I love fresh cherries in the summer. Fresh picked makes them even better! We try to pick tons of cherries so we can freeze them for recipes year round. Because of all the cherries, I pinned several cherry recipes. For the Pinterest Challenge, I landed on Chocolate Cherry Greek Yogurt Muffins from Running with Spoons. A few…
Mason jars are something I never get rid of. There are tons in our house and we use them for all sorts of things. I enjoy canning when fruits and veggies are in season, but I always make sure I have at least a dozen wide mouth pint jars empty. And when I do, I…
This morning for breakfast, I topped my homemade waffles with the end of a jar of Lemon Blueberry Preserves. Suddenly I realized while I had shared my Pineapple Blueberry Preserves recipe, I never shared this one! I started making Lemon-Blueberry Preserves several years ago and now my mom and I make it every summer. Opening…
August is coming to a close. My kids go back to school after Labor Day, summer is coming to a close. Fall weather will be here before we know it. But, there’s still time left in summer. Time to try making some homemade ice cream! Quite frankly, ice cream is not a seasonal thing in…
I’m so excited to be participating in the Family Favorite Recipes blog hop today. While my mom and I enjoy canning in the summer, I have to thank my cousin Diane for telling me about the best blueberry jam she ever had. Where she had it I forgot immediately, but I remembered she said it had…
Recently I shared a round-up of 18 barbecue or picnic sides. While they all look amazing (which is why I shared them!), I was inspired to make my own version of one for dinner the other night. I’m kinda famous for taking my own spin on recipes, basically, I struggle to follow orders directions! Thankfully,…
