My family can’t get enough of these delicious Amish egg noodles, and I don’t blame them! I love them too! Plus, I love how quickly I can throw this recipe together. All you need is egg noodles, butter, and chicken broth. How simple is that? This fluffy buttered noodles recipe is one that the entire family will devour. If you’re craving classic comfort foods—these buttery egg noodles will do the trick!...

Amish cinnamon bread recipe If you’ve ever been gifted an Amish friendship bread starter, you know how much of a hassle taking care of it can be. Traditionally, it takes days of feeding and mixing your starter before you can finally bake a single cinnamony sweet loaf. Swap the hassle for my Amish Cinnamon Bread! This simple recipe omits the starter and yeast for a mixture of pantry baking staples. In the end, you’ll have a sweet quick bread that’s just as tangy, fluffy, and delightful as traditional Amish cinnamon friendship bread....

Bok Choy Stir Fry in Brown Sauce Our family loves bok choy so much so that we grow it in our garden and indoors so we have fresh bok choy year round! That means that we reallllllly love it! Sometimes I like to add bok choy to our beef and mushroom soup dumplings. Sometimes I use our baby bok choy to do a quick saute, along with some garlic and olive oil, and then served over spaghetti for bok choy pasta....

Cake Mix Butter Cake Recipe This Butter Cake recipe is delicious and easy to make. It’s made with a box of cake mix and 4 other ingredients (butter, eggs, cream cheese, powdered sugar). It only takes about 10 minutes to put together before it goes into the oven to bake. The bottom layer is the cake layer, while the top layer is that ooey gooey cream cheese layer which will definitely be everyone’s favorite....

Ground Beef Hamburger Steaks Recipe These Hamburger Steaks are so good! How good are they? If a 6, 3 and 1 year old lick their plates clean then you know they are reaaaaallly good! The main difference between hamburger steaks and Salisbury steak for me (don’t fight me) is 2 things, mushrooms vs onions and also tangy (salisbury steak) vs savory gravy (hamburger steaks). My Salisbury steak is made with mushrooms and I usually bake it in the oven, while hamburger steaks are made on the stovetop with sliced onions....

The Best Slow Cooker Onion Dip Recipe This simple slow cooker dip recipe only requires seven ingredients! In a few hours, you’ll have a delicious and creamy caramelized onion dip to serve at your next gathering. Nothing beats the fresh taste of a cheesy and creamy homemade dip! It goes great with potato chips, tortilla chips, crackers, veggies and more. Looking for more easy dips? Try my Cream Cheese Mushroom Dip too!...

Here’s some details from our Sugar Snap Peas:Our peas usually grow pretty well, they are one of those plants that produce a good bit of harvest. We never had much trouble with them (minus Hurricane Sandy but that totally wasn’t the Sugar Snaps fault!).These are the seeds we use. We grow them twice a year, once in the summer, and they will be planted again for a Fall harvest very soon....

Cheesy Eggplant Casserole Recipe This Eggplant Casserole with cheese might just become one of your new favorite meals because it’s so delicious. If you’ve ever ordered eggplant parmesan at your favorite Italian restaurant, this tastes just like it! If you’ve ended up here because you’re searching for a recipe to use up your garden eggplant – this is it! Looking for more eggplant recipes? Also try my Creamy Eggplant and Tomatoes, Eggplant Nuggets and Roasted Eggplant Soup....

My family has been using Crowd Cow for the last few months for all our meat buying. On a monthly basis we buy beef, chicken and pork from Crowd Cow. Below is my review on why we like it and why we think it’s worth the cost. If you’d like to try Crowd Cow, here is my affiliate link – this will give you a $25 credit on your first order....

One of my favorite things to plant are carrots and radishes. These are both easy to plant and we’ve always had success with getting a great yield, even in the Winter time. Lots of people ask me what vegetables they should start out with in beginning gardens and I always suggest carrots and radishes. Radishes are especially great for those new to gardening as they’re ready to pick in less than 30 days which is really helpful when it comes to needing support and motivation....

