Easy Family Recipes
Crockpot Spaghetti Sauce is an easy recipe that the entire family will enjoy. The pasta sauce with ground beef is hearty enough to simply serve over pasta and dinner is done. The Crock Pot meat sauce is great the first day, but leftovers are even better. It freezes well and makes a great lasagna too! Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce In the heat of summer, standing over a sauce pot and heating my kitchen up is not my idea of a good time. Homemade meat sauce is so much tastier than Continue Reading
Being able to control weeds that are growing in your garden or lawn naturally is one of the biggest struggles for any home gardener, and for those of us with vegetable gardens it is even more important. It seems the minute you stop killing weeds, they grab that opportunity and grow back with a vengeance. The use of chemicals to kill weeds has a negative impacts on the other plants growing around them, people and pets that come in contact with the chemicals and our water supply once the Continue Reading
Convert an old bird bath into a small rock garden. The flowers and succulents in it add a touch of color to your landscape and the bird bath adds height and interest to existing flower gardens. Bird Bath Rock Garden My daughter and I completed a fun and easy upcycle project in our yard recently. We converted an old leaky bird bath into a small rock garden. I am so glad I came up with this idea rather than trashing the old bird bath. It not only reduced waste, but added an interesting Continue Reading
Grilled Chili Orange Pork Chops are spicy sweet and savory... YUM! Serve some of these Sweet Chili-Orange Grilled Pork Chops for something a little different at your Memorial Day cookout. The glazing marinade is an easy three ingredient combination. The chops cook up in a flash, so you will be back to enjoying your guests rather than working over a hot grill. To make the process even easier, all the ingredients are available right at your local Walmart! The Sweet Chili Garlic Continue Reading
Blueberry Mojito perfect drink for spring! Fresh blueberries and mint make this drink special. Blueberry Mojito Drink Looking for a fun & different cocktail to feature at your next get-together? Why not make this Blueberry Mojito recipe? It features the fresh flavors of blueberry and mint, yet in the familiar context of a mojito. Spring and early summer are the perfect times to serve this cocktail, as blueberries are in season and the mint leaves are still tender. Looking for Continue Reading
Key Lime Pie is such a classic and refreshing dessert. Make it yourself with this authentic recipe! Key Lime Pie is such a classic summer dessert, and one we should all have in our recipe box. This version of the pie is authentic, in that it follows the basic model of the Key Lime Pie first served at the Curry mansion, by an "Aunt Sally". Some will argue that meringue is more fitting or use a different crust, but this is how it was served. Mind you this is not the recipe discussed in Continue Reading
