Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Sweet Potato Recipes I love sweet potatoes and here are 10 Favorite Sweet Potato and Related Recipes: Baked Chipotle Sweet Potato and Zucchini Fritters (vegan, GF) -Healthier because they’re baked rather than fried Sweet Potato Red Pepper and Coconut Milk Soup (vegan, gluten-free, soy-free, microwave-friendly) – Fast, easy, and ready in 15 minutes flat Sweet Potato Graham Cracker “French Toast” Sticks – Don’t judge a book by it’s cover....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Tips for Saving Money On Your Grocery Budget, Homemade Trail Mix & Homemade Snacks Hi Friends! I am publishing this post earlier than normal because we are going to do something this afternoon that I’ve wanted to do all summer. Hell, I’ve wanted to do it since I was pregnant but this is the first year it makes any sense. You’ll have to take my word for it that it’s going to be a fun afternoon!...

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Valentine’s Day Date Surprises This morning we opened a few Valentine’s Day surprises that Skylar’s grandparents sent her in the mail and that I had picked up . I gave Scott the card I got for him. As I mentioned, we decided not to exchange gifts for Valentine’s Day. Or any holiday. Skylar scored though! A cute new outfit from Grandma She loves getting cards....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Vegan Maple Nut Chocolate Oat Clusters How’s your Saturday goin’ so far? I think Saturday is a perfect day to bake. It sure made this casa smell wonderful! Before I get to the baked goodies, I just wanted to say thanks for the major shoutouts and props you all gave me on my Raw Cuke Wraps from yesterday. I thought my food looked really purr-tey, glad you thought the same....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Winner of Oh Nuts $25 Give Away! Thanks to everyone who entered the $25 Oh Nuts Gift Certificate Give Away

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Zevia for 2 People RIGHT NOW ***GAME OVER, Janetha & Eve just won it! Thanks for being on toppa things girls! Two of the winners to the Zevia Contest flaked out. So, the first TWO COMMENTERS right now on this post that tell me they want 6 cans of Zevia plus a TShirt AND give me a valid email address in the text of the comment so I can quickly email you back (Blogger blocks your email address so I can’t reply to you directly if you don’t tell me your email addy), it’s yours....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Back or Foot Massage, Memories & Scents, Favorite Scents & Perfumes Happy Labor Day Weekend Friends! How has your weekend been so far? Even if you’re not celebrating Labor Day, I still hope you’re having an awesome weekend. So far the highlights of my weekend are that I’ve power walked with Scott and Skylar and got a nice sweaty weightlifting workout session in in my garage home gym....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Chewy Chocolate Peanut Butter Butterfinger Bars Nobody’s gonna lay a finger on my Butterfinger. Remember that old slogan? Well there’s truth to it with these because I wanted to hoard them. I always loved Butterfingers as a kid and they’re still a gas station favorite treat for me. However, I’ve never made a single recipe that uses Butterfingers in the almost 5 years I’ve been blogging....

Home › Recipe Index › Thanksgiving Recipes Creamed Corn Casserole 🌽😋💛 This Creamed Corn Casserole is the EASIEST holiday side dish you’ll ever make! A simple, stir-and-bake affair, it’s great to make in advance, and the texture is a cross between a souffle and cornbread. Slightly gooey and slightly firm, it pairs perfectly with your favorite Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter dishes! Creamy Style Corn Casserole This creamed corn casserole is a quick and simple holiday side dish my family goes nuts for....

Home › Recipe Index › Beverages › Smoothies Fluffernutter Banana Smoothie It’s a bit of a funny name, but fluffernutter is just code for two favorites rolled into one: Fluffer = Marshmallows Nutter = Peanut Butter Add bananas, and you’ve got yourself a fabulous treat. This borders on dessert-in-a-cup and that’s just fine by me on this hot holiday weekend. I almost added cocoa powder but would have had to crack the seal on a new container and figured it wasn’t necessary and as it turned out, not adding cocoa powder allowed me to concentrate more fully on marshmallows without chocolate clouding my judgment ....

