This Plumeria Wreath is the perfect summer front door decoration. Check out my full how-to tutorial on this simple & easy DIY project for the home.
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Mini Crash Cake & Chai Tea Evenings
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This Mini Crash Cake & Chai Tea are the perfect treat for the evening. Just a few ingredients & you have a simple summer dessert everyone loves. What better way to use leftover cake or cupcakes that didn’t turn out quite right?
Mini Crash Cake
Grilled Chicken Skewers
Grilled Chicken Skewers are a fun & easy grilled chicken recipe that’s better than you find at the carnival. Seasoned to perfection & oh so delicious!
It’s grilling season! Have you noticed that we have been sharing more & more grilling recipes here? I’m pretty sure we have grilled 90% of our meals since the weather got nice.
For a while there we had rain, like every single day for a couple of weeks. I thought I was back at the apartment there was so much rain. No fun & I was sure missing the sunshine.
Superhero Sandwich & FREE Printable Toppers & Tattoos
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Superhero Sandwich is a fun meal for kids with these FREE printable sandwich toppers & matching temporary tattoos. Make your kid’s summer adventurous!
Superhero Sandwich
Grilled Corn Pasta Salad
Grilled Corn Pasta Salad is the perfect easy side dish recipe to bring to all your holiday celebrations & backyard BBQ’s. Delicious pasta salad for a crowd.
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Grilled Corn Pasta Salad
White Chocolate Palmiers
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White Chocolate Palmiers are a simple cookie made with puff pastry. Ready in as little as 40 minutes, they make a great addition to summer brunch.
White Chocolate Palmiers
Ice Cream Sandwich Pops
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Ice Cream Sandwich Pops are an easy summer treat to make. Made with a simple ice cream sandwich, chocolate & decorations they are a perfect frozen treat. Make some for all of your celebrations, holidays & backyard BBQ’s this summer.
Ice Cream Sandwich Pops
25 No Bake Desserts
25 No Bake Desserts are just what you need for all your summer celebrations, backyard BBQ’s & more. Cheesecake, cookies, dips & pies- it’s all here to delight!
25 No Bake Desserts
Chocolate Chip Cookie Frozen Yogurt
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Frozen Yogurt is a simple homemade no churn frozen yogurt recipe that is sure to delight! Chocolate frozen yogurt packed full of chocolate chip cookies, it’s an easy frozen dessert recipe you’ll love!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Frozen Yogurt
Strawberry Napoleons
Strawberry Napoleons are an easy dessert recipe made with puff pastry, pudding, strawberries & dusted with confectioners sugar. The perfect summer dessert.
Strawberry Napoleons
Mexican Corn Salsa
Mexican Corn Salsa is a zesty blend of corn, black beans, peppers, chiles & onions sauteed in butter & spices & mixed with a kicky lime crema. Scrumptious! It’s so good by itself or mixed in other dishes.
Mexican Corn Salsa
Italian Coleslaw
Italian Coleslaw is a twist on the classic backyard bbq side dish. Zesty & flavorful, this coleslaw recipe is sure to be a favorite all summer long.
My family sure loves to switch things up in the kitchen. It really doesn’t matter what it is, they are always looking for a fresh twist on the foods we make, even if those foods are classics.
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Cupcakes
Peanut Butter Chocolate Cupcakes are the perfect cupcake recipe for peanut butter and chocolate lovers. The super-easy peanut butter frosting is scrumptious! Topped with a peanut butter cookie and sprinkles- Yummy!
Oh how I love a good cupcake. Lately, we have been on a peanut butter and chocolate kick. Who here loves a good peanut butter and chocolate combo?!
I know I sure do. It’s a favorite for everyone here in our house. No one will turn down a treat with those two flavors.
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Country Kitchen Giveaway
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Country Kitchen Giveaway
Blackberry Lemon Gin & Tonic
Blackberry Lemon Gin & Tonic is one of our favorite mixed drinks. It’s one of those perfect cocktails for a hot summer day. Blackberries, lemon & gin is a delicious combination! Serve it at all your parties & backyard BBQ’s.
This post first appeared over at Real Housemoms where I’m a contributor.
It’s time to break out the flip flops, invite some friends over & host some fun summer gatherings. My mother-in-law loved to really party.
Seemed every weekend she was hosting some sort of get-together with about 50 of her “closest” friends.
gin and tonic
No Bake German Chocolate Cheesecake
No Bake German Chocolate Cheesecake has an Oreo cookie base, simple no-bake chocolate cheesecake & topped with an easy german chocolate frosting! It’s the perfect summer dessert that takes just a few minutes to make!
I sure love a good no-bake treat. It seems to be my “go-to” mantra when the heat starts settling in.
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Vanilla Coconut Black Tea & elevĀte Organic Salads
Vanilla Coconut Black Tea is the perfect refreshing beverage to pair with your lunch or dinner. One of my favorite ice tea recipes that’s so easy to make. Oh how I love homebrewed iced tea.
Vanilla Coconut Black Tea
Weekend Grill Out Essentials
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Don’t start your weekend party plans without these Weekend Grill Out Essentials. The best of the best foods for all your outdoor entertaining this summer! You don’t want to miss these!! YUM!
Weekend Grill Out Essentials
Easy Family Recipes : Dinners
You all- I have a little announcement to make!
