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Best 10 Posts of 2020 (Crafts, Recipes and Projects)

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Well -- 2020 is almost over! It's certainly been a year! It hasn't been the best of years, but at least I've gotten some fun projects done this year. Today I am taking the opportunity to share the projects and recipes from 2020 that have been most popular with Mom Home Guide's readers! Here's wishing everyone a happy and healthy New Year and hoping that 2021 will be a better year for us all. Lighted Snowflake Wine Bottle Last year I did a few wine bottle crafts.I discovered the fun of using transparent colored spray paint for glass. I Continue reading...

stainless steel manual juicer

Stainless Steel Citrus Juicer Review & Giveaway (Plus lemonade recipe)

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Thanks to BH Innovations for sponsoring this post. Welcome to Friday Finds! On Fridays, I like to share products that I've tried and love. Today I am sharing a review of my new Lightweight Stainless Steel Manual Fruit Juicer/Lemon Squeezer by BH Innovations. Even better, I am hosting a giveaway today -- BH Innovations is giving one juicer away to one Mom Home Guide reader - scroll down to the bottom of this post to enter! I am loving my new Lightweight Stainless Steel Manual Fruit Juicer/Lemon Squeezer from BH Innovations. Until now, I only had a flimsy plastic juicer that Continue reading...

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Lemon Shortbread Cookies with a Lemon Glaze

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Thanks to BH Innovations for sponsoring this post. Welcome to the Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop! Once a month I get together with my blogging friends to share projects or recipes that we've made. All our recipes or projects are inspired by something we've seen on Pinterest. I was inspired by this pin to make lemon glazed shortbread cookies! Since we are featuring New Year's themed projects and recipes today, I made two versions: one for Christmas and one for New Year's. My Pinterventures • Mom Home GuideOur Good Life • Farm Girl Reformed • Slices of Life Stone Cottage Adventures Continue reading...

chocolate cookies iced with white chocolate and topped with crushed peppermint candy canes

Chocolate Cookies with White Chocolate Peppermint Icing

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This post contains affiliate links. Welcome to the Taste Creations blog hop! Today my blogging friends and I will be sharing Christmas cookie recipes. One of my daughters loves chocolate, while the other adores the taste of peppermint. So I combined the flavors to make white chocolate iced peppermint cookies! These cookies are delicious and look so festive for the holidays. Plus, they don't take a lot of time to make - which is a bonus during the hectic holiday season. My daughters are teens, but if your kids are little, these would be fun and easy Christmas cookies to make with Continue reading...

homemade buttermilk cornbread in a red skillet

How to Make Cast Iron Skillet Cornbread

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Welcome to Tasty Tuesday! On Tuesdays I like to share some recipes that I've made and loved! Today I am sharing a simple recipe for skillet cornbread - this recipe cooks in the oven in a oven-safe skillet. I made this for the first time last week. My family loved it so much that I made it again the next day! Skillet Cornbread Recipe (Recipe from Damn Delicious) I love cornbread, but for some reason, I only made it for the first time last month. Weird, huh? I just never knew how easy and delicious homemade cornbread is. For this recipe, Continue reading...

christmas charcuterie tray with cheeses, meats, veggies, dried fruits, cinnamon rolls and candy

Christmas Charcuterie Board & Snack Tray

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Welcome to the final day of the Festive Christmas Ideas blog hop! Today my blogging friends and I will be sharing Christmas breakfast ideas. I will be sharing a fun Christmas charcuterie board and snack tray! In my home, I already have a rustic Christmas tree up with homemade ornaments, tree topper and garland. Now that's taken care of, it's time to think about what to serve my family on Christmas day! In my home, our Christmas tradition is to have cinnamon rolls while opening presents. Not the homemade ones, but the refrigerated ones you buy in a can from the supermarket and then Continue reading...

