Recipes

St. Patricks day is right around the corner so it's time to start planning your St. Patty's Day feast! Over the last few years we've shared a few St. Patricks Day recipes including Traditional Corned Beef & Cabbage Recipe and a Reuben Slider Recipe using up all the delicious leftover corned beef...
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My family loves pizza. It's easy to make or order, delicious and you can make it just about anyway you want. Almost every week my kids beg to stop for pizza on the way home from hockey practice. It's become tradition that every we stop at Mighty Fine Pizza or Spicy Bob's every Thursday night. Pizza ...
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Super Bowl Sunday is a week away and regardless of who you are cheering on, food is always the biggest winner! Game days are huge in our home and we love entertaining. My favorite foods are appetizers. I'm a total grazer during game day. I love nothing more than just snacking my way through the day....
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I love soup on a cold winter day. Nothing beats skiing or sledding with the kids for a few hours and then coming home to a delicious hot and feeling bowl of homemade soup! Soup makes for an easy meal, feeds a crowd and there are so many wonderful recipes out there to try! Mid-December my husband an...
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If you're looking for a delicious way to use those candy canes after Christmas, try these Hot Cocoa Cupcakes. These are great for holiday parties...even the adults will rave about these cupcakes. Cupcake Ingredients: 1 C all-purpose flour 1 tsp cinnamon 3/4 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt ...
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Rifle season opens in a few weeks here in Michigan and I'm sure I'm not the only deer camp widow. Who all can relate? Every year, my husband packs a bag and his hunting rifle and heads to the Upper Peninsula for a week at deer camp. My husband averages 2-3 deer a year between bow and rifle season so...
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It's almost Halloween and there is a chill in the air. I love Halloween and I love making Halloween treats to share with the kids classrooms. Every year we are given a holiday that we have to provide treats for or just simply help out that day during the classroom party. This year, my older children...
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Fall here in Northern Michigan often means trips to the local farmer's market or apple orchards for fresh seasonal produce. One largely popular seasonal fruit here in Northern Michigan is apples! Growing up on a farm, we had an apple orchard and once fall hit, you could actually smell the apples r...
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Fall has officially arrived here in Northern Michigan. I was honestly hoping for what we northerners call an 'Indian Summer', but I don't think that's about to happen. The leaves on the trees are already changing color and the mornings are crisp and cool. Thankfully our weather has been beautiful th...
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