Yes, sugar scrub made with chocolate Wait. Stop. Hear me out. (You know it’s a good recipe when I start off like that. And by “good” I mean “just trust me on this”.) When I had the idea to make a chocolate flavored sugar scrub, I ran it by my bestie and she was a …

I’m such a tea junkie.  I should preface this by saying that I don’t actually drink black or green tea for religious and personal reasons. So I guess I’d technically be called an herbal tea junkie. After living in different parts of Europe for about 2 years in my 20s, I fell in love with …

I realize this soup isn’t as sexy as other versions of chicken noodle soup you see online with noodles and herbs and stuff poking out. (Like, where are the noodles, right?) I thought about piling on the garnishes. But I decided to give you the real deal. (Which is what I usually do around here.) …

I always feel super domestic when I make homemade bone broth. I went through a phase about 10 years ago where I made a LOT of what we ate from scratch. That was back when I “only” had 2 kids and our lives were a lot less busy and complicated. These days I still make a …

Does the thought of prepping a whole chicken freak you out? I’ve been told this by a lot of people which is why I wrote a monster post to explain why it’s actually easy. And I attempted to answer all of the questions you might have. But, first I want to tell you a story …

Chocolate bark is a fantastic thing, guys.  I love it because it’s QUICK, EASY, and you don’t even need a formal recipe. You can put ALLLL kinds of things on bark, too. And use different types of chocolate.

There have been a lot of things I didn’t enjoy as a kid that I grew to love as an adult. Eggnog is one of them. I’m still super particular about the eggnog that I like, though.  When we lived in Reno, the Costco carried half gallon cartons of Producers Dairy brand eggnog. So far, …

Making homemade sugar scrub was a revelation for me. Did you ever use that St. Ives apricot sugar scrub in the 90s? I used it ALL the time in high school. Have you ever made my Homemade Sugar Scrub with Brown Sugar and Coconut Oil? After I made that I never bought scrub ever again. …