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Big Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake Recipe (Tasty Tuesday)

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Welcome to Tasty Tuesday! Today I am sharing a family favorite - a big chocolate chip cookie cake recipe! This homemade big chocolate chip cookie cake is something I make when we have a birthday or other family celebration. Since my family most likely will be celebrating Thanksgiving at home this year, Thanksgiving might be a great time to bake another homemade big chocolate chip cookie cake to make the event more special for my family. Homemade Big Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake Recipe Oprah’s Favorite Things is here! Now, chocolate Continue reading...

Granny Smith homemade apple crisp

Festive Homemade Granny Smith Apple Crisp Recipe

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Today I am sharing a super easy baked apple crisp recipe! Apple crisp is a wonderful way to take advantage of in season apples! I adore Granny Smith apples, so today I am sharing a Granny Smith baked apple crisp recipe! A big plus is that this recipe is quick to put together and doesn't require any special tools! Today I am sharing this recipe for homemade Granny Smith baked apple crisp as part of the Festive Christmas ideas blog hop! This blog hop will share lots of holiday ideas, recipes, crafts and decor ideas to make the Christmas season Continue reading...

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Stovetop Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Now that the weather is getting cooler, I've been looking for more soup recipes that I can make for my family. I found a recipe for chicken tortilla soup and tried it out one night as a dinner main dish for my family. We liked it so much that the soup pot was completely empty after dinner! I am putting this delicious but easy stovetop recipe for chicken tortilla soup on my family's dinner menu rotation! This recipe is great for a weeknight dinner. It's low fuss and can be made on the stove - I made mine in my dutch oven. I am sharing this recipe Continue reading...

Cheddar and Green Onion Quick Bread

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Today I am joining my friends for the Taste Creations blog hop! I will be sharing an easy and delicious cheddar and green onion quick break recipe! This recipe requires no yeast or kneading, and is so delicious! We get together the first of every month to bake recipes together using the same ingredient or theme. Today we will be sharing bread recipes! Cheddar & Green Onion Quick Bread I often make bread in my bread machine, but besides banana bread, I haven't baked any bread traditionally in the oven. So for this week's blog hop, I decided to bake a quick bread. (Banana Continue reading...

Shortbread Lemon Bars Recipe

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Welcome to another edition of Tasty Tuesday! On Tuesdays, I like to share recipes that I've tried and love. Today, I am sharing a delicious recipe for lemon shortbread bars. These bars have a yummy shortbread crust and is topped with sweet lemon curd. I got this recipe from Sally's Baking Addiction. I made this recipe for the first time last week, and they came out great! The recipe is quite easy to make, and my family adores these lemon shortcake bars. A big plus to that these recipe is that you get super delicious cookie bars, and you Continue reading...

chocolate chip peanut butter cookies

5 Ingredient Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Welcome to Tasty Tuesday! On Tuesdays, I like to share my favorite recipes. Today I am sharing a recipe for super easy, 5-ingredient peanut butter chocolate chip cookies. These cookies are perfect for when you are craving homemade cookies, but don't have lots of baking ingredients on hand. This recipe only requires peanut butter, an egg, chocolate chips, brown sugar and baking soda. You might have these ingredients on hand at home already. Just think - you can have homemade cookies in less than 15 minutes from now! This recipe is that Continue reading...

a bowl of fried pizza dough balls (zeppole) dusted with powdered sugar

Air Fryer Zeppole (Fried Dough Balls Dusted with Sugar)

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links, through which I may earn commissions for products purchased. When my husband and I were dating, one thing we used to do together was get delicious just-cooked zeppoles on Fridays from a local pizza place. Zeppoles are an Italian treat made of fried balls of dough dusted with sugar. I can remember eating the zeppoles warm straight out of the bag from the pizza place together. The zeppoles were only available on Fridays, so we headed to the local pizza place every Friday! I had some leftover homemade pizza dough recently from one of my Continue reading...

