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Creamy, savory, and a flavor that takes you right back to childhood Some traditions just carry Sunny days, Grandma’s warm voice welcoming us into the kitchen, hands of siblings fighting over her fresh jar of bread and butter pickles – these moments are what treasured memories are made of. Growing up, every visit to my […]

Delicious Bread and Butter Pickle Dip | A Reimagined Family Recipe

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Homemade Pickle Dip

A reminder that as we reach the heart of winter, your skin deserves care and attention too Sugar Scrub with Tallow I have yet to find a skin protector as effective and soothing as rendered tallow, especially when used as a healer during wintertime. And when I find something that works, I run with it. […]

Homemade Tallow Sugar Scrub | Natural Winter Skincare

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Lavender Lemon Tallow Sugar Scrub

Over the years, I’ve learned there are a handful of very small, very quiet things that bring life back into a house that has carried a family through a long winter. Late winter is when I start noticing it. Not mess.Not dirt.Not clutter. (but with six of us here, this gets hard not to notice) […]

A House Gets Tired in February — Here’s How I Help Refresh Ours

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kitchen sink

6 tech-free ways to maximize the well-deserved rest between Christmas and New Years     Making the most of these lazy days Week of Boredom, Lazy Week, Week of Nothing, whatever you call it, there’s no denying that between Christmas and New Year’s Eve we just want to do… well…nothing! No one keeps track of […]

Screen-Free Ideas for the “Week of Nothing” between Christmas and New Years

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Dried Mandarin Decor

There’s something pretty special about the aroma of a freshly made batch of lefsa wafting through the kitchen- a scent that transports you to a cozy kitchen filled with laughter and cherished family memories. Unwrapping Family Traditions: Authentic Norwegian Potato Flat Bread with Grandma Join us in the kitchen as we share the delightful times […]

How to Make Authentic Norwegian Lefsa

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lefsa wrapped up

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