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How To Make Turkey Gravy

Impress everyone at the Thanksgiving table with delicious, homemade gravy that takes just minutes to make! This foolproof recipe is easy to master and will have

Got an Instant Pot, but not quite sure what to do with it? Don't worry. In this helpful guide I'll show you how to use this appliance to cut down the amount of

How To Get Started Using An Instant Pot

Slow cooking is a tried and true method of 'hands-free' cooking that's perfect for feeding a crowd, weeknight meals, hosting holidays, and everything in

How To Get Started With Slow Cooking

Ranch Dill Pickle Spears and Chipe for snacks or sandwiches.

This recipe for Ranch Dill Pickles has been blowing up the internet! Turn a jar of dill pickles into something ridiculously good with a packet of ranch

Ranch Dill Pickles (TikTok Recipe)

Two glass bottles of homemade red wine vinegar on a metal tray with greenery.

How to make homemade Red Wine Vinegar is so easy and it's so much more flavorful than anything you can buy at the store. Turn leftover wine into a delicious

How To Make Red Wine Vinegar

Greek Salad Dressing is homemade and simple. With lettuce and ingredients on a spoon.

Homemade Greek Salad Dressing is so simple to make and is so much better than anything you can buy at the store! It's bright, fresh with just the right amount

Homemade Greek Salad Dressing

15 Easy To Mak Food Gifts for Chrismas are a great way to show someone how much you love them.

Treat your friends and neighbors to a homemade gift made with love from your own kitchen. These delicious gifts are also a great way to say thank you to folks

15 Easy To Make Food Gifts For Christmas

How to perfectly toast pecans for snacking in a bowl.

Learn how to toast pecans on the stovetop or in the oven. These two, easy and foolproof methods bring out all the wonderful nutty flavor of pecans for salads,

How To Toast Pecans

Homemade Taco Seasoning made with chili powder, oregano, smoked paparika, onion and garlic powder, salt and pepper. Easy to make for tacos, nachos, burritos and quesadillas.

Better than anything you can buy in the store, this Homemade Taco Seasoning can be mixed up in minutes! This easy, DIY recipe has deep, savory flavors perfect

Homemade Taco Seasoning

BBQ Sauce made with Dr Pepper soda, brown sugar, honey, ketchup, vinegar, chili powder garlic and tomato paste is so easy to make!

Dr. Pepper BBQ Sauce is sweet, rich, and mouthwateringly delicious! Whether you slather it on chicken or ribs, burgers, wings, or veggies, this secret

Dr Pepper BBQ Sauce

Carolina Vinegar BBQ Sauce is tangy, spicy and is a must when you're serving pulled pork! It's easy to make with just 6 ingredients.

Carolina Vinegar BBQ Sauce is tangy, spicy, and is the ultimate sauce when you're serving pork! Originating in North Carolina, this sauce is easy to make with

Carolina Vinegar BBQ Sauce

Make your own Pumpkin Spice Blend with this easy DIY recipe. Quality spices blended just the way you like make this pumpkin spice blend extra special.

Make your own Pumpkin Spice Blend with this DIY recipe! Customize this mix with just the right amounts of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and allspice. Use it

DIY Pumpkin Spice Blend

Everything bagel seasoning with garlic, onion, salt, poppy & sesame seeds is a savory blend perfect for sprinkling on all your favorite foods!

If you love everything bagels and can't quite get enough of all those savory flavors, well, I've got a surprise for you! With this super, simple recipe, you can

Everything Bagel Seasoning

homemade window cleaner with essential oils

When spring rolls around, it's time to do a little cleaning, which of course, can be a real hassle if you are not using the right tools. Around here, we first

Homemade Streak Free Glass Cleaner

thieves household cleaner, essential oils, young living

I've been using essential oils for years, for many different reasons but have never used them for cleaning until a couple of months ago. Now, here's the

Thieves All Purpose Household Cleaner

oven cooked bacon on parchment

Crispy, crunchy with a smokey, slightly salty flavor, yeah...I'm talking about bacon. It' SO GOOD on it's own and the star of many breakfast dishes. Then of

How To Cook Bacon In The Oven

One of the very first signs of spring that show up in my yard every year are little tips of hosta shooting up through the cold ground. When this happens, I

Hosta Growing Tips

When it's time to take down the Christmas decorations, you've got to have a good plan for storage. Packing up things in an organized way makes things go much

Wire LED Light Storage

$1.00 grill pan hack

If you love to grill as much as I do then this kitchen hack is for you!  You may have seen this idea shared on a cooking show recently but I'm claiming it as my

Hack: Grill Pan for $1.00

Rich, sweet Apple Butter cooked low and slow is one of life’s simple pleasures! Tart apples are turned into a warm spicy butter that’s delicious slathered on

Slow Cooker Apple Butter Recipe

This past weekend was packed full of so many great things.  We spent lots of time with friends & neighbors, hung out with each other, made a few new family

How To Make Homemade Ricotta

roasted garlic, olive oil, dipping sauce

Some of the most simple things in life are the BEST and roasted garlic slathered on crunchy bread is at the top of my list!  Ever since the weather turned

How to Roast Garlic

With party planning on my mind and my calendar, I had to get organized this week.  I had some DIY inspiration from a few blogging friends, Pinterest and of

DIY Etched Wine Glasses

Over the past few weeks, I've posted recipes using balsamic vinegar.  It's a staple in my kitchen.  One of the things I LOVE to do with this rich, tangy liquid

How To Make Balsamic Reduction

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