Quinoa is one of my favorite super foods! It’s packed full of protein and is just as healthy as it is yummy. I like to throw it in all sorts of salads because it’s crazy versatile. It tastes great with a kick of sweet or all savory. This fun recipe combines both for a healthy Read More >>
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Amberlina’s Freakin Delicious Family Heirloom Sweet Potato Casserole
My friend Amberlina heard about my husband’s request for a new sweet potato recipe for our Thanksgiving feast and offered up an old family recipe for sweet potato casserole. She told me it’s been in her family for years, and every time she shares it, the person who cooks it up never goes back to Read More >>
Vegan Sweet Potato Black Bean Soup
Since the weather over here is confused about if it is spring or winter or summer, it was the perfect time to prolong soup season {although if we’re being honest, every month is soup season around our house}. I wanted to use up some sweet potatoes I bought from the farmer’s market, and I had Read More >>
Mashed Butter Pecan Sweet Potatoes
Tis the season. Pretty soon we’re going to see sweet potatoes popping up everywhere. Most grocery stores will start running sales and soon Costco will be selling them in a 10 pound bag. So since we’re going to have a lot of sweet potatoes at our finger tips, I figured I better start scrounging up Read More >>
Crock Pot Beef with Sweet Potatoes and Apples
I was making may way through the Crock Pot Recipe Book Monkey Boy gave me for Christmas last year when I saw this recipe. Tart apples in pot roast? I was intrigued. So I gave it a try and adapted it a bit using what I had on hand. The addition of the apples is sheer Read More >>
Southwestern Grilled Sweet Potato Salad
I’ve had good potato salad. Really good. And I’ve made good potato salad. Really good. But this sweet potato salad is out of this world good. Like the best potato salad I’ve ever had good. Like eat the leftovers for breakfast straight from the fridge good. Like go make it now good. {Seriously, what are Read More >>
Homemade Sweet Potato Dog Chews
I was at the pet store the other day and noticed Sweet Potato Dog Chews for $7.99 a bag and thought … huh? I could totally do that! It looked just like dehydrated sweet potatoes, and I can dehydrate things in my sleep. So I made some and Lucy devoured them. It’s a super easy, Read More >>
Thanksgiving Leftover Recipes – Turkey Casserole with Sweet Potato Frosting
When I was looking for ways to use up our Thanksgiving leftovers last year, I remembered a chicken casserole with mashed potato topping recipe that I loved. I decided to try & recreate it with turkey. Best. Decision. Ever. I’m going to have to go recook our Thanksgiving feast so I have more leftovers to Read More >>
Sweet Potato Biscuits
Sometimes I’ll stumble onto a recipe and wonder how on earth I never thought of it before. Take these sweet potato biscuits. I love sweet potatoes. I love biscuits. I should have thought of this genius combo ages ago. But good thing some other smarty pants chef did, cause now that I’ve had them I Read More >>
Thanksgiving Leftovers – Sweet Potato Muffins with Crumb Topping
Open your fridge. Do you still have leftovers? There are only so many times you can reheat and recreate that Thanksgiving meal before your children revolt. So go grab that sweet potato casserole and make these muffins. Your family will thank you for the change and your taste buds will thank you because, well, it’s Read More >>
Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes
This is a fun twist on the traditional sweet potato casserole. The addition of applesauce is sheer perfection. Plus, it frees up your oven space so you can cook more yummy pies and turkeys! Ingredients 5-7 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into small cubes {can sub yams instead} 1 cup applesauce 1/3 cup packed brown Read More >>
Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes with Spiced Walnuts
