Are the cinnamon rolls ready and you want something a little more savory than powdered sugar glaze to top them with? I’ve got you, friend! This small batch cream cheese frosting can be literally whipped up in less time than it takes to bake those buns, hun. This post contains affiliate links, which means I…
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The Most Flavorful Homemade Burger Seasoning This Grilling Season
Fire that grill up, sir or ma’am! This homemade burger seasoning is easy to make and packs an incredible flavor explosion in every bite. Try it and tell me it isn’t so good! This recipe yields enough seasoning to have some now and save some in an airtight container for later. This post contains affiliate…
How to Use Strawberry Tops for Strawberry Syrup for Zero Waste
Waste not, want not. What do you do with the TOPS of your strawberries? Throw them away? If you have livestock, I’m sure you feed them. Perhaps compost them? Well, friend, here is a new way to use the tops of your strawberries to get the very most out of your berries BEFORE disposing of…
How to Make Your Own Mayonnaise
Love it or hate it. Mayonnaise is one of those hot topic debates that can ruin a friendship! Okay, maybe that’s a little far but folks around my parts are either pro-mayo or pro-Miracle Whip and if you’re the latter, we can’t be friends. Not sorry. All JOKES aside, though, in this post, you’ll learn…
Squeeze Lemons and Your Pennies! How to Recycle Lemons to Stretch Your Grocery Budget
Homemade lemonade takes quite a few lemons to make a deliciously tart and refreshing beverage but is there anything else that can be done with spent lemons? Absolutely there is! Read on to find a few new ways you can stretch and have zero waste from lemons. This post contains affiliate links, which means I…
Make Your Own Simple 4 Ingredient Taco Seasoning at Home
The sodium content of prepackaged taco seasoning is what turned me off more than a decade ago. So then I began to purchase the low sodium version. It wasn’t long before I started crafting my own simple taco seasoning at home in bulk for a fraction of the packet price. This post contains affiliate links,…
Powdered Sugar Hack: an Easy How-to
This powdered sugar hack isn’t a hack at all but actually how powdered sugar is made. It might be mind blowing to you or, like me the first time I realized this, could make you grab the edge of the countertop and take a BIG deep breath before proceeding. How could we have been so…
What is the Easiest Way to Preserve Tomatoes?
As summer tomato harvest start wrapping up for many garden zones and the temperatures are just still too high for standing over a steaming stove, here is the best way to preserve tomatoes… freeze tomatoes! My almost 95 year old Nana shared this hack with me a few years ago and my life hasn’t been…
Easy Homemade Applesauce in the Crockpot
Homemade applesauce is better than any you can buy in the store. Why? Because it contains the love for your family inside of it. Plus, you know where all the ingredients came from and can pronounce them! Homemade applesauce in the crockpot or instant pot slow cooker makes a great snack or side dish. It…
Fool Proof Crockpot Pear Sauce Recipe Your Kids Will Love
What’s homemade pear sauce? It’s like applesauce, only harder to peel. Slow cooker or crockpot pear sauce makes a great snack or side dish and is super easy to make and preserve. Your kids will highly approve of this one. This post contains affiliate links, which means I make a small commission at no extra cost…
