If you combined a moist and fluffy banana bread muffin with carrot cake, you’d make these babies, Banana Carrot Muffins! These easy muffins make a great breakfast or snack that’s a bit different than your average muffin, with a serving of fruits and vegetables hidden inside.  Carrots and bananas fall into the list of snacks I regularly have on hand for my kids. Sometimes they devour them. Sometimes though, I end up with a bunch that need used up. Enter…

Slow Cooker Kielbasa and Sauerkraut makes a deliciously easy and comforting meal in the slow cooker. Once your ingredients are chopped, it’s just “throw it together and wait for dinner to be done” easy!  Let’s face it, sauerkraut is one of those things that you either love or you love to hate. I know some people who like to eat sauerkraut straight from the can! One thing I’ve learned over the years that makes a big difference with sauerkraut is…

Bara brith or Welsh tea bread is a super easy rich Welsh fruit loaf made with tea. This quick bread recipe only takes a few ingredients and a few steps to make. It’s perfect for beginner bakers and loved by experienced bakers alike. This is a timeless quick bread recipe you’ll come back to again and again.  One of the things I love about this fruity bread is it is even better a couple days after it’s baked. Because the…

Instant pot cabbage roll soup is not only a cheap and easy recipe that makes a great weeknight dinner; it’s also so hearty, healthy, and absolutely delicious.  Maybe you’re like me and you love cabbage rolls, but hate the work of stuffing and rolling them. This easy instant pot soup recipe is for you. I’ve also included stovetop directions in case you don’t have an instant pot yet. (Just jump in and buy one already! You won’t regret it!) If…

4 ingredients and about 20 minutes are all you need for these soft, melt in your mouth, buttery lemon crinkle cookies. They are one of my family’s all time favorite cookie recipes. Lemon crinkle cookies are the sunny sister to the my personal favorite Christmas cookie, Mint Middle Fudge Crinkles.  Bright lemony flavor shines in these soft and chewy cookies. Cheerful yellow cookie peeks out of the powdered sugar covered cracks along the outside, giving these cookies their characteristic crinkle…

Honey Beer Bread is one of the easiest, yet heartiest and most flavorful breads to make. This bread recipe just takes a few ingredients and a few minutes to prep. Every bite of buttery honey goodness and golden crunchy crust make this more than just bread!  My kids beg me to buy beer when we go to the grocery store. When they were little, this earned me some dirty looks from other shoppers. Now that they are teenagers, it still…