If you’re looking for a way to spice up your Thanksgiving side dish menu, this recipe for twice-baked sweet potatoes with spiced walnuts has got you covered. It’s the bomb! Not only will you get a gold star for presentation, but it tastes great too. Ingredients Sweet Potatoes: 6 sweet potatoes {aka. yams, so not the Read More >>
How to Dehydrate Sweet Potatoes
Haven’t you heard? Sweet potatoes are the new black. Every restaurant I drive by now I see signs for new sweet potato fries. I’m glad the world is finally realizing how awesome sweet potatoes are! Since I’ve been on a dehydrating kick and the potatoes I dehydrated turned out so great, the next logical step Read More >>
Slow Cooker Vegetarian Lentil Stew with Sweet Potatoes
This recipe for vegetarian lentil stew with sweet potatoes was inspired by a recipe from my friend MamaJJ. Her recipe called for black beans and chicken broth. But I didn’t have that so I swapped out the black beans for lentils, chicken broth for vegetable broth and reduced the spices just a bit. Recipes are Read More >>
Baked Sweet Potato Fries
I’ve fiddled with baked sweet potato fry recipes through the years and have found my favorite way to prepare them. And now I’ve found my absolute favorite way to season them. I’m totally obsessed with Chinese 5 Spice . I want to season everything with it! It’s a perfect blend of flavors and I can’t Read More >>
Roasted Purple Sweet Potato Wedges with Rosemary and Thyme
Frieda’s Specialty Produce Company has declared 2013 The Year of Purple, and guess what Frieda’s sent me? Stoke’s purple sweet potatoes! Saweeeeet! Have you ever had a purple sweet potato before? This was my first time and holy canolies people, talk about delicious. Frieda’s actually sent me sent me an entire box of purple specialty goodness and I can’t wait to share Read More >>
Thanksgiving Recipes – Sweet Potato Casserole
Years and years ago I was given this sweet potato recipe from a neighbor {whom I no longer live nearby, but we keep in touch} and every year at Thanksgiving I pull out my tattered and stained recipe card to make this dish. I have never, over the course of 10 years, found a better Read More >>
Recipe: Rainbow Swiss Chard and Sweet Potato Gratin
Ding, Ding, Ding, I think I found a winner. Tonight I’ll be serving a tasty Rainbow Swiss Chard Gratin I spotted over on Mama JJ’s blog. With the exception of one ingredient, I had everything on hand. It’s in the oven right now. And man oh man does it smell good. I can’t wait for Read More >>
Easter Side Dish Recipe: Sweet Potato Casserole
Years and years ago I was given this sweet potato recipe from a neighbor {I no longer live nearby, but we keep in touch} and every year at Thanksgiving I pull out my tattered and stained recipe card to make this dish. I have never, over the course of 10 years, found a better Read More >>
Turkey Casserole Freezer Meal with Mashed Potato Frosting
I’m not really sure why people only make turkey around the holidays. It really isn’t all that much work considering how much meat it yields! I love cooking up a large bird and then using the leftovers for all sorts of delicious meals like this one. This is a great day 2 recipe, I call Read More >>
Easy Freezer Meal – Sweet Chicken Chili with Bacon
The first time I made this recipe, I never thought to turn it into a freezer meal. But when I picked up a bulk order of chicken, I was trying to think of recipes my family loves that would make great chicken freezer meals. I knew this one would be a hit. So I whipped a Read More >>
Turkey Casserole with Mashed Potato Topping
I’m all about using up the crazy amount of turkey we have leftover so I can get it out of my fridge. My family loves this chicken casserole so much I decided to adapt it and make it a turkey casserole. Sometimes I’m a genius. This was one of those times. It was so freakin Read More >>
Recipes: The Best Potato Recipes
I don’t know when my love affair with potatoes began, but I am deeply in love with them. Even though my Irish Handsome Husband loves them, I don’t think I have enough recipes to keep up with the harvest. So in addition to bombarding my neighbors, friends and the local food bank with potatoes, I’ll Read More >>
