Lucas Corner Farmhouse

Sometimes, I just want to eat "tailgate food" with dinner. That might be why my last post was about pigs in a blanket and this post is about Chicken & Corn Dip! This is a QUICK recipe, so if you need a last minute dish to take to a party, tailgate, get together (or just a late night snack), this is the one! *Also, this recipe is Beau Approved* You can bake all this in the oven, but it works just as well in the microwave! ( These are the chip & dip bowls we have. My Mother-in-Law gave them to me and they make a great snack bowl! Amazon has similar ones in both stoneware and plastic ). Here's my notes while looking at a few other recipes to make my own. I was going to use sour cream, which is usually a staple in my fridge...but I thought I was out, then when I saw it at the back of the fridge, I knew it needed to go. I don't think the chickens would even snack on it! That said, I went to look up replacement options for sour cream when used in dips and two that

Like most of you, I've always made pigs in a blanket using canned crescent rolls and cocktail sausages. However, it takes 3-4 cans of crescent rolls make enough for this crew and the price has really gone up!  So....I started looking up some recipes that might make a good substitute (other than making actual crescent rolls...which are delicious!)  I wanted something buttery (of course), but didn't require any rise time either. I found a few options and came up with a recipe that was somewhat of a mix of the ones I read online. My helper followed the directions and made some delicious pigs in a blanket! We had exactly the same number of sausages as slots in my new pan , so we used that to make some bee and beehive pigs! The pan is perfect for pull apart breads, but was cute for this too! You can easily cook these on a lined baking sheet or in a round pan as well. One of the cutest cooking helpers I know! This dough makes enough to wrap 20-30 sausages, depending on how thin you r

       This year for Christmas, we made a goal to make as many of our gifts for others ourselves. There were a few that were store bought, but for the most part, we made them! We went through a lot of flour, butter, sugar, and chocolate this year, but it was a lot of fun! I realized as I was starting to write all this down that I didn't take very many pictures at all of this entire process....so if I gave you one of these gifts and you have pictures, send them my way and I'll add them to this haha!      The boys helped out baking and making mixes, as well as coming up with their own gifts to give their grandparents, aunts, and uncles. Cole worked with Adam to make wooden coasters as some gifts, and he designed and whittled mallets for his Paw & Grandpa to keep in their workshops.  He also found coupons to places in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge and gave those to some family who he thought would enjoy certain stores or restaurants. :) Blake painted pictures for his grandparent

2021 will be here SOON! Last year I made a printable weekly calendar that I added to my Happy Planner and listed it in my Etsy Shop . This year, I made a few changes to the layout of the calendar (weekly Bible verse to memorize, horizontal layout of the days of the week, and I used a doodle font to color each week) and am posting it here as a free download! I hope you love it! It's formatted to print on 8.5x11 paper, so you can add it to a binder or any refillable planner that size. I use this hole punch to make it work in my Happy Planner, but any discbound or mushroom punch will work! Click HERE to download my 2021 Printable Weekly Calendar with Bible Verses! Here are some links other supplies to help you build your own discbound planner, if you don't already have one to refill. I love that I can add and remove pages quickly without worrying about rings getting bent (or pinching my finger!) I keep my budget sheets in the front of my planner, followed by my calendar pages (

Happy Sunday! I've been working on this week's Meal Plan and came up with a new recipe in the process! While searching for some recipes to include using what was already in the cabinet, I came across a spinach alfredo dish that looked delicious, but it was made using one of the dinner meal kits from the grocery store, so I used it as inspiration to come up with my own. This is easy, and it uses cabinet and freezer staples that we keep, but fresh ingredients can easily be substituted. You'll need: 4 frozen chicken breasts 3 cloves garlic 2 Tbs olive oil 1/2 tsp salt 1 Tbs dried basil 1 box (16oz) pasta (I used angel hair pasta) 1.5 large jars alfredo sauce (about 35 oz total) 1 can cream of chicken soup 1 cup fresh spinach (or thawed frozen spinach) Place the chicken, garlic, and salt in the bottom of a Dutch oven or large stock pot and drizzle with olive oil. I got my 6 quart enameled cast iron Dutch oven from World Market several years ago, but they don't make the same

Last week I made a Meal Plan for the first time in a very, very, very long time. I full expected that I would fall off the wagon, but we did really well sticking to it (or switching a meal here and there). When we were first married, we would make a meal plan for an entire month ( I posted about it at least once !) and make one BIG grocery trip if possible, using the best deals available in store and stacking coupons. As we would run out of milk, bread, cheese, or fruit, I would make quick stops to pick up those things. That was great for our budget and incredibly feasible with the schedule we had at the time. I may go back to that style of planning one day, but for now, I'm liking a week at a time. I can plan my grocery pick-ups and farmer's market trips around the meal plan (and when we start to harvest our garden, I'll write the meal plan based on our crops!). A few things about the way we tend to eat around here.... We eat a lot of eggs (when our hens aren't bei