if you're like me, you're always looking for a deal at the grocery store to save some money on the grocery bill. also, if you're like me, you're all about dinners that are really easy to put together, especially on days you know are going to be busy or you just don't feel like cooking. so when i ...
recipes
cream cheese cookies with cream cheese frosting and candy cane
if there is anything that screams christmas to me it is candy canes. the look of them, the smell, the flavor.... we even hang them on our christmas tree because to me they just mean christmas is here. so i paired them up with my favorite cream cheese cookies + cream cheese icing to make these ...
easy homemade caramel recipe
homemade caramel. there is nothing better to eat or to make during the holidays, especially since you can use this recipe in several ways: regular soft and chewy caramels like we're going to make today, homemade chocolate-covered caramels, caramel chocolate-dipped pretzel rods, and homemade turtles. ...
homemade rhubarb crisp + le creuset giveaway!
* this is a sponsored post. i was given the au gratin dish from le creuset under the agreement that i'd post an honest review. le creuset didn't require anything beyond an honest post. all opinions are my own. they also provided the second au gratin dish as a giveaway prize. this post also contains ...
easy monkey bread recipe – only five ingredients!
there is something about saturday mornings that make them so inherently different than the weekday hustle and bustle. maybe it's because there's no set schedule, maybe it's because we don't have to go in to work, or maybe it's because my kids - after being so busy and active during the week - take ...
chocolate cream cheese cake bars to die for!
i know i'm not the only one who needs a chocolate fix from time to time, but i don't often have chocolate in my house aside from chocolate chips and cocoa powder. call me crazy, but the chocolate that i love can get expensive after a while and since i don't need the temptation staring me in the face ...
white chocolate m&m popcorn :: friday night movie snack!
friday nights at our house are usually pretty low key and are spent relaxing and spending time together as a family after a long work/school week. most weeks it involves playing outside with dad (or inside, during the winter months), making homemade pizza, and watching either a sports game or a ...
yummy cheesy artichoke dip
dips are a way of life around my house. aside from the obvious ketchup for everything, my kids like to dip their fruit in yogurt or in an otherwise yummy fruit dip. i like to eat my apples with caramel apple dip - it's a serious addiction of mine. and while i love me some homemade salsa to ...
the best and easiest vanilla buttercream frosting :: only 4 ingredients!
my husband and kids looove cake. and who can blame them? cakes and cupcakes are easy and popular and such a great treat for birthdays or just for a fun weekend dessert. i'm not a huge cake fan myself, (unless it involves death by chocolate bundt cake or german chocolate cake - because those are ...
easy three-cheese stuffed pasta shells
i am a huge pasta lover. whenever we go to a restaurant my husband will order steak or some other meaty main dish and i will always, always, and forever order pasta as mine. i think you can always identify a pasta person by their pantry - if they've got 83 or more packages of pasta at any given ...