Highly Effective Natural Deodorant

Ahh, yes!  The joys of natural living. Trimming away the synthetic ingredients in hair, skin, and make-up products. I haven’t been able to switch my shampoo to all natual yet. I love the squeaky clean feel from the sulfate-laden shampoos. Believe me, I’ve tried…and it was definately a natural shampoo FAIL. Switching to a natural deodorant was […]

Pumpkin Coconut Chocolate Chip Muffins Recipe

Pumpkin Coconut Muffins with Chocolate Chips are just what I was craving in this cooler weather.  As soon as the weather starts to change, I love to fill my kitchen with pumpkin spice scent from my oven.  It’s so warming and inviting and it tends to linger for a few days after baking. This post contains […]

Buns Buns Buns

  I’ve been growing my hair out for about a year.  Actually, that really means I haven’t gone to the hair salon in that amount of time.  I seriously need to get there ASAP. Funny how that happens.  Before kids, I went to get a cut and highlights every three or so months.  After having […]

Brownie Accessories

I’m a brownie junkie.  I can eat ’em raw, cooked, frozen, …whatever.  They’re my favorite.   This brownie habit just got worse when I found the recipe for the best fudgy brownies I’ve ever tasted.  Sometimes I even frost them with Martha’s super shiny frosting.   So, this afternoon, I checked out all-things brownie on […]

Homemade Chocolate Syrup

Here’s a perfect recipe for gooey, rich chocolate syrup (without preservatives and other chemicals). This is so thick and chocolatey!  This chocolate syrup is great for making chocolate milk, topping ice cream, drizzling over Puffy German Pancakes, adding to brownie batter, or (my favorite) adding to my iced coffee! Homemade Chocolate Syrup 3/4 C Water […]

Teacher Gift Idea

Happy Back-To-School to you!Some have already started back to school and many kids begin tomorrow. Here’s a re-post of an easy, inexpensive, and much-loved gift for teachers. I had some crazy idea to make a Christmas gift for my daughter’s teacher.  I’ve never made anything like this before so I wasn’t sure if it would even […]