Beets are one of my favorite fall and early winter vegetables. I love to eat them plain, topped with goat cheese, pickled and in every seasonal salad. But in this recipe, I wanted to introduce you to a new way…
Christmas Mimosas
Christmas is always a time to celebrate, even if it’s a little different this year. For me, celebrating almost always means special food and special drinks that you don’t get to have throughout the rest of the year. One of…
Delicious Mulled Wine Recipe
A million years ago – when Kevin and I were dating – we went to Christkindle Market in Chicago on a date. Even though I had lived in the Chicago suburbs all my life, I had never been. It was…
Sheet music Christmas signs
Last year I was on the hunt for sheet music Christmas signs to fill a space on the living room wall. Due to timing, sizes and an unfortunate bout of pneumonia, I never found what I was looking for. That…
Our Shedrow barn tour
This is an exciting week here at Sugar Maple Farmhouse because we are getting new animals! I’ve shared the news over on Instagram @rachelquenzer and @sugarmaplefarmhouse but I’m going to wait to share here until they get here. But…
Lemon Shortbread Cookies
Last Christmas Eve – our first Christmas Eve on the farm – the kids and I were making a Christmas cookies to bring back to Illinois for Christmas Day. We were making cut cookies and my Cranberry Shortbread cookies when…