Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes A Few Books I love reading blogs, the internet, and Pinterest for recipe inspiration, but there’s something about standing in my kitchen getting smeary chocolate fingerprints on the pages of a cookbook that will never go out of style. Lately, here are a few I’m loving: Joy the Baker’s book, 100 Simple & Comforting Recipes I feel like I am sitting in Joy’s kitchen when I read this book and that we’re long lost gal pals....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Buttered Up Happy Friday! I hope you have fun plans for the weekend. I do. It involves this. And these. And this. I love it when the brown sugar stays in cute little mounds. I’ve been buttering things up today. I’m not making Baked Cinnamon Bun Donuts with Vanilla Cream Cheese Glaze , but that’s a good guess. The recipe is coming. I better squeeze in a run after all that....

Home › Recipe Index › Entrees › Chicken Caprese Stuffed Chicken Caprese Stuffed Chicken — Juicy chicken stuffed with sun-dried tomato pesto, gooey mozzarella cheese, and topped with fresh basil!! EASY, ready in 30 minutes, loaded with FLAVOR, and a family dinner favorite!! Stuffed Caprese Chicken Recipe I love caprese salads and caprese flavors, so this tomato, basil, and mozzarella stuffed chicken recipe is an automatic winner. It’s hard to resist juicy chicken stuffed with sun-dried tomato pesto, fresh basil, gooey mozzarella cheese, extra tomatoes, and topped with more basil....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Cheater’s Guacamole Remember those locally grown avocados I received? They ripened up just in time for Cinco de Mayo and I put them to use in “Cheater’s” Guacamole. It’s hard to even call this a “recipe, and no one will ever suspect you didn’t hand slice and dice all your spices. I’ve mentioned my guacamole recipe and called it “Cheater’s” Guac before, but figured the photo quality could use some sprucing up....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Chocolate Chip Cookie Magic Bars I’ve always loved Seven Layer Bars or Magic Bars . Same recipe but people call it by different names depending on where they live. The bars are super soft, gooey, decadent, and have an amazing amount of texture and different flavors in every bite. It’s a one-bowl, no mixer recipe that’s fast, easy, and goofproof. Waiting for them to cool is the hardest part....

Home › Recipe Index › Christmas Recipes Christmas Crack Christmas Crack Recipe — 🎄🎁🍫 A highly addictive, salty-sweet, crunchy, EASY Christmas treat that’s IRRESISTIBLE! Great for gifts and cookie exchanges because it stays fresh and everyone LOVES IT! What Is “Christmas Crack?” Christmas Crack Ingredients How to Make Christmas Crack Recipe FAQs Storage Christmas Crack Recipe Recipe More Easy Christmas Desserts: What Is “Christmas Crack?” If you’ve never tried Christmas Crack before, well, you’ll soon be addicted to this no-bake treat!...

Home › Recipe Index › Dessert › Pies Easy Banana Cream Pudding Pie with Cream Cheese Crust Easy Banana Pudding Pie with Cream Cheese Crust — The no-bake filling tastes like a fluffy slice of heaven and the crust is no-roll!! An easy, goofproof pie that anyone can make in minutes!! Banana Cream Pie (with Pudding Mix!) In honor of National Pi Day on 3.14 I couldn’t resist making a pie....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes First Day of the Year There was no better way for me to spend Sunday afternoon on the first day of the year than baking. I spent Sunday afternoon at my desk editing. And then in my kitchen and baking. With lots of butter… …And chocolate …And peanut butter …and peanut butter cups . And oh boy, it was a very productive afternoon....

Home › Recipe Index › Christmas Recipes Holiday Special K Bars Special K Bars — Super chewy, gooey, FAST, easy, no-bake cereal bars loaded with peanut butter, chocolate, and sprinkles!! Like scotcheroos but with Special K! Great for impromptu hostess gifts or cookie exchanges because they’re irresistible!! Christmas Special K Bars Recipe This easy no-bake dessert is extremely chewy, dense, gooey, has peanut butter undertones, and is topped with semi-sweet chocolate and sprinkles....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Lots of Grocery & Mailbox Finds, Superfoods, Foods in the ‘Sphere Wow, I have been ridiculously busy today and Thursday is now almost done! The best part of that means that we’re one day closer to the weekend! I don’t have anything set in stone yet for what I’m going to do, but Scott has been traveling this week and he gets home Friday night and after spending days alone taking care of a 3 year old, suffice to say I will be happy to have some help....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Movin’ & Groovin’ with Caution I had a productive day. I went to the grocery store and restocked… Reds Oranges And Greens I also restocked my Band-Aid and first aid supplies. I am doing better since my fall in terms of my glute, hip, and knee swelling and pain. Bruised, but not as painful, which is great. However, my hands have horrible gashes on them and I am missing chunks of skin the size of golf balls....

