Smoked Mullet Dip

Before moving to Florida I had never heard of a mullet other than the ‘Joe Dirt’ haircut… so I had no clue what people were going on and on about. It wasn’t until last year that I actually tried mullet for the first time and boy was it good!

Mr. Awesome has long raved about a mullet dip that a friend would make but he could never get the recipe. We worked together to try to recreate the recipe that he remembered and he says that this is pretty darn close and everyone else agrees. We have used this to make a Smoked Salmon recipe as well and it was pretty good too!

Smoked Mullet Dip

Ingredients:

  • 1 smoked mullet or about a pound of any smoked fish
  • 4-6 oz cream cheese or kefir cheese
  • 2-4 T mayo
  • 1 T. celery salt
  • 2-3 green onions, thinly sliced or 1-2 T. dried chives
  • 1 t. lime juice
  • 2 T. lemon juice
  • Fresh parsley
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Hot sauce, if desired
  • Crackers for serving
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Fall Gardening 2023

Our Fall garden is doing so well and I can’t believe I’ve never tried this before. We recently harvested our first squash from the Fall garden and we are eagerly anticipating more!

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Nothing Hidden Ranch Seasoning, Dressing, and Dip

My kids all LOVE the ranch dressing with the green label… you know which one. We can’t keep enough in the pantry as they would drink it straight from the bottle if I let them. I didn’t like the fact that it had so many extra ingredients so I’ve been on a mission to make it ourselves.

This is also great for making your own Seasoned Pretzels!

We like using whole milk with a couple of Tablespoons of kefir mixed in to make this.

Nothing Hidden Ranch Seasoning, Dressing, and Dip

Ingredients:

  • 2 T. garlic powder
  • 6 T. onion powder
  • 2 T. minced onion, or you can just use 8 T. onion powder if you want it smoother
  • 2 T. salt
  • 2 t. basil
  • 2 t. chives
  • 2 t. dill weed
  • 2 t. parsley flakes
  • ½ t. sugar or monk fruit sweetener, optional
  • 2 t. thyme
  • 1-2 t. Cornstarch, Xantham gum, or Glucomannan powder to thicken, optional
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A Christ-Centered Thanksgiving and other Thanksgiving homeschool resources

This week we have been focusing on Thanksgiving with our homeschool studies. I had purchased ‘A Christ-Centered Thanksgiving‘** several years ago but just never got around to using it. This season I am trying to be a bit more intentional and I have included different seasonal activity slots into our school schedule to help me remember to look through what I have.

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Holiday Planner Pics… Nothing Fancy!

I’ve mentioned in several posts about my Holiday Planning Binder but I don’t know if I’ve ever really shared what it looks like. It’s definitely nothing fancy… just an old Trapper Keeper that the kiddos didn’t use and the folders are old pocket folders that they aren’t using. I really like that it zips up because it helps to keep everything contained really well and prevents the inevitable spillage that happens when you have kiddos running around.

This is what the outside of the planner looks like… nothing special at all but the fact that it is purple helps me to identify it from other binders on the shelf and I can tell almost anyone to grab me the purple binder and they have no trouble finding it all. I probably should’ve tried to clean it up a bit before the pictures but this is how LIFE goes around here and these smudges and smears remind me of all the little blessings that are running through my house!

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