Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Fat Tuesday, Shenanigans & Stories Are you doing anything for Fat Tuesday ? Any of this? source Beads + Alcohol can make people do crazy things. Just ask Kitty. I will not be going out to celebrate Fat Tuesday because I will be working. The thought of going out and having drunk 22 year olds slam into me in a bar, while spilling their cheap beer all over me, as I fight for parking, witness a few bar fights, and get asked to flash someone for a string of 3 cent beads doesn’t really sound like a good time to me....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Favorite Strawberry Recipes Next week is National Pick Strawberries Day and National Strawberries and Cream Day . Since it’s strawberry season and all of a sudden you may find yourself with more berries on your hands than you know what to do with, here are One Dozen of my Favorite Strawberry Recipes : Strawberry and Sprinkles Buttermilk Pancakes Peanut Butter and Jelly Coconut Cashew Sandwich Cookies (No-Bake, Vegan, GF) Strawberry Sweet Rolls with Vanilla Cream Cheese Glaze Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting Strawberries and Cream Smoothie (vegan, GF) Strawberry Jelly Rolls – Ready from start to finish in 20 minutes Strawberry Banana Bread Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprint Cookies (No-Bake, Vegan, GF) Creamy Mixed Berry White Chocolate Crumble Bars Peanut Butter and Jelly Blondies Cinnamon Sugar Crust Cream Cheese and Jelly Danish Squares Browned Butter Buttermilk Banana Bread with Strawberry Butter Check out these Strawberry Recipes from my friends:...

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Merry Christmas Quiz Merry Christmas Eve! I’ve seen this little diddy on various blogs such as Gina’s and Katie’s . They wrote out their answers in full sentences but I prefer spending more time at the beach than typing so it’s one word answers from me. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Under Colored lights on tree/house or white?...

Home › Recipe Index › Appetizers Mexican Street Corn Deviled Eggs Mexican Street Corn Deviled Eggs — 🌽🥚🎉 Deviled eggs get a south-of-the-border makeover by incorporating grilled Mexican street corn, jalapeno, red onion, cilantro, lime juice, queso fresco, and chili powder! This is an EASY appetizer or picnic recipe that everyone adores! Serve these at your next summer event including Memorial Day, Father’s Day, Fourth of July, or make them for game day parties!...

Home › Recipe Index › Extras › Shopping & Deals This massive, 2-day event includes Prime Day kitchen deals from household names like Le Creuset , Calphalon, and more. There are SO MANY amazing products on sale, including some of the cookware and kitchen appliances I use regularly! For example, my go-to baking sheets are 20% off! I’m also eyeing this COSORI Pro II Air Fryer Oven Combo that’s a newer model of the one I use!...

Home › Recipe Index › Dessert › Cookies National Chocolate Chip Day – 15 Recipes Today is National Chocolate Chip Day Let me count 15 of the ways I love thee… Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough & Marshmallow Stuffed Rice Krispie Bars (No Bake) Coconut & Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites (no-bake, vegan, GF) Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites (no-bake, vegan, GF) Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls (no-bake, vegan, GF)...

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes No-Bake Samoas Cookie Granola Bars One of my favorite Girl Scout Cookies are the classic Samoas. I can polish off a purple box in no time. From the chocolate-dipped undersides to the chewiness from the coconut, they’re amazing. But they’re not exactly lite. How they’re called Caramel DeLites in some areas is mind-boggling. Although these bars aren’t as healthy as a cup of steamed broccoli, they’re vegan, gluten-free, no-bake, and made in one bowl without a mixer in under 5 minutes ....

Home › Recipe Index › 30-Minute Meals Pesto Parmesan Chicken and Pasta Parmesan Pesto Chicken Penne — EASY, ready in 20 minutes, and every piece of tender chicken and pasta is coated in fresh pesto sauce and parmesan cheese!! Great for easy weeknight dinners, planned leftovers, or for parties because it feeds a crowd!! Easiest Pesto Parmesan Chicken Pasta Both pesto and parmesan cheese coat every bite of juicy chicken and al dente penne pasta in this easy recipe that’s ready in 20 minutes....

Home › Recipe Index › Entrees › Sides, Salads & Vegetables Pink and Purple Potato Salad Pink and Purple Potato Salad — Move over, boring potato salad! Have this PRETTY one made with purple potatoes instead!! NO MAYO makes it healthier and perfect for picnics, parties, potlucks and events!! Pretty but Simple Potato Salad Recipe Pink and purple food. Yes, it’s a thing. Can anyone resist pretty pink and purple potato salad?...

