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05.21.2025
Easy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
These new Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars are going to be your new obsession. Buttery soft and with chocolate in each bite, this cookie bar recipe is amazing. I have a beginning baker in my house. She absolutely loves to spend a Sunday afternoon with her bestie making cookie recipes. But…they are still teenagers, and a…
05.18.2025
Quick Pan Fried Parmesan Crusted Chicken
Parmesan Crusted Chicken is an easy but delightful dinner. Parmesan cheese and light panko breadcrumbs combine for the perfect breading on chicken cutlets. Your family will love this crisp and flavorful chicken recipe. I’m always amazed at the way you can take a few simple ingredients and put them together in so many different ways…
05.17.2025
Strawberry Pretzel Salad
This Strawberry Pretzel Salad is a classic! This is such an easy recipe and so perfect for family get togethers. So often classic recipes are classics for a reason, and that is just the case with this one. This Strawberry Jello Pretzel Salad comes together with a few simple ingredients, but is such a hit.…
05.15.2025
Mushroom Swiss Burger
A Mushroom Swiss Burger makes for such a flavorful and delicious dinner. If you want to upscale a burger, this is the way to do it! We love burgers in the summertime (well, really all year long when we use our indoor grill pan). But, as a foodie, there is something I really love about…
05.13.2025
German Potato Salad
German Potato Salad is a classic side that you will absolutely love. The savory and sweet combine with the creamy potatoes and bacon dressing in the most beautiful way. With picnic season just around the corner, a full list of delicious and easy side dishes is a must. This German potato salad is the perfect…
05.10.2025
Hamburger – The Best Recipe for Grilling
This is the best hamburger recipe! Perfectly seasoned, deliciously moist, and with my method, you won’t have any shrinking. With summer right around the corner, you are going to need the perfect burger recipe for grilling this season. This recipe gets its delicious flavors from my hamburger seasoning. When you combine that with my tips…
05.09.2025
Strawberry Daiquiri
A strawberry daiquiri is the perfect way to cool off. This cocktail is easy to make with just four ingredients plus ice! Nothing makes you feel like you are on vacation quite like a frozen cocktail. I typically save frozen daiquiris for a beach vacation, but making them at home is a great way to…
05.08.2025
Creamy Cajun Chicken Pasta
My Creamy Cajun Chicken Pasta is the perfect combination of spicy and creamy. You will love this quick and comforting 30-minute chicken and pasta dinner. This delicious creamy Cajun chicken pasta recipe has been a family favorite for years now. And honestly, it has been a hit with all of you as well! You should…
05.07.2025
Wedge Salad
Wedge Salad makes the perfect side dish for any main meal. With my delicious Blue Cheese Dressing, this incredibly simple salad recipe will be a hit! There is something about a classic Wedge Salad that makes me think of the 1950s and Wisconsin Supper Clubs. It is such a simple but timeless side dish. Though,…
05.06.2025
Homemade Whipped Cream Recipe
Homemade Whipped Cream comes together with only two ingredients and it is perfect for topping all of your homemade desserts and pies. The beauty of making anything from scratch is controlling exactly what is in it and having the peace of mind that it is fresh. Rather than buying Cool Whip or pre-made whipped cream…
05.05.2025
Beef Stir Fry Recipe
My Beef Stir Fry is going to be added to your meal rotation so quickly! With a delicious sauce that works as both a marinade and a sauce for this great dinner, you will fall in love with all the flavors in this simple recipe. My family loves stir fry recipes! We have so many…
05.04.2025
Simple Easy Crepe Recipe
Crepes may seem intimidating, but they are incredibly easy to make at home. Fill them with whatever you like to make a delicious breakfast that everyone will love. In the spring of 2024, my family spent a week in Paris – it was the best! In addition to seeing the Mona Lisa, climbing to the…












