Dear Students…

I haven't written in a bit and hopefully I can get back to doing that. I have literally been blowing & going between navigating teaching in a pandemic, parenting in a pandemic, and farm projects. But today I'm stopping to write. Yesterday, I had students wake up to heartbreak--past, present, and future ones alike. Teachers…

Cake Mix Cookies

This is not a new concept... Not my recipe or anything, but just literally something I have started making to fill the void of sweets my heart {and stomach} had because sometimes you just need a cookie to get through those 2-year-old tantrums or the 5 going on 15-year-old’s sass. Easy is an understatement, but…

Cheeseburger Casserole

Remember those homemade hashbrown bits I mentioned in the Air Fryer Sausage & Veggies post? Well they’ll be making their grand appearance here as well. Tada. But no seriously, they make it SO much better than the store bought tator tots! {so before starting this recipe, make you a pan of those tators} For the…

Air Fryer Sausage & Veggies

We LOVE summer veggies at our house—thank you to the grandparents that have massive, amazing gardens... Because I can’t grow a thing to save my life... Even my succulents die ok... I can hit them with that sweet talk about “please stay alive, you’ll love your new home I promise...” and they’re gone before we…

Smoked Nachos

Since social distancing started, I've taken it upon myself to learn different skills... Making bread, cinnamon rolls, dinner rolls... Yes. Cooking basically. Did I like to cook & did I cook before? Yes. But I had never done much in depth cooking like with yeast and such... I also got into learning about smoking foods…