Sometimes you find those recipes that are Earthy, full of comforting things and just all-around delicious. Meals that become part of your regular rotation, that the whole family loves and something that can be made year-round. This Bacon &…
Grilled Sweet Potato Steaks with chimichurri and Tajin crema
A few years ago – about a year and a half after I started my mom blog – I was in a cooking competition for a wine company. We were supposed to make side dishes that would pair well with…
Parmesan and Spinach Orzo Pasta recipe
Every Sunday on my Instagram @rachelquenzer I make a pasta dish. I call it #pastasunday and it’s the one day a week when I let myself fully indulge in carbs and make the kind of meals I wish I could…
Baked Butter Garlic Shrimp Scampi recipe
I feel like Shrimp Scampi is the gateway fish dish. If you’ve never loved seafood before, this is one that almost ALL people seem to love. I remember trying it for the first time when I was about 7 and…
Roasted Peppers and Burrata Salad
As spring approaches I’m craving lighter meals that are easier to make. With all the work on the farm in the spring, I just can’t afford to spend as much time in the kitchen as I can during the fall…
Irish Soda Bread Recipe
I ate Irish Soda Bread for the first time a few years ago. It was this delicious, dense, biscuit-like bread that I slathered with butter and enjoyed with a good cup of coffee. A friend made Irish Soda…
Lemon Carbonara Pasta
Carbonara Pasta is one of my favorite pasta dishes. It’s silky, salty and full of unique flavor that you don’t get in a lot of other sauces. Making it at home is so much simpler than most people realize. And…
Homemade Chicken Nuggets with honey mustard sauce
As much as it may look like we have a magical farm life where we eat fresh food from the garden, and the kids play outside all the time and work of craft projects, the truth is we are a…
Homemade Soft Pretzels recipe
Years ago, Kevin had a craving for soft pretzels. He was so intent on having those billowy, soft morsels that he decided to make a special trip to the grocery store to find some. He came home empty-handed. Since the…
Homemade Vegetable Soup recipe
After every holiday – year round – I always feel like I need to step back and reset my body with food. Whether it’s Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, New Years, Memorial Day weekend, the 4th of July, etc. “celebrating” to me…
Free Kitchen Conversion Chart printable
Math has never been my strong suit. So when I’m creating recipes or doubling them or halving them, it helps to have this handy dandy Kitchen Conversion chart printable hanging in my kitchen. Sometimes it’s tough to calculate all the…
Cut Out Sugar Cookies
Cut out sugar cookies are a family tradition for us at Christmas time. I remember making them with my mom, my aunts and my grandma while I was growing up. It was always one of my favorite times of the…