Chi-Chi’s Fried Ice Cream Feeling nostalgic for Chi-Chi’s fried ice cream? Look no further, now you can make it at home and bring all your 90’s memories back! Matthew kept hinting to me that we should make this, so one year for his birthday I whipped it up and now it’s become an annual tradition. Below is a thorough walkthrough with step-by-step photos of the entire process, including the baked tortilla shells, to dropping the ice cream balls (carefully) in oil to fry....

I have a sweet tooth that can’t be contained right now. If life continues this way, the baby’s favorite food will definitely be donuts. Because I was craving something sweet but wanted to watch the calories (that means you can eat more!) I made these Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars with Chocolate Frosting using Stevia Blend Baking Blend, which has less sugar and calories than traditional sugar per serving. In the recipe, I will give you both options, Whole Earth Sweetener Baking Blend and sugar, but I wanted to share with you how great this raw sugar & organic stevia blend has been for me and my baking adventures....

Slow Cooker Cherry Tomato Sauce If you are picking bowls of cherry tomatoes right now, this is the tomato sauce recipe that you need! So many of you have loved my Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce, so I decided to make a Slow Cooker version that’s even easier! This sauce has become my family’s favorite tomato sauce this Summer, so I hope you love it as much as we do! love making a batch of this (or 2, or 3!...

I have the perfect veggie side dish for you! This succotash with corn and green beans is a tasty way to squeeze in some extra veggies and can be served alongside any main course! Our recipe is a bit unique because traditional succotash usually uses lima beans, but we make it with green beans instead. You can choose to use either or another type of bean if you prefer! Either way, you’ll have a delicious side dish packed with healthy Summer veggies....

Homemade Whole Peeled Tomatoes If you’re like me, you use whole peeled tomatoes often in recipes. Sure, you can buy them from the grocery store, but if you have lots of garden tomatoes, why not make a few batches to store for Winter? The freshness of your garden harvest can now be enjoyed year round! So along with stewed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, roma tomato sauce and roasted toma tomatoes, won’t you start adding these to your garden tomato recipes?...

I’m starting 2017 with a bang – homemade Blueberry English Muffins! These have been on my “must make list” for quite some time since every morning I start my day off with one. I decided I was sick of buying the store bought version (plus they’re sometimes hard to track down) so I wanted to start making my own. Surprisingly these homemade English Muffins are easy to make and don’t require that much time waiting for the dough to rise....

Broccoli Cheese Soup with Velveeta Do you know how much I love this Creamy Cheese Broccoli Soup? I made it for dinner on Friday. Then I made it again on Sunday. And now I’m thinking when should I have it again. Broccoli Cheese Soup Ingredients: You will need: butterbroccoli (frozen or fresh)carrotscornchicken brothVelveeta cheesemilkheavy creamygarlic powderdried mustardcornstarchwater This soup has all the good stuff in it. There’s cheese and milk to make it creamy, then there’s broccoli, carrots and corn to make it a vegetable dream....

Homemade Fresh Tomato Soup with Roma Tomatoes We’ve all been there: our kitchen is full of tomatoes collected from our (or a neighbor’s) garden and we don’t know what to do with them! Why not make a creamy roma tomato soup that tastes so fresh? This creamy Roma Tomato Soup is made using garden fresh Roma tomatoes (if it’s end of season, make sure to try my roasted green tomato soup too!...

During the garden season it becomes a staple and we have it a few times a week. It’s simple, it’s delicious, and you can totally customize depending on the vegetables you have on hand to use. We usually always have it with carrots and sugar snap peas, but don’t be scared to experiment with your own loved veggies! Maybe one week you have a bunch of kale left over and some radishes, throw it in!...

Kale Bean Soup Recipe I love kale and beans together! Just like my Kale Bean and Potato Soup, this is just as yummy but has diced tomatoes and lots of spices added in! Made on the stovetop with tender kale, hearty beans (white beans and pinto beans!), and canned diced tomatoes simmered in a flavorful veggie broth, it’s perfect for a quick and satisfying dinner any night of the week. And bonus: You can meal prep this to have on hand for crazy weeknights!...