Why We Like Onion Sets Better Than Seeds Depending on personal preference onions can be grown from seed, transplants or sets. Personally we prefer onion sets for a couple reasons: Onion sets are much larger than a seed and less fragile than a transplant making them much easier to handle. They are less prone to disease and bolting, especially if you are planting them over Winter. They are much faster to plant, especially if you are growing many of them!...

Indian Lentils Recipe This is an easy lentils recipe to bring Indian food to your kitchen! If you’re anything like me you love takeout Indian food (especially Chickpea Curry and Butter Chicken!), but the price of those dishes and smells come at a heavy cost, so we leave Indian takeout for special occasions, like birthday dinners! This recipe uses dry lentils, chicken broth and a few simple spices to make a tasty dinner that everyone will like at dinner, kids included (it’s not spicy)....

Spaghetti is a tricky. I don’t mean the process of making it, that’s usually easy. The tricky part is figuring out how much spaghetti you have to make. Have you ever asked your loved ones “How hungry are you?” in hopes they will tell you precisely how hungry they are so you make the exact amount of food. Usually the answer is “Sorta hungry” or “Very hungry” which both aren’t that helpful....

No Mayo Potato Salad I know not everyone loves potato salad made with mayonnaise, so to make it super creamy we’re going to use ranch salad dressing instead! This potato salad is made in 20 minutes and only uses 6 ingredients. And what a bonus, no peeling potatoes, we’re just washing and cubing these red potatoes up! With every bite you’re going to get a nice crunch due to the celery and onion....

4 Hour Crockpot Potato Soup My family absolutely love this creamy potato and broccoli soup, especially when the weather starts to change in the Fall! Potatoes are onions are slow cooked in chicken broth, and then fresh broccoli is added in, along with shredded cheddar cheese. There is no milk or heavy cream in this recipe, and honestly there’s minimal cheddar cheese (only 1 cup) compared to most cheesy broccoli soup recipes, so I always feel good about serving it to my family!...

Baked Green Tomatoes When you think of baked green tomatoes, you probably think of crispy fried green tomatoes, but it’s about time this fresh alternative gets more love because these baked green tomatoes are so good and easy to make. Inspired by my baked tomatillos, all you do is throw the green tomatoes whole in a baking dish, drizzle olive oil on top, add a pinch of salt, and bake until they look like they’re going to pop....

Bread Machine Italian Herb Bread This bread recipe has been on repeat in our kitchen this Summer. We love it for sandwiches for lunch, or sliced and buttered with our dinner. The bread keeps a crusty edge, while the bread feels so light and fluffy inside. You need to try it! This recipe makes a 1 pound loaf in the bread machine which lasts my family a few days. It takes about 3 hours to bake....

Slow Cooker Bagels Recipe I admit, we’re spoiled by the best bagels – NYC bagels. Nothing can beat them. Lots of people say it’s the NYC water that makes them so good. NYC water is great, put your glass under the tap and enjoy some of the best tasting water there is, no filter needed. Scientifically they say that NYC water has low concentrations of calcium and magnesium, making it soft....

Cucumbers are a popular veggie in salads, sandwiches, wraps, pickled, and even eaten on their own. Cucumbers, like iceberg lettuce, contain 96% water per volume. This beats out even the popular melon with “water” in its name, by 4% per volume. They are healthy and tasty, but that high water volume can lead to problems when trying to store them for an extended period of time. Here’s the best ways to store cucumbers to make them last....

Easy Kielbasa Potato Green Bean Casserole This casserole recipe is so easy because it doesn’t involve cooking the potatoes or sausage on the stove first. All you do is add everything to a baking dish and cook in the oven! We love crockpot kielbasa and green bean recipes, like my Crockpot Kielbasa and Green Beans, Slow Cooker Sausage Barley Soup and Slow Cooker Kielbasa, Tomatoes and Green Beans, but sometimes I just don’t have the time in the morning to get everything ready, so instead I came up with this casserole!...

