Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes December’s Mail & Product Reviews-Huge Post! Happy New Year!!!!! I hope you all had a great New Year’s Eve if you went out, or stayed in. We stayed in as I said we would be . I actually put my family to bed about 11pm for Skylar and Scott fell asleep about 11:30pm which allowed me time to munch on popcorn and vegan chocolate chips in utter silence while reading a couple new cookbooks....
Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Dusted Off I dusted off this . It has been ages since I had dehydrated anything. Probably almost a year. With the chillier weather and a craving for something warm, last night I fired up the hot box. Being that it runs for hours and hours it’s not the type of appliance I’d run in the summer since my small kitchen tends to get extra toasty when it’s on, but in the winter, I’ll take the “free” heat without turning on the heater....
Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Easy Coconut Milk Kefir, Nooch Sauce, Weekend Roundup Good Morning Hotties, how’s your Monday morning? Did anyone do anything groovy over the weekend? Or better yet, did you all DVR Khloe and Kourtney ? Don’t tell me anything, I haven’t watched it yet. And it’s cheap thrills peeps cuz I only watch two shows… the Real House Wives and K & K . I DVR ’em and watch like 20 minutes at a time while my pumpkin naps in between fueling my bloggaddiction....
Home › Recipe Index › Dessert Kitchen Sink Cupcakes Kitchen Sink Cupcakes — Rich and decadent chocolate cupcakes topped with everything but the kitchen sink including pretzels, potato chips, toffee bits, and chocolate chips! FAST and EASY cupcakes to make because they use a chocolate cake mix base to save you time! Kitchen Sink Cupcakes Recipe Have you heard of Kitchen Sink Cookies ? If you haven’t, they’re the type of cookie that you put everything but the kitchen sink into....
Home › Recipe Index › 30-Minute Meals Loaded Bacon Cheddar Mashed Potatoes Cheesy Bacon Mashed Potatoes — If you like loaded baked potatoes, you’ll LOVE these mashed potatoes with bacon, cheddar cheese, butter, sour cream, and more! A family-favorite side dish that’s perfect for weeknight dinners or holiday celebrations. Irresistible, EASY comfort food! Fully Loaded Mashed Potatoes with Bacon and Cheese Ingredients in Bacon Mashed Potatoes How to Make Mashed Potatoes with Bacon & Cheese Recipe FAQs Make-Ahead Instructions How to Store Bacon Cheddar Mashed Potatoes How to Reheat Mashed Potatoes Tips for the Best Cheesy Bacon Mashed Potatoes What to Serve with Cheddar and Bacon Mashed Potatoes Bacon Cheddar Loaded Mashed Potatoes Recipe More Easy Mashed Potato Recipes: Fully Loaded Mashed Potatoes with Bacon and Cheese If there was ever a rich, decadent, and comforting side dish recipe that your whole family will devour, these loaded mashed potatoes with bacon, cheddar cheese, butter, sour cream, and heavy cream is the one!...
Home › Recipe Index › Dessert › No-Bake Balls, Cookie Dough & Truffles No Bake Peanut Butter Biscoff Cookie Dough Bites I don’t find air travel exciting, fun, or glamorous. In fact, I find it to be one big cattle call steeped in chaos and stress at best, and nearly a strip search and patdowns at worse at the security checkpoints. The only thing that makes air travel better is when I find out I may be flying Delta airlines....
Home › Recipe Index › Thanksgiving Recipes Pumpkin Crumb Coffee Cake Spiced Pumpkin Crumb Cake — 🍁🧡🍂 A FAST and EASY no-mixer pumpkin crumb cake with rich pumpkin flavor! Super soft, tender, and topped with the BEST crumble topping that you’ll just fall in love with! Great as an effortless dessert for holiday entertaining, to serve for brunch, or anytime you need a great little coffee cake! Best Pumpkin Coffee Cake with Crumb Topping Ingredients for Pumpkin Crumb Cake How to Make Pumpkin Crumb Cake Recipe FAQs Storage Recipe Video Tutorial Pumpkin Crumb Cake Recipe More Pumpkin Cake Recipes: Best Pumpkin Coffee Cake with Crumb Topping This pumpkin crumb cake makes me want to curl up on the couch with a cup of coffee, a blanket, a big ol’ piece of cake, and savor every cozy moment....
Home › Recipe Index › 30-Minute Meals Quinoa, Cherry, and Goat Cheese Salad Quinoa, Cherry, and Goat Cheese Salad – Healthy, EASY, and loaded with juicy cherries, tangy goat cheese, snap peas, mint, and more!! The PERFECT light yet satisfying salad with so many great flavors!! I absolutely love fresh cherries and because they have such a short season I find myself wanting to eat them any way I can....
