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Rhubarb Coffee Cake Recipe with Streusel Topping: Delicious and Easy
This Rhubarb Coffee Cake recipe is a welcome change from my usual pie recipe. You’re going to love it with your tea, coffee, or just whenever you need a delicious, sweet treat. This cake boasts a streusel topping that complements the soft, fluffy cake. The secret ingredients in this coffee cake is the sour cream, which adds a creamy and…
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How to Make Lilac Jelly
Lilacs mean spring to me and I cannot get enough of their sweet smell! I knew I wanted to make Lilac Jelly. Last year after the lilacs were all done in my area, I saw someone post a recipe for a cake with lilac blossoms. My mind was blown because I did not realize lilacs are edible! Fast forward to…
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3 Creative Mason Jar Gifts: Recipes & Free Printable
I have received so many compliments on the Mason Jar Gifts that I gave out around Christmas last year. It was so fun to receive pictures of my friends and their kiddos baking these cookies and brownies together. I’ll be making these super easy gifts again next year and adding in my Oatmeal Cookie Mason Jar Recipe to the mix!…
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How to Make Homemade Canned Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Filling
If you love rhubarb and would love to enjoy it all year long, you need this Canned Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Filling. Since I started making it, we started enjoying homemade pies and crumbles all year long. When you can the pie filling, all you have to do to make your dessert is dump it in a crust or crumble and…
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Upper Michigan Pasty: The Ultimate Recipe for Authentic Flavor
My husband’s family has roots in the Upper Peninsula, so making an Upper Michigan Pasty was pretty much a rite of passage. If you’ve never had a pasty (pronounced pass-tee), it’s like a hearty meat-and-potato hand pie—a Yooper favorite that dates back to the 1800s. These filling pockets were originally made for copper miners who needed a hot, portable lunch…
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Unlock the Incredible Benefits of Tallow for Soaps and Skincare
If you’re like me, you were a little weirded out when you first learned about Tallow in Soaps or maybe even tallow in general. You want me to put what on my hands and face? 😆 When I started learning about all its benefits, I quickly got used to the idea and started really appreciating the knowledge. If you struggle with dry…
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Why I Ditched Toxic Ingredients and Switched to Natural Soaps
Have you ever flipped over a bottle of body wash or baby lotion and been stunned by the ingredient list? I sure was. What started as a simple goal to eat a little healthier after having my first baby quickly snowballed into something bigger. As I started learning to read food labels, I realized I needed to take a closer…
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My Scheduled C-Section Story-Thanks to My Breech Baby
This post contains affiliate links. This will not cost you anything but helps us to offset the cost of running the blog. We only share products we are using and are items we would recommend to a friend. Thank you for your support! Click ‘HERE’ for more info. First of all, I went into this pregnancy NOT wanting to have a C-Section,…
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Review of GroVia All in One Newborn Cloth Diapers
We’ve been using the Newborn All-In-One Grovia Cloth Diapers for 6 weeks now, and we love them! My daughter was born at 8 lbs 14oz, but by the time we got home, she had lost almost a whole pound (yeah, we had a slight weight issue), so she wore them as a 7lb 14oz baby and is about 9 lbs…
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How to Make a Chocolate Rock Cycle
The Rock Cycle is something we study in the Montessori curriculum pretty much every year, especially in the lower elementary years because if you’re 6-9 year old is anything like mine (or any of my students) they are all pretty much obsessed with geology! This post contains affiliate links. This will not cost you anything but will help us offset…
