First Freeze

I was going to take some time to recharge this weekend and play around with zucchini bread recipes but then of course time got away from me per usual. I spent a great Sunday with my husband just being together and enjoying the great weather, it was blue skies, sunny and not too smoky, which […]

Zucchini Bread Comparisons

When I went to work on Wednesday, I brought some of the zucchini bread I made following my Grandma’s recipe and it went over pretty well. Today my co-worker Reagan brought in some of the zucchini bread her Nana made for her and it was like seeing in real life the bread that I was […]

Lesson’s from a first time zucchini gardener

This summer I went all out and planted a garden. I thought I would be smart and plant 2 tomato plants, 2 cherry tomato plants, some red onions, 1 zucchini plant and some sweet peppers, jalapenos, and basil. I thought I had a decent sized raised garden; it is 6 x 6 after all. It […]

Grandma’s Zucchini Bread-part 2

Disclaimer: My Aunt messaged me that this is not my Grandma’s, it actually came from an in-law of my Aunt’s but since I remember it as my Grandma’s that’s what I am calling it. 😊 Last night I went over the recipe again, which I have shared below and right off the top I could […]

Grandma’s Zucchini Bread-part 1

When I was younger, I spent a lot of time with my Grandparents. My Grandma Shead was a good cook, good at basic meals that were hearty and she made do with what she had, including leftovers. What she was great at though was baking. She made the best sour-cream sugar cookies that to this […]

What you miss and what you don’t…

There are always things from my past that I miss, the flip side of the coin is the things I don’t miss. Things I miss: I miss my grandparents…I miss waking up in the morning and being surrounded by complete unconditional love. I miss the big family gatherings I took for granted as a kid. […]

Ode to my Instant Pot

I LOVE my Instant Pot. Nope I really do love it, maybe more than any other piece of cooking equipment I have. Well at least besides my knives, but that is another story for another day. I’m sure your saying to yourself, Jennifer it’s just a slow cooker on steroids right? No. I mean yes […]

How do you forgive?

After working 50+ hours last week, you would’ve thought that on Friday night I would collapse into bed that night and sleep soundly, but I didn’t sleep well and I think it was because I had this post rolling around in my head. A few weeks ago my husband got a call from his brother […]

Just a little fun

Sometimes I think my posts can get a little heavy, not that there’s anything wrong with that because it’s what I’m feeling at that time and I’ve learned if I don’t get my thoughts and feelings out it’s not good for my mental health. Because of that I thought I would just share a picture […]

Early morning quiet

I have a love affair with coffee. I probably shouldn’t because I like it with sugar and half and half but I don’t care. I like my coffee much stronger and richer than my husband so about a year ago I bought myself a nice french press. I had a couple of smaller ones but […]