Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Thusday Things: Baking Things Time for a few Thursday Things . A few eye-catching items of the baking variety that I saw included: Mini Non-Contact Laser Candy Thermometer I am the worst when it comes to candy thermometers. Just give me one, and I can assure you that I will get sugar and butter on it that becomes so permanently hardened that you need a jackhammer to remove it....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Time For A… I’ve had one of those days that if there could be a snag or bump in the road, I hit it. Everything from burning my finger on my coffee pot that I thought was cool to dumping a bag of frozen edamame all over the floor to Skylar ripping her favorite pair of pants and having her own snag-alicious day....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Twas The Day After Christmas ‘Twas the Day After Christmas here in Aruba . And it’s been another spectacular one. We have been blessed with the best weather of our trip the past couple days and I am so grateful. So if you’re tired of me droning on about the blue skies and palm trees in Aruba… And turquoise water… And sandy beaches…...

Home › Recipe Index › Entrees › Pasta Zuke Noodles Hi bloggies, how are you doing today? I’m doin’ bueno. Scott’s here for the day so I get a little reprieve on the 24/7 parenting duty and I’ll keep things a little lighter today than I did in yesterday’s weekend recap & mental musings on pushing too hard, too fast post. I’m really grateful for all of you who take the time to comment and for new readers who are swingin’ by and also for older ones who are de-lurking....

Home › Recipe Index › Breakfast Breads › Quickbreads Banana Bread with Vanilla Browned Butter Glaze Posting my definition of the perfect banana bread recipe has been on my mental and blogger to-do list since about 2009 when I posted my last banana bread recipe and with this recipe, I can finally check that task off my to-do list. In an ironic twist of timing, Monday August 27 is National Banana Lovers Day ....

Home › Recipe Index › Dessert Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake Blueberry Coffee Cake with Streusel Topping — An EASY, no-mixer cake studded with juicy blueberries and topped with big buttery streusel nuggets that are just SO GOOD!! Not overly sweet and PERFECT with a cup of coffee for breakfast, brunch, or a snack!! Homemade Blueberry Coffee Cake To make this blueberry coffee cake recipe, I used an easy, no-mixer cake that’s adapted my favorite buttermilk cake base that I’ve used for so many cakes including: Homemade Funfetti Cake , Vanilla Cake with Vanilla Bean Browned Butter Glaze , Lemon Buttermilk Cake with Lemon Glaze , The Best Pineapple Upside-Down Cake , Caramelized Banana Upside-Down Cake and many more....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Cheesy Taco Casserole Growing up in the Minnesota meant that I ate lots of casseroles growing up. Except we called them “hot dishes”. Since I’m no longer living in Minnesota I thought casserole was a more universal term than hot dish so the recipe title reflects casserole, even though in my heart, it will always be a hot dish to me. Growing up, we needed hearty and warm food in our bellies to sustain us through those cold, long winters....

Home › Recipe Index › Breakfast Breads Easy Irish Soda Bread Easy Irish Soda Bread — A FAST, EASY, and foolproof recipe for classic Irish soda bread with an optional but fabulous twist of Irish whiskey-soaked raisins! A lightly sweetened crunchy crust with a soft interior, you’ll want to make this quick bread recipe year round and not just for Saint Patrick’s Day! Easy Irish Soda Bread Recipe Saint Patrick’s Day is sneaking up on us and that always makes me crave Irish soda bread....

Home › Recipe Index › Extras Fun and New Dansani Drops We all know it’s essential to consume enough water every day, but we have to take care of more than just our bodies and it’s important to take time each day to relax and refresh. It’s also important to hydrate with enough water everyday, but sometimes plain water can get a little boring. To combat this, lately I’ve been loving the new DASANI DROPS® Infusions and have been keeping the bottles in my purse and gym bag....

Home › Recipe Index › Breakfast Breads › Yeast Breads Garlic Herb Rolls 😋💛 🧄 Garlic Herb Rolls are made with plenty of garlic, fresh rosemary, and herbs. Soft and fluffy, they’re a must-have for family dinners or celebration meals like Thanksgiving and Christmas. If you’ve never made homemade dinner rolls, don’t worry. I explain it all and walk you through the steps, and make it EASY for you to master homemade rolls!...

