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07.07.2024
Garden Fresh Gazpacho
This easy Gazpacho recipe is perfect. It is the exact right balance of flavors. If you are growing vegetables in your garden, this is exactly what you should make with them! This easy Gazpacho recipe is one of my favorite summer recipes. Growing up, my parents had the biggest vegetable garden. It was truly a…
07.06.2024
Cream Cheese Frosting
My Cream Cheese Frosting recipe is smooth, creamy, and not overly sweet. This frosting recipe is easy to make and perfect on so many different desserts! If you have been following me for any length of time, you know that my weakness is frosting. I can’t be left alone with it, I can’t be trusted…
07.05.2024
Watermelon Margarita
This Watermelon Margarita recipe is refreshing, colorful and so delicious! Cut up a watermelon for the kiddos, and then snag two cups of it for your new favorite cocktail. I’m so excited to share this cocktail with you guys. I’m obsessed with it! There is something about the combination of tequila and watermelon that is…
07.04.2024
Cucumber Tomato Salad
This Cucumber Tomato Salad is the perfect easy summer side dish. It comes together with simple ingredients and a light dressing. This is delicious enough for entertaining but easy enough for a weeknight dinner. One of my major wins as a mom is my kids’ love of fresh fruits and vegetables. We actually can’t keep…
07.03.2024
Avocado Salsa
Avocado Salsa needs to be on your list to try! It’s like Pico de Gallo but with avocado and it is absolutely delicious. Eat it with chips or add it to your tacos! Taco night is my favorite kind of night. And it’s not just tacos that I love – though believe me, it’s an…
07.02.2024
Zucchini Bread
Zucchini Bread is delicious, moist, and so easy to make that the kids can do it. This is the perfect recipe for your summer zucchini crop. I will never tire of giving you zucchini recipes, there are just way too many delicious things that you can do with them. But probably at the top of…
07.01.2024
Lemon Cheesecake
This Lemon Cheesecake is the perfect lemon dessert. Made with simple ingredients, you will love this great easy cheesecake. Cheesecake is my husband’s favorite dessert. And if it is your loved one’s favorite dessert, I’m going to show you just how easy they are to make. These come across as an intimidating dessert, but they…
06.30.2024
Potato Salad
Potato Salad is a go-to potluck dish for good reason and this recipe is the best. Made with really simple ingredients, you will absolutely love this fantastic dish to pass. There is something so comforting about potato salad. It tastes like being around family who loves you. This fantastic recipe is not only absolutely delicious,…
06.29.2024
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
These Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are perfectly crisp on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside, exactly the way you would want them to be. These Oatmeal Raisin Cookies hold a place near and dear to my heart. They were first published in 2020 when I made the announcement that my wonderful husband, Nathan,…
06.28.2024
Strawberry Mojito
A Strawberry Mojito is the perfect summer cocktail! Fresh strawberries and mint combine with rum in this delicious and refreshing patio sipper. If you love mojitos as much as I do, and I know you do, you are going to love this delicious spin. Adding fresh strawberries doesn’t just add beautiful color to this delightful…
06.27.2024
Red Wine Vinaigrette
Red Wine Vinaigrette is such a simple salad dressing that you will absolutely love. Most of the ingredients are probably already in your pantry for this simple dressing. As you know, I love making my own salad dressings. So when I was coming up with my Cobb salad, I knew I needed to make a…
06.26.2024
Beet Hummus
Beet Hummus is the perfect healthy appetizer you are looking for. It is easy to make and absolutely delicious. This will convert even non beet lovers! Whenever I post any of my beet recipes on Facebook, people freak out. I sometimes get hundreds of comments; each is one of two extremes: “OMG! Beets are the…