Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Double Melted Cheese and Red Pepper Dip Double Melted Cheese and Red Pepper Dip {aka Ro-Tel Dip or Queso Dip} – Make in the micro in 5 minutes. Dangerously fast and easy for when you’ve just gotta have some cheesy dip! I was tempted to call this cheese soup rather than cheese dip because then it would have been okay to just dig in by the spoonful, which is what I wanted to do....
Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Good Books, Making Time to Read, Chocolate or Vanilla/White? Hi Friends! TGIF! Well, it was a short week for those of us who were celebrating Labor Day and didn’t have work or school on Monday. Just means the weekend is here one day sooner! Good deal. Earlier in the week I realized that Skylar had either outgrown or ripped the majority of her pants so it was time to re-stock....
Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Handful Skylar made this little “soap box” with her handprints on it in preschool Complete with a mini bar of soap in it and Germs 101 note affixed I know one day I’ll look back on these handprints and remember how small 4 year olds really are Even though, yes, she’s extremely tall for her age. 100th percentile, just like I was as a kid....
Home › Recipe Index › Dessert › Cookies Homemade Nutter Butter Cookies Homemade Nutter Butter Cookies — Homemade copycat Nutter Butters are so much better than the store bought originals! Creamy peanut butter filling is sandwiched between lightly crunchy peanut butter cookies. Pinches of optional sea salt and melted chocolate drizzled over the tops make these cookies simply THE BEST! Copycat Homemade Nutter Butters Peanut butter cookies, namely Nutter Butter Cookies, have always been one of my favorite treats ever since I was little!...
Home › Recipe Index › Instant Pot Instant Pot Black Beans Instant Pot Black Beans — Learn how to EASILY make PERFECT black beans in an Instant Pot in just ONE hour! Substitute these superior tasting homemade black beans in any recipe that calls for canned black beans including soups, chili, casseroles, burritos, tacos, or your favorite Mexican recipes! Making black beans from scratch is a little treat that is so easy to do!...
Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Making Sushi & Veggie Wraps at Home Hi Friends! TGIF! How’s your day going? I have errands to run and a repairman coming over to look at the water damage and our ceiling from the rain. Thankfully it’s not raining today! In my post the other day about Caribbean Inspired Meals and Recipes , I asked everyone what types of ethic food you like, and also what you’d like to make more of on your own at home....
Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes No-Bake Honey Nut Cheerios Snack Bars Growing up, Honey Nut Cheerios were a pantry and breakfast table staple. No-Bake Honey Nut Cheerios Snack Bars Ingredients ¼ cup creamy unsalted butter half of one stick ¼ cup honey light-colored corn syrup may be substituted and will keep the bars firmer at room temp than using honey ¼ cup light brown sugar packed 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 3 cups Honey Nut Cheerios 1 cup raisins optional (1 cup honey-roasted peanuts, 1 cup chopped almonds, or 1 cup trail mix may be substituted) about 1/2 cup chocolate-covered sunflower seeds optional (I used Trader Joe’s) pinch sea salt or Kosher salt for sprinkling optional Instructions Line an 8-inch square pan with aluminum foil leaving overhang, spray with cooking spray; set aside....
Home › Recipe Index › Dessert Peanut Butter Pudding Cookies Soft Peanut Butter Pudding Cookies — These chocolate-dipped peanut butter cookies are SOFT AND CHEWY on the inside thanks to the addition of pudding mix in the cookie dough! Dipping them in dark chocolate makes for the PERFECT flavor combo!! Easy, Soft Peanut Butter Cookies I am no stranger to peanut butter and peanut butter cookies. I even wrote an entire cookbook, Peanut Butter Comfort , dedicated to exclusively to peanut butter recipes!...
Home › Recipe Index › Dessert Pistachio Double Pudding Cake Classic Pistachio Cake — This pistachio cake is a retro cake recipe that takes just 10 minutes to prep! It’s made with instant pudding mix to make it super flavorful and light! Classic Pistachio Cake Recipe When I told my daughter I was making a pistachio cake, and that it would be green, she was extremely confused. Cake that tastes like pistachios?...
Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Returned my Garmin, Thrify Bananas, Coming Clean & Being Honest About Things Hi Friends! How did your Monday shape up? I felt so busy all day! Monday are my heaviest email traffic day. I’m not sure why, but my inbox always overflows on Mondays with everything from blog-related emails to life’s details. A couple hundred, or more, on Mondays. In between fielding emails and holding down the fort while Scott’s away on another business trip , I went to the gym and then Skylar and I went to a park....
