This watermelon salsa recipe is so fun when served from a watermelon bowl! It is delicious with chips or on top of grilled chicken or tacos. Does any other fruit say summer as fresh watermelon does? Every summer party, picnic, and backyard cookout from as far back as I can remember included watermelon. We love it […]
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How To Cut A Watermelon
Wondering how to cut a watermelon? Here’s the best way to cut a watermelon into wedges, cubes, sticks, rounds, stars, and balls! Now that you’ve learned how to pick a watermelon you are probably wondering how to cut a watermelon! But before you do, think about what you plan to use the watermelon for. Triangles […]
Watermelon Cupcakes
These fun Watermelon Cupcakes have actual watermelon baked inside with a swirl of buttercream and mini chocolate chips for seeds on top. I recently shared a recipe for a watermelon cake but sometimes it just easier to make and serve cupcakes than it is to serve a cake. So I decided to make these watermelon […]
Watermelon Salad Recipe
This Watermelon Salad recipe is made with spinach, watermelon, glazed pecans and poppyseed dressing. It’s easy to make and perfect for summer! Everyone loves to eat fresh watermelon just the way it is, but since I love fruit on my salads, I decided to try putting it on my salad, and it was so good […]
Watermelon Pizza Recipe
Make this Watermelon Pizza recipe as refreshing dessert! It has a watermelon crust with cream cheese frosting topped with pieces of fruit. Everyone loves fruit pizza, but when you have a delicious slice of juicy watermelon, who needs a cookie crust? This watermelon pizza is a fun way to serve fruit at a party.
Watermelon Cake Recipe
This adorable Watermelon Cake is frosted with buttercream to look like a watermelon, and it actually has watermelon baked inside it! We’ve all seen recipes for cakes made with applesauce or mashed bananas and now it’s time for a cake with watermelon in it! It’s a fun cake to bring to all of your summer […]
How To Pick A Watermelon
Choosing the best watermelon is easy if you remember the 5 S’s for How To Pick A Watermelon: Spot, Stem, Sound, Scale, and Skin. It can be a little daunting to look at the mounds of watermelons in multiple bins when you don’t know which one to bring home with you. There are often several […]
Watermelon Slicer
A Watermelon Slicer makes your job easy! These handy tools come in a variety of shapes and sizes, from a watermelon knife to a wedge cutter. There’s nothing like fresh, juicy watermelon in the summer. After you’ve figured out how to pick a watermelon, now you’re wondering how to cut a watermelon! There are so […]
Cut Out Sugar Cookies
This classic Cut Out Sugar Cookie Recipe is perfect for baking cookies with your family and friends. Make it a holiday tradition! Frosted sugar cookies in fun holiday shapes are the most popular Christmas cookies! They are easy to make, fun to decorate, and everyone loves eating them!
3 Ingredient Ice Cream
This 3 Ingredient Ice Cream recipe is so easy to make you can enjoy it all summer! Use no churn vanilla ice cream to make sundaes and shakes. Did you know that you can make the most delicious ice cream at home without an ice cream maker? We love this no churn vanilla ice cream […]
Fruit Salad Recipe Lemon Vanilla Glaze
This Fruit Salad Recipe is full of colorful fruit with a lemon vanilla glaze on top. Serve it for Easter brunch, as a side salad, or dessert! Fruit salad is always a welcome dish at any meal from breakfast to dinner and it can be made year-round! It is great eaten fresh but adding this […]
Acai Bowl
Start the day with this colorful Acai Bowl recipe! Top each smoothie bowl with fresh fruit, granola, nuts, coconut, nut butter, and honey. These smoothie bowls are a fun way to eat breakfast or enjoy them as an afternoon snack or as a cool, flavorful dessert. Our kids introduced us to acai bowls on vacation, […]
Glazed Pecans
Glazed Pecans are a simple to prepare, sweet, and crunchy treat your whole family will love. Give them as a gift to your friends and loved ones! We like to snack on these glazed pecans and use them on our salads too, like strawberry spinach salad, apple cranberry salad, and watermelon salad. We recently shared […]
Fruit Dip Recipe
This Fruit Dip recipe with cream cheese and marshmallow cream is easy to make and is delicious with fresh fruits from strawberries to apples! It’s pretty hard to make fresh fruit more delicious, but there is something about a fruit dip that brings it to the next level! This is a great recipe to make […]
Strawberry Tart
This beautiful Strawberry Tart recipe has bite-sized pieces of strawberries with a tender shortbread crust topped with whipped cream. There are two fruits that say summertime to me, one is watermelon, and the other is strawberries. I love them both, and although they are available year-round, the fresh summer fruits are the best. This strawberry […]
Snow Cone Syrup
Homemade Snow Cone Syrup can be made in a rainbow of colors and the sky is the limit for flavor options! Use it on snow cones, shave ice, snoballs, or in beverages. Remember standing in front of the snow cone stand and how hard it was to choose which flavor syrup you wanted on top?!! […]
