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Today we’re going to make homemade Caramel Popcorn with some chopped up TWIX Bites candy bars on top. This recipe is happy snacking at it’s finest. Homemade Caramel Popcorn One of my favorite snacks at sporting events or carnivals is Caramel Popcorn. At the Brooklyn Nets game you can get a variety bucket of popcorn that has in it Caramel, Cheddar and Chocolate popcorn. It’s a beautiful snack. What I noticed is whenever we get this Matthew and I are always fighting over the caramel popcorn pieces, so I decided why not make some homemade caramel popcorn with chocolate thrown on top?...

This is my idea of a perfect cold night date with myself. Hot chocolate is a ultimate weakness of mine. There’s something about it that can cheer someone up right away. Maybe it’s the warm feeling on your hands. Maybe it’s the memories of Mom making it for me when I came in after a long day of sledding. Or maybe it’s just that smell of chocolate. During the Winter hot chocolate becomes our #1 drink....

If your garden is anything like ours right now you might be picking pounds and pounds of green beans. And if you’re anything like me, you really don’t want to turn on your stove to boil water to preserve your green beans during the Summer. Last year I started to freeze our fresh green beans this way and they stayed extra fresh, keeping their bright green color and crunch. These frozen green beans last up to a year in the freezer making them a easy and economical way to save your green beans....

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Pumpkins are amazing. Not only do they give you delicious pumpkin puree for baking, but they also provide you pumpkin seeds for happy snacking! If you grow your own pumpkins, or bought them at a local farm, here’s my favorite recipe for roasted pumpkin seeds. My family likes them simple with garlic salt, but see below for lots of seasoning suggestions – from sweet to savory. How to clean pumpkin seeds Cleaning pumpkin seeds can be time-consuming, so this is my trick to easily clean them!...

When I got pregnant this time around, I had really positive feelings about it. I told myself that this baby was going to survive and that Enceladus was going to have a sibling. I’m not sure why I was so positive, but I was. So break my heart, but I had a miscarriage. Again. And again. Let me back up a bit. In 2017 we had a healthy baby girl....

Green tea is totally my favorite cup of the moment. I go in between green jasmine and jasmine pearl because it’s so hard to pick a favorite. My tea preference changes on the weather, so with Spring visibly right around the corner (hopefully) my morning cup has changed from dark to a light green tea. In the Spring I crave freshness, seeing the markets slowly have more fruits gets me excited....

Attack of the Surprise Giant Carrots! Ok, so these giant carrots were a massive surprise. Because of Proxima being born in August, the garden has been a little neglected the past few months. We try to stop in weekly and cleanup, so you can imagine our surprise when we spotted these massive carrots poking out of the soil! I’m not sure if you can tell how big they are, but take your thumb and index finger and connect them to make a circle....

These are really some of the cutest Christmas cookies I’ve ever seen. Each vanilla sugar cookie is decorated with red and green icing and then holiday sprinkles are added on top. They look just like Christmas donuts but in cookie form. These cookies make a major WOW factor when decorated and they’re surprisingly simple to make. I admit I’m not very good at decorating cookies, so I was pleasantly surprised by how great these turned out, so these are perfect for beginners and cookie decorating pros!...

This chicken is: And even better, I made this with assorted pieces, drumsticks and breasts, so everyone was happy at the dinner table. I’m a drumstick kinda girl, Matthew is a breast kinda boy (too easy, going to ignore) so when we both get our chicken of choice then it’s a happy night. It’s such a simple meal to make, one that I’ll definitely keep coming back to for dinner time....

When it’s Chicken Pot Pie for dinner, there is never leftovers! My family absolutely loves it. What’s not to fall in love with? It’s creamy, comforting, filling and you get to eat it with buttery rolls. Did you hear that? That’s my tummy making noises because now I’m hungry! I usually make Vegetable Pot Pie in pie crusts, but I’ve been obsessed with my Crock Pot lately so I decided to make a homemade Chicken Pot Pie right in my slow cooker!...

Scrambled Eggs with Bacon This is not just scrambled eggs with bacon on the side. This is scrambled eggs with bacon cooked together! I think they’re a match made in breakfast heaven. This easy breakfast meal is ready in just 10 minutes. Depending on the amount of servings you need, feel free to double or even triple it! Serve with waffle iron hash browns or stovetop hash browns for an amazing breakfast!...

