Homesteading, Homeschooling & Homemaking
Packed full of flavor, these chocolate chip cranberry cream cheese muffins will have everyone coming back for more!
My mom’s extended family gets together for a Christmas dinner every year. It’s a bit of a tradition that we all give each other small gifts. Usually these gifts are homemade items, such a jam, cookies, quick breads, or something like that. This year I decided to do some jam, and chocolate chip cranberry cream cheese muffins. [Read more…]
Delicious Fresh Raspberry Muffins are perfect for breakfast or a snack!
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My dad grows the most amazing raspberries. I’ve planted raspberries at each of the houses Dan and I have owned, but mine just don’t do as well as my dad’s do. He always ends up with far more than my parents want, so they call up and tell me to come pick some. And I always do. Who would turn down fresh delicious raspberries? [Read more…]
Rhubarb Cupcakes are sweet and slightly sour.
When we moved into our homestead, the place had been empty for quite some time. The lawn was mostly dead, many of the trees and bushes looked dead as well. The only thing growing well was weeds.
It was October, and in the last few days before we signed papers to make it our own, Dan got antsy. He was ready to start working on making the place amazing. Despite the fact that we didn’t actually own it yet, Dan loaded up his lawnmower and started making a lawn out of the weeds.
Afterwards, I noticed that one of the “weeds” he had mowed to the ground was actually a rhubarb plant. While rhubarb isn’t my favorite food, it’s a nice change of pace each spring to have some. I had no idea if the rhubarb would come back, or if a year without water followed by being chopped to the ground might do it in. [Read more…]
It seems like trying to come up with a new amazing recipe can be a lot of work, so when you find a fabulous recipe, you try to use it over and over. Such is the case with these peach streusel muffins.
I tried another blogger’s recipe for peach streusel muffins, but when it came down to it, I ended up going back to my fresh strawberry muffin recipe, and changing out the strawberries for peaches and adding streusel. I had two people try both my muffins and another recipe, and they both picked my muffin recipe, so I know I’m not being biased in saying it’s a great recipe! [Read more…]