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Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan Streusel Topping

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Hi friends. I know this is a challenging Thanksgiving for many, due to the covid-19 pandemic. Thanksgiving feasts and festivities might look a little different this year. 🤍 However you are planning to celebrate, with just your immediate family, just you and your significant other, or a few close family members or friends, I hope you still find ways to be thankful this year. 2020 will not be a year that we soon forget. Something that has helped me to stay positive during this uncertain time … [Read more...]

Maple Pecan Pie Bars (Without Corn Syrup)

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Wow. wow. WOW!!!! Gooey, crunchy, super delicious maple pecan pie bars are in the HOUSE!!!! Well, okay, they're really just here on the blog. But, they can be in your house, if you want them to be. All you have to do is make them!!! Seriously though, how can you not want to sink your teeth into one of those gooey pecan pie bars? Thanksgiving month is upon us.  Ever since I made those pecan pie cookies last year - using a maple syrup filling, rather then the traditional corn … [Read more...]

Sheet Pan Maple Pork Chops with Apples and Cabbage

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This post was originally published on Robust Recipes in 2017. It has been updated for a better user experience. Enjoy. I have shared a lot of recipes here on the blog, over 500. I give each recipe the care, and time it deserves to make it the best it can be, and then I release them out into the internet world; where they will hopefully be made, and shared by you lovelies.  Then, I look at that recipe again when it's relevant to share on a social media channel depending on the … [Read more...]

Pumpkin Cake with Yogurt Cream Cheese Frosting

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Pumpkin cake, AKA pumpkin bars, are often shared at fall-time gatherings. I am always excited to see pumpkin cake topped with white cream cheese frosting and a little pumpkin candy at football parties, Halloween Parties, or other fall gatherings. I love anything pumpkin spiced. I would happily take a slice of cake and dig in. It was always good. Had that tender cake, laced with pumpkin and warming spices - topped with that rich cream cheese frosting, a real treat. However, I have always … [Read more...]

Yogurt Cream Cheese Frosting

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Hi friends. It's officially, officially baking season. For some people, baking season starts on September 1st. For me, it starts once it's cold enough out to wear cozy sweaters.  Having the beautiful smell of something baking away in my kitchen makes everything even better. And what is some baking without having a good, reliable frosting recipe for you to spread onto a variety of baked goods? This yogurt cream cheese frosting is my new favorite recipe for a slightly lighter take … [Read more...]

Healthier Zucchini Bread (Whole Wheat)

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Is there a better way to celebrate the transition of summer to fall then baking zucchini bread? Well okay, maybe baking some healthy pumpkin muffins would also be great way to get us into the spirit of fall. But, today, let's make some zucchini bread!!! Zucchini bread that's' tender, and moist, perfectly spiced,  and studded with just the right amount of chocolate chips. And most importantly, packed with shredded zucchini. Do you taste the zucchini? No! That's the best … [Read more...]

Super Easy Instant Pot Chicken Broth

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Hi there friends, I have been MIA this past week because I was little sick. Ironically, returning with a recipe for homemade chicken broth is the perfect scenario. If you saw last week's recipe for instant pot whole chicken, you knew this instant pot chicken broth was to follow this week. I started making Instant pot whole chicken over the summer as a way to replace the store bought rotisserie chicken we were buying pre-covid 19 pandemic - with the continuation of us staying out of … [Read more...]

Instant Pot Whole Chicken (Great for Meal Prep)

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What if I told you that I make a whole chicken, along with homemade chicken, broth almost every week? Would you think that I am some sort of kitchen, and meal prep wizard? Would you think that I spend hours upon hours of time prepping food for the week? Yes, I might be a little bit of a kitchen wizard, otherwise why would I even be here sharing recipes with you once a week? 😜 But, I am also a person with a full schedule, who doesn't ALWAYS want to cook every single day. Shocker, I … [Read more...]

Homemade Corn Chowder (Uses Fresh Corn)

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Welcome to Fall!  The mornings and evenings are growing cooler, which only means one thing. Soup, with dinner. Here in Iowa, we have exceptionally good sweet corn. Corn is what our state is known for. Well, also pork. We start seeing farm stands for sweet corn starting in August. It is the most delicious treat to buy ears of corn right outside your grocery store, or from the farmers market, to take it home and chow down on the most delicious, sweet, crunchy corn.  We love … [Read more...]

Apple Overnight Oats (Hot or Cold)

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It's mid September. In the Midwest that means cooler mornings and cooler evenings. We're over here hanging onto every last bit of those end-of-summer warm days. We are making the most of our beautiful garden basil by making lots of caprese pasta salad, or other caprese inspired recipes. It's a wonderful time. Yet, as a food blogger I need to start testing all the fall themed recipes in order to get the pumpkin spiced desserts, and the cozy soups out to you guys in time for when the … [Read more...]