Roasted Chicken with Potatoes
Doesn’t this roasted chicken look yummy? Why yes, unless you are a vegetarian of course it does. One might even go so far as to say it looks divine. Yes, I said divine. Almost picture perfect if you ask me. But hang on… there’s a story behind this beautiful bird. 2 nights ago I decided Read More >>
My Favorite Thanksgiving Recipes
If you’re like me you’re already working on your list for your Thanksgiving feast Favorite Thanksgiving Recipes; the grocery list, compiling recipes, figuring out what order to prepare everything in so there’s no freaking out {because seriously, who wants to be freaking out at Thanksgiving! Not me}. And of course, what you’re going to do Read More >>
10 Tips for Dehydrating Your Food
10 Tips for Dehydrating Your Food We love to dehydrate fruits and veggies around here {meats, too!}, not only to preserve our garden or bulk bounty {although it’s a perfect way to do so!}, but sometimes because dehydrated foods are just super tasty and make awesome snacks. But if you are a novice dehydrator, Read More >>
My All Time Favorite Thanksgiving Recipes
Hello Monday! Stay tuned and check My All Time Favorite Thanksgiving Recipes Normally on Mondays I share how much we spent on groceries and the meals we ate the previous week, but with Thanksgiving just a few days away, I thought I would share my all time favorite Thanksgiving recipes today instead. To me, the Read More >>
Our Favorite Thanksgiving Recipes
Just a few more days to go until the big day. 🙂 Even though it will only be two of us {well, actually three because Lucy is like a tiny human} I am still very excited about Thanksgiving this year. The prospect of a big mid-day meal and then having all those delicious leftovers to Read More >>
How to Make Fruits and Veggies Last Longer
Years ago, everyone had a root cellar and because of that, storing produce was fairly simple. While root cellars have gone the way of the dinosaur, you can still store your fruits and veggies so they will last for many months, but you need to know what conditions each items stores best in. How to Read More >>
My Favorite Side Dish, Dessert and Leftover Ham Recipes For Easter
Who out there has packed on a few extra pounds these past few weeks? I stepped on the scale yesterday and saw that I had gained three pounds. A W E S O M E. I immediately told myself I would do better. Eat less and not pick up my fork as much. And then Read More >>
28 Slow Cooker Recipes to Keep You Warm This Winter
Winter recipes are often different around our house than recipes we make in the summer or spring. With rain and wind {up to 30 mph} in the forecast for today, it seems like the perfect excuse to stay in my pj’s, work on a hooked rug all day, and cook a warm and savory meal Read More >>
Mel’s Big List of Freezer Meal Recipes and Freezer Meal Cooking Tips
Our super amazing One Hundred Dollars a Month reader Mel is back with an update on her Freezer Meal Menu Plan for Four Month’s Worth of Meals she wrote last month. Many of you requested links to the recipes she uses for her freezer meal menu planning and well, lucky us, she put together a Read More >>
Mrs. HB’s New Favorite Pecan Chicken Recipe
Seriously. If I could stop by Mrs. HB’s place for dinner every night and be served up all the delicious meals she’s been making for her family lately, I totally would. I am constantly amazed at the recipes she chooses to make each week. They all look so yummy. And they taste even better too. Read More >>
Getting the Most Out of Your Thanksgiving Turkey
Turkeys are great for feeding a crowd. If you were lucky enough to score a turkey for free from all of the grocery store promotions {spend $100, get a free turkey sort of thing}, then you can potentially squeeze quite a few meals out of the leftovers, and slide into the holidays with a little Read More >>
40+Thanksgiving Recipes: Desserts, Sides, Pies and More!
