The Ask Anna Blog

Easy-to-Make Homemade Parmesan Bagels

Homemade bagels topped with freshly grated Parmesan cheese, these homemade Parmesan bagels are delicious and easy to make. Hi! This is Andrea from Cooking with a Wallflower. I’m back on Ask Anna this month to share with you another brand new recipe. This time it’s homemade parmesan bagels, perfect for breakfast! Lately, I’ve been obsessed with making my own bagels at home, especially after I stumbled across a basic bagel recipe that requires no yeast! Seriously, sometimes when something requires yeast as an ingredient, I steer clear of it. Mostly because I don’t have much patience for it. I… Read More

6 Spring Cleaning Checklists to Get You Motivated!

Spring is here, which means spring cleaning is upon us! Whether you love it or loathe it, it’s something we should probably all spend at least a little bit of time on. Just an hour or two of spring cleaning can make your home feel fresh, clean, and ready for summer. The problem is, it’s so easy to struggle with motivation – especially when it comes to cleaning and decluttering. The idea of getting up to clean or throw out clutter definitely doesn’t beat doing something more fun! That’s why I’m here: to help you with your spring cleaning motivation!… Read More

Tried and True tips for Getting your Home Ready to Sell

So I have some big news to share, we moved!!! It’s such a crazy story, if you want to read it I posted it on my other blog HERE. It has been a couple of weeks and sometimes it still doesn’t feel real but we are settling in and really enjoying our new home. In the process of all the crazy buying and selling I thought I’d share some of my tried and true tips for getting your home ready to sell. I can tell you from experience they work, and are worth the time, we put our house on… Read More

Quick and Easy Organization Tips for Kids

Teach your kids to help out around the house with these quick and easy organization tips for kids. They might even enjoy helping out around the house! When you’ve got kids, it can be a struggle to keep the place tidy and organized. With toys left around the house, clothes to put away, and all sorts of mess to clean up, there’s a lot to do. But it doesn’t have to be difficult! You can have the place shining in no time with just a few organization tips for kids. Without further ado, here are some of my best organization… Read More

Pomegranate Hibiscus Vodka Iced Tea

Pomegranate and hibiscus tea topped with vodka. This simple to make pomegranate hibiscus vodka iced tea is the perfect drink for a warm spring evening. Hi! I’m Andrea from Cooking with a Wallflower, and this month I’m excited to be back on Ask Anna to share a brand new recipe with you. March is going to be such an eventful month for both me and my family. From birthdays (mine!) to weddings (my cousin’s), there are so many things for us to celebrate! So the next few weeks are going to be super busy with all these different events. Since… Read More

10 Cheap & Easy Kitchen Organization Tips

Don’t get overwhelmed by organizing your kitchen! Try these 10 easy kitchen organization tips, that will have you organized in no time! It’s crazy that 2018 is flying past as quickly as 2017 did. It feels like Christmas was a week ago and now we’re almost into spring! This is when I really start getting my house back in order before the big spring clean begins. If you’re trying to get organized too but you’re feeling overwhelmed, I’ve got one big tip for you: take it one room at a time. If you try to do every room at once… Read More