The following post is from Shaina of Food for My Family and Olmanson Photography: Soft, yeast doughnuts filled with a thick blackberry jam and topped with a lime glaze made an appearance at our house recently. This is how they came to be. We were sitting in church, the organ music filling the room as…
The following post is from Shaina of Food for My Family and Olmanson Photography - Lemon Ginger Tisane {Tea}: Cough and Cold Relief The temperature here is falling. I watch it on my phone while I sit curled under a wool afghan, my knees pulled up to my chest, my book in hand. It has…
The following post is from Amy of Simply Sugar & Gluten-Free: I love holiday food! I'm a total dork that way. If it can be made to fit a celebration, I get excited about creating it in the kitchen. I do find some holiday-esque recipes challenging, though, because they typically use some sort of royal…
The following post is from Stephanie of RealFoodEnthusiast.com: This dish puts a Mediterranean spin on your classic baked chicken and rice! I'm a big fan of the "cook once, eat twice" method of cooking, so even though this recipe makes quite a bit of food (our family of four will have leftovers for at least…
The following post is from Amy of Simply Sugar & Gluten-Free: I'm one of those moms who will bring a grass-fed, organic, nitrate free hot dog to a play date because I feel better about my son eating real food, or as close to real food as a hot dog can be. And, I've found…
The following post is from Shaina of Food for My Family and Olmanson Photography: My mom only ever made one type of muffin: blueberry. They were always in pastel paper wrappers, baked in a rusted muffin tin, their soft tops pillowing upwards, specked with bits of deep blue fruit. She made them for spaghetti night.…
The inspiration for this recipe came from a Pinterest find, these Parmesan Roasted Potatoes. Those were yummy (and would make awesome breakfast hashbrowns), but our kids didn't love the flavor. However, we love italian seasoning on potatoes (okay...on pretty much anything!), so I decided to switch out the paprika for those familiar flavors. The resulting…
The following post is from Shaina of Food for My Family and Olmanson Photography: The ultimate easy snack and packable treat has become tubes of yogurt, stuck in the freezer until hard, and then eaten like a popsicle or packed to-go style and used as an extra edible ice pack. My kids love them, and…
The following post is from Shaina of Food for My Family and Olmanson Photography: I planted my garden, finally, yet I am not done. With snow creeping into May this year planting was a bit later than usual, but we've also been adding new raised beds to house my ever-growing list of plants I simply…
The following post is from Shaina of Food for My Family and Olmanson Photography: I often end up with leftover steak. The thing is, we started buying a side of beef a few years ago. We split a whole cow with the neighbors, and we each take home an equal portion of the entire thing.…