Since Thanksgiving and food are synonymous, I figured you’d need a few awesome recipes to help you put together an epic feast {of any size}. I’ve made all of these. They are Mavis approved. I’ve also served all of them at one time or another at one of our Thanksgiving dinners, and they all got the Read More >>
Recipe Roundup: 16 Must-Try Muffin Recipes
A muffin is the one of my favorite breakfast foods to make and to eat. I love making them because they are simple and rarely too time consuming. For the most part you just dump all ingredients together and then stir them up. Easy peasy {and great kid-friendly recipe for new chefs!}. You can combine Read More >>
Summer Salad Recipe Roundup: 10 Savory Salad Recipes
I’m not sure why we don’t have BBQ season year-round. Wait. I am sure. We’d probably all gain a ton of weight. It’s not that the core BBQ food is bad {grilled chicken, anyone?}, it’s just that there are so many sides to choose from. So we typically don’t choose. We eat a little of Read More >>
52 Ways to Save $100 a Month | Preserve Your Bounty {Week 9 of 52}
Welcome to my 52 Ways to Save $100 a Month series. We’re serious about saving money in 2016. Sometimes it’s the little things and sometimes it’s the big things. I’m here to walk you through some little things that can add up to BIG savings. 52 little things to be exact. Every week, join me Read More >>
Iced Cinnamon Raisin Bread
Iced Cinnamon Raisin Bread. Wowza! Before I went to Pennsylvania to visit my friend Zoë and her mom Valerie, I spent some time with my friend Jennifer’s mom Shirley. Last fall Shirley sent me an email asking if I would give her some rug hooking lessons. She bakes. Really well. So of course I said Read More >>
13 Crock Pot Meals for Busy Nights
The winter months creep in and I struggle even more with dinner prep. It’s like the cold makes me move at a snail’s pace. I have no desire to spend hours in the kitchen. I’d rather be curled up with a book and a cup of tea. That’s why I turn to my Crock Pot Read More >>
Cooking From Your Pantry | Menu Plan Ideas, Freezer Meals and Simple Recipes Week 50 of 52
3 Breakfast Ideas Nutella Filled Cinnamon Rolls – Kids gonna be home soon for the holiday break? Plan on making some of these, and you’re sure to lock down best parent ever. {Pin it for Later} Blackberry and Toasted Pecan Quinoa – If you are looking to stay on the healthier side in between all Read More >>
Cooking From Your Pantry | Menu Plan Ideas, Freezer Meals and Simple Recipes Week 48 of 52
3 Breakfast Ideas Heirloom Carrot Cake Pancakes – I’m still pulling up those carrots, so what better way to use them then toss them in pancakes topped with syrup? {Pin it for Later} Coffee Cake – I love this make-ahead breakfast for when I have holiday guests. They can eat as they are hungry, and Read More >>
Cooking From Your Pantry | Menu Plan Ideas, Freezer Meals and Simple Recipes Week 47 of 52
3 Breakfast Ideas Sour Cream Scones – These are the perfect way to put to good use all of that jam you made this summer. {Pin it for Later} Poppy Seed Muffins – Poppy seed muffins are the ultimate any-season muffin. They are made entirely from pantry staples. {Pin it for Later} Healthy Blueberry Whole Read More >>
Cooking From Your Pantry | Menu Plan Ideas, Freezer Meals and Simple Recipes Week 43 of 52
Even though I don’t make a weekly menu plan, I still love the idea of having a bunch of recipes right in front of me to choose from. Here are a few recipes from my recipe collection I thought you might like:3 Breakfast Ideas Carrot Coconut Bread – This is a delicious twist on your standard Read More >>
Cooking From Your Pantry | Menu Plan Ideas, Freezer Meals and Simple Recipes Week 38 of 52
Even though I don’t make a weekly menu plan, I still love the idea of having a bunch of recipes right in front of me to choose from. Here are a few recipes from my recipe collection I thought you might like:3 Breakfast Ideas Traditional Raisin Scones – There are always two camps when it comes Read More >>
Cooking From Your Pantry | Menu Plan Ideas, Freezer Meals and Simple Recipes Week 25 of 52
Another week, another round of recipes. If you have not tried the cranberry coconut breakfast cookies yet, oh man they are delicious! And the green bean recipe? Well let’s just say it will be the first one I plan on making once our pole beans come in. Have a great week. 3 Breakfast Ideas Cranberry Read More >>
Easter Roundup: Easy Crafts & Recipes For Easter
