some cleaning and throwing out...

I have discovered that I love split pea soup.  So does Kevin.  Carson tolerates it.  I wouldn't say he loves it, but he does eat it with...

I have been wanting to try making some homemade pasta for quite some time now.  I have been debating about trying a sourdough recipe, or thi...

I've been soaking and dehydrating all of the nuts that we eat for quite a while now.  I've posted crispy almonds , crispy pine nuts ...

Back to work this week - BOO!!  I'm not ready to go back yet.  It was so nice having a 4-day weekend!  At least I'm off this Friday,...

I have been debating about posting any goals this year.  But I figured I might as well post them.  I always set goals for myself.  I don...

I've been wanting make chicken and rice in the crockpot for ages now, but never have gotten around to it.  Mostly because I didn't w...

Here is yet another recipe that I made for Christmas this year. I first had this when a colleague of mine brought it into work. It was soooo...

We had to travel two hours west for one of our Christmas parties.  I wanted to find something to take that was portable, tasty, and fairly g...

I had decided I wanted to make a salmon dip or spread for one of our Christmas parties this year.  So I went searching for a good recipe.  I...

I have been making this Ranch Dressing Mix for awhile now... regularly for nearly a year.  It really is a great thing to have on hand.  We ...

I have been wanting to try making the Yummy Yummy Coffee Cake a little healthier for awhile now.  I figured why not make it for a breakfast...

What a whirlwhind, awesome week last week was! We have had some great times with family and friends! We have our last Christmas party this a...

One of the Christmas treats I made this year are Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles from Heavenly Homemakers .  These were so easy to make an...

I've been on a quest for quite a long time now to eliminate (or limit in some cases) the toxins that our family is exposed to. One of th...

I can't believe Christmas is already this week!  Eek!!  This is going to be such a fun week.  I'm so looking forward to everything w...

We hosted a Christmas party at our home last weekend with some of my family.  We had a lot of fun and, of course, we had quite the feast, to...

Holy cow, its cold outside!  This week is going to be freezing!  Its way too early to have these kinds of temperatures!  At least we're ...

This week is fairly busy.  Today we're headed to East Lansing for a Wharton Center family show with my BIL, SIL, and niece.  Tuesday we ...

I'm afraid this week is going to feel like a long week.  I have to work all week, which hasn't happened since October with all of th...

I really try to get the most out of everything when it comes to cooking and food.  So when I saw a recipe on the Fias Co Farm site for maki...