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PIE-oneer Day 2018

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One of the things I really love about living in Utah is Pioneer Day! It’s celebrated on the 24th of July every year.  It is a celebration of everyone, regardless of faith and nationality, who emigrated to the Salt Lake Valley during the pioneer era, which is generally considered to have ended with the 1869 arrival of the transcontinental railroad. Utahan’s take a day off to celebrate and remember those that came before.  

This day is special to me because many of my ancestors were among the pioneers that crossed the plains in covered wagons looking for a better life in the west.  I learned that one set of my Great Grandparents, Nils and Engelika Thuesen, left Denmark and immigrated to the United States. They crossed the plains in a wagon train and were in the same wagon company as my husband’s Great Grandpa Jacob Fuhriman, who was from Switzerland. That is so amazing to me!

When my

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Summer Entertaining + Barbecue

Entertaining, Main Course, Parties ·

Sharing some favorite simple summer recipes including fresh fruit pies, lemon basil chicken, and barbecue meat for everyone to enjoy.

Summer Entertaining + Barbecue

Summertime is a time we have always loved to get together with friends and family.  I recently hosted a fun little get-together with some ladies from my church. I was asked if I could share some simple summer recipes and ideas with everyone. It was right up my alley and I was delighted to share some fun recipes and ideas with these sweet ladies and get some from them as well! I’ve linked some of the recipes at the bottom of this post and included the lemon basil chicken recipe below.

One thing I’ve learned that makes hosting a gathering a lot easier is that when guests offer to bring something, let them! I have learned that many people enjoy creating works of art and making good

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Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie

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Sharing the best strawberry pie recipe with cream cheese filling. It is one of the tastiest desserts thanks to Grandma’s recipe.

I’m so excited to share this amazing strawberry pie with you today. When I first met my husband years ago, one of the things I loved most was getting to know his Grandma Jolley. She wasn’t too sure about me at first, but we eventually bonded over the love of cooking. She was an amazing cook and made everything from scratch. We had the chance to live close to them for one year while my husband was waiting to get into dental school. During that time I learned Grandma Jolley (Louise) was a force to be reckoned with. She said exactly what she thought and was always in charge. It’s just how she was and everyone just knew that the kitchen was her domain!

Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie

Every Saturday morning everyone also knew that Grandma would have homemade

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My Pantry Organization Project

Dinnerware, Entertaining, Home, Home Tour, My Home, Tablescapes, Uncategorized ·

Transform your kitchen with these pantry organization tips to maximize space and efficiency in your cooking area.

My Pantry Organization Project

When we bought this home, one of the things I liked the most about it was how big the pantry was! With my love of cooking and entertaining, this was a big priority for me. The pantry was an excellent size, but I really needed to find a better system to store all my dishes and pantry items. I happened to see that one of my followers had an organizing business, and when I clicked on her profile, I was so excited to see that she was near my Highland, Utah home.  I reached out, and she graciously agreed to come help me tackle my pantry organization project. This job seemed so overwhelming at first, but with the help of a professional organizer, it was a total transformation! Keep scrolling to see these pantry organization tips that sparked such a positive change in my

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Fresh Fruit Cobbler

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Fresh Blueberry Cobbler Recipe

Having lived in the Pacific Northwest for most of my life, I’ve grown accustomed to having berries all throughout the summer and then freezing them for the winter months.  I love any type of cobbler because it’s good any time of the year! In Washington, we get the most amazing blueberries and there are farms where you can go pick them yourself or buy them by the flat.  I’ve been growing them in my yard at my home in Washington too and I’m hoping that maybe someday they will have enough berries on them that I won’t have to buy them! Wouldn’t that be nice!

This cobbler recipe is one that I’ve made for 20 years.  It was given to me by a friend when we lived in Portland and can be made with any type of fresh fruit. Wild blackberries are very abundant in the PNW and every August there are blackberries everywhere! They are very seedy and not that great to eat plain, but they are really good in pies and

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