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Green Day Saturday, August 15th , 2009 is a day after my own heart: International Green Smoothie Day ! What are you going to do to celebrate? The Green Smoothie Queen is having a contest where you can win either a Blend-Tec blender or an Excalibur 9 Tray Dehydrator . May be worth the $5 bucks to enter… I’ll be celebrating by having a green juice , kinda like the one I made today, which both Scott and I agreed was my best concoction so far ....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes iPhone Arrived & Brownie Recipes Thank goodness that after my iPhone was stolen on Monday, my new phone arrived late Wednesday. UPS came to the house earlier in the day, didn’t ring the bell, and left. I realized this hours later when I saw a sticky note on the door. I called them and they sent the driver back to my house. At 6pm....

Home › Recipe Index › 30-Minute Meals Kale Caesar Salad with Fried Chickpeas Kale Caesar Salad with Crispy Chickpeas — A fresh spin on Caesar salad with an easy, whisk-together dressing that’s loaded with bold flavor!! You won’t miss croutons when you’ve got crispy chickpeas that are insanely good!! Homemade Caesar Salad … with Kale! I love everything about this salad. It’s not a traditional Caesar salad, and that’s what I love about it....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes New iMac I spent my Sunday buying and then setting up this bad boy! A new iMac! I can already tell you that it was worth every second of time and every penny spent because I am already in love with my new computer! It’s so much faster than my 4+ year old pin-wheeling-from-hell old Mac. <—I discussed that already and anyone who has a Mac loathes the pinwheel....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Granola Bars Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Granola Bars – The bars are loaded with texture, very chewy, dense, hearty, and so satisfying. Finishing them off with a drizzle of melted butterscotch chips or peanut butter chips is a nice touch and rounds out the flavors. The combination of peanut butter and oats is a favorite and I never tire of it....

Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Shopping Finds & Deal of the Week, Returning Items, Persistence How’s everybody’s weekend going so far? We just went on a nice long power walk through Balboa Park as a family and there’s still the whole afternoon to take advantage of. I love weekends! I’m actually planning on getting together with a friend of mine who I haven’t seen in 10 months as soon as I publish this post....

Home › Recipe Index › Dessert › Cookies Soft and Chewy Snickers Chocolate Chip Cookies Soft and Chewy Snickers Cookies — 🍪🤎 Soft, moist, and tender in the interior with perfectly chewy edges! Calling all Snickers candy bar fans, these are for you! Save this recipe when you have extra candy on hand from Halloween or the holidays! Easiest Snickers Cookie Recipe What’s in the Snickers Cookies? How to Make Snickers Cookies Can the Cookie Dough Be Made in Advance?...

Home › Recipe Index › Christmas Recipes The Easiest Foolproof Fudge The Easiest Foolproof Fudge Recipe — Look no further than this recipe for the EASIEST and most FOOLPROOF fudge that takes less than 3 minutes to make!! Customize it with your favorite add-ins like cranberries and walnuts! Great for gifts and cookie exchanges!! Easy Fudge Recipe If you’re a fudge fan but have not had success with other recipes or have been afraid to try making it because it seems complicated, this is the recipe that will put all of that to rest....

Home › Recipe Index › Dessert › Bars & Blondies Two-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cup Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bars Easy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars (with PB Cups!) — Looking for things to do with store-bought cookie dough? Look no further! These are the ultimate lazy chocolate chip cookie bars and everyone LOVES them! My Go-To Lazy Cookie Bars There are only two ingredients in these bars. And they’re gluten-free . How’s that for keeping it easy....

Home › Recipe Index › Chips, Crackers, Snack Mixes & Nuts › Party Mixes Vegan Chocolate PB Chex Mix, Broccoli Salad, Sweet Potato Fries I’m glad the cute Raw Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls caused such excitement! Sounds like they brought some cheer to an otherwise hum-drum Monday. Couple reports back from the field already were that they do work with almond or even just whole wheat flour. Moving along…....