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11.04.2018
Easy Taco Cheese Ball Recipe
This Taco Cheese Ball Recipe is going to be your new favorite appetizer! It’s easy to make, has that delicious homemade taco seasoning flavor, and is totally addictive. It’s easy to make and perfect for a party! Happy Sunday friends! Today is the first weekend day my family has had in a while with no…
11.02.2018
Cinnamon Whiskey Sangria Recipe
This Cinnamon Whiskey Sangria is only four ingredients and delicious all year round. It is a particularly amazing spin on my red sangria recipe, perfect for a ladies’ night and even better for holiday get togethers. This is such an easy sangria recipe! This post is written in collaboration with Iowa Corn. I could not…
10.31.2018
Instant Pot Meatballs and Pasta Recipe
This Instant Pot Meatballs and Pasta Recipe is such a great easy dinner recipe that can be made with as few as four ingredients! So since I posted my Creamy Instant Pot Spaghetti, which is so delicious, I have had readers ask if they can substitute in meatballs. And with readers always asking me for more…
10.29.2018
Olive Pizza Appetizer
This Olive Pizza Appetizer is such an easy and fantastic appetizer for a party or get together. It’s made with my pizza dough recipe that never fails. This appetizer recipe is an olive lover’s dream! If you like my Olive Cheeseball, you MUST make this olive pizza recipe. Happy Monday, friends! As I mentioned yesterday…
10.28.2018
DIY Bird Feeder
This DIY Bird Feeder is the perfect easy craft to do with your kids. Made with safe and easy to find ingredients, this homemade bird feeder is a project that I’ve loved to do with my kids since they were little and I know you will love to do with yours as well! Happy Sunday,…
10.26.2018
Caramel Apple Vodka Punch
This Caramel Apple Vodka Punch is the perfect cocktail to serve at any of your grown-up fall festivities. Even better, it’s only three ingredients and comes together in minutes! I love a good caramel apple drink, like this caramel apple sangria or this caramel apple milkshake, and so here’s another one to add to the…
10.24.2018
Pumpkin Spice Homemade Granola Recipe
This Pumpkin Spice Homemade Granola Recipe is absolutely delicious! It tastes just like pumpkin spice and is so addictive! Don’t buy your granola at the store when it’s so easy to make it at home. This recipe is a simple riff on my Homemade Granola recipe and is SO good. It just shows how versatile…
10.22.2018
Southwestern Cheesy Chicken and Rice Casserole
This Southwestern Cheesy Chicken and Rice Casserole is so incredibly easy and so delicious! Made with cheese, instant rice, black beans, corn and just a few other ingredients, your family will LOVE this fast easy chicken rice casserole recipe! This post is sponsored by the Iowa Corn Board. I’m so proud to be working with them…
10.20.2018
Easy Fireball Fudge Recipe
This easy Fireball Fudge Recipe is the perfect recipe to make for the holidays or anytime! An easy fudge recipe made with condensed milk and a few other ingredients that is perfect for the cinnamon whiskey lover in your life! Ever wonder what is the best fudge recipe ever? The answer of course is one…
10.19.2018
Apple Pie Bellini
Everyone loves a good brunch, right? Brunch, with glorious quiche, bacon and of course, the perfect cocktail. This Apple Pie Bellini brings the glorious taste of Fall to the table by taking advantage of simple seasonal flavors that’ll make your taste buds sing! WHAT MAKES THIS BELLINI RECIPE UNIQUE? You will love this twist on…
10.12.2018
Boozy Pumpkin Milkshake
This Boozy Pumpkin Milkshake is the perfect fall grown-up cocktail! With just a few simple ingredients you can make this all season long. Pumpkin! It’s practically its own food group between now and the end of the year. I’ll take it in any form I can. From Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies to Pumpkin Risotto. But…
10.10.2018
Steak Fajita Soup Recipe
This Steak Fajita Soup Recipe is going to be your favorite new comfort food! This soup recipe starts with my fajita seasoning recipe and is like a delicious steak fajita as a warm bowl of comforting soup that you will want to make all winter long! You guys, I have the most soul crushing cold.…