Home › Recipe Index › Breakfast Breads › Muffins Oatmeal To-Go Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins Oatmeal To-Go Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins — These pumpkin chocolate chip muffins are essentially baked oatmeal bites with the perfect amount of pumpkin spice!! They’re the perfect grab-and-go breakfast or snack!! Oatmeal Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins Love the idea of a nice big bowl of oatmeal but it’s just not practical for busy mornings? I can relate....

Home › Recipe Index › Dessert › Bars & Blondies Oats and Oatmeal Recipes Oats and Oatmeal Recipes: Sunflower Seed Butter Granola Bars with Chocolate Drizzle (vegan, GF) Cinnamon Oatmeal Date Bars with Chocolate Chunks (no-bake, vegan, gluten-free) Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Granola Bars (No-Bake, Vegan, GF) Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Granola Bars (no-bake, vegan, GF) Snickerdoodle Cookie Granola Bars (no-bake, vegan, GF) Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Protein Bars...

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Granola Bars I love granola bars. Especially when they’re no-bake and peanut butter and chocolate chips are involved. I’d go so far as to call these healthy because they’re made with whole grains and there’s fruit included. Raisins count as fruit for me. I made them when I was in Aruba and I made so many things while I was there that I almost forgot about this recipe until I recently saw it peering at me in my saved drafts....

Home › Recipe Index › Entrees › Sides, Salads & Vegetables Pottery Painting, Ginger Coconut Roasted Veggies, Coconut Oil, Natural Remedies Thanks for your feedback yesterday about what you like to bring to parties to keep things a little healthier; everything from hummus to raw veggies to homemade desserts. Thanks for the ideas ! Oh and I’m really glad you enjoyed the pictures from Skylar’s 3rd Birthday Party! And the Easy Countertop Vegan Coconut Milk Kefir...

Home › Recipe Index › Breakfast Breads › Oatmeal Raw Vegan Breakfast Cookie & Coffee I hope everyone’s having a great day! I appreciate the feedback from my last post about the green smoothies and thanks for your stevia recommendations ! Time to talk about some of the recent eats… Well let’s start with The Lone Ranger, aka My fruit-output-challenged strawberry plant I’ve mentioned before . Seems the little plant has really hittin’ it’s stride and has graced me with two whole strawberries this week....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Salted Caramel Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars My cookbook Peanut Butter Comfort has 100+ recipes using peanut butter. And I have a compilation post with The 25 Best Caramel and Salted Caramel Recipes . So imagine my delight when I tried the new SKIPPY Peanut Butter Spread with Salted Caramel . It’s the perfect marriage of smooth, creamy peanut butter with salted caramel undertones....

Home › Recipe Index › Entrees › Fish Sheet Pan Lemon Garlic Butter Salmon Sheet Pan Lemon Garlic Butter Salmon — Juicy salmon at home in 30 minutes that’s EASY and tastes BETTER than from a restaurant! The butter is infused with lemon and garlic and adds so much FLAVOR! Baked Salmon with Lemon Garlic Butter Butter that’s infused with lemon, garlic, and a touch of honey helps give this salmon tons of flavor and keeps it extremely moist and tender....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Strawberry Shortcake Smoothie Strawberry Shortcake Smoothie — Tastes like strawberry shortcake in a cup, but way healthier! Naturally sweet berries mean no added sugar! Fresh Strawberry Smoothie Recipe I’m in my glory now that strawberry season is in full effect. And there’s always room for another strawberry recipe. Especially for a refreshing smoothie that tastes like strawberry shortcake. I made it in honor of National Strawberry Shortcake Day, which is June 14....

Home › Recipe Index › Entrees › Sides, Salads & Vegetables Sweet Potatoes, Creamy Honey Mustard Dressing Did you have a good day today? I did but I was extremely busy! It was not the kind of day where I could take Skylar and play on backyard swing sets since we were busy running errands, cooking, cleaning, and catching up on laundry. She’s my little helper. From my earlier post today about my online order , it got me thinking that I need to get busy making some Nooch Recipes now that I have my stash replenished....