Home › Recipe Index › Soups Slow Cooker Potato Soup Easy Slow Cooker Potato Soup — 🥔🥓🧀 This LOADED potato soup is reminiscent of your favorite LOADED baked potato recipe, but conveniently made in your Crock-Pot! In each bite there are tender potatoes amidst a creamy and cheesy broth, topped with crispy bacon bits, green onions, and topped with cheddar cheese for a COMFORT FOOD delight! Easy to make, great for busy weeknights, picky eater approved, and perfect for chilly weather!...
Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Started Off With A Bang Friday the 13th started off with a bang. Someone smashed Scott’s car windows and broke into his car overnight. There was absolutely nothing in the car to take, but apparently the thieves thought there was. We woke up to broken glass everywhere and we’re getting estimates on how much it’s going to cost to fix, but we’ll have to satisfy our insurance deductible first....
Home › Recipe Index › Dessert › Cookies The Best Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies The Best Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies — Soft, chewy, loaded with chocolate, and they turn out perfectly every time! Totally irresistible!! The BEST Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies Ingredients Can Raisins Be Added? Can I Add Other Mix-Ins? How to Make Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies Do I Have to Chill the Cookie Dough? What’s the Best Type of Oatmeal for Oatmeal Cookies?...
Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Thursday Things Time for this week’s Thursday Things : It’s Skylar’s first day back to school today, Thursday. She’s a big girl now and in first grade. I don’t even know where the last five years have gone. We went to an open house at her school Wednesday evening and everyone’s feeling a lot calmer and more settled about things after doing a dry-run....
Home › Recipe Index › Dessert › Bars & Blondies 20 Beat The Heat No-Bake Treats I think of Memorial Day Weekend as the official kickoff to summer, my favorite time of year. If warmer weather leaves you with a lack of desire to turn on the oven and heat up your house, then these quick, easy, no-bake treats will leave you staying cool. All are No-Bake Many are Vegan and Gluten-Free...
Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Black & White Cookies: Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip & Dark Chocolate Dark Brown Sugar I’ve never smooshed and baked two different kinds of cookie dough together until now. I’m so happy I did. I was going to do peanut butter and chocolate, but thought that a black and white cookie would be fun. These cookies combine two of my most popular recent recipes. The white halves are Softbatch Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies ....
Home › Recipe Index › Dessert Blueberry Muffin Tops Blueberry Muffin Tops — If you like to eat just the tops of your muffins, you’re going to LOVE this EASY recipe for soft and tender blueberry muffin tops bursting with juicy berries in every bite!! Only 1/2 cup sugar in the entire batch!! Buttermilk Blueberry Muffin Tops These muffin tops are light, fluffy, tender, have a tiny bit of chewiness around the exterior, and are bursting with juicy blueberries in the interior....
Home › Recipe Index › Entrees › Chicken Cheesy Chicken Fritters Cheesy Chicken Fritters — These AMAZING fritters include tender and juicy chicken, mozzarella and cheddar cheeses, and an array of spices to give them tons of great flavor! Serve them as an appetizer, on slider buns for sandwiches, or as the main dish! EASY, FAST, and a guaranteed family favorite! Easy Cheesy Chicken Fritters Recipe If you’re looking for the perfect, two-bite, fast, and easy recipe that the everyone adores , look no further than these chicken fritters....
Home › Recipe Index › All Recipes Chewing On… Not many words today. I’m too busy chewing. And these, there are no words anyway. And these Coconut Peanut Butter Magic Cake Bars . The pan is almost gone and I am so sad. They’ve been amazing. I’ve slurped, in addition to chewing, because I need something to wash it all down with, of course. Strawberries and Cream Smoothie What’s been the best thing you’ve done or chewed on so far this weekend?...
Home › Recipe Index › Dessert Easy 4-Ingredient Perfect Peanut Butter Cookies 4-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies — These 4-ingredient peanut butter cookies are made with a secret ingredient…and lots of peanut butter, of course! These are so easy and fast to make! 4-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies Ingredients in 4-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies How to Make Peanut Butter Cookies with Bisquick Make-Ahead Instructions Recipe FAQs Tips for Making 4-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe Video 4-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe More Easy Peanut Butter Cookie Recipes: 4-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies These are some of the easiest peanut butter cookies I’ve ever made....
