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kid friendly

  • Food & Swine

    Deluxe Egg Nog Milkshake

    If you are down with taking your milkshake game up a notch, listen up. This time of year, it is no secret, I love AE Egg Nog and certainly like to take advantage of the…

  • Farm Life, Food, Pigs

    Iowa Ham Balls

    A couple of months ago, I was invited to accompany bloggers from around the U.S. on a tour of a modern day pig farm. In efforts to connect their audiences more closely with how…

  • Food

    5 Cookie Swap Tips & My Best Cookie Recipes

    Quickly approaching are the crisp snowy evenings when people gather, drink booze and make many varieties of Christmas cookies together, or bring their pre-baked treats to trade.  In theory, it works GREAT.…

  • Farm Life, Food

    B.A.T. Deviled Eggs & New Babies

    Mixing up the regular appetizer spread is never a bad idea. Deviled eggs are one of my favorite things on the PLANET. The trick to making these deviled eggs amazing? Crispy, salty…

  • Food & Swine

    Taste Test: AE Dairy Holiday Lineup

     Santa Claus has nothing on my friends at AE Dairy. Recently, the FedEx Fairy delivered a cooler box full of their latest and greatest holiday drinks, directly to my front door. Needless to…

  • Food

    English Toffee Cookies & Pigs

    When I was a young girl, a local grocery store used to offer “FREE Cookies” to kids. I’m sure your grocer has something similar, but this is where I developed my intense…

  • Food

    Chocolate Milk Frosting

    Yes, you read that right. Chocolate milk frosting IS a thing. Not just ‘milk chocolate frosting’. Don’t be fooled. There’s something about this frosting, likely the fact that we have the most…

  • Food

    The Best Apple Crisp

    Harvest continues to roll on, with beautiful weather, though things are getting really dry now. Before heading out this morning, I have to give you one of  my favorite fall recipes. I’ve…

  • Food

    Simple Caprese Salad

    When basil and tomatoes are absolutely throwing themselves at you, it is nice to be able to do something a little different than traditional caprese. Here’s my spin on the traditional “Basil,…

  • Food

    Simply Peach Pie

    I have a confession. I’ve never made peach pie. Why? Mom always made it, so I never had to. The other day, peaches were on super-sale and passed the ‘sniff test’ (*I will…

  • Food

    Roasted Tomatillo Salsa & Local Food

    I’m sure you hear the term ‘shop local’ quite often. With all of the ‘back to school’ noise, food chatter comes with that, and local food is always at the forefront of many food conversations. I’m…