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What To Read This Year

A lot of my fun in 2020 revolved around wine, fire, leggings and reading. And it’s looking like that’s the forecast for 2021 as well. The plus side: I love reading and I read more this year than honestly ever. I knocked some books on my TBR list that had been on there for YEARS […]

no boil manicotti bake

No Boil Manicotti Recipe

This No Boil Manicotti recipe uses egg roll wrappers for the easiest to stuff manicotti recipe ever! Get ready for a light and delicious pasta taste with minimal effort. I’ve made no secret my aversion to pre-cooking pasta for recipes. Is it easy to boil water? Yes. But I feel like pasta boiling is like– […]

taste of home winter 2020 review

Taste of Home Review Winter 2020

Taste of Home Special Delivery is a quarterly subscription box featuring fun, seasonal kitchen gadgets and recipes in each box! Here’s my review of the Winter 2020 Taste of Home box. Click here to sign up. Guys, I was crazy looking forward to this December box! Like give me alllll the festive holiday stuff. I’m not going […]

Nadine West Review Winter 2020

Nadine West Review #4

My fourth Nadine West Review!  Nadine West is a style subscription service similar to Stitch Fix, but is a lower price point.   You fill out a profile and they choose pieces for you — mine have been a mix of apparel and accessories.  If you’d like to learn more, check them out here.   This post contains […]

easy christmas cookies

12 Days of Easy Christmas Cookies

The search for some super easy Christmas cookies recipes came after I had my first son. I wanted to make some amazing Christmas cookies — why, I don’t know, he was a baby and didn’t care. Probably the same instinct that led me in nesting mode to clean our basement ceilings and detail the toaster […]

crockpot pumpkin pie cake

Crockpot Pumpkin Pie Cake

Do you have a dream of hot, delicious desserts ready and waiting for you at the end of the day? I’m right there with you friends. This Crockpot Pumpkin Cake takes maybe 5 minutes of active time from you and then you’ll have a hot, fresh, pumpkiny dessert ready to fulfill all of your fall […]

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Stitch Fix Review October 2020

Stitch Fix Review October 2020!  If you’re not familiar with the service, Stitch Fix is a styling service where you fill out a profile and a stylist chooses five pieces (clothes, shoes, accessories) to send your way for a $20 styling fee.  If you keep anything from your fix your $20 fee is applied as a credit […]

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Taste of Home Special Delivery Review Fall 2020

Taste of Home Special Delivery is a quarterly subscription box featuring fun, seasonal kitchen gadgets and recipes in each box! Here’s my review of the Fall 2020 Taste of Home box. Click here to sign up. If you’ve been following along very long around here you know that I LOVE a subscription box. Like love […]

fresh tomato pasta sauce

Oven-Baked Tomato Sauce with Fresh Tomatoes

An easy to make tomato sauce made with fresh garden tomatoes with no boiling, peeling or blanching — it’s baked right in the oven! So I sometimes get ideas. Like I should put window boxes outside of my kitchen and only pick fresh herbs like I live in a magical cottage! Or from now on, […]

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Stitch Fix Review September 2020

Stitch Fix Review September 2020  If you’re not familiar with the service, Stitch Fix is a styling service where you fill out a profile and a stylist chooses five pieces (clothes, shoes, accessories) to send your way for a $20 styling fee.  If you keep anything from your fix your $20 fee is applied as a credit […]

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