Vanilla Pound Cake with Honey Orange Bourbon Sauce #Recipe
The holidays are nearly over but it’s the prime season for oranges! This glorious taste of sunshine in the midst of winter is always a delight to have in our Rural Mom kitchen. From January through spring, it’s a great time to add seasonal varieties of oranges to your diet and your baked goods. One […]
Duct Tape Crafts: #DIY Art Tray
Most of your holiday festivities are over but the kids are still home. Sure, their gifts are certainly keeping them busy, but inevitably, the dreaded “I’m bored,” declaration will come! Now is the time to get busy crafting, fashioning new out of old and maybe even adding in a little bit of excitement about returning […]
Freezing and Storing Tips for Left-Over Holiday Baked Goods
The thing about holiday baking is… we always make an abundance of treats! On top of that, we always seem to wind up with extra treats that guests bring. Often, the treats you are left with are over-whelming, leaving you scrambling to figure out what to do with all these lovely hand-made goodies! One way […]
Tips to Conserve Water For The New Year
Water is a precious resource, and so it is everyone’s responsibility to conserve it whenever possible. There are a lot of products on the market that promise to help households minimize the amount of water they consume, but saving water doesn’t have to be so complicated. In fact, there are a number of steps you […]
Make Your Own INSIDE OUT themed Holiday Craft Ornaments & More #DIY #InsideOut #Disney #Pixar
The count-down to Christmas is nearly at an end and I’m sure the excitement at your home is as great as it is here! Presents are piling under the trees and it’s getting harder and harder to keep the kiddos from bouncing around the decked-out halls in anticipation. Now is a great time to get […]
Spiced Cranberry Sauce Preserves | Canning Recipe
Every year for the holidays, I love to make fresh cranberry sauce preserves. It’s amazing how simple it is to whip up and how wonderful fresh sauce tastes! To spunk things up a bit, I add a very simple flavor touch of dark spiced rum that always leaves my guests wondering what that little extra-delicious […]
Stock Up For Holiday Health with Olaf and all Your Favorites from Frozen | #Listerine #Frozen
Do you want to build a snowman? That’s a common question around my house since the popular Disney movie “Frozen” first appeared in movie theaters. Now, thanks to Listerine and Band-Aid, we’re adding some Frozen sparkle to our health care routines this holiday season! We got goodies and gumdrops and presents galore, but while we […]
Classic Sugar Cookie Recipe
The holiday season simply doesn’t seem complete without sugar cookies on the dessert table. This sugar cookie recipe is an easy, no-roll-out version, and you can decorate them and make them special with many options that might surprise you. If you’ve previously resisted making sugar cookies, be sure try this super easy recipe! PS: If […]
Hands-free Cooking with the Key Ingredient Recipe Tablet
We all know what a tablet can do – it can play apps, music, store documents…etc. Tablets are useful in so many ways, and that’s why most people own one. But what if there was a tablet that could also help you out in the kitchen? The Key Ingredient Recipe Tablet is just that – […]
Holiday Celebrations in Bardstown #Kentucky – #Family #Travel
Underneath all the glitz, glitter and glam of modern holidays, nostalgia and longing for a good old-fashioned Christmas still surges. It’s family traditions, recipes passed down from generation to generation and simple gifts of tidings and joy that warm our holiday spirits like no tinsel or strobe-lit snowman can. It’s this return to a simpler […]
Classic Gingerbread Cookie Recipe
The countdown to Christmas is on and very few cookies encapsulate the holiday season as well as classic gingerbread! We brought your our special Whole Wheat Low-Sugar Gingerbread Cookie recipe last year and this year, we’re delivering the classic gingerbread recipe that has been warming household ovens for many a holiday season. Print Yum […]
27 Easy Handmade Ornaments and Gifts | Last-Minute Gift Ideas!
One of the best parts of Christmas is making and receiving hand-made gifts. To help you with last minute ideas, I’ve put together a lovely list of DIY ornaments and gifts for you to make and give this year. Nothing says love like a homemade gift from the heart! 1. Glittered Wine Goblets 2. Minions […]