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Amazing Costco Muffin Hack! | How to Decorate a Cake

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Try this amazing Costco muffin hack and learn all the basic techniques for frosting and decorating a delicious, mini cake!

**Jump to the recipe card for simplified instructions!**

This Costco muffin hack is the perfect way to jump into cake decorating because it uses a smaller amount of ingredients per cake, you can try different techniques on different muffins, you can skip the baking part to save time, the muffins are cheap and huge, and they make delicious gifts!

And they’re so stinkin’ cute!!

Watch the whole process here:

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THE BEST Homemade Sheet Pan Pizza in 30 Minutes!

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This is the BEST Sheet Pan Pizza because it’s delicious, simple, and so fast. Get a pizza on the dinner table quickly for a happy family meal.

sheet pan pizza cut into squares with pepperoni

Why is this the BEST sheet pan pizza?

Because it tastes so good and YOU DON’T HAVE TO LET THE DOUGH RISE!! That’s music to my ears.

Everybody loves pizza and this one is so easy to whip up from home. Just keep a few ingredients on hand and you can feed a crowd of family and friends on the fly.

Watch the video to see me weirdly put eggs on one of the pizzas. It turned out about how you’d expect.

Dancing diapered babies have confirmed that this is indeed the best pizza.

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Everything You Want to Know About Texas Persimmons | Free Printable Jam Recipe!

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What are Texas Persimmons? If you’ve ever lived in Texas, you’ve probably seen them. Let’s learn all about them and make some jam!

Texas Persimmon on the branch

My family discovered Texas Persimmon a few years ago when we moved to Texas. We love hiking around and being out in nature together.

We’re always on the lookout for what berries are ripe and it’s so fun to see when the Texas Persimmon berries are just starting to form. It feels like it takes forever for them to ripen but they’re worth the wait!

Watch the video for all the recipes and to see us!

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You Need to Try this Healthy Chocolate Texas Persimmon Pudding!

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Learn how to make Texas Persimmon Pudding. It’s a no sugar added, gluten free, HEALTHY chocolate pudding! It’s delicious and easy!

Texas Persimmon pudding in a mason jar with a spoon

What are Texas Persimmon and Where Can I Get Them?

Great questions! Txas Persimmons are big, black berries that grow in, you guessed it, Texas.

They are very sweet, not tart at all, and have a mild prune flavor.

The chocolate works so well with the persimmon because they’re nothing but sweet.

And the pulp is so inky black and thick, they already look like they should taste like chocolate.

So this recipe really delivers what my eyes are hoping for!

Check out my post all about Texas Persimmon HERE. There’s even a free printable recipe for how to make jam!

Watch the video here:

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How to Make Texas Persimmon Oatmeal Crumble Bars

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Learn how to make rich and delicious Texas Persimmon Crumble Bars. They’re the perfect treat for the end of summer!

texas persimmon crumble bars on a white plate

You might be asking, “What are Texas Persimmons?”

If you live in Texas, you’ve probably seen them around. They grow everywhere and the big black berries are hard to miss.

To learn all about them and how to make Texas Persimmon jam, click HERE.

Watch the Video too!

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Five Delicious and Easy Recipes for Wild Mustang Grapes and One to Never Make

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Check out these five delicious and simple recipes for wild grape. Plus one recipe you should NEVER try with wild grapes!

***Scroll down or click the gray button for all the FREE printable recipes!***

Can you guess which one is the stinker?

Wild Mustang Grapes make delicious juice and jelly. The flavor is tart, sweet, and bright. It’s a favorite in our house.

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If you’ve never tried Wild Mustang Grape juice or jelly, you’re missing out!

Check out my post all about Wild Mustang Grapes.

You’ll find tips on how to identify, pick, and cook them, plus a free recipe printable!

Watch out! They can cause an intense itchiness on your skin if not handled and prepared properly. But it’s SO WORTH IT!

Best grape jelly BY FAR and my favorite out of any jelly at all.

***If you don’t have access to the wild grapes, you can substitute any juice/jelly you like for these recipes.***

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The Best Mesquite Cookies By Far | Mesquite Bean Flour Recipe

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Learn how to bake these Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Mesquite Cookies. They are chewy but soft, packed full of flavor, hardy, and delicious!

Nathan and I spend some seasons going on bike rides every morning. Currently it’s too hot unless we have a goal in mind.

Lately we’ve been biking around, looking for ripe mesquite beans to pick.

You can read all about Honey Mesquite Trees, where to find them, how to pick the beans and how to make the jelly HERE.

Watch the video here!

Honey mesquite beans are what we have in our area and are supposed to have the best tasting beans and they make delicious jelly! Check out my jelly recipe HERE.

Only pick beans off of the tree and never off of the ground. I go into detail about why that is in my mesquite jelly post.

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Honey Mesquite Beans | How to Make Mesquite Jelly

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Honey Mesquite Beans are awesome! Whether you make “poor man’s honey”, hearty Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Mesquite Cookies, or just enjoy the shade – these “trash trees” are well worth your time!

mesquite bean jelly in a mason jar

Always Use Caution in the Wild

As I’ve said before in my other foraging posts, always use caution when eating things in the wild.

Do your research and carefully compare pictures and descriptions of whatever you’re wanting to pick and eat, BEFORE you put anything in your mouth.

The nice thing about mesquite trees is they’re easy to spot and the beans are very unique looking so you should have no trouble identifying them correctly.

Watch the video!

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How to Make Fast Sheet Pan Meatloaf for Dad. It’s Easy!

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Great meatloaf doesn’t have to take hours to make. With this method you can have dinner ready, from start to finish, in under an hour! Savory, juicy, and delicious! Plus the leftovers are just the right shape for awesome meatloaf sandwiches too!

*Scroll to the bottom for the FREE PRINTABLE RECIPE!**

Sheet Pan Meatloaf is perfect for Father’s Day! It’s such a yummy, comforting dinner. It’s a crowd pleaser, simple, and doesn’t take a long time to bake.

We also had Nathan’s parents visiting so I wanted to make more food but not have it take forever!

Watch the video! I included a slideshow of some of my favorite pictures of Nathan with our kids and his dad.

Father’s Day For Me

My parents divorced when I was around 5 years old because my dad was a pretty awful person by that point.

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Mulberries in the Wild | Foraging for Berries | Mini Tarts

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Mulberries are a delightful summer berry! They’re juicy, sweet, and picking them is a fun family activity! Learn all about mulberries in this post and try out TWO DELICIOUS RECIPES: Mulberry Ice Cream Sauce and Delightful Mini Mulberry Tarts!

**Scroll to the bottom for the FREE Printable recipes!**

3 different shades of mulberries
These are all mulberries!

**A word of caution really quick**

Identifying mulberries is not very difficult because there aren’t a lot of berries that look like them but always use caution when picking and eating ANYTHING in the wild.

Make sure you always check and compare pictures of the leaf shapes and the berries so you know you’ve identified things correctly.

Watch the video to see how to make the mini tarts and watch us hike around!

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