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06.19.2015

Crab Pasta Salad

This Crab Pasta Salad is a family recipe, one of my favorites! Packed with veggies and delicious flavor, it’s a staple at summer BBQs! This crab pasta salad is made with Italian dressing and either Spike or Old Bay Seasoning. It is made with imitation crab, though you could certainly substitute real crab meat int…
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06.17.2015

Triple Berry Cobbler Pie

This Triple Berry Cobbler Pie combines the amazing flavors of blueberry, raspberry, and strawberries in an amazing pie with a crumble topping. It’s like a cobbler and a pie combined, so good! Even though my house isn’t excessively dirty . . . I mean I’d like to think that we are at least a good…
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06.08.2015

The BEST Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

This is the best Vanilla Buttercream Frosting recipe. Make this easy buttercream frosting recipe and you’ll never want cake without vanilla buttercream again. Or eat it with spoons.  We love using this vanilla frosting recipe on all sorts of cookies and cakes, but my absolute favorite is on top of these perfect sugar cookies! You…
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06.03.2015

How To Make Pizza on the Grill

How to Make Pizza on the Grill! This is our absolute favorite way to make pizza, and we do it once a week in the summer. Let’s talk about my family’s favorite thing to make on the grill:  Pizza! We have pizza off the grill once a week during the summer. We use our favorite…
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05.29.2015

Make Your Own No Bake Cheesecake Bar

Make Your Own No Bake Cheesecake Bar! A super fun idea for parties, and easy too! Just make the filling, put out crackers for the crust and toppings and done! Thank you Horizon for sponsoring and inspiring this fun idea my kiddos loved! With summer break just on the horizon, I’m kind of . .…
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05.26.2015

Strawberry Basil Sangria

Such a perfect and easy summer cocktail! This Strawberry Basil Sangria is exactly what your summer BBQ or picnic needs! Did you have a good holiday weekend? We WORKED. We pulled weeds, bushes, edged, and spread mulch. Whenever we spend weekend time doing stuff like that we feel like such grown ups afterwards, because let…
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05.22.2015

Watermelon Coconut Agua Fresca

This Watermelon Coconut Agua Fresca is so easy and tastes like summer! Perfect for a hot day!  If you follow me on Instagram and Twitter . . . and . . . . ummm {cough} if you don’t . . . . . maybe we want to fix that . . . .? {crickets} Then…
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05.18.2015

Cookie Butter Magic Shell

This Cookie Butter Magic Shell is a delicious ice cream topper that comes together with just two ingredients. A fun twist on the classic ice cream treat! This Cookie Butter Magic Shell combines two of my very favorite sweet treats into one yummy ice cream topper. As a kid I loved the crunchy magic shell…
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05.14.2015

Krispy Kreme Pie

Krispy Kreme Pie! Yup. I made a whole pie out of Krispy Kreme Donuts. You’re welcome. I could not be more excited about this post today! Today we are celebrating the incredibly talented, Ashton Swank of Something Swanky! I first “met” Ashton back in 2012 when she hosted an amazing Online Blogging Conference. I am…
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05.11.2015

Strawberry Basil Mojito

This Strawberry Basil “Mojito” is made the same way you make a mojito, but with basil instead of mint. Such a delicious and refreshing drink perfect for summer! How was your Mother’s Day weekend? Mine was a combo weekend of my birthday and Mother’s Day . . . and just being a mom to three…
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05.08.2015

DIY Cake Smash Photo Shoot

Take those cute pictures of your baby’s first birthday and them eating their cake right at home with this DIY Cake Smash Photo Shoot!  I’m not going to lie. One of the main reasons for this post is to show off my baby. Isn’t she adorable?? Okay, moving on. So I love all those cute cake…
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