A good potato soup is a staple for the cold winter months, but it can also be so cozy on a rainy summer day. This recipe is so comforting, filling, and filled with nutritious ingredients. Although this is a vegan potato soup, it is just as creamy or creamier than a traditional potato soup. I use a cashew cream blended in with the rest of the soup…

Growing up, my mom would make fresh chocolate chips muffins nearly every week, and we would enjoy them throughout the week as quick breakfasts as we were heading off to school or as an after school snack. As an adult I still love having muffins…

We were making a plan to put some shelves up in our living room, and I knew I didn’t want them to be floating or use basic metal brackets. I wanted these shelves to lean vintage in design and have a little character, so we thought we would try to make some corbel shelves. After checking the hardware store’s corbel options we determined they were way too expensive…

This recipe is pretty customizable because it is essentially a salad or burrito bowl, but the main two ingredients that make this bowl special are the black bean hummus and bbq rice. If you have ever had a black bean burger you might know what a great pairing black beans and bbq sauce is, and if you have never had them together it is time to try!

I started DIY-ing my own cleaners in 2022, when I received the book Simply Living Well by Julia Watkins. Before looking through this book, I had never thought of making my own cleaners, and many of the other DIY tips she provides in the book. Through out the last couple years I have continued to make more and more cleaning items for my home. Sometimes it can be hard to know where to start…

My homemaking goals for 2024 are focused on using non-toxic products, creating less waste, and making more foods from scratch. The end of 2023 got very busy for me, and we fell into some bad habits as a family…

I like to think that not too long ago, almost all Christmas decor was handmade/homemade… before all the consumerism, materialism, and marketing completely took over the holiday season. Wouldn’t it all be so much more special if our homes were decorated by items crafted together by our own family members?

The 2023 garden season has been unusually dry for where I live, and for many other people as well. This summer, many regions that usually experience very hot dry summers have experienced more rain and cooler temperatures…

I am on team, you DON’T have to compromise aesthetics when it comes to your pets. This is an easy DIY dog gate made to match your farmhouse style! This gate is made almost completely out of a sheet of plywood, so it takes very minimal materials!

These pancakes are the same as the fluffy and comforting pancakes we all love, but they are full of nutritious ingredients! Oats, flax, and applesauce are used to get your day started with lots of fiber and vitamins.

When I started my garden I didn’t know much, and these are a a few habits I wish I had started before I entered my first garden season! Whether you want to be super prepared for your first garden or if you are in a season of life where you are not yet able to start that garden you dream of, this a list of a few things you can start doing now to prepare you for all the work of gardening…

We all have garden failures. Plants die, seeds don’t germinate, bugs and other pests eat our harvests. But it is okay, and any experienced gardener will tell you that. You cannot get all the information you need to have a successful garden from a seed packet, blog post, or even a class…

I have been building/growing my garden for the past two years, and it has all been on a budget. Often times when you are looking for tips on gardening, it comes from people who have been gardening for years or even decades and their gardens are large and well established. As an aspiring gardener, it can be discouraging looking at these lavish gardens setups, thinking to yourself, how much you will have to invest to have a garden like that…

Make Your Own Cleaning Products. Thinking about switching out all your cleaning products to homemade natural products can be daunting! Try starting with one swap at a time, and soon enough preparing these cleaning products will be second nature. Start with an all-purpose cleaner…

I started making applesauce a few years ago, after picking half a bushel of apples from a local orchard. In my search for an applesauce recipe I saw so many variations of ingredients and most of them were for making a very large batch. I mean, I had apples, I didn’t think I should have…

I’m sure most of us have heard at some point that processed foods are not the best for our health. Then you tell yourself you are going to “cut back” on the snacks, frozen dinners, etc. But when cravings hit, or you are having a hard week, you go back to buying those easy pre-prepared foods. One way you can stop this cycle is by learning how to make those processed foods…

This little shelving unit is for the blank wall that’s on many sides of refrigerators or cabinets and turning it into a vertical storage space. In my case, we had an exposed side of floor to ceiling cabinets that was the first thing you would see when you walked into our kitchen. This storage solution is made to take up almost no square footage…

In 2022, I started my first vegetable garden! I have been a houseplant owner/fanatic for years but caring for a garden was very different! I am still learning, and my opinions might even change by next season, but with just a couple months of this gardening journey I have already learned so much…

This year we started our garden journey. We had to take building this garden slowly, DIY everything, and use the resources we had in order to stay within our budget. No one is going to have the same situation as us, or have the same resources, but I want to share to inspire and encourage you to figure out what supplies you may already have for your garden so that the whole process may seem less daunting and expensive.