Super easy 20-minute recipe for Skillet Pizza Veggie Pasta that makes vegetables taste like pizza! This vegetarian recipe is versatile and can be made with seasonal veggies from your garden, gluten-free, or even dairy-free! Can vegetables taste like pizza? Absolutely! Tell your kids (or husbands) it's "pizza pasta" and their plates will be clean in no time, vegetables, and all! Are you a member of the ... Continue Reading
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Easy Guacamole Recipe
Learn how to make this easy, healthy, & authentic guacamole recipe. Keep it super simple or add sour cream, salsa, or chipotle peppers for more flavor. Serve with carnitas for taco night or with rice and beans! Did I ever tell you the story about how my son used to hate avocados, but then his friend made guacamole on a trip, guilted my son into trying and LO AND BEHOLD, he suddenly liked avocados? ... Continue Reading
19 Easy Homemade Gift Ideas to Make at the Last Minute
This list of 19 easy, creative homemade gift ideas has something for all of your friends and family. The gift ideas include DIY projects, delicious treats and baked goods, handmade beauty products, kitchen tools, and more! Who doesn't love handmade gifts? Many of my favorite gifts I’ve received have been of the DIY type. I also love giving gifts that I've made or created. I'm sure many of you are the same ... Continue Reading
Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes
Easy recipe for instant pot mashed potatoes with a 10 minute cook time and no draining required! Customize with seasonings of your choice. Perfect quick side for dinner, like Instant Pot steamed veggies! I don’t know about you, but I’m ALWAYS looking for ways to save time in the kitchen. Hello Instant Pot, slow cooker, and blender to the rescue!! Instant Pot brown rice, Instant Pot quinoa, and even ... Continue Reading
Perfectly Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Homemade roasted pumpkin seeds are the highlight of our pumpkin carving day! Learn how to perfectly roast pumpkin seeds - every time. Works for squash seeds too, and makes a healthy and very frugal snack! Save the seeds from your pumpkin for this recipe if you're making homemade pumpkin puree. Growing up, carving pumpkins was a REALLY big deal in our house. My mom would spread newspapers over our ... Continue Reading
Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice Recipe
This easy homemade pumpkin pie spice blend makes any beverage you want - coffee, tea, milk - into a pumpkin spiced dream! In under 10 seconds! Have I ever mentioned that pumpkin is my favorite? Pumpkin donuts, pumpkin Lara bar bites, pumpkin swirl black bean brownies… I could go on and on! While pumpkin in and of itself is AMAZING, I think it’s the pumpkin pie spice that I really love. The warm rich flavors ... Continue Reading
Homemade Greek Salad Dressing Recipe
This is the BEST Greek vinaigrette recipe and hands down, my husband's favorite! It's so easy, healthy, and it has a traditional flavor that's better than store-bought. Plus, if you make one small swap, you can make a CREAMY Greek salad dressing! I think it might be a guy thing, but when my husband finds something he likes, he generally doesn’t want anything else. For example, the first time I made ... Continue Reading
5 Minute Vegan Nacho Cheese Sauce
I like to think that all of my recipes are pretty stinkin’ good, but every now and then I make something and REALLY hit it out of the park. Here’s how I know it’s awesome: I eat the whole thing, by myself. It happened with healthy peanut butter oatmeal cookies and with homemade cheez-it’s and it would have happened with chocolate avocado mousse if they weren’t already portioned into 8 oz cute little glass jars. ... Continue Reading
Easy Oven Roasted Potatoes
Real food doesn’t have to be complicated. Don’t get me wrong – it’s a joy to create elaborate dinner plans for my family… slow cooker carnitas simmering all day, freshly made corn tortillas, freshly diced tomatoes and onions and cilantro and lime wedges… THIS is what will make my family think about dinner all day long. But sometimes, I need something simple. Like spatchcock chicken. Like homemade Caesar salad. ... Continue Reading
DIY: Homemade Ketchup Recipe
In the Crumbs house, 2014 is the year of tomatoes. First, we planted them. It started as two small seedlings each in their own pot, but soon after transplanting outside, the grey flesh fruit flies came and staked their claim. We fought them off and planted two more seedlings into two more pots, just in case the damage had already been done. Next, we were given them. Over 50 heirloom ... Continue Reading