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09.21.2021
Pumpkin Spice Syrup
Pumpkin Spice Syrup is incredibly easy to make and perfect for making a pumpkin spice coffee at home. Add a splash of this each morning for a great fall treat. Something I use in my drink recipes all the time is Simple Syrup. It is easy to make and is a great way to add…
09.19.2021
Easy Shrimp Scampi
This easy shrimp scampi recipe is the perfect pasta dinner that comes together in just about 30 minutes. Perfectly cooked shrimp is smothered in a garlic and butter shrimp scampi sauce. This is restaurant quality food at home! Sometimes simple recipes are the best. This isn’t an overly complicated recipe, but that doesn’t mean it…
09.12.2021
Pumpkin Cookie Dough Dip
Pumpkin Cookie Dough Dip combines everything you love about cookie dough and pumpkins and puts it together in a delicious easy dip recipe. This pumpkin dip is a keeper! This Pumpkin Cookie Dough Dip is an older recipe, but I thought it needed a photo face lift as well as a tweak of the recipe.…
09.07.2021
Crockpot Meatball Recipe
This Crockpot Meatball Recipe makes the most perfect Italian meatballs. Created off of my grandmother’s Italian meatballs, this recipe is perfect for busy nights. In the quest to find dinners that we can walk away from during the rush of busy afternoons, let me introduce you to these amazing Crockpot Meatballs. Based off my amazing…
09.05.2021
Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup
Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup is the ultimate comfort food! Your favorite soup recipe, but creamy and delicious. This soup recipe is a perfect side, but hearty enough to be dinner! Soup is one of my favorite dinner recipes because it comes together so easily and I can make a big steaming pot of it full…
09.02.2021
Tomato Bisque
This Tomato Bisque is so easy to make and home, and is the perfect light lunch or side for dinner. Serve it with some crusty bread and a salad for the most comforting of meals. As we come back to soup season again for another year, I wanted to share with you an old classic…
08.31.2021
Edible Sugar Cookie Dough
Edible Sugar Cookie Dough is such a delicious and easy dessert recipe. This is the perfect thing to make with kids and would make a great gift as well. Whenever I share my Edible Cookie Dough on Facebook, I typically get at least one person who says, “Wait. Isn’t all cookie dough edible?” Listen. If…
08.29.2021
Cowboy Caviar Recipe
Cowboy Caviar is one of my favorite appetizer recipes! It is easy to make, has the perfect balance of flavors, and is always a hit with guests! I want to live in a world where it is socially acceptable to sometimes just eat appetizers for dinner. Because, I have in fact eaten a whole recipe’s…
08.22.2021
Cream of Mushroom Chicken
This easy Cream of Mushroom Chicken is made completely from scratch with instructions for a great short cut! The creamy sauce that smothers the chicken has is rich and deep, despite coming together in just over 30 minutes. The other day on Twitter someone was encouraging others to not look down on people for using…
08.21.2021
Quinoa Stuffed Peppers
Quinoa Stuffed Peppers are the healthy dinner recipe you’ve been looking for! This delicious recipe is going to win over even your picky eaters. My kids absolutely love stuffed peppers. I love that it is a complete meal and that we have found so many great ways to spin it. You can find our full…
08.19.2021
Homemade Old Bay Seasoning Recipe
This Homemade Old Bay Seasoning is easy to throw together! We have so many great recipes that uses this delicious seasoning mix. A few years ago, I went to Maryland and had the most amazing dinner. Small blue crabs that we cracked and ate at the table. They were coated in Old Bay Seasoning. We…
08.14.2021
Shrimp Fajitas
Shrimp Fajitas are an easy delicious weeknight dinner idea your whole family will love! The simplicity of this meal will make you come back to it over and again. Every weekend we ask our kids what they want for dinner the upcoming week. Inevitably, someone immediately suggests chicken tacos. It is, without a doubt, one…












