Loving the Home Life

Homemade Chocolate Cream Pie [Video]

8 Jun

Decadent, rich, from-scratch homemade chocolate cream pie recipe topped with easy, homemade real whipped cream and garnished with chocolate shavings. Ditch the boxed pudding mix! Homemade, from-scratch chocolate cream pie is so much better than the shortcut version. Of course, homemade chocolate cream pie takes longer to make. It’s worth every minute, I promise. I made this pie for an…
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Two Great Resources for Rural Living

10 Apr

Want to live in the country but don’t know what to do or where to start? Get these two books for a wealth of rural living instruction! I grew up in a small rural Ozark town. Farm life and country living were never foreign to me. My maternal grandparents were what I would call semi-homesteaders. Not out of principle or…
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Smoked Salmon Eggs Benedict

2 Apr

Make Easter Brunch special with Smoked Salmon Eggs Benedict! Top a puff pastry with smoked salmon, a poached egg, and homemade hollandaise sauce. My kids laugh at me. Every time we go out to breakfast, I order the same thing. Eggs Benedict. If it’s on the menu, I’m having it. Then I’m in a food coma for a few hours…
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Creating Beauty at Home: Why it Matters

29 Mar

Creating beauty at home is important. It matters. But why? Why is beauty important, especially at home? Because beauty nourishes our heart, mind, and soul. This post contains affiliate links. Read here for disclosure. Why is beauty important? Why do we work so hard to make our home, yard, and a little corner of the world beautiful? Does it matter…
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Fluffy Frosted Chocolate Cake

26 Mar

Fluffy Frosted Chocolate Cake is a rich chocolate sheet cake topped with a light, whipped, white cooked frosting. It’s a perfect weekend or potluck treat! This post contains affiliate links. Read here for disclosure. It’s the weekend. We’re exhausted. The latest calf born at our acreage is struggling to nurse. He’s a big calf and Momma Cow’s udder hangs pretty…
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