This Easy Homemade Blender Salsa recipe is quick and easy and comes together in minutes! A restaurant style salsa that is fresh, flavorful and healthy. Made with fire roasted tomatoes it’s so much better than store-bought salsa! It’s fast and easy to make in your blender or food processor! EASY HOMEMADE BLENDER SALSA I am…
Hostess Gifts
How to Package Cookie Dough for Gifts
Cookie Dough as a GIFT? Heck yeah, it’s one of my very favorite things to gift someone. A new mom, a sick friend, after a surgery, teacher, neighbor or co-worker gift, a Christmas surprise, your imagination is your only limit. I’ll show you through simple step-by-step instructions how to package cookie dough for gifting! Start…
DIY Homemade Vanilla Extract
This DIY Homemade Vanilla Extract is so stinkin’ easy to make and is full-bodied with rich, sweet, earthy notes. There’s no better time to start your own Homemade Vanilla Extract than this week! Just like a fine wine, it needs time to age and brew; developing it’s rich, intense flavor we’ve all grown to love,…
Fall Simmering Spices
Want your home to smell like fall without toxic air fresheners? This recipe for Fall Simmering Spices is an all-natural, inexpensive and simple way to fill your home with the aroma of fall and Thanksgiving! PIN NOW FOR AMAZING FALL AROMATHERAPY!! Using produce and herbs you probably already have in your pantry, simply combine these…
My Favorite Things Party
HOW TO HOST A FAVORITE THINGS PARTY! Ever hosted a Favorite Things Party?! Oh my goodness are YOU in for a treat, they are so much fun! *At the end of the post I share my own list of Favorite Things for the summer! –> PIN IT NOW to REMEMBER LATER <– In…
Small Bites Cookbook Giveaway
I’m very excited to do my first giveaway! I hope it will be the first of many to come! SMALL BITES: SKEWERS, SLIDERS, AND OTHER PARTY EATS // GIVEAWAY To enter to win this colorful, creative, easy-to-use cookbook (not the stand, sorry) for all sorts of “Small Bites” just answer the following question in the comment section…
Elegant Holiday Ice Cream Sauces
These recipes for Elegant Ice Cream Sauces are perfect for gifting, or gracing your table this holiday season. Rich, creamy, decadent sauces that easily whip up and pour over your favorite ice cream (pie, cake or crisp) is the perfect ending to any holiday gathering. ELEGANT HOLIDAY ICE CREAM SAUCES JOIN THE FRESH COOKY ON…
Hostess & Neighbor Gift Ideas
Black Friday, I really dislike that name! Why don’t we call it, “Stretch Pants Day” or “Leftover Day” or “Christmas Decorating Day??” HOLIDAY HOSTESS AND NEIGHBOR GIFT IDEAS I do hope you had a most wonderful Thanksgiving day, spent with loved ones, spreading love to others, taking a few moments to express how deeply grateful…
Rosemary Cashews
You had me at cashews…Rosemary Cashews! Add the woodsy flavor of rosemary, a teensy bit of brown sugary sweetness and a little cayenne kick and these cashews take you to a whole new level. JOIN THE FRESH COOKY ON PINTEREST I started making this recipe back when my boys were in grade school, in fact…
Christmas Simmering Spices
Christmas in a Bag |Â Easy Simmering Spices Nothing can get me in the mood for baking, cooking, wrapping or hosting like the smells of Christmas. What does Christmas “smell” like? For me, it’s a mixture of cinnamon, orange, cloves, pine, maybe a little anise and allspice. PIN NOW FOR AMAZING SMELLS LATER Whether it’s through…
