Melissa

smoked almond pesto

Hello friends! Do you just LOVE pesto? I do and I use it whenever I can. I like to add it to mayonnaise to create a delicious sandwich spread, and sometimes I just use it in place of mayonnaise. It’s great added to cashew cream and slathered on pasta for pesto “alfredo” like I made…

dill pickle grilled cheese sandwich

Do you love dill pickles on almost everything? I got the idea to make dill pickle grilled cheese sandwiches around the same time the dill pickle pizza craze was going on. Remember that? I just got around to making this sandwich today, and oh myyyyy. It was SO good. I love grilled cheese sandwiches for…

korean bbq “gogi” tempeh tacos

What? Another taco recipe? Yea, I know. I post a lot of taco recipes. I get it, but hear me out. We went up to the north shore of Lake Superior again this summer and I had some of the most amazing tempeh tacos. I was sure I could replicate them with some of my…

pumpkin spice brown sugar body scrub

Hello Friends! Halloween is almost upon us! Are you excited? It’s an especially celebrated holiday in our home because it’s also my husband’s birthday. We always get together with friends and family, make a big pot of homemade Skyline Chili, something decadent and chocolate for dessert, take the kiddos trick-or-treating, watch “It’s the Great Pumpkin…

roasted garlic cauliflower soup

I love rainy fall days like this one. I loaded up my library bag with books I had to return, put on my rain coat, grabbed my umbrella, and I was out the door. After strolling up to the library, dropping off some books in exchange for another pile of hygge books waiting for me,…

hop dish & vine ~ stockholm wisconsin

This post is a combination of two times visiting the fabulous Hop Dish & Vine in picturesque Stockholm Wisconsin. To get there we only have to travel about a half hour on the Great River Road once we cross the bridge from Red Wing into Wisconsin, and it’s one of our favorite drives. The setting…

pumpkin pie overnight oats

These easy, delicious, healthy overnight oats taste just like pumpkin pie! I love to find ways to enjoy all the yummy flavors of Fall without compromising my healthy way of eating. I’m not saying I never splurge, I definitely do, but I like to eat healthy 90% of the time, and there’s no reason it…

North Coast ~ Lake Superior ~ 2021

Hello Friends! We made our annual trek up to the north shore of Lake Superior again and it was so nice to get away. We were there for 5 days and it was a bit unusual because our daughter Gracie wasn’t with us this year. She is off on her own adventures now and has…