Home › Recipe Index › Entrees › Salads Pumpkin Spiced Brown Rice Tempeh and Cranberry Salad It’s never to early to start thinking about pumpkin season even if that means it’s not even the Fourth of July. Pumpkin knows no seasons. At least in the blogosphere. As a way to jazz up this salad, which can be served warm or cold, I paired pumpkin pie spice with ground ginger and cumin....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Raw Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls Raw Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls taste just like real cookie dough, except they’re raw, vegan, gluten-free and healthy. They freeze wonderfully so consider making a double batch and stashing a dozen in the freezer for when your cookie dough cravings strike! This recipe has me really excited! If you like cookie dough as much as I do, I know you will love these little doughy balls....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Smooth I got my hair done a couple days ago and I have been wanting to buy this Oribe Smooth Style Serum for a few months and finally bit the bullet. It smells like heaven on earth and I love the way it makes my hair super soft and smooth without being greasy or adding too much shine. My other favorite hair product that does an awesome and similar job is this one ....

Home › Recipe Index › Dessert › Cakes & Cupcakes Soft and Fluffy Strawberry Banana Cake Soft & Fluffy Strawberry Banana Cake — This cake is so soft, moist, fluffy! It’s packed with creamy bananas and sweet strawberries. It’s such a rich, flavorful cake! Easy Strawberry and Banana Cake I love the combination of strawberries and bananas, but had never put the two together into a cake. Now I can check strawberry banana cake off my culinary to-do list....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Sporty and Spoony It was a picture-perfect Saturday morning for a nice run. Not too hot, not too cold, not too windy. 70F, sunny, and lovely. I normally purchase Champion sports bras from Target because I love the fit and the price ($16.99), but they’ve been out of cute colors for ages and I was overdue. I got with this one from the Nike Store....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Chocolate-Covered Pretzel Brownies I have quite the collection of brownie recipes but you can never have too many. And I have a thing for chocolate-covered pretzels . Give me a bag and watch them all disappear. I’ve made Salted Caramel Pretzel-Topped Fudgy Brownies , Pretzel Chocolate Chip Cookies , and in keeping with the pretzel theme, I did it again. This time I used chocolate-covered pretzels and used my current favorite brownie base ....

Home › Recipe Index › Dessert › Bars & Blondies Cinnamon Oatmeal Date Bars with Chocolate Chunks A hearty bowl of warm oatmeal that’s infused with cinnamon is such a comforting breakfast, but I never budget the time for making hot cereal on busy weekday mornings. So I made cinnamon oatmeal bars instead. A half dozen ladies and I are throwing a virtual baby shower today for Krissy , who’s expecting her first baby, and I figured it wouldn’t be too cool to show up to a party, virtual or not, with a bowl of cold soggy oatmeal in hand....

Home › Recipe Index › Dessert › Bars & Blondies Cranberry Chocolate Chip Blondies Chocolate Chip Cranberry Bars — Super soft, buttery bars packed with chewy cranberries! And there’s a chocolate overload in every bite!! Easy Cranberry Bars I love cranberries and ’tis the season for them. And it’s always the season for chocolate recipes. I have a copycat recipe for Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars that is spot-on and I love those things but they do take a little bit of time to make....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Grocery Shopping, Raw Treat Review, Coconut Oil Popcorn, Formspring & OpenSky Has Hump Day been treating you alright? It’s been fine by me and I am so happy that the weather is finally getting warmer here! I know it sounds crazy, but the winter in Phoenix was brutal for me! For the past 10 years I have lived on the ocean: either the Carolina Coast or San Diego....

Home › Recipe Index › Entrees › Fish Honey Lemon-Glazed Salmon Salad Easy Green Salad with Salmon — Ready in 15 minutes and can easily be meal prepped! My whole family loves this recipe and said it’s their favorite salmon salad I’ve ever made! You’ll want to slurp up the honey lemon dressing! Healthy Salmon Salad Recipe Honey-lemon sauces are some of my favorite, and this salmon salad recipe uses the combination twice....

Home › Recipe Index › 30-Minute Meals Lemon Pepper Dijon Salmon Baked Lemon Pepper Salmon — Juicy baked salmon at home in 20 minutes that’s so EASY and tastes BETTER than from a fancy restaurant!! The lemons, lemon pepper, and Dijon add so much rich FLAVOR to this FOOLPROOF sheet pan salmon!! Oven Baked Lemon Pepper Salmon Recipe This sheet pan baked salmon recipe is juicy, tender, and full of rich lemon flavor from a trifecta of lemon : lemons nestled underneath, a lemon juice-Dijon mixture spread on top, and a generous sprinkling of lemon pepper....