Cheesy vegetable potato soup This Cheesy Vegetable Soup is the ultimate comfort food. Thanks to the simple ingredients and quick cook time, it comes together in minutes and tastes velvety smooth. It’s best enjoyed as an easy weeknight dinner, for lunch the next day, or a warming appetizer, so dig in! I made this cheesy vegetable soup with frozen vegetables so the recipe can remain simple, easy, and budget-friendly. Either stick to the recipe as-is or add more to it if you’d like!...

Dairy free muffin recipe What do you get when dairy free pancakes and banana muffins collide? Dairy Free Pancake Muffins! These delicious, fluffy, and cinnamon-y muffins use almond milk instead of regular milk and don’t require any butter. Serve them with some maple syrup on top to replicate your favorite breakfast! I’ll be the first to admit that I have a bit of a muffin addiction. I love coming up with fun and unique flavors, like Mini Blueberry Muffins, Birthday Cake Muffins, and Monkey Bread Muffins....

How to Make Diced Tomatoes It’s raining tomatoes still. A ton of them! It’s time to make my favorite Diced Tomatoes Recipe! Right now we have a explosion of cherry (hello cherry tomato sauce, slow cooker tomato sauce and spicy tomato sauce!), roma (hello roma tomato sauce, homemade tomato paste and fresh tomato salsa!) and beef tomatoes (hello tomato pie) of all sizes currently occupying our counter. I love seeing a kitchen full of fresh vegetables but it also gives me a slight overwhelming fear of anxiety because I know I have to go to work on them and start preparing our tomatoes to last the next few months....

Diet Coke Brownies I made these brownies over the weekend and they were a giant hit. We’re talking fighting over crumbs. We’re talking pushing and shoving in the kitchen (but softly). We’re talking every woman and man for themselves. Can you believe that such brownie grabbing would be caused by 3 simple ingredients? Diet Coke Brownies Ingredients: 12 ounce can of Diet Coke 1 box brownie mix (I used 18 oz box of Ghirardelli) handful of chocolate chips That’s it....

Zucchini bread with lemon glaze recipe Do you grow zucchini in your garden? If you do, you probably have a lot leftover (tip: freeze zucchini!) towards the end of the summer and early fall. This easy Glazed Zucchini Bread recipe is my go-to when I have an abundance of zucchini (so are these zucchini corn fritters and crispy zucchini fritters). Not to mention, it’s a great way to sneak green veggies into kid-friendly treats!...

Instant Pot Black Beans We love black beans (that’s why we grow black beans!). My daughters would request rice and beans for dinner every night if they could. Throw the black beans in the instant pot, throw some rice in the rice cooker and you have a simple meal fast! If you like this recipe I suggest making a double or triple batch and freezing beans so you always have some on hand....

Hello Overnight Blueberry Peanut Butter Oatmeal, how many ways do I love you? A ton! I love this because it’s delicious and quick. It’s ready to go for me in the morning. I open the fridge and it’s like “Hello Pamela” and I’m like “Hello beautiful.”. I would like to sleep in as much as I can in the morning and sometimes those extra 15 minutes sure do matter. When I know I’m going to need a few more minutes sleep or it’s going to be a busy morning I prepare Overnight Oatmeal the night before....

Childrens Tea Sets My daughter was 18 months old when she started to ask me to fill up her tea cups with water, her with a smile and happily slurping it down (and then immediately asking for a refill). She saw Mom drinking tea every morning and afternoon, so when she wanted to be part of my daily rituals, I welcomed it. I’m pretty excited that in a few years I’ll finally have a tea house partner!...

Thanksgiving is just a few days away and then we have the big month of December which is full of festive dinners and parties ahead of us. One side dish that is always a staple is mashed potatoes. This weekend we had our annual Friends Thanksgiving dinner and it was fun and delicious. And of course, there were potatoes there! Is Thanksgiving even possible without mashed potatoes? I wish I had photos of my dining table as a kid on Thanksgiving day to see that every single year there was a big pot of mashed potatoes there....