Home › Recipe Index › Breakfast Breads The Best Lemon Loaf (Better-Than-Starbucks Copycat) The Best Lemon Loaf (Better-Than-Starbucks Copycat) — It took years, but I finally recreated it!! Easy, no mixer, no cake mix, dangerously good, and SPOT ON!! You’re going to love this lemon bread recipe! Copycat Starbucks Lemon Loaf Recipe Ingredients in Lemon Loaf How to Make Lemon Loaf Lemon Loaf FAQs What Readers Are Saying Recipe Video The Best Lemon Loaf (Better-Than-Starbucks Copycat) Recipe More Easy Lemon Desserts: Copycat Starbucks Lemon Loaf Recipe This iced lemon loaf cake recipe has been beyond a long time in the making....
Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes They’re Back When I was at Trader Joe’s the other day , I picked up one of my favorite things I can’t believe it’s been a few months since I’ve had these orange gems in my life. I just kind of forgot to replenish my stash and buy some. Bad move on my part. Glad I’ve rectified that problem. I could take down half the bag at a sitting if I didn’t care about possibly turning myself orange...
Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes When It’s a Holiday Week When it’s a holiday week in the middle of the summer, you should: Soak in as much gorgeous weather as you can. Coronado Island Savor and relish every sunny second. Get a pedicure – note to self, need to do this Swing from the monkey bars like you’re five years old and help your 5 year old swing (code for mom does 95% of the work)....
Home › Recipe Index › Entrees › Chicken 30-Minute Stovetop Chicken Broccoli and Rice Casserole 30-Minute Chicken Broccoli and Rice Casserole — This casserole is quick, EASY, and made in one skillet on your stove! No baking required. This recipe is a meal-in-one with protein, veggies, and carbs and is ready in just 30 minutes! It’s perfect for busy weeknights and can be CUSTOMIZED using whatever veggies you have on hand!...
Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Being Grateful & Thankful Are you glad it’s the weekend? I sure am! I’ve been working a ton, being the breadwinner, being mommy, being pulled in so many different directions. It’s time to stop. And give gratitude and thanks. Because that is centering and calming and puts things in perspective. Beautiful weather. 70s, sunny, not a cloud in the sky. Blooming flowers, plants, and palm trees....
Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Bring It With I received a couple items in the past few days that are going to be perfect for our trip . Even though we’re not leaving for a couple weeks, I have a bag that I am putting trip items into as a “pre-packing” attempt so I don’t forget anything I intended to bring with as the chaos of departure week draws nearer....
Home › Recipe Index › Christmas Recipes Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies — Super SOFT sugar cookies that just melt in your mouth!! To make things even better, they’re topped with the BEST sugar cookie frosting! If you’ve ever thought that sugar cookies can be boring or dry, this EASY recipe with frosting and sprinkles will change your mind! The BEST Soft Sugar Cookie Recipe Normally I am not a big fan of sugar cookies because I feel like they’re bland, boring, dry, and fairly tasteless, but that is not the case with these frosted sugar cookies....
Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Happy Father’s Day I want to wish all the fathers a Happy Father’s Day! Skylar made this for Scott at preschool. Her handprints that are cut out and attached to a cup. Which is a pen holder for Scott’s desk. He loved it! I still love what she made me for Mother’s Day so much that I still have it displayed. And I just went back and read the motherhood reflections that I wrote in that post....
Home › Recipe Index › Beverages › Smoothies Make-Ahead Smoothie Freezer Packs Meal Prep Smoothie Packs — Prep your breakfasts and snacks for the week with these easy and DELISH freezer pack smoothie recipes!! They’ll make your mornings and your life so much EASIER!! Smoothie Meal Prep Ideas What You’ll Need to Make Smoothie Packs How to Make Smoothie Packs Can I Use Fresh Fruit in the Smoothie Packs? Can I Add Protein Powder?...
Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Maraschino Cherry White Chocolate Cookies Maraschino Cherry White Chocolate Cookies are perfect for anyone who loves cherries and melt-in-your-mouth cookies. I have a weakness for maraschino cherries. Whether they’re floating in a drink or nestled in cookies, I just want to pick them out and devour. Their candy-like sweetness, their shockingly bright color, and the fact they’ll stain your fingertips or clothes if you get cherry juice on them, and I’ve spilled a few drinks and have the stains to prove it, strangely lend to their appeal....
Home › Recipe Index › Dips Motor City Coney Island Dip(Sloppy Joe Dip) AKA Cheesy Sloppy Joe Dip . I just had to say that right away. I don’t really pay much attention to football except for one thing: football food. Appetizers, bite-sized little things, and of course any and all dips are all right up my alley. I’m helping to promote McCormick’s 50 Dips for 50 States effort during the professional football playoffs this weekend with this dip....
Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Neighborhood Animals, Phobias & Fears Over the weekend I was walking around my neighborhood and saw some animals… A black cat just chilling. I think the cat is well fed. What do you think? And then I was walking past one of the dozens of restaurants within a block of my home, all which have outdoor patio areas, and noticed a man studying. With his two “un-leashed” birds just standing on the railing that bordered the outdoor eating/patio areas....