Here is a quick little recap of all sorts of Easter egg dying methods, crafts and recipes to make your holiday totally awesome. I hope you have a wonderful Easter, and don’t hit the peeps to hard or you’ll be paying for it later. Peep hangovers are nothing to mess with! Egg Dying Methods: How Read More >>
Weekly Meal Plan – Menu Plan Ideas Week 52 of 52
Even though I don’t make a weekly menu plan, I still love the idea of having a bunch of recipes right in front of me to choose from. Here are a few recipes from my recipe collection I thought you might like: Breakfast Ideas Applesauce Spice Cake – Cake for breakfast? Yes, siree. Might as well Read More >>
Weekly Meal Plan – Menu Plan Ideas Week 49 of 52
Even though I don’t make a weekly menu plan, I still love the idea of having a bunch of recipes right in front of me to choose from. Here are a few recipes from my recipe collection I thought you might like: Breakfast Ideas Chocolate Crepes with Bananas – Something about crepes feels so decadent, and Read More >>
43 Recipes for Your Thanksgiving Feast
If I mention the word Thanksgiving, chances are I’m talking about food. They are pretty much synonymous. The beauty of Thanksgiving food is you can pretty much stuff yourself silly without judgement from anyone. Want to try 3 different types of pie? Here, try a 4th. Can’t decide what side dish to have? Throw every Read More >>
Weekly Meal Plan – Menu Plan Ideas Week 39 of 52
Even though I don’t make a weekly menu plan, I still love the idea of having a bunch of recipes right in front of me to choose from. Here are a few recipes from my recipe collection I thought you might like: Breakfast Ideas Coconut Oil Biscuits – There is something so comforting about warm biscuits Read More >>
22 Slow Cooker Recipes to Help Make Dinner Stress-Free
Slow cookers are the best thing since sliced bread. I use mine all year round, but never more than in the fall and winter months. Maybe it’s because fall sports start and dinnertime is the furthest thing from my mind. We’re crazy busy which doesn’t give me much time in the kitchen to put together Read More >>
Weekly Meal Plan – Menu Plan Ideas Week 9 of 52
Even though I don’t necessarily stick to any sort of weekly menu plan, I still love the idea of having a bunch of recipes right in front of me to choose from. So if you’re like me and fly by the seat of your pants, here are a few recipes for you to try this Read More >>
The Best Super Bowl Appetizer Recipes
Being that I’m from the Seattle area, suddenly this Super Bowl matters {let’s not ever repeat that to the HH}. For the first time ever, I’m actually just as excited for the game as I am for the food. But of course, Super Bowl Sunday is not complete without some awesome appetizers. I’ve included all Read More >>
Weekly Meal Plan – Menu Plan Ideas Week 4 of 52
Even though I don’t make a weekly menu plan, I still love the idea of having a bunch of recipes right in front of me to choose from. Here are a few recipes for you to choose from this week: Breakfast Ideas: Strawberry and Nutella Crepes with Bananas – Nutella. Need I say more? {Pin Read More >>
Weekly Meal Plan – Menu Plan Ideas Week 1 of 52
Every once in awhile someone will ask “Hey Mavis can you post a weekly menu plan? The thing is, I don’t make a weekly menu plan for my household. Which is weird because I have total OCD and you would think anyone with OCD would have a menu plan, right? Maybe I don’t like commitment, Read More >>
Recipes: The Best Soup Recipes
I think those Chicken Soup for the Soul people were onto something. Soup really does warm more than my body. It just makes me happy. A warm bowl of soup on a freezing winter day: not much I love more. Would it be wrong to fake an illness just so people will bring me soup? Read More >>
15 Appetizers for New Year’s Eve
Since resolutions don’t start until the clock strikes midnight, here are some tasty appetizers your guests or your family will be sure to love. Make a few or make them all. Just forget about calories for the night and get your snack on, Mavis recipe style! My top 15 favorites in no particular order of Read More >>
Thanksgiving Side Dishes and Dessert Recipes
If you ask me, the best part about Thanksgiving is all the side dishes and desserts. I mean the turkey is cool and all, but it’s all those special recipes that make Thanksgiving extra special. Here are a few of my favorites: Thanksgiving Side Dishes Homemade Cranberry Sauce Sweet Potato Casserole Home-style Scalloped Potatoes Salt Read More >>
The Handsome Husband Made Dinner!
