Tap here to get 5 Secrets to Stress Free Dinners

LATEST POSTS

Welcome to Simple Joy! Find all of our latest recipes here in the order they were published. Never miss a single recipe!

05.07.2015

Alfredo Skillet Lasagna

Alfredo Skillet Lasagna makes for a delicious and easy weeknight dinner. Creamy white sauce, tender noodles and sweet sausage comes together fast! This Alfredo Skillet Lasagna is one of my family’s favorite weeknight meals. Rich and creamy Ragú® Classic Alfredo sauce is the star of the show along with simple ingredients added to make a…
view post
05.05.2015

Cherry Vanilla Bean Fudge

This Cherry Vanilla Bean Fudge is easy to make and just FIVE ingredients. So deliciously irresistible too! Over the weekend we celebrated our sweet little Piper turning one! I can’t believe that she is already one. Since we tried to get pregnant so hard with our other three kids, but Piper just kind of burst into…
view post
04.29.2015

Copycat Pancake House Pancakes

These Copycat Pancake House Pancakes are perfectly delicious buttermilk pancakes that you can have at home! I’ve noticed something recently . . . . people are super nice to you when you are out shopping with three kids. The other day I was at Trader Joe’s picking up a few things and seriously everyone there…
view post
04.17.2015

Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

These Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars are insanely good! Like you cut off a slice and then suddenly the whole pan is gone good! If you’ve never made brown butter before, watch the video in this post to see how to make brown butter. It tastes amazing and adds such a richness to this…
view post
04.15.2015

Skinny Orange Blueberry Mojito

This Skinny Orange Blueberry Mojito is such a perfect and refreshing drink! If you love this recipe, you’ll love my classic mojito recipe. I realized after we moved into a slightly bigger house that I kind of love entertaining. Girls’ nights in, Christmas morning brunch, Thanksgiving dinner, Fourth of July BBQ’s, big over the top birthday…
view post
04.14.2015

EOS Lip Balm Teacher Appreciation Printable

This EOS Lip Balm Teacher Appreciation Printable makes for an easy and cute teacher appreciation note! Get the FREE PDF printable below, or if you have a Silhouette, grab the cut and print file! When I think back to when Gavin was about three, I remember that I never really let anyone babysit him. Like ever.…
view post
04.09.2015

Butterscotch Toffee Popcorn

This Butterscotch Toffee Popcorn is THREE ingredients and only takes about five minutes to make! Remember the other day when I mentioned that the toddler had the stomach flu . . . Yeah. Well . . . keep that going, multiply it by one kid, add in a five week ear infection that won’t quit in…
view post
04.06.2015

Blackberry Turkey Sub

This Blackberry Turkey Sub is one of my favorite things to order and my favorite restaurant! Simple but FULL of flavor! Did you have a good Easter weekend? Ours was . . . eventful. Old Man Winter decided to give us the finger one last time and left me with a terrible cold and Quinn…
view post
04.01.2015

Overnight Spinach Artichoke Strata

This Overnight Spinach Artichoke Strata makes for a delicious breakfast casserole ready to throw in the morning! It’s come to my attention that Piper was most certainly a Ninja or a Green Beret in a past life. It was a couple of months ago and Nathan and I were snuggling with Piper in bed while…
view post
03.30.2015

Eggplant Raviolini Soup

This Eggplant Raviolini Soup only has FIVE ingredients, comes together easily, and is so delicious! Another updated picture post! You guys, please promise me you won’t go searching for the old photo, okay? I remember when I took the pictures and I thought, “OMG. These photos are amazing.” And I wasn’t actually crazy (#itotallywas), because…
view post
03.17.2015

Samoa Fudge

When you can’t wait to get your Samoa Girl Scout cookies, just make this Samoa Fudge! It is easy to make and full of the best flavor combination of caramel, chocolate, and coconut! It its only five ingredients and it needs to be the next fudge recipe that you make!  For some reason I’ve been…
view post
03.16.2015

Sheep Cupcakes

Sheep Cupcakes! Cute and unbelievably delicious!! I originally made these sheep cupcakes back when Gavin was turning five for his Skylander party. Aren’t they almost too cute to eat? Well, since it’s almost Easter, and sheep are so cute and spring like, I thought the recipe and the photos could use a little updating. Well…
view post

SUBSCRIBE & RECEIVE

5 Secrets to Stress Free Dinners

SUBSCRIBE & RECEIVE

MY TOP 10 EASY DINNER EBOOK!

5 Secrets to Stress Free Dinners

SUBSCRIBE & RECEIVE

MY TOP 10 EASY DINNER EBOOK!