Halloween Dipped Oreos

These Halloween dipped Oreos are absolutely adorable and so much fun for your Halloween celebration. SUPER easy to make – you don’t even need any decorating expertise at all and the kids can even help you. These are a fun treat to send in for…

Roasted Fall Harvest Soup

This roasted fall harvest soup is not only a great way to take advantage of fall flavors available now, but it is delicious. It’s incredibly easy to make and you can have lunch or dinner on the table in under an hour. The butternut squash…

Loaded Sheet Pan Nachos

If you like nachos, you are going to love these loaded sheet pan nachos. From the freshly prepared pico de gallo to the homemade taco seasoning, this recipe is a delight for the tastebuds. This a fun recipe for a weekend dinner, a game day…

Frugal Kitchen Storage Containers

Despite what you’ve been told, you don’t need to invest in matching storage containers. As nice as these look on the store shelf… once in use, you’ll be challenged with keeping track of lids, finding stinky ones in the back of the car that you…

3 Easy Ways to Embrace Happiness

I’m going to be brutally honest with you. The past few weeks have not been easy. Health issues, trips to the ER for several of us (we’re all okay but there were a few scary moments), financial issues, basement flooding (to the extent that we’ve…

Ice Cream Sandwich Recipe

Yes, you can make your own ice cream sandwiches at home! This easy peasy ice cream sandwich recipe – if you can even call it a recipe – will show you how. You can vary the ice cream, “toppings”, and cookies as you’d like. You…

Handprint Chicken Craft

This handprint chicken craft is really easy to make using simple supplies you can find at the dollar store. Hang these up around the house or make them out of craft foam instead of paper and add magnetic tape to the back to make them…

Easy Homemade Sloppy Joes

These delicious homemade Sloppy Joes are super quick and easy to make. They are yummy as is but as an added bonus, they taste even better the next day. Serve them the traditional way on hamburger buns or serve them wrapped up in a tortilla…

How to Make Butter

Fresh homemade butter. There are not many other things that taste as delicious as this. Did you know you can make your own butter and it’s really easy to do? I use to make it every year with my kids when I taught Kindergarten and…

Adding a Water Feature to Your Backyard

If you’ve been thinking about adding a water feature to your backyard, you’ve come to the right place. There are a wide variety of different backyard water features to choose from, including everything from a pond and waterfall right down to just a simple bird…