I have been enjoying lots of apples lately since we went to the apple orchard a couple of weekends ago.  Nothing beats a fresh Minnesota apple as far as I am concerned, especially for apple pie!  I made some last w ...

I know a lot of people hate all of the hype of pumpkin spice lattes, and I get it.  There are many chain coffee shops that just use a mix that doesn't even contain real pumpkin and isn't that good.  But once you ha ...

The weather has been fabulous here lately, and I have really enjoyed getting out and enjoying the fall colors and activities.  Last weekend we went for a hike along the St. Croix and then made a stop at Pleasant Val ...

I am one of those people that always has to bring snacks along wherever I go in case I get hungry.  I think I learned this from my Grandma, she always had snacks for us in her purse because she didn't want us to go ...

    I finally got my hands on some Minnesota grown apples.  Although I love to just eat them, I really wanted to bake something with them as well. An apple pie sounded good, but then I also love crust-less things ...

Last weekend Eric and I drove up north to Banning State Park in Minnesota to enjoy the fall colors, and it was honestly some of the most spectacular scenery I have seen this time of the year.  The conditions seem to ...

        When Eric and I were walking through Target last week, some pumpkin pie pop tarts caught my eye. Now mind you, I have never really liked pop-tarts, I always thought they tasted sort of fake and not anythi ...