• Pecan Pie Bars Recipe

    I think I was southern in a former life because my love for Dolly Pardon, Gone With The Wind, and pecan pie run VERY VERY DEEP!!! BUTTTTTT I am also crazy busy (and possibly a bit lazy) and baking homemade pies is NOT always on my to-do list. SOOOOO when I found this recipe for Pecan Pie Bars in our family cookbook, I WAS SOOOOO EXCITED!!! These bars have ALLLL of the pecan pie yumminess, but without all of the trouble of pie baking:) How to make pecan pie bars on a tight budget: If you have a hidden Dolly inside too, you might wanna try these other family favorite…

  • Easy Homemade Applesauce with Peels (no sugar)

    Wanna know a secret?? Making healthy homemade applesauce is NOT hard and it does NOT take a lot of time!! It is so easy to make delicious homemade applesauce WITH peels and then you can feel like a homesteader rockstar mom!! A few years ago I shared a DELICIOUS crockpot applesauce recipe HERE that has been my tried and true for YEARS!! And I am not gonna lie, it is good…BUT it calls for lots and LOTS of sugar…which is why it is so darn good:). Recently I decided I needed to create a healthier option. I love a good treat now and then, but I also like to wear…

  • 5 Best CLEAN ROMANCE books of 2023 so far (February)

    Wanna know the best clean romance books of 2023 so far??! Join me today to see what books I have already enjoyed, which books are still on my to-read list, and which ones were just…meh. Last month I shared a list of the MOST ANTICIPATED CLEAN ROMANCE BOOKS for January HERE and then I got RIGHT to work reading my way through the list. I didn’t get to EVERY book on my list, but here is a rundown of the good, the bad, and the ugly of what I read in January…and a little sneak peak of what will be on my nightstand coming up in February!! I jumped right…

  • 10 Most Anticipated Clean Books of 2023 (January)

    Want to know what my 10 most Anticipated Clean Books of 2023 are?? Join me today to see what books I am DYING to read this year and what new books are being released early in 2023!! Who is making some BIG reading goals for 2023?!?! My goal is to put my phone away more and pick up MORE BOOKS this year. You can join me over on GOODREADS to see what I am reading and set your own reading goals too!! I set a goal of 100 books in 2023…I am VERY excited to see the numbers add up each month!! Plus, I love to see what everyone else…

  • How to make SUPER SIMPLE Christmas Crack

    Do you need a new family favorite Christmas recipe?? This Christmas Crack recipe is perfect because it is salty, sweet, and only takes about 15 minutes to make!! There are just SOME recipes that cannot be skipped. So even though we are just DAYS away from Christmas, I knew we needed to make our favorite Christmas Crack. This recipe is a family favorite, is perfect for neighbor gifts, and is sooooo simple and quick to make. PLUS, with just a few changes, you can make all different flavors of Christmas Crack. How to make different flavors of Christmas Crack… First up, the original…saltine crackers, yummy toffee, and melty chocolate. This…

  • Super Simple 3 ingredient pretzel turtles

    Christmas is COMING IN HOT this year!! But I don’t want to miss out on some of my very favorite treats, so it is time to get some LAST-minute goodies made. First up…Pretzel Turtles. Caramel and chocolate and that salty pretzel goodness…YES PLEASE!! These yummy little candies are sooooo addicting, but THE EASIEST to make!! And you know me…If a recipe takes too many ingredients or too many minutes…I am NOT interested. But these little Pretzel Turtles only require 3 ingredients and about 15 minutes…TOPS!! WINNING:) Helpful Hints for Pretzel Turtles: Ok. That’s it. Find the recipe for pretzel turtles below and get these made ASAP for your Holiday parties…

  • Little Debbie Tree Cake Dip

    When I was little, there was just NOTHING better than when my mom would bring home a box of Little Debbies!! My favorite were the cosmic brownies…with the oatmeal cream cookies in a close second…haha. BUT when the Christmas Tree Cakes came out…it was no contest!! CHRISTMAS TREE CAKES FOR THE WIN!! So when I heard about people on TikTok making dip out of Little Debbie Tree cakes, I HAD to try it. And JUST LIKE THAT…a new Perkins Family holiday tradition was born. Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cake DIP…swoon. ***You can actually watch me and my bestie Emersyn make the dip HERE on Youtube…along with gingerbread houses made from…

  • Simple 3 Ingredient Hot Cocoa Dip

    I feel like this time of year is just ONE BIG PARTY!! We have had different holiday parties 3 nights JUST this week and there are still more fun get-togethers coming up before Christmas!! SOOO it is always nice to have some yummy simple recipes in your back pocket to throw together when you have ZERO time. Enter HOT COCOA DIP!! This dip is beyond simple to make…it can almost hardly be called a recipe. PLUS the ingredients are super simple and can be found at any store. I actually got everything I needed for this oooey gooey Hot Cocoa Dip at the Dollar General in the tiny town near…

  • Simple 3 ingredient microwave mint fudge

    I don’t know about you, but I am ALLLLL about easy recipes. If I see a recipe with too many ingredients or tons of steps, I just move on to another recipe…haha!! That is why this has been my favorite mint fudge recipe for YEARS!! It takes minutes, is almost fool proof, and is good enough to give away. (I usually include a little bit on my Holiday treat trays for my neighbors.) Besides that…ANDES MINTS!! I am sure we can ALL agree that they are THE BEST!! So who WOULD’T want some Andes Mint Fudge?!?! I will include the recipe below, but first I wanna pass on a few…

  • Books to get you in the Christmas Spirit!!

    Is it just me, or does December just make you wanna read ALL the Christmas books??? Sometimes I want to read true literature full of figurative language and deep symbolism…BUT sometimes I just need some mindless good old-fashioned fun romantic comedy. And THAT is where the CHRISTMAS ESCAPE book series fits in. If you like a good beach read/Hallmark movie type situation…this series has GOT you covered: nothing too deep, lots of funny dialogue, clean romance, and PLENTY of Christmas spirit!! There are 7 books, some better than others, but all with the same general rom/com vibe. Did I mention they are all free with Kindle Unlimited?? I honestly cannot…