This blog post is sponsored by FinaMill.  Summer is officially here! With warm weather, we love to spend time outside and have dinners on the grill. Recently we tried a version of a dinner we make inside, but converted it a bit for the grill. We both really loved it and plan to make it regularly this summer. I thought I'd share it with you all as well! This is a sausage & veggie hobo pie or sausage & veggie foil packet, with garlic & onion seasoning.  Before we get into the recipe, Read more [...]

I received product from Walden Farms to facilitate this 'New Year, Healthier Choices With Walden Farms Salad Dressings' post.  As always, all opinions are my own. As I mentioned in a recent post, along with the new year comes many new hopes and resolutions.  While I feel like our family eats a fairly balanced diet as opposed to the typical standard American diet; there's always room for improvement!  I've really been enjoying how, even though we're into January 2022 already, I'm still able Read more [...]

Thank you to Simon & Schuster for providing me with products to facilitate my blog review. All opinions are 100% my own. In my immediate family as well as my extended family, we have a lot of people that enjoy cooking meals at home. Part of the fun for me is getting to try new recipes.  Simon & Schuster is one of my favorite cookbook publishers! They have so many books to choose from. They cover a wide array of cultures, different dietary needs, and all skill levels.  I Read more [...]

Unocasa set me their enameled cast iron dutch oven for review. There are affiliate links in this post. All opinions are my own. I love being able to reduce how many dishes I have to wash. A big part of the appeal to dutch ovens for me is how you can use them on the stove top and then transfer them into the oven without dirtying a second dish. While the concept has appealed to me for a long time, I had never owned a dutch oven until this year.  My first dutch oven is from UnoCasa, who Read more [...]

My family and I are getting ready to take off for a long weekend of camping. When we go camping, I like to make our meals as easy as possible. I choose foods that can either be prepared before we leave or easily done at our campsite.  For this trip, I decided to bring biscuits for a breakfast. I had just heard about combining blueberries with lemon and thyme. I thought they sounded like a fun addition to my rustic biscuit recipe.  Sugar-Free Blueberry Lemon Thyme Rustic Biscuits Ingredients: 2 Read more [...]

It's Amber, coming at you with another delicious salmon meal! If you couldn't tell, our family loves wild caught salmon. We make a variation of it at least once a week. Wild caught salmon is so healthy and our kids always love these recipes. Since this one was so popular, I figured I'd share it with you!  Baked Salmon with Italian Herb Crust For this recipe, you'll need salmon (wild-caught is best!), dried basil leaves, parmesan cheese, diced garlic, Italian seasoning and bread crumbs OR Italian Read more [...]

It's summer which means it's time for some fresh salmon recipes! Recently I made a Tuscan sundried tomato salmon recipe and it was so good that I had to share.  Tuscan Salmon Recipe Our kids love salmon so we try to eat it at least once a week. Wild caught salmon is full of vitamins and nutrients and it tastes great, too! This recipe incorporates a variety of savory flavors and is a way for me to get our kids to eat spinach willingly which is just a bonus! You start by patting the salmon dry Read more [...]

During the last year, my daughters and I have had several at-home spa days. We usually do a homemade facemask and our nails. Occasionally we add in hair treatments. We have a lot of fun doing at-home spa days, save money, and feel rejuvenated afterward. Today I want to share a few of our favorite homemade facial mask recipes with you. Most of the ingredients are things people usually have on hand. These homemade facial masks can be messy. I suggest wearing a top you aren't concerned about ruining. Read more [...]

This one pot chicken bacon mushroom Florentine is a huge hit in my house, even with our increasingly picky kids! It's a great way to pack some protein and vegetables including mushrooms, sundried tomatoes, and spinach into a hearty, filling meal. While we had a week of nice weather here in Minnesota, we're back to chilly 40's this week and I knew it would be the perfect time to make this for dinner. One Pot Chicken Bacon Mushroom Florentine Recipe One of my favorite things about this meal is Read more [...]

A couple of years ago, we removed sugar from our diets. It wasn't easy, but it was something we felt strongly about. The benefits have been amazing! With that said, we do miss some of the treats that we had previously enjoyed. One of them being, caramel corn. The caramel corn wasn't something we ate regularly, but it was a family favorite.  Cheyenne, my almost 12-year-old daughter decided to play with some recipes to see if she could make a sugar-free caramel sauce to use in making a batch Read more [...]