I have something I have been working on for a little bit now. I’m sure to most of you, it won’t come as a surprise. I’m writing my first cookbook. Which is absolutely terrifying to type & put out to the world right now. Honestly, my mom begged us for YEARS to put a cookbook together. (This has been a topic in our house for at least the last 10 years) Each & every year I planned on getting to it. Each time we set a goal of getting started by sometime in the summer. Year after year, it didn’t happen. Then my mom passed away & she never got to see it happen. If I really look back, I wasn’t ready then. When she was asking for a book- I didn’t even own a decent camera, let alone know how to use one. So it has taken a lot of years to finally get to the point where I felt like we were ready.
But I still put it off. There was always something more pressing to do. Until we went to SNAP Conference. I had a long talk with Tauni– she’s the creator of SNAP & one AMAZING woman. She basically told me to get over myself, make the time & just do it. Starting with all our family favorites & go from there. In all reality, I probably would have drug my feet a little more & slowly worked on things & maybe rolled it out over the next year or so. I believed her, I did, I just had all this doubt too.
Then something else happened. My hubs left his 20+ year career in the fire service & packed up that helmet for good. Which then left this little ol’ blog as our only source of income. That’s scary, jolting & sort of takes my breath away to think about it. So I can’t put this off any longer. We are diversifying & branching out into the world of ebooks. For all you print copy lovers out there- that will be available too. Easy Family Recipes- Dinners will be available for pre-order soon with the full launch right behind it.
In our first book (with many more to come) we wanted to address everyone’s dreaded question- “what’s for dinner?” In this book, we’re sharing our top 21 recipes that we love to make for dinner time & time again.
We’re covering our favorite beef, chicken & pork dishes that we have been making for nearly 20 years. These recipes are tried, tested & perfected. They have been our “go-to” recipes that we make for guests, holidays & parties. They are always the crowd favorites & I hope you love them as much as we do!
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Right now I’m offering an exclusive offer to receive an extra 10% off the limited time, pre-order price when the book becomes available. Just sign up for our weekly email & once you confirm your subscription you will receive your discount code. Be sure to hold on to that – it’s only available to subscribers!! Pre-order will be here before you know it. All subscribers will be the first to know of all book updates, get exclusive deals on future publications & products & so much more!
So – now that I have told you all, I am fully committed to making it happen.
I’m jumping in with both feet & not looking back! Will you join me?
Peanut Butter Chocolate Snack Mix
Peanut Butter Chocolate Snack Mix is made with popcorn, Chex cereal, M&M’s & peanut butter & chocolate chips making one of our favorite chex mix recipes. It’s seriously one of those recipes I can’t stop eating. Peanut butter & chocolate are always a favorite.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Snack Mix
Memorial Day & 4th of July Fun
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Memorial Day & 4th of July Fun can be easy with this great list of must have items to make all your celebrations patriotic to help you celebrate!
Memorial Day & 4th of July Fun
Coconut Nut Ice Cream Bars
I’m partnering with Weight Watchers® to bring you this fun, simple & delicious treat idea.
Coconut Nut Ice Cream Bars are the perfect little cool down on a hot summer day. Just a handful of ingredients & a few minutes is all you need. Chocolate ice cream coated with a thick layer of milk chocolate & coated with coconut & macadamia nuts is just heaven.
Coconut Nut Ice Cream Bars
Strawberry Cheesecake Parfait
Strawberry Cheesecake Parfait is made with chunks of strawberry topped cheesecake, whipped topping, chocolate syrup & graham cracker sprinkles. A perfect easy treat to serve for Mother’s Day.
Strawberry Cheesecake Parfait
Brown Sugar Pineapple Sundae
Brown Sugar Pineapple Sundae is a tropical dessert idea that’s simple & quick to make. Pineapple coated in brown sugar glaze on top of ice cream, yum! It’s the perfect refreshing frozen dessert idea. This post first appeared over at Real Housemoms where I’m a contributor.
Brown Sugar Pineapple Sundae
Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies
Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies are crisp outside, soft inside. There’s also a secret ingredient that makes them the BEST peanut butter cookies ever! Oh & the fact that they are loaded with mini chocolate chips doesn’t hurt either!
Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies
Tips for Short-Term Moves
25 Memorial Day Recipes
25 Memorial Day Recipes will have your menu set for the holiday. From burgers to kabobs to cheesecake & more. It’s all here & ready to make you drool! So get your grill ready- these are AWESOME!
25 Memorial Day Recipes
Baked Chicken Street Tacos
Baked Chicken Street Tacos are an easy family dinner idea. Quick to make using rotisserie chicken smothered in homemade crema & baked in the iron skillet. Seriously SO GOOD we made them twice in one weekend!
Baked Chicken Street Tacos
Blueberry Ice Cream
Simple Blueberry Ice Cream is a delicious dairy-free, 3-ingredient recipe with just blueberries, bananas & honey. It takes just a couple minutes & a blender! It’s a nutritious dessert that you won’t feel guilty about.
Blueberry Ice Cream
Carne Asada Sliders
Carne Asada Sliders are a great easy family dinner idea that’s perfect for warm weather holidays. The perfect grilled beef sandwich recipe for summer. Loaded with all the good stuff- everyone will RAVE!
Carne Asada Sliders
Monster Cookie Bites
Monster Cookie Bites are an easy no-bake dessert that any M&M lover will ask for time & time again. Oats, peanut butter & honey make these a great snack!
Blueberry Ice Box Cake
Blueberry Ice Box Cake is a simple no-bake dessert idea that everyone loves. Cookies, whipped cream & homemade blueberry pie filling are a perfect combo that you can’t pass up! Definitely the perfect warm-weather treat!
I sure love a good no-bake dessert, don’t you?! I mean, we lived in southern Nevada for a long time before we were blessed to come up here. So I definitely had plenty of time to come up with a whole lot of no-bake goodies designed to help cool down.
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