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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 . .…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…