Home › Recipe Index › 30-Minute Meals French Bread Pizza Homemade French Bread Pizza — This FAST and EASY pizza recipe incorporates a French bread crust. This handy shortcut saves you time on busy weeknights to make home-baked pizza a reality. Pizza is always a family FAVORITE and this thick and chewy variety will be a big hit! Quick Homemade Pizza … on French Bread! Ingredients in French Bread Pizza How to Make French Bread Pizza Recipe FAQs Tips for the Best French Bread Pizza What to Serve with French Bread Pizza French Bread Pizza Recipe More Unique Pizza Recipes: Quick Homemade Pizza … on French Bread!...

Home › Recipe Index › Dessert Fudgy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars Fudgy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars — Chewy oatmeal cookie bars with a thick layer of fudge in the middle! Whoa, hello chocolate overload!! Chocolate Oatmeal Bars Recipe Ingredients in Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars How to Make Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars Frequently Asked Questions Fudgy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars Recipe More Cookie Bar Recipes: Chocolate Oatmeal Bars Recipe I love oatmeal cookies....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Guest Post: Diana of Soap & Chocolate Vegan Peppermint Patties How has your weekend been, bloggie friends? Hopefully you didn’t do too much running around in search of the ever-elusive “Perfect Holiday Gift” for that special someone. And hopefully you stayed warm! It’s plenty warm where I am. If you’re just tuning in, I’m in Aruba . Things have been awesome here! In my post yesterday I recapped everything from some Beach Pictures...

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Hair Appointment & Chickpeas I spent a few hours at the hair salon today getting my color touched up. Before hair (picture from this post two days ago) After picture Ahhh, much better. While I was at the salon I picked up my favorite shampoo and conditioner that I’ve raved about before. It’s called Unite and it’s sulfate-free as well as all of these things:...

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Happy Thanksgiving The turkey was prepped on Wednesday evening. It’s taking a little marination bath with turkey stock, orange juice, olive oil, rosemary, salt and pepper. It’s also sharing its bathtub with some baby carrots, too. I’m actually not making a whole turkey but rather two turkey breasts. Scott doesn’t need an entire turkey for himself and two turkey breasts have worked in years past so that’s the current menu plan ....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Hawaiian Bread and Maple Banana Baked French Toast Hawaiian Bread and Maple Banana Baked French Toast – The smell of maple syrup, bananas, and bread baking is almost as good as the way the French toast tastes. Hawaiian Bread is one of my favorite breads. Lightly sweetened and so light and soft. And I can now definitively say, it makes stellar French toast....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Home for the Rain We made it to Aruba. Home at last. Just in time for overcast skies and rain. Hopefully we won’t need any roof repairs like we did last December from all the rains. At least the flowers appreciate the rain even if we don’t. I appreciated some of the local the local Raisin Bread Pudding I love this stuff. It’s so dense and chewy and perfect....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Inside-Of-A-Peanut-Butter-Cup Cookies Inside-Of-A-Peanut-Butter-Cup Cookies — Soft peanut butter cookies that taste like the inside of peanut butter cups thanks to a special ingredient! Yum!!! Simple Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe I’ve always loved peanut butter cups, especially the filling. So I set out to make cookies that taste like the inside of a peanut butter cup. There are no actual peanut butter cups used in the cookies (scraping chocolate from dozens of cups just for the filling wouldn’t exactly be practical), and to make them I used my Reese’s Pieces Soft Peanut Butter Cookie dough as the base....

Home › Recipe Index › Entrees › Casserole King Ranch Chicken King Ranch Chicken — Nothing says comfort food like an EASY casserole recipe with shredded chicken, cheese, salsa, sour cream, layered with tortillas, and seasoned to perfection! Use rotisserie chicken to save time making this a great family-friendly weeknight dinner recipe! King Ranch Chicken Recipe If I had to describe King Ranch Chicken Casserole in three words, it would be cheesy, creamy, and chicken-y....

Home › Recipe Index › Entrees › Sides, Salads & Vegetables Pina Colada Fruit Salad Tropical Fruit Salad — This tropical fruit salad features fresh fruit that’s tossed in pineapple juice, coconut and almond extracts, and piña colada mix. Don’t worry, this easy fruit salad is non-alcoholic! Easy Fruit Salad Recipe This tropical fruit salad is non-alcoholic and gets its piña colada name from — you guessed it — piña colada mix, sans alcohol....