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Your New Favorite Side Dish: Easy Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecans
This easy sweet potato casserole with pecans is one of our favorite side dishes. Instead of marshmallows, it's topped with a pecan crumb mixture to give it a nutty crunch.
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Flowers for Bees & Other Pollinators – 10 Perennials to Create Buzz in Your Garden
Attract bees and other pollinators to your garden with these flowering perennials. Some flowers that attract bees are annuals, some are perennial. Opting for perennial flowers that attract bees means…
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Harvest Season Side Dish: Fast & Easy Homemade Applesauce in the Instant Pot
Need a fast and easy side dish? Or a tasty way to top pancakes? Cook up a batch of this Instant Pot applesauce from fresh apples in no time!
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Make these Fluffy & Delicious Pumpkin Pancakes for Breakfast
Sometimes you just want a plate full of hotcakes for breakfast. These easy pumpkin pancakes make for a hearty breakfast with a little bit of sweetness! They're a perfect addition…
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What You Need to Know About Planting Bare Root Fruit Trees
Winter gardening: Time to choose your bare root fruit trees for your home orchard! You'll have a better selection now, too. Planting bare root trees allows for a larger selection…
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Creamy Pumpkin Soup: Easy Enough for a Weeknight, Pretty Enough for Company
This creamy pumpkin soup recipe is easy to make, but it looks fancy enough for company. Serve it up with a fresh loaf of bread for dipping. Fast food, made…
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Indoor Greens: The Edible Sweet Potato Vine
The edible sweet potato vine provides winter greens when grown indoors during cold weather. It's an unexpected ingredient, but for mid-winter fresh greens, sweet potato vine can't be beat. They're…
Start Your Day Right With These Easy Apple Cinnamon Muffins
Muffins pack wholesome ingredients into a tidy little package. Oatmeal makes these lightly sweetened easy apple cinnamon muffins a healthy breakfast winner.
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Grandma’s Pie Crust Recipe: How to Make Pie Crust from Scratch
Making pies from scratch is a worthwhile endeavor! I’ve modified Grandma’s pie crust recipe a bit but it’s still our go-to recipe for pie making.
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Savor the Flavor of Avocados All Year Long – Here’s How to Preserve Them
When avocados are abundant (or inexpensive) freezing avocados makes sense. Here's how to preserve avocados for use when the season's done. Did somebody say guacamole??
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Enjoy the Fall Harvest — Make This Easy Peach Pie with Crumb Topping
This easy peach pie recipe is perfect for harvest season. Fresh peaches are the star of this recipe for a peach pie with crumb topping. Brew some coffee!
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BPA-Free Ways to Freeze Food Without Plastic
In recent memory, the consumers’ go-to for freezing foods has been plastic. But now that we’ve discovered that BPA (bisphenol-A) comes with certain health risks (and now, whoops! its replacement,…
The Perfect Pecan Applesauce Cake for Harvest Time
Jump to Recipe Print RecipeYou might be surprised to learn that Instant Pot cake is a thing. But yes, take this apple spice cake for instance — it’s easy to…
Make this Easy Homemade Taco Seasoning for Less
Skip the additives and the disposable packets; homemade taco seasoning is cheaper and better for you AND the environment. It's an easy DIY for the pantry.
How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies Naturally + 4 DIY Fruit Fly Traps to Try
There are several ways to create a DIY fruit fly trap, all of them easy. Try these and discover several other methods for how to get rid of fruit flies.
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Love pumpkin cheesecake muffins? Try this better than Starbucks pumpkin muffin recipe for a fall-flavored sweet treat you can make at home for less. Pumpkin spice season can be all… Copycat Starbucks Pumpkin Muffin Recipe to Make at Home for LessRead More For an unusually flavorful way to add probiotics to your diet, try this healthy pumpkin recipe. Fermenting pumpkin with cardamom seeds for a surprising snack! This Healthy Fermented Pumpkin Recipe is a Twist on Preserving SquashRead More This easy pumpkin pie recipe is my family's go to. Made with fresh pumpkin puree, it has a rich flavor perfect for holiday dessert. Sure those frozen pumpkin pies are… Make this Delicious Pumpkin Pie for Holiday DessertRead More
Copycat Starbucks Pumpkin Muffin Recipe to Make at Home for Less
This Healthy Fermented Pumpkin Recipe is a Twist on Preserving Squash
Make this Delicious Pumpkin Pie for Holiday Dessert
