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Homemade Vanilla
Vanilla made from scratch, in your kitchen with just 2 simple ingredients! It doesn’t get any better than this! Do you like to bake? Do you enjoy spending time in the kitchen whipping up cakes and cookies and all sorts of sweet culinary delights? If so, then I have a treat for you! Today I’m sharing with you my homemade vanilla! Have you ever noticed how expensive good vanilla is? And the imitation is just a tad short of grand. Let me show you how to make your own vanilla, and share with you how inexpensive it is, and it tastes fabulous too! Here’s what you’ll need: A large mason…
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Things That Bring Me Joy
Happy September 1! I can’t believe how quickly this year is slipping away, and what a crazy year it has been. Did you know that today is my birthday? When I was a child, we hadn’t started school yet when my birthday rolled around, we used to wait until after labor day to start school. But I have to say, this is a fantastic time of year to celebrate your birthday! It’s starting to feel like autumn is coming, but yet it still feels like the end of summer; it is a glorious time of the year. The changing seasons are so fun to watch as they come about. I…
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BLACK RASPBERRY PIE
The absolute best Black Raspberry Pie I've ever had! This one is definitely a keeper!!
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Sourdough Bread
Baking homemade sourdough bread!
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Coconut Cream Pie
The best coconut cream pie you'll ever eat, come find out how its done!
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Sourdough Starter
I had no idea what I was getting into. It’s a tad bit intimidating to try something new in the kitchen, especially when it closely resembles a science experiment, that you are intended to eat. But alas, I wanted to do it anyway. I enjoy a good challenge and I wanted to see how I fared in natural bread making. So in true Tammy Kate fashion, I started by reading everything I could find about sourdough starters. A couple of my favorites were The Prairie Homestead Blog and The Prairie Homestead Cookbook. I found invaluable information that Jill has shared. Also the book, Flour Water Salt Yeast was very informative…
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Homemade Dog Food
Have you ever taken the time to read a dog food ingredient label? Some of those words I can’t pronounce and most I don’t even know what they are. My husband and I made the choice to feed our dog a purchased human grade fresh dog food, and she loved it, however, the price tag is steep, and when we added 2 more dogs to our pack, that just wasn’t financially sustainable. So, I did what any good dog mom would do, research, and more research, and then I took to the kitchen. I decided that fresh, homemade dog food had to be healthier for my canine companions than the…
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Homemade Movie Theater Popcorn
Is the popcorn your favorite part of going to the movies? If so, then do I have a treat for you! With a couple of easy to use and affordable ingredients found on Amazon (contains affiliate links) you can make popcorn with that signature movie theater taste right at home, any time you want. And, might I add, popcorn made on the stove top is 1000% better than microwave popcorn, yes this is my opinion, but I stand by it! Just look at that buttery goodness! It sure makes a huge difference in my book! So how do I do it? It’s so easy, I promise if you can turn…
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LIVING HAPPY PODCAST
Coming soon to your favorite podcast player Friends! I cannot tell you how excited I am for this fun, new adventure! My dear friend Tammy and I have been dreaming up this idea for many months, and to see it come to fruition is AWESOME! WE ARE LAUNCHING ON JULY 1!!! So what is this podcast going to be about? All things life, that’s the short answer! We have a list of at least 100 episodes already made, and you know as we go, things will come up, we may have to increase our bi-monthly episodes to weekly, but that is for future debate. We have had such a fabulous…
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Let’s Have A Garden Party
“Starting A Perennial Butterfly Garden From Scratch” Guest Post by Jennifer Ewashko Let’s get this party started, shall we? Hi! My name is Jennifer and I live over on my blog “The Fallen Leaf”. My Instagram page is @FallenLeafInteriors. I like to say that my main category is Home Décor but I’m really a little bit of everything. Aren’t we all just a tad of this and that? I post about what I find inspiring and sometimes about what is rattling around in my head that day. Mostly home décor ideas, and a little bit of lifestyle which includes recipes, gardening and family life. My IG stories are where I…
