Mother’s Day Recipes

Two strawberry filled cupcakes and a fresh strawberry.

Strawberry Filled Cupcakes

Close up of mini banana pudding cup in a small glass jar.

Mini Banana Pudding Cups

Close up of a strawberry cream tart with shortbread crust and a creamy whipped cream filling.

Strawberry and Cream Tart

A glass filled with iced coffee and ice.

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Strawberry Cheesecake Dip

Eight jars of homemade peach preserves in front of a bowl of fresh peaches.

Homemade Peach Preserves

Close up of mini chocolate cake with chocolate ganache glaze.

Mini Flourless Chocolate Cakes

A fork holds a small cheesecake topped with glossy strawberry sauce and a fresh strawberry. The background is a soft focus, white marble surface.

Mini Strawberry Cheesecakes

Memorial Day Recipes

A white serving bowl filled with bacon macaroni salad.

Macaroni Salad with Bacon

A glass of fresh, ice cold homemade lemonade garnished with lemon slices and fresh mint sprigs.

Old Fashioned Lemonade

A charcuterie board filled with red, white, and blue foods like crackers, cheeses, and berries.

Red White and Blue Charcuterie Board

Red white and blue fruit skewers with watermelon balls, marshmallows, and blueberries.

Patriotic Fruit Skewers

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A batch of cooked Italian meatballs in a skillet with spaghetti sauce.

Beef and Sausage Meatballs

A ceramic bowl filled with Greek yogurt and garnished with a fresh strawberry.

Creamy Homemade Greek Yogurt Recipe

Cinnamon cream cheese rollups on a serving platter with fresh fruit.

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Roll Ups

Finished Mexican Carnitas in a white serving dish on colorful napkins.

Slow Cooker Carnitas

Golden brown cooked Doritos chicken tenders on a serving plate.

Cool Ranch Doritos Chicken

Homemade Cheez Its Cheese Crackers

A white bowl filled with fire roasted green chile.

Fire Roasted Green Chile Recipe

A dozen pieces of golden brown potato chip chicken tenders on a plate with sweet chili sauce for dipping.

Crunchy Potato Chip Chicken

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Easy Cookie Recipes

a perfectly baked molasses crinkle cookie topped with white crystal sugar.

Old Fashioned Molasses Crinkle Cookies

A batch of homemade butterscotch cookie bars stacked on a plate.

Easy, Chewy Butterscotch Brownies

Five dulce de leche cookies on a marble background.

Dulce de Leche Thumbprint Cookies

Close up of four chewy toffee blondies bar cookies.

Chewy Toffee Blondies

Recipe Roundups

Collage featuring a collection of the best cookie bar recipes.

30 Best Cookie Bars Recipes

A white bowl of pasta noodles with Parmesan cheese and freshly ground black pepper.

A Dozen Desperation Dinners

Four cheesy appetizers, including jalapeno poppers, quesadillas, mini cheese balls, and jalapeno popper wonton cups.

30+ Best Cheesy Appetizer Recipes

Chocolate lava cakes, mini cherry cheesecakes, lemon icebox desserts, and mini chocolate brownies.

Best Mini Dessert Recipes

Easy Appetizer Recipes

Crispy golden brown artichoke wonton wrappers with cheese on a serving plate.

Artichoke Cheese Wontons

A microwave steamed artichoke ready for serving with lemon wedges and melted butter.

Perfectly Steamed Artichokes

4 mini BLT cups appetizers.

Mini BLT Cups Appetizers

A bowl of homemade Mediterranean hummus.

Mediterranean Hummus Dip

Simple Home

A bottle of homemade DIY dishwasher rinse aid, with a measuring cup and bottle of vinegar in the background.

Homemade Dishwasher Rinse Aid

A seasoned cast iron skillet.

Buy It For Life: 50 Really Well Made Products

Finished orange and lemon peel vinegar cleaner in a spray bottle with a printed label.

Orange Peel Vinegar Cleaner

Pouring baking soda down a clogged sink with a spoon.

Homemade Liquid Plumber Alternative

Easy Recipes

A white bowl filled with southwest chipotle chicken chili topped with tortilla chips and chopped cilantro.

Slow Cooker Southwest Chicken Chili

bacon macaroni salad in a large white bowl.

Bacon Macaroni Salad

Close up of baked oatmeal cookies with butterscotch and chocolate chips.

Oatmeal Scotchies Chocolate Chip Cookies

Close up of just-baked Italian meatball sliders sprinkled with grated Parmesan cheese.

Baked Hawaiian Roll Meatball Sliders

A serving of burrata pasta on a beige ceramic plate.

Burrata Cheese Pasta

A ceramic bowl with old fashioned corn chowder with bacon, and a bagel on the plate.

Creamy Bacon Corn Chowder

Three s'mores cookie bars on a small plate.

Easy S’mores Bars

A blue bowl filled with homemade ricotta cheese and a blue spreading knife.

Homemade Ricotta Cheese

Gardening

Fresh mint plants.

11 Things To Do with Fresh Mint

A hummingbird at a feeder drinking nectar.

Make Your Own Hummingbird Nectar

Fresh garden vegetables including leeks, artichokes, cherry tomatoes, Bok choy and beets.

Inspiring Vegetable Gardening Quotes

A patch of flowering bindweed.

How to Get Rid of Bindweed Naturally

Simple Living

A woman writing in a gratitude journal

Gratitude Journal Example and Ideas for What to Write

A woman wearing a giant sun hat and lying on the beach.

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Two women talking in a restaurant.

5 Ways to Be a Better Listener

A woman balancing while doing yoga on the beach.

7 Ways to Have a More Balanced Life

A woman on a couch smiling and holding a cute dog.

Make Tomorrow a Better Day

A woman in a green shirt smiling and looking up at the sky.

15 Amazing Benefits of Small Consistent Steps

A woman's hand with a pencil on a journal.

The Power of Focusing for 15 Minutes

Pretty flowers blooming in a garden.

5 Reasons a Simple Life is a Happy Life

Money

A black wallet with six credit cards.

7 Quick Personal Finance Tasks That Can Save You Hundreds

Save on Food with 30+ Best Frugal Meals Recipes

A dozen five dollar bills fanned out on a tan background.

How Much Will You Sock Away With the $5 Bill Savings Plan?

A woman in a yellow sweater holding a pink piggy bank.

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A small green pitcher, dish of salt, dish of baking soda and nasal wash bulb.

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Close up of a hand trying to remove a sticky price tag from a box of tea.

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Close up of a pile of golden brown roasted almonds.

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