Wait Til Your Father Gets Home
Just a bit of all the little bits of life at home!
I've got another quick and easy recipe for all of that basil growing in your garden. Why not make some basil infused olive oil?! [amd-zlrecipe-recipe:3] You can always use fresh basil, but only if you intend on using the olive oil that day. Do not make this recipe and intend to store it if using fresh basil {or any other herbs}. The moisture from the fresh herbs will gather mold over time! … [Read more...]
We have a bit of a disagreement in our house. I love cucumbers but totally dislike pickles while my husband can't stomach cucumbers but could eat pickles all day long. So, what to do with our huge harvest of cucumbers this season? Easy. I ate as many as I wanted {usually dipped in some yummy ranch dressing or dip of some kind}, and when I couldn't eat another cucumber, I used the rest to make … [Read more...]
Another huge producer from our garden this year was our zucchini crop. It seemed overnight I'd have giant zucchini and nothing to do with them. We enjoyed lots of it as side dishes with our summer time meals, but I also used quite a few to make some delicious chocolate zucchini bread! [amd-zlrecipe-recipe:1] I love the crumbly topping too...might be my favorite part! … [Read more...]
This year in our garden we planted several types of fresh herbs. I realized quickly that it was awesome to be able to go out and pick fresh herbs to add to our nightly meals, BUT we were producing a ton of them, and I didn't want them to go to waste. So, in order to save some of those precious herbs to use year-round, I decided to dry a good bunch of our basil. In order to preserve some of … [Read more...]
This post contains some affiliate links. As a busy mom of little ones under the age of three, it is rare that I actually carry a purse when I take them out. Usually I throw my wallet and a few essential items into the diaper bag and call it a day. A lot of times those items get lost in the shuffle of diapers, extra clothes, and sippy cups. I honestly don't know why I didn't make this Mommy … [Read more...]
