Home › Recipe Index › Dessert Soft and Chewy Oatmeal Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies Oatmeal Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies — These oatmeal coconut chocolate chip cookies are packed with oats, shredded coconut, and semi-sweet chocolate chips. Sure to be a new favorite recipe! Oatmeal Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe There’s no butter in these cookies. There is, however, chocolate oozing everywhere. These oatmeal chocolate chip coconut cookies are made with coconut oil and if you’ve never baked with it, it’s time to start....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Thursday Things Time for an installment of Thursday Things When I saw an email for this new iphone I got really excited Why? Well, because I love my iPhone and the camera on it is great, but… … The new iPhone is supposed to have an even better camera All you need to say is better camera, and I want this phone. I took the eligibility “quiz” and it seems that November 2, 2012 is the magic date for me for when I could get this for $199....

Home › Recipe Index › Beverages › Alcohol Watermelon Raspberry Slushies Watermelon Vodka Slush — These alcoholic slushies are summertime in a glass! Cool, refreshing, and you’ll want a refill before you know it! Refreshing Watermelon Slushie Cocktail I don’t know what it is about watermelon that I love so much, but every summer I eat my weight in it. I figured it was about time to start drinking it, too....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Weekends Are… Weekends are the best time to bake. And make your house smell delicious. I made something along the lines of these . I better take pictures of the new goodies before the family eats I eat them all. Weekends are the best time to stop and smell the roses. Or the yellow calla lillies. Weekend mornings are made for nice long walks and catching up with my husband....

Home › Recipe Index › Dessert › Pudding & Mousse 4 Chia Seed Recipes & A Blendtec I hope you make the Thin Mint Fudge cuz it’s easy, delish, uber-rich, and the ingredients are readily available. And then the little Raw Vegan Chocolate Chocolate-Chip Cookies from my second post du jour are winners, too. You can always make those if you need to get your chocolate on. But moving right along…One ingredient that’s sorta new to many people in the blogosphere is Chia Seeds ....

Home › Recipe Index › Air Fryer Air Fryer Hot Honey Chicken Air Fryer Hot Honey Chicken — Breaded chicken cutlets are air fried until crispy, then drizzled with spicy-sweet hot honey! This is such a QUICK and EASY air fryer chicken recipe that takes less than 30 minutes to prepare! Oven-baking instructions are also provided. Air Fried Chicken Cutlets with Hot Honey Ingredients for Air Fryer Hot Honey Chicken Make These Recipes with Panko Breadcrumbs How to Make Hot Honey Chicken in an Air Fryer Tips for Air Frying Hot Honey Chicken Recipe FAQs Storage and Reheat Instructions What to Serve with Hot Honey Chicken Air Fryer Hot Honey Chicken Recipe More Easy Air Fryer Chicken Recipes: Air Fried Chicken Cutlets with Hot Honey Did you just get an air fryer for Christmas and wondering what to make with your new toy?...

Home › Recipe Index › Dessert › Cakes & Cupcakes Banana Zucchini Pudding Cake with Vanilla Browned Butter Glaze Glazed Banana Zucchini Cake — With sweet vanilla pudding mix, ripe bananas, and grated zucchini, this cake is fall-apart soft and tender. It’s a snap to make with just a whisk, one bowl, and is ready to be baked in just minutes! Best Ever Banana and Zucchini Cake It seems that I either have no ripe bananas on hand or I have more than I know what to do with....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Cocoa Crumble-Topped Chocolate Mocha Cake I love crumble-topped cakes and muffins. And although I’ve never had or heard of a cocoa crumble, I made it. I was brainstorming about this cake on a long run (I’m running a half marathon this weekend), which is where most of my recipes begin to crystallize. I had chocolate cake on my brain, and a crumble-topped coffee cake , and I married the two....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Dairy-Free Cold Treats About 6 months ago I started trying to make “ice cream” for Scott because he was severely addicted to ice cream. I don’t use that word lightly and here’s why…When we digest milk protein, a protein fragment called casomorphin results. Casomorphins have a morphine-like effect on the brain, which actually addicts someone to milk and dairy products. I wanted to break the dairy addiction in this house....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes February 2012 Recipes In keeping with my plan to recap the noteworthy things that I made for the month, here’s what I made for the month. February 2012 Recipes 25 Vegetarian Super Bowl Party Recipes Spiced Apple Pie Smoothie Homemade Twinkies Mango and White Chocolate Chip Cookies Hot Pepper Jelly and an Intro to Canning Tutorial Flour (a discussion and comparison) Spinach and Red Pepper Frittata...

