Recipes

Fall fun and spooky October activities for adults to share with your friends, your partner, or reserve just for you. What do you usually do during October? You know, for yourself, not for your kids? I’m dishing on my favorite October activities for adults today, so that you can squeeze in some fun and festivity for you (and your spouse). October Activities for Adults A really good childhood friend of mine has decided that October is the very best month out of the year. And I think she might be right. What with all of the spooky fun, gorgeous nature...

Freezing leftovers is a great idea in theory. It makes me feel like a savvy homesteader, able to provide for myself and my beagle by preserving a lasagna for two months. Until I go to thaw a single slice of lasagna and it’s stuck in a giant frozen cheese brick. That’s why I embrace flash freezing, or quickly freezing…Read more...

This incredible dessert has all of the best things about a chocolate chip cookie in golden, buttery pie form! Chocolate chip cookie pie is a must-make that your family will go crazy over! No matter the dessert, chocolate chips make it better! Next time you get a sweet tooth, you’ll have to try these chocolate chip pancakes, chocolate chip cheesecake brownies, or chocolate chip cookie dough bars. They won’t disappoint! Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie Recipe Today’s recipe is for all of my chocolate lovers out there! Chocolate chip cookie pie is a fun twist on a classic dessert. It has...

There are several plants that have become all but invisible due to their sheer ubiquity and the fact they can grow in less-than-desirable places.Dock is one of those plants – a colonizer of empty lots, a squatter in industrial gravel piles, roadside inhabitant, and pasture weed.Wren Everett // insteadingFor years, its subliminal association with unpleasant places like dirty alleyways or dumpsters kept me from trying it. But when I moved to my homestead, I found myself surrounded by lush, leafy greens as far as the eye could see. Dock was there, patiently waiting for me to shed my industrial associations...

Failure. Humiliation. These are the anxious feelings that creep up the spine of many of us when considering starting a business. Triumph. Pride. These are the feelings we need to focus on instead! It’s easy to say just flip the switch from fear to courage. So let’s turn those words into practical actions!  As someone who has started businesses that have resulted in “learning moments” as well as successes, I’ll give you the exact keys to unlock your self-confidence to get started! True Confidence Comes From Prior Success No “fake it ‘til you make it” mumbo-jumbo here. Think of what...