When I was 25, I worked in corporate America at one of the leading fast food chains in the world. It was a grueling world, where my optimism, can-do attitude, lack of a MBA and youth were always working against…
Caramelized Onion & Rosemary Ricotta Dip
I could make a meal of appetizers. When I’m out at a restaurant, I like to order a bunch of appetizers verses a full meal. I love to taste different types of cuisine and experience different types of food. Appetizers…
Crunch Apple Coleslaw
We literally live right off of a street that’s named for its abundance of fruit farms. We have fresh blueberries, pears, peaches and probably enough apples to supply half the country growing up and down the street. You can also…
Perfect Instant Pot pulled pork sandwiches
Before fall ends and winter officially sets in in Michigan, I wanted to share one of our favorite fall recipes. However, since the lines here between our seasons tend to blur in the Midwest, I think you’ll find my Instant…
Homemade Pumpkin Bread Recipe
Like Christmas décor, pumpkin is a flavor seems to pop up earlier and earlier each year. And also like Christmas, some people love that and some people loathe it. Please place me directly in the love category. I LOVE pumpkin….
Pumpkin Seeds & Family Traditions
As a child, my mom, brother and I would go to my grandma’s for Halloween. My dad always worked late as a car salesman and we lived in an apartment complex so there wasn’t really a place for us to…
Homemade pumpkin puree
I’m not sure why it took me so much time to make my own homemade pumpkin puree. It’s insanely easy and so much fresher than what you might find in the can. There’s nothing wrong with the can as long…
Apple Upside Down Cake
Fall baking is perhaps my favorite baking of the year. I could get lost in a magical world of cinnamon, baked apples and cooling pie crust. Fall is my season. Unlike the other seasons, which all have their perks, the…
Roasted Red Pepper And Tomato Soup
I’m a fan of soups in winter, spring, summer and fall…but fall most of all. There’s nothing like a good bowl of warm, fresh soup to cozy up with and I love how it can last for days if you…
