Category: Kitchen Tips & Tricks
Easy Smoked Salsa
I have been wanting to make salsa but ONLY if it was easy. Well, I experimented a little with this Easy Smoked Salsa, and LOVED IT! If you haven’t smoked vegetables on the pellet grill, you need to try it. We have been seeing lots of recipes for Traeger salsa so knew we…
Homemade Pizza Dough
If you have never made pizza dough at home…you are missing out! Once I made it this past year I wondered why I haven’t made Homemade Pizza Dough before! We have been cooking pizzas more often right on the grill this past Summer so I figured I would share this recipe with you!…
How to Smoke a Brisket
Since Mike and I bought a Traeger, we have been cooking more brisket and nailing it! So I figured I would share with you our tips and tricks on How to Smoke a Brisket on a pellet grill. The first time we cooked a brisket on the Traeger it took about 20 hours!…
How to Plant a Plentiful Vegetable Garden
Vegetable gardening requires some initial planning and effort. I have put together a few helpful tips and tricks on How to Plant a Plentiful Vegetable Garden. Basic gardening knowledge and tips will help anyone to plant a more plentiful garden this season. Mike and I love to plant a garden every year with…
8 Easy Dinners Under $8
In search of a few easy budget friendly recipes? Check out these 8 Easy Dinners Under $8. I will be out of work for the next few weeks and I am sure a few others will too and that means needing to stretch a dollar a little longer than normal! I work in…
How to Make Chocolate Ganache
You know that delicious silky layer of chocolate that coats many cakes and desserts? Well have you ever wondered how to make that? Today I am going to show you How to Make Chocolate Ganache! It is much easier than you think and something I taught myself when I used to bake at…
Root Beer & Honey Smoked Ham
During the Fall Mike and I like to bust out our smoker. One thing that we love to smoke is a ham! So we wanted to share this Root Beer & Honey Smoked Ham recipe and how to smoke a ham with you. You can use a spiral sliced ham but I grabbed…
Canned Bloody Mary Pickles
As Summer comes to an end the garden is finally producing plentiful veggies and I like to pick one thing a year to can to preserve. This year I decided to make these Canned Bloody Mary Pickles. Making use of cucumbers, jalapenos, and green beans. These pickles and vegetables have some heat to…
Three Ingredient Steak Marinade
Whether you are BBQing or cooking your steaks in a pan in the house, even the cheaper cuts of steak can be made even better with a quick marinade. This Three Ingredient Steak Marinade is so easy with staples in your kitchen. Just whip up some really fast and slather over your steak…
Cupboard Organization
So last year when I was on a mission to (somewhat) organize before we had Sofie, I decided to start in my cupboards in the kitchen. So I thought I would share some of my Cupboard Organization ideas with you! For this Cupboard Organization trick, I used some of the 3M Command Hooks and…