I first made these Lime Lentils during the Summer when we were in peak Sugar Snap Pea season. I loved how easy they were to make. I loved how economical the dish was (dry lentils are cheap!). I loved how fresh the dish tasted due to the crunch of the peas. A few months later it’s still one of our favorite side dishes. Lime Lentils Recipe You’ll need 1 1/2 cups sugar snap peas....

Bananas. Do you love them? I do. I’m in this routine where I eat 2-3 bananas every day. I have to buy 2 bunches a week at the store to keep up with my banana love! Brown bananas though kind of freak me out. Here are the best ways to store bananas if you want to prevent that! I can handle a little brown here or there, but when they go very brown and mushy, I can’t eat them with a spoon like some people do....

I love sheet pan recipes. I love fajitas. I love this recipe! These chicken fajitas are so tasty and easy to make. Weeknights are crazy in our house and we run a tight dinner/bedtime schedule, so it’s important that dinner can be made quick when I get home from work. These fajitas can be prepped in advance that all I need to do is take everything out from the fridge, spread it on a baking sheet and bake – dinner is ready in less than 30 minutes!...

Slow Cooker Ground Beef Cabbage Soup You are going to love this hearty cabbage soup, made in the slow cooker! My family, especially my husband, would request a crockpot cabbage recipe every night of the week if he could so this was a big hit! Cabbage Soup and Cabbage Jambalaya with Sausage and Potatoes are some of his fav, but for this recipe I wanted to make it even easier so I took out our crockpot!...

Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings Recipe Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings are a staple recipe in our home, especially during the cooler months. It’s so nice to put all the ingredients in and know dinner is ready when the family is! Not to mention, it leaves the home smelling delicious! Looking for more slow cooker chicken recipes? Try my Cheesy Crockpot Chicken and Broccoli, Homemade Crockpot Chicken Broth and Crockpot Chicken With Cream of Mushroom Soup too!...

Juicy Cherry Tomatoes with Burrata Cheese These juicy cherry tomatoes with burrata cheese are SO GOOD! Sweet tomatoes are roasted in the oven until they pop, and then creamy silky smooth burrata cheese is added straight into the baking dish, making a beautiful cherry tomato recipe! You can serve this over pasta for dinner, add to a salad, or use as a appetizer to top freshly baked bread with! However you serve it, wait until you see the burrata ooze all over, letting it’s creamy center turn everything cheesy!...

Homemade Apricot Jam Summer means it’s time to make fresh homemade jams to stock up for the rest of the year. I have a couple favorite jams, raspberry jam, blueberry jam, strawberry peach jam, green tomato jam and this delicious apricot jam. This apricot jam is made with 4 cups of fresh apricots, but it can easily be adjusted to make more or less depending on how many apricots you have....

Easy Cauliflower Pasta This is one of my favorite cauliflower recipes! Tender cauliflower and rotini pasta is coated with a simple cream sauce. My kids always clean their plates with it’s cauliflower pasta night so you know it’s going to be good! Creamy Cauliflower is easy to make and is ready in less than 30 minutes. Love cheesy cauliflower recipes? Me too! Try my Cauliflower Casserole with Cheddar Cheese, Cheesy Chicken and Cauliflower Casserole and Cheesy Cauliflower side dish too!...

What is the easiest way to start seeds indoors? We start almost everything from seed indoors to guarantee a high germination rate and strong plants. The more control we have over growing conditions, the stronger we can make the plants so they are optimized for when they move outdoors to the garden. You’ll need seeds, potting mix, water and (ideally) a heating mat. Below I’m going to walk you through step by step, but here you can see a quick video of me planting our Spring seeds....

I know mashed potatoes are considered a side dish, but these are so good, hand me a spoon and let’s call these dinner! Who doesn’t love creamy mashed potatoes? I have a few favorite recipes, including cream cheese mashed potatoes, dairy free mashed potatoes, pesto mashed potatoes and cauliflower mashed potatoes, but this recipe here is extra special because of a secret ingredient…..! Creamy Mashed Potatoes Secret Ingredient Well if you read the title then you already know the secret ingredient....