Peanut Blossom Blog Posts

A stack of cookbooks is next to a digital tablet.

15 Favorite Healthy Cookbooks for Families

A plain cheesecake has been cut into two slices: One has pecans and caramel, the other has fresh apples and caramel.

Easy Caramel Apple Cheesecake

A mason jar filled with homemade caramel sauce with a spoon.

Salted Caramel Sauce

A mason jar filled with spiced pecans has a blue ribbon tied around it and sits on a blue plate with more pecans sprinkled around.

Pumpkin Spice Pecans

Two young girls hold chalkboards for their back to school photos.

35 Back to School Photo Ideas

Several slices of pork tene

Rum Glazed Pork Tenderloin

Sliced grilled peaches are lined up on a cutting board.

Caramelized Peaches {Grilled or Broiled}

Sweet and spicy honey sriracha chex mix has square pretzles, cereal, and peanuts mixed together.

Honey Sriracha Chex Mix

Two young girls give a gentle kiss to their beloved dog.

How to Say Goodbye and Telling Your Kids It's Time to Put Your Dog to Sleep

Homemade banana zucchini bread has been sliced to show the inside and sits in a white ceramic bread basket with a grey striped napkin.

Banana Zucchini Bread

A crostini toast has diced peaches, blueberries, and fresh thyme leaves on a blue plate.

Peach Blueberry Bites

A bowl of homemade chunky peach salsa has a blue spoon for serving.

Sweet and Spicy Peach Salsa

A bento lunchbox has finger foods and a love note from mom for a Kindergartener.

Kindergarten Lunch Ideas: Packed with Love

A girl holds a mason jar and is shaking up a batch of Cuban mojo marinade.

Cuban Mojo Marinade

Bow tie pasta is tossed with roasted broccolini, roasted tomatoes, and chicken meatballs.

Roasted Broccolini Pasta Toss

A fresh lemon, bottle of Dijon mustard, and a head of garlic.

Dijon Mustard Marinade

A white dish filled with potato salad mixed with corn and red bell peppers.

Better than Ina Garten's French Potato Salad

A young child's hands are covered in Monarch Butterflies.

How to Plant a Butterfly Garden with Kids

Two girls look at the photo on the back of a digital camera.

100 Days of Summer Family Photos Challenge

Kids coming off a school bus are getting sprayed with silly string by their parents.

5 Ways to Celebrate the Last Day of School

A metal baking sheet has chopped and roasted sweet potatoes scattered on it.

Crispy Roasted Sweet Potatoes

A blue plate has a bed of white rice and is topped with chunks of pork, broccoli spears, pea pods, and a sprinkle of green onions.

Orange Pork Stir Fry

A muffin tin filled with garden lasagna cupcakes shows the spinach and tomatoes covered in melted cheese.

Garden Lasagna Cupcakes

A blue plate has a bed of lettuce topped with lemon garlic shrimp and roasted red peppers and asparagus spears.

Sheet Pan Shrimp and Vegetables

A pair of hands paints a wooden birdhouse and a few picture books about birds in a collage.

10 Picture Books About Birds

Felt grapes, communion hosts, and challice decorate a homemade First Communion banner.

How to Make a First Communion Banner

Slices of pineapple glazed ham sits on a platter next to the roasted pineapple slices. A tray of colorful Easter eggs sits in the background.

Mustard Glazed Ham with Pineapple

A round white-frosted layer cake has Oreo cookies for eyes to look like Baymax from Disney-Pixar's Big Hero 6.

Baymax Cake for a Big Hero 6 Birthday Party

Should You Upgrade Your DSLR? Full Frame vs Crop Sensor

Should You Upgrade Your DSLR? Full Frame vs Crop Sensor

Colorful plastic Easter eggs in a lined basket.

Adorable Non-Candy Easter Egg Hunt Idea

A homemade Easter Egg tree features pastel eggs wrapped in washi tape hanging from green branches.

How to Make an Easter Egg Tree

A square slice of carrot cake with cream cheese frosting sits on a blue plate with a pink fork.

Easy Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

A yellow painted hallway with white trim displays framed children's artwork.

10 Tips for Kid Friendly Home Decor

Wedding photos and wooden art featuring romantic quotes and a golden heart.

Romantic Wall Gallery for a Master Bedroom

printed photos on a table next to the orange folder they arrived in.

Where Should I Print My Photos? Shutterfly vs. Mpix.com?

A blue bowl of spicy shrimp stew shows tons of corn, red peppers, spicy sausage, and big shrimp.

Spicy Shrimp Stew

The Elf on the Shelf has gift wrapped the family's granola bars.

3 Elf on the Shelf Snack & Treat Ideas

A husband and wife wear Christmas slippers and sit in front of a Christmas tree.

20 Ways to Date Your Spouse During the Holidays

Elf on the Shelf sits on top of a Melissa & Doug chalkboard with a message that reads: "I will not hide too hard again."

Naughty Elf on the Shelf Pranks

Elf on the Shelf riding a Lightning McQueen car toy with a Christmas tree in the background.

Playful Elf on the Shelf Toy Scenes