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The Only Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble Recipe You’ll Ever Need
This is the perfect Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble recipe. Try it and tell me if you agree! Living in the midwest, rhubarb has always been a staple in my dessert recipes. I grew up picking it, dipping it in sugar, and enjoying those tart bites. I love making pies with it and listening to the stories about how my grandma used…
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How to Dye Vibrant Easter Eggs with All-Natural Dye
I have never dyed Easter eggs that were this vibrant before! Easter Eggs with All-Natural Dye not only look beautiful, but they are also free from harsh chemicals and artificial colors. The process of creating natural dyes is fun to do with kids to teach them about how to extract the colors from plants and spices. It is so fun…
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Easy Berry Bars Everyone Will LOVE
Last summer I shared this DELICIOUS recipe for my black raspberry berry bars. They were so good and I will be making them again this summer when the black raspberries are in season. They’re my favorite kind of berry…or fruit…or maybe food…so I always enjoy the few weeks a year when they’re fresh. In the meantime, I tried the same…
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How to Make Mini Blueberry Pies
About a month ago, we picked and froze about 20 pounds of blueberries after a fun blueberry-picking adventure on our trip to Michigan. Yesterday, my daughter and I grabbed two of our premeasured bags out of the freezer, let them thaw for a couple of hours, and made Mini Blueberry Pies! It was a lot of fun and of course,…
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Easy Spicy Peach Salsa Recipe with Fresh Michigan Peaches
As a kid, I used to go up to a lake house in Michigan with some family friends every year. I hadn’t ever gone peach picking until we went back a couple of weeks ago! We picked peaches and blueberries while we were there. With the peaches, I made peach cobbler and this awesome spicy peach salsa. Can you believe…
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The Best & Most Simple Black Raspberry Bars That You’ll Crave All Year Long—Watch Out for Those Thorns!
Man, do I LOVE black raspberries! Tiny and seedy little raspberries graciously planted by the birds in my hometown in Illinois. This summer we got the surprise of the year when we were walking in the back of my MIL’s property and found a TON of black raspberry bushes. I think we found a new section of bushes every day…
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Moon Activities from Space Camp that are Fun & Easy
This week was Space Camp for us and we did a lot of activities that kept our campers busy and having fun learning a bit about space. The first day of camp was about the moon so we chose two activities to do! One of the activities was an orbiting project so the kids could see how the moon orbits…
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Homemade Hot Pockets your Whole Family will Love!
When I told my girls we were going to start eating less processed foods and get away from foods wrapped in plastics one of the biggest upsets was the thought that we would never have hot pockets as a simple snack again! YUP… it was devastating news to all of us! For them, they loved the way they tasted. For…
