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05.07.2024
Simple Vinaigrette Recipe
This simple vinaigrette recipe is the perfect addition to your salads. It whips up quickly and has the perfect combination of flavors. One of my very favorite parts about summer is the fresh veggies from my garden. I swear, nothing tastes better than tomatoes, lettuce, and cucumbers I grew in my own garden. This delicious…
05.06.2024
Harvard Beets
Harvard Beets are an amazing old-fashioned recipe that you will fall in love with. This is easy to make after you roast beets, and is a fantastic side dish. I am a huge beet lover. My favorite way to eat them is roasted on my salads, but the possibilities are endless. Every single time I…
05.05.2024
Coconut Lime Chicken
Coconut Lime Chicken is an easy one pot recipe that is full of delicious flavor. Your family will love this fantastic dinner recipe. In the quest to regularly bring you easy dinner recipes that are far from boring, let me introduce you to coconut lime chicken. It has a small number of ingredients, but the…
05.03.2024
Dark and Stormy Recipe
This Dark and Stormy Drink Recipe is going to quickly become a favorite. Like a Moscow Mule made with rum, this Dark and Stormy Drink will be something you want to sip on all the time. This Dark and Stormy cocktail is crisp, refreshing, and made with just three ingredients! Did you know that the…
05.02.2024
Shrimp Avocado Salad (Fresh, Healthy, Ready in 20 Minutes)
Shrimp avocado salad is the perfect light and healthy lunch or dinner. Plump shrimp combine with creamy avocado, tomatoes, red onions, jalapeños, and the simplest dressing. This is freshness in a bowl! When you are looking for something healthy and fresh to eat, this shrimp avocado salad is the perfect recipe. The salad ingredients come…
05.01.2024
Oatmeal Rolo Bars
These Oatmeal Rolo Bars are your favorite Oatmeal Raisin Cookies in bar form with the addition of perfect drippy caramel Rolos. The combination of oats, chocolate, and caramel is absolutely amazing. As you probably already know, my Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are my husband’s very favorite cookies. Well, these amazing Oatmeal Rolo Bars are coming in…
04.30.2024
Portobello Mushroom Burger
This Portobello Mushroom Burger recipe is going to be your new favorite healthy meal. This easy, vegan dinner is so packed with flavor that even your heartiest meat eater will love it. When Nathan and I were a young married couple learning how to cook, this was one of the very first meals that we…
04.29.2024
25 Minute Chicken Alfredo Recipe
Chicken Alfredo is a perfect, easy recipe. Made in just about 30 minutes, you will love this delicious pasta dinner. Fettuccine Alfredo is one of my husband’s favorite meals. For years we only had it when we ate out, thinking it was a difficult recipe. As I learned my way around the kitchen, I learned…
04.28.2024
Carne Asada
Carne Asada is an easy recipe that you will fall in love with. Flank steak is marinated in the best sauce and grilled to perfection. It makes for the best tacos! My family has a great little loveseat and chairs with a coffee table on our patio, and we love grilling out there and then…
04.26.2024
Mint Julep
With just three ingredients, you can’t beat the Mint Julep. It is perfect for Derby watching, of course, but you will love sipping on these all summer long. Mint Juleps are the absolute perfect combination of Kentucky Bourbon, fresh mint leaves, and just a dash of simple syrup. As you may know, it is the…
04.25.2024
Pineapple Mango Salsa
This Pineapple Mango Salsa is full of fresh and delicious flavors. It is perfect with chips, but you will love it on top of fish tacos, shrimp tacos, or our amazing chicken tacos. Mexican-inspired food is one of my very favorites. I could eat my weight in tacos, chips, guacamole, and of course, margaritas. I…
04.23.2024
The Best Margarita Recipe
This is hands down the best margarita recipe. With it’s easy to find ingredients and perfect flavor, you will leave all the other recipes behind. We have instructions to make one cocktail or a whole pitcher! This classic margarita recipe has been one of my most popular cocktail recipes for years, and for good reason.…