Alert the media people. The Handsome Husband made dinner tonight. This was the 4th time my husband has made dinner this year. I’m not sure if he felt sorry for me because I worked in the yard all day, or if he was simply inspired by the ingredients in our refrigerator, but he did it. Read More >>
Thanksgiving Recipes – Vegetables, Squash, Pies, Ice Cream, Cookies, Cranberry Sauce + More
Stuffed Acorn Squash Sweet Potato Casserole Butternut Squash with Spinach and Pasta Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic Vinegar Brown Sugar Glazed Carrots Old Fashioned Cranberry Sauce Cranberry Apple Pie Pineapple Buttermilk Pie Individual Pumpkin Pies Pumpkin Gingersnap Ice Cream Thanksgiving Turkey Cookies Pecan Bars Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars Spiced Pecans Gobble Gobble Gobble ♥ Mavis
Side Dish Recipe – Peas and Bacon
Yesterday I was thinking about canning all those peas I picked. But after reading everyone’s recipe suggestions I quickly bailed on that crazy idea, and decided to take reader Elena’s advise and adapt her recipe for peas and prosciutto. I didn’t have any prosciutto on hand, but I did have some bacon. So with the Read More >>
Simple Crafts & Recipes For Easter
Photo Credit Here is a quick little re-cap of all the Easter crafts and recipes I have blogged about over the past 2 weeks. I hope you have a wonderful Easter, and remember, be kind to the chocolate bunnies. Easy Easter Craft Project For Kids: Peeps Easter Treats in Glass Jars How to Dye Eggs Read More >>
National Zucchini Day 2023 – 12 Zucchini Recipes To Try
Did you know today is National Zucchini Day? Yes, yes it is! And what may I ask are you going to do to celebrate? Perhaps a super moist zucchini cake? Or possibly some zucchini cupcakes with cream cheese frosting? Well, if you are looking for some new zucchini recipes to try for National Zucchini Day Read More >>
How To Freeze Peas
How To Freeze Peas Yesterday the HH and I picked another round of Green Arrow shelling peas from the front garden. Have you tried growing your own peas? Oh my homegrown peas are delicious! I’ve been growing peas every year since we’ve had a garden. Over the years I’ve grown sugar snap peas, snow Read More >>
30 Meals in 3 Hours
30 Meals in 3 hours. Wowza! It was raining {again} when I got up yesterday so instead of working in the garden, I decided to get some cooking done. I had planned on trying to use up as many of the 5 dozen eggs that were sitting in our fridge. But things didn’t exactly pan Read More >>
93 Canning Recipes In Seasonal Order
93 Canning Recipes In Seasonal Order Have you started thinking about canning season yet? Well, if you’re a super nerd like me and like to plan ahead then you probably already have canning supplies and have started to make plans for all the delicious fruits and vegetables you’re going to grow this year. Last fall Read More >>
Green Tomato Piccalilli
If the evening temperatures are starting to drop in your area and you’re wondering what you’re going to do with all your green tomatoes, holy cannolis people, do I have a recipe for you. Green tomato piccalilli. Let’s just say, you can thank me later. Because seriously, it’s crazy good. It is so good, you Read More >>
26 Freezer Meals Plus 3 Batches of Cookies, 2 Types of Muffins and 3 Desserts in 7 Hours
Last week while The Girl was here we made a bunch of freezer meals so she could stash away a bunch of homemade meals in her freezer for nights when she was short on time, or didn’t feel like cooking this fall. And while I’ve been whipping up freezer meals in the kitchen for years Read More >>
33 Easy Freezer Meal Recipes for Busy Weeknights
33 Easy Freezer Meal Recipes for Busy Weeknights Whether I’ve had kids in school or in college, a husband working late or off early, a to-do list a mile long or just a couple errands to run, when dinnertime would roll around during the week, my life always seemed to be crazy. For all those Read More >>
Turkey Chowder Recipe
You know that moment when you make something and while you’re still eating what you’ve just made you, are already looking forward to the next time you’ll have it again? Well that’s what both the HH and I thought about this turkey chowder. Not only was it such a simple and straightforward recipe to make, Read More >>
Celebrate National Zucchini Day w/ These 14 Zucchini Recipes
I might be one of the only people to not only celebrate National Zucchini Day, but look forward to it! If you are a gardener who has ever planted zucchini, then you know the struggle to eat up, preserve, or give away the mass quantities of zucchini your garden produces. Seems fitting around this time Read More >>