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01.09.2015
Mini Cheesecake for Two
This cute little Mini Cheesecake is just perfect for you and your date . . . or if you don’t have a date for Valentine’s Day, just eat the whole thing yourself, and I won’t tell! If you are looking for a small cheesecake recipe, this is the one for you! This past September Nathan…
01.07.2015
Buffalo Beer Bread
Your gameday spread needs this Buffalo Beer Bread and Ranch Dip! Such an easy no rise bread recipe! Want the original? Try my Three Ingredient Beer Bread! It’s my favorite food blogging season . . . GAMEDAY SEASON!! If I could . . . if it wouldn’t make me ridiculously overweight . . . if…
12.22.2014
Cranberry Brie Crescent Braid
This Cranberry Brie Braid could not be easier, but it is gorgeous and makes for a great fancy appetizer! If you love baked brie, but want to change things up, this is the recipe for you. This Cranberry Brie Crescent Braid is the perfect holiday and Christmas baked appetizer! Cranberry and brie go together perfectly…
12.19.2014
Grasshopper Popcorn
This Grasshopper Popcorn is ridiculously easy, fast, and addictively yummy! You guys, I have been CRAZY addicted to popcorn lately. Like all I want come 8 pm is my couch, a quiet house, a little tv, and a bag of popcorn. Okay . . . and a glass of red wine. :) So I was…
12.18.2014
Five Minute Peanut Butter Chocolate Pretzel Bark
This Five Minute Peanut Butter Chocolate Pretzel Bark is about as quick as it gets and SO delicious! With only four ingredients, you can’t beat this easy dessert. I love bark recipes because they are so incredibly easy to put together and even easier to eat. Bark recipes are perfect for gifting around the holidays.…
12.15.2014
White Chocolate Chip Eggnog Cookies
These White Chocolate Chip Eggnog Cookies are full of sweet spices and delicious eggnog taste! Chewy, soft, and delicious! Perfect holiday cookies! I think every year around this time I tell myself, “Next year will be different.” Next year, I will order all my holiday cards and address them in October so that they can be…
12.14.2014
25 Easy Bark Recipes
25 Easy Bark Recipes that are perfect for an easy gift or a fun treat! One of my favorite desserts to make is bark! {In fact, I have two more recipes in the works that I’m hoping to get up before Christmas!} There are so many different variations that you can make, and it usually…
12.12.2014
Hot Cocoa Pancakes
These Hot Cocoa Pancakes are a cocoa lover’s dream! Perfect for a holiday breakfast or any Sunday! There are lots of things I will miss about the baby years. Soft cheeks against mine while we rock in the rocking chair. Nursing, even middle of the night nursing, I will miss. Toothless grins. Ridiculously tiny, ridiculously…
12.11.2014
Easy Neighbor Gift & Easy Teacher Gift {Free Printable}
This {Free Printable} doubles as an easy neighbor and teacher gift! Just add a little popcorn! I love making printables for you guys. It stretches my creative mind, and I (for the most part) just love staring at them when I’m done. I have told you before that I never post a recipe on my…
12.07.2014
Stuffed Eggplant
This Stuffed Eggplant is an old family favorite. Tender eggplant and spicy sausage topped with homemade red sauce, this hearty dish is stuffed with flavor! This Stuffed Eggplant recipe comes from my dear grandma, who passed away when I was eleven. That woman, if she put out a cookbook today, it would be a…
12.05.2014
Cookie Butter Bread Pudding
Cookie Butter Bread Pudding, bread soaked in an eggy cookie butter mixture and then baked with white chocolate chips, making for an indulgent and amazing dessert. Cookie butter and bread pudding are two of my weaknesses. I love both more than is actually reasonable. So of course combining them made total sense. Watch out for…
12.04.2014
25 Easy Fudge Recipes
These Easy Fudge Recipes come in all flavors, but they are all ridiculously simple! You will love these full proof fudge recipes. Easy fudge recipes are my favorite kind of fudge to make. Honestly, is there anything better than an easy fudge recipe? No candy thermometer needed! Some sweetened condensed milk, some chocolate, a couple…