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Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Chocolate chip cookies are my all-time favorite cookie. They are a fairly "basic" cookie. But nothing can beat the warm, gooey sweetness of a warm chocolate chip cookie! I am not always up to all the work that chocolate chip cookies require, however. (Scooping out cookie dough into cookie-sized balls before baking them in the oven.) Enter the chocolate chip cookie bar! Chocolate chip cookie bars taste every bit as good as traditional chocolate chip cookies, but without all the scooping! Today I'm sharing a fabulous Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookie Continue reading...

plate of air fryer chicken with a crisp seasoned coating

Easy and Delicious Air Fryer Chicken Tenders

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links. One of my daughters loves chicken nuggets. I recently cooked up a batch of air fryer chicken nuggets for dinner one night, and she loved it! What I like about using the air fryer is that it is quick and easy, doesn’t involve messy oil, and is a cinch to clean up! Air fryer chicken tenders taste just as good as traditionally fried chicken tenders do, but are healthier since they aren’t fried in oil.  I got my air fryer about two years ago. I haven’t used it much, however. Now that I’ve made these chicken tenders, I will be looking for more Continue reading...

Cinnamon Sour Cream Crumb Cake Recipe (Tasty Tuesday)

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Welcome to Tasty Tuesday, a new feature on Mom Home Guide. On Tuesdays, I share some of my favorite recipes. Today I am showing how to make a simple to make, but delicious cinnamon crumb cake. Cinnamon Sour Cream Crumb Cake Recipe One day last week, I wanted to make a sweet treat for my family. My husband has been working from home, and my daughters have been doing remote high school since the pandemic hit our area in March. I like to surprise them with a delicious treat now and then. I was hoping to make my family cookies or something like that, but we were out of milk! I've been Continue reading...

Fall Charcuterie Board & Snack Tray

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Welcome to Tasty Tuesday, a new feature on Mom Home Guide. On Tuesdays, I am sharing some of my favorite recipes. Today I am featuring a fall charcuterie board and snack tray. This charcuterie board is perfect for when you are hosting a small get together, or for an afternoon of movies at home with the family. My family and I enjoyed this charcuterie board one day recently while watching movies together. You might be wondering: What is a charcuterie board? Charcuterie is word that refers to cold cooked or delicatessen meats, but a charcuterie Continue reading...

Cheddar Biscuits with Bacon & Chives

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Welcome to the Taste Creations blog hop! On the first Monday of the Month, my blogging friends and I get together to share recipes along a specific theme. Our theme this month is bacon! For my bacon recipe, I chose to make cheddar biscuits with bacon and chives. Yummy! Cheddar Biscuits with Bacon & Chives Recipe (If you'd like to skip to the recipe at the end of this post, scroll down to the recipe card.) For my recipe, I chose to use the Bacon Cheddar Chive Biscuits recipe by Damn Delicious. I wanted to make cheddar and bacon biscuits, but I didn't have a recipe of my own. So I Continue reading...

Pasta Salad with Roasted Peppers and Mozzarella

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Welcome to Tasty Tuesday, a new feature on Mom Home Guide. On Tuesdays, I am sharing some of my favorite recipes. Today I am sharing pasta salad. I often made pasta salad for my kids when they were small -- they loved it. (It was a lunchbox favorite.) Today's recipe is an improvement on our family favorite -- this recipe includes freshly roasted red peppers, fresh mozzarella pearls and homemade Italian dressing. This cold pasta salad is an easy and delicious meal to put together when you don't want to expend too much effort in the kitchen! This Continue reading...

matcha and Thai bubble teas in mason jars

How to Make Boba & Bubble Tea (Tasty Tuesday)

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Last Tuesday, I shared my family's easy and delicious raspberry thumbprint shortbread cookies recipe as part of my new weekly feature, Tasty Tuesday. Today I am back with another extra yummy (and easy) recipe. I'm sharing how to make boba and bubble teas! My family and I make two kinds of bubble tea: Thai bubble tea (my fave) and matcha green tea bubble tea (my daughters' favorite). Before I get started, I would like to thank my beautiful and talented daughters for the awesome photos and video in this post! Bubble tea, also called boba Continue reading...

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