30 Minutes or Less

Dark, rich and spicy, silky-smooth, melt-in-your-mouth homemade pumpkin butter from start to finish in just a half hour. Pumpkin butter is about the quickest and easiest fruit butter there is.  Let me tell you why. Apple, pear, and my personal favorite, peach butter? Well, they all start with having to wash, peel, and chop the fruit.  That’s not necessarily the case with pumpkin butter. You can use fresh pureed pumpkin or use canned pumpkin puree. Canned means that it’s already…

Rich and decadent meets quick, cheap, and easy in this classic creamy Spaghetti Carbonara.  I have a controversial opinion, I think spaghetti carbonara is like the fried rice of Italian food. It’s cheap and filling. It’s super quick and easy. And it just takes a handful of ingredients to make it amazing. Today I’m sharing one of my favorite versions of this classic pasta dish. What does carbonara even mean? The word carbonara is used to describe a sauce made…

Fresh blackberries are the star player in this sweet, tangy and smoky homemade blackberry bbq sauce! Slather this barbecue sauce on smoked ribs, pork chops, or chicken for a simple and flavorful combination that screams country summer days. One thing you might not know about me is that I’m a pretty outdoorsy kind of gal. I love hiking and foraging for morel mushrooms, wild black raspberries, blackberries or any other fruit that you can find in the rural Midwest. I…

Roasted green beans and tomatoes make a beautiful side dish that let these veggies natural flavors shine! This quick and easy dish goes well with almost anything.  It’s amazing what simple seasonings can do when you’re roasting fresh veggies.  Related recipe: Classic Oven Roasted Chicken I love this pretty side dish and fresh green beans are one of my favorites.  It’s so colorful, fresh and vibrant, like the summer garden. Green beans and cherry tomatoes are simply seasoned with garlic,…

You only need 3 ingredients and a few minutes to make this deliciously creamy and sweet raspberry honey butter.  What’s better than warm soft dinner rolls fresh from the oven? Rolls slathered in berry honey butter! And it’s so simple to make.  This raspberry honey butter is a creamy and super indulgent wow kind of spread! It instantly elevates whatever you spread it on whether it’s homemade rolls, chewy bagels or even just humble toast. Call it breakfast or save…

Lemon Cowboy Cookies are chewy lemon cookies made with oatmeal, crispy rice cereal, flaked coconut, and diced candied lemon peel. These cookies have chewy centers with bits of candied lemon peel and crispy edges.  Have you ever had a cowboy cookie? Or maybe you heard them called ranger cookies? They’re both pretty much the same thing, a cookie that’s loaded with extra goodness in the form of oats, crisp rice cereal, coconut, sometimes nuts and chocolate. Cowboy cookies were kind…

Southwestern Egg Roll Bake has all the taste of Southwestern Egg Rolls with a fraction of the work! This easy main dish casserole is a play on one of my favorite appetizers.  I love egg rolls of about any variety, but I don’t really like making them at home. It’s time consuming and messy and greasy. Basically any time I make something that’s individually fried it’s a labor of love towards whoever I’m cooking for.  My Southwestern Egg Roll Bake…

Blueberry bran muffins are the best kind of bran muffin I’ve ever had. Every person who’s tried these muffins says the same thing, I didn’t know bran muffins could be this good! What comes to mind when you think of bran muffins? If you think of dense, flavorless fiber loaded hockey pucks, you’ve been doing it wrong! These Blueberry Bran muffins are full of fiber, but they are also fluffy, moist, and loaded with sweet blueberries for an easy on…

These classic Midwestern Loose Meat Sandwiches are simmered in a savory sauce made with spices, beef consomme and Worcestershire sauce. They are cheap, quick and easy. A delicious sandwich with the charm of small town Americana!  Where I live in the Midwest, loose meat sandwiches are a cult classic. Speckled around Missouri you’ll find tiny little locally owned burger joints with such loyal followers that they go back generations. If you’ve never gotten to enjoy a loose meat sandwich ordered…

Tea lovers will delight in these Earl Grey Scones. Light and flaky scones are delicately flavored with Earl Grey tea for a tea time treat you can’t resist. You might not know this, but I am a tea fanatic. At any given time I have probably about 30 varieties of tea in my cupboard. I drink it hot. I drink it cold. Most days I have at least 3 cups/glasses of tea. I’ve been wanting to make a recipe with…