Black Bean Corn Salsa
Black Bean Corn Salsa is an easy appetizer when served with tortilla chips or delicious as part of a meal on top of chicken. This black bean and corn salsa is a tasty combination of vegetables and beans. I love having this salsa with chips, tacos, quesadillas, and chicken! We often serve it in the […]
RedBull Drinks
These RedBull drinks recipes are non-alcoholic beverages that are fun for every occasion. My daughters love testing new flavors and here are some favorites. Coffee shops and cafes in many states sell Italian sodas, but instead of club soda, they use a Red Bull energy drink to make Red Bull Italian soda. Unfortunately, we have […]
Buttercream Frosting
Here’s a recipe for buttercream frosting that is perfect for cakes, cookies, and cupcakes. Once you make homemade buttercream, you won’t go back to store-bought frosting! I use buttercream frosting for so many of my recipes and I realized that I didn’t even have the recipe on my blog. So I am finally getting around […]
Corn Salsa
This Corn Salsa recipe is a Chipotle copycat with corn, peppers, onions, and cilantro. Enjoy with chips or on top of chicken, tacos, or fish! Corn on the cob season is in full swing, and we are loving it! I made some tacos recently and was craving fresh salsa to put on top. So, I […]
Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon Chips
Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon Chips is a tasty appetizer everyone loves! This fruit salsa recipe is easy to make and perfect for many occasions. I’ve been making sweet salsa for years and have several kinds of fruit salsa recipes on my blog, from pineapple salsa to watermelon salsa. But it all started with this fresh […]
Cowboy Caviar Recipe
Cowboy Caviar is a healthy appetizer that is perfect for parties! Serve as a salsa with tortilla chips or as a flavorful side salad with chicken and fish. I was visiting with the receptionist at our dentist’s office recently while my daughter was getting some work done on her teeth. We were talking about recipes. […]
Grilled Barbecue Ribs
These tender Grilled Barbecue Ribs, made on a gas grill, are sweet and spicy with the smoky flavor everyone loves. They are perfect for summer entertaining. This post has been sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Summer entertaining is all about including the outdoors from cooking on the grill and […]
Mini Fruit Pizza
This Mini Fruit Pizza recipe is easy to make with a cookie crust, cream cheese frosting, and sliced fruit. It’s the perfect summer dessert! This Mini Fruit Pizza recipe is so easy to make with store-bought shortbread cookies. It is less messy to eat than the traditional version, and it’s easy to serve at summer […]
Pomegranate Fruit Salsa
This Pomegranate Fruit Salsa recipe is fun to serve from pomegranate bowl at holiday parties! The diced fruit is perfect with crispy baked cinnamon chips. During the holidays we have so many sweet desserts that I decided to make a pomegranate fruit salsa that’s perfect for the holiday season. This pomegranate fruit salsa recipe includes […]
The Best Chocolate Layer Cake
The Best Chocolate Layer Cake recipe has silky smooth chocolate swiss meringue buttercream frosting and a dark chocolate cake dotted with chocolate pieces. I just celebrated my birthday and I this is the cake I made myself. I’m calling it THE BEST CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE. Claiming that something is the best is a pretty […]
Summer Wedge Salad Recipe
This colorful Summer Wedge Salad is the perfect side dish to serve with grilled chicken, steak or fish. It would also be wonderful for a summer lunch. During the summer months, easy recipes are the key. I want to be able to spend as much time as possible with my family and friends, enjoying the […]
Salted Caramel Pecan Bars
This Salted Caramel Pecan Bars recipe is a mouthwatering combination of salted caramel and chocolate with a crunch of chopped pecans. What is it about caramel and salt that go together so well? I know it is partially the sweet/salty thing but it’s not like you take salt and sprinkle it on your strawberries and […]
Sunset Slushie Recipe
This kid-friendly Sunset Slushie recipe is a perfect beverage for sharing with family and friends. Make it as a layered sunrise drink for breakfast too. I made this recipe as part of a sponsored post for BAILEYS® Coffee Creamers. Sunrises and sunset are one of life’s little pleasures. I have hundreds of sunrise/sunset pictures. I’m […]
Blueberry Melon Protein Smoothie Recipe
A blueberry melon protein smoothie is an easy breakfast recipe that is perfect for back to school. It also works as an after school snack or a quick, on-the-go meal. When I was a fourteen, I made my first airplane trip without parents, to visit my relatives in Washington state. My cousins and I had […]
Snow Cone Sugar Scrub Recipe
Snow Cone Sugar Scrub made with coconut oil and sugar is for perfect for summer! It smells like a snow cone and keeps your skin soft and smooth! Raise your hand if you have fond memories of eating snow cones as a kid…or maybe you still love eating them. My husband used to have a […]