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Halloween Plans I’m anxious to hear what everyone’s plans for Halloween weekend are. Will you be going out? Or will you be staying in and keeping your pumpkin company? Maybe passing out candy to the kiddos? Being that the “holiday” falls on a Monday, there’s a built-in opportunity to turn this weekend into one big long and drawn out party. Starting Thursday night and continuing through Monday night for some, I’m sure....

Home › Recipe Index › Dips Loaded Tater Tot Dip Loaded Tater Tot Dip — My favorite baked potato toppings, all loaded into this cheesy dip! This easy party dip is made with frozen tater tots, sour cream, meatballs, and cheese!! Easy, Cheesy Tater Tot Dip Recipe Ingredients in Loaded Potato Dip How to Make Loaded Tater Tot Dip What to Serve with Tater Tot Dip Make-Ahead Instructions Recipe Variations Recipe FAQs Loaded Tater Tot Dip Recipe More Easy Party Dips: Easy, Cheesy Tater Tot Dip Recipe The best part of a baked potato isn’t really the potato....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Made it to Aruba, Free Samples, Sleep Amounts and Functioning on Less Hi Friends! Well, we made it to Aruba! It was a long 24 hours of traveling. If you missed my last post about our travel snag , you can read about it here . Suffice to say that direct flights are always best, one connection is do-able , but any more than one connection becomes barbaric....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Marketing Yourself A few nights ago I went to a local photography event. However, it wasn’t so much about photography as it was more about marketing and running a successful business. The free talk was given by Jason Aten and he put on a workshop the following day but I wasn’t able to attend. It was held in Little Italy , a pocket of urban San Diego that’s about a mile from the water, but up high, so the views are great....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Neighborhood Walk Photos, Stop & Smell the Roses Hi Friends! It turned out to be a nice day here, low 60s and sunny so Skylar and I went for a little walk around our neighborhood. Gotta love “winter weather” in San Diego. Here’s a sampling of what we saw on our walk. And it gave me a chance to practice taking pictures with my new camera ....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Out and About TGIF! I hope you have some fun things planned for the weekend. I know that I’ll be spending plenty of quality time at my desk . Yesterday I was organizing my photos and found some pictures I’ve taken in the past week when I’ve been out and about: This Starbucks Blonde Veranda Blend coffee . Do Blondes have more fun? We should ask Marla , a brunette....

Home › Recipe Index › Entrees › Chicken P.F. Chang’s Chicken Lettuce Wraps {Copycat Recipe} P.F. Chang’s Lettuce Wraps {Copycat Recipe} — 💚😋 Skip the restaurant version and make chicken lettuce wraps at home in 20 minutes!! So EASY and they TASTE WAY BETTER!! Easy Copycat P.F. Chang’s Lettuce Wraps Ingredients for Copycat P.F. Chang’s Chicken Lettuce Wraps How to Make P.F. Chang’s Lettuce Wraps Recipe FAQs More Easy Lettuce Wrap Recipes P....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Soft and Chewy Honey Roasted Peanuts and Butterscotch Chip Cookies I broke my own rules. I put nuts in cookies. And I really liked these cookies. Shocking but true. I’ve said many times that I don’t like nuts in baked goods because they remind me of hard little rocks amidst soft, fluffy, and tender delicacies and just ruin the whole experience. It’s a picky thing of mine because I do love nuts on their own ....

Home › Recipe Index › Dessert Star-Shaped Red, White, and Blue Cookies Red, White, and Blue Cookies — Get patriotic with these SOFT, chewy, frosted star cookies that are loaded with SPRINKLES!! No rolling pin required! They’re a holiday WINNER!! Patriotic Red, White, and Blue Cookies Ingredients in Red, White, and Blue Cookies How to Make Red, White, and Blue Cookies FAQs About Red, White, & Blue Cookies Star-Shaped Red, White, and Blue Cookies Recipe More Patriotic Desserts: Patriotic Red, White, and Blue Cookies It’s that time of year for red, white, and blue....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Stevia Plant & Gardening, New Driver’s Licencse, Do you Like Your DL Pic & Are you a Donor? Hi Bloggie Friends! Can I get a big TGIF! I just wanted to pop in and say hi and see how everyone’s doing and see what you’ve got shaking for the weekend? We’re going to spend lots of time outdoors walking around Balboa Park . I’ll hit the gym, the Farmer’s Market on Sunday, and not sure what else, but hopefully just keep it mellow and fun!...