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 […]
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Easy Skillet Beef and Broccoli Recipe
This beef and broccoli recipe is easy to make and more delicious than Chinese take out. It’s a family friendly 30 minute meal everyone will love. The weather here in Minnesota has turned absolutely gorgeous! After the below zero temps a couple of weeks ago, 60 degrees feels balmy and everyone is in a great mood. […]
Chocolate Chip Biscotti
This Chocolate Chip Biscotti recipe is the perfect thing to enjoy with a cup of hot chocolate! Make some to share during winter activities. You can enjoy these crispy, twice-baked cookies year-round, but we really enjoy them in the winter because they are perfect for dunking in hot cocoa!
Crock Pot Chicken Burritos
Dinner is easy to make with these Crock Pot Chicken Burritos! The burrito filling cooks in the crock pot and its ready to fill burritos at dinner time! Not much gets a Minnesota kid more excited than a snow day! Last week, my kids were really hoping that school would be canceled due to the […]
Mini Nut Goodie Bars
Mini Nut Goodie Bars with a fudge-like maple filling sandwiched between chocolate, butterscotch, and peanuts. I usually make Nut Goodie Bars in a jelly roll pan but there are harder to serve and give as gifts that way. This recipe shows how to make them into little bite-sized Mini Nut Goodie Bars. Nut Goodie Bars […]
Bloomin’ Baked Apples Recipe
Bloomin’ Baked Apples taste like apple pie with an ooey, gooey caramel center! This is an easy dessert recipe for fall and it’s made with Honeycrisp apples. Post is sponsored by Socialstars. Every year we wait for the fall and apple season to come around! Growing up, we had an apple tree in our backyard. […]
Bacon Stuffed Waffle Sticks
Bacon Stuffed Cinnamon Waffle Sticks are an easy to make breakfast or brunch recipe that kids will love! They can be eaten plain or dipped in Nutella, maple syrup or even peanut butter. One of my earliest memories of getting hurt was when I touched a hot waffle iron. My mom was making waffles and I climbed […]
S’mores Milkshake Recipe
A S’mores Milkshake which is like a s’more in liquid form! It is super easy to make with vanilla ice cream, chocolate, marshmallows and graham crackers. While most of you have been sweltering this summer, we’ve actually had some cooler days here in Minnesota and I am loving it! I love being able to have […]
Mini Meatball Sliders
Mini Meatball Sliders on garlic breadsticks with spaghetti sauce and melted cheese are perfect for parties! Today we are going for a high of 74 degrees, which is a temperature that we haven’t seen in Minnesota since October 11, 2013! What a winter it has been… that is 6 months of below 74 degree weather. […]
Chicken and Ham Wild Rice Soup
This Chicken Wild Rice Soup recipe contains ham for added flavor. It is perfect for cold winter days! It’s still cold here in Minnesota. So cold that we paid to go ice skating indoors this weekend, rather than using one of the free outdoor rinks. Everyone is sick of the cold weather and the snowbanks […]
Banana Oat Muffins Recipe
Love banana recipes? Try making these Banana Oat Muffins! I love eating them warm, with peanut butter on top. Ahhhh…that is the sound of me relaxing in the peace and quiet of my home, alone for the first time in days. What crazy weather we’ve had lately! From the polar temps here in Minnesota, to […]
Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups
These Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups made with sugar cookie dough are filled with hot chocolate ganache, have a pretzel handle and mini marshmallows on top! Disclosure: Pillsbury provided me with Pillsbury Dough Products. All opinions are 100% my own. Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups are perfect for cold winter days and they are a fun holiday […]
Cherry Cheesecake Dessert Recipe
This Cherry Cheesecake Dessert recipe is creamy and smooth with cherry pie filling and whipped cream. It’s perfect for any celebration! We’ve been having really cold weather here in Minnesota and we’ve gotten some snow but things aren’t as bad as they have been for many of you in the midwest. Some of you have […]
Sweet and Spicy Sriracha Bacon Chicken Bites
This is the time of the year when everyone is looking for appetizer recipes for holiday parties. These Sweet and Spicy Sriracha Bacon Chicken Bites are delicious and easy to make. This post is sponsored by Gold’n Plump. All opinions are 100% mine. Have you jumped on the Sriracha bandwagon yet? I was a little […]
Maple Glazed Pumpkin Coffee Cake
Maple Glazed Pumpkin Coffee Cake with a walnut streusel topping is the MELT-IN-YOUR-MOUTH amazing! Enjoy a warm slice of pumpkin coffee cake with a cup of coffee. When I was in elementary school, my grandma moved from northern Minnesota to only a few miles from my house. She lived in an apartment and I loved […]
Roasted Butternut Squash with Green Apples and Candied Walnuts
This roasted butternut squash recipe includes green apples and candied walnuts. Serve this vegetable side dish with your holiday dinner for a taste of fall. Even though it is quite chilly here in Minnesota, I am still hanging onto fall! Last weekend we drove along the Mississippi River Valley, to check out the fall colors. […]
Ice Cream Cookie Bites
This Ice Cream Filled Chocolate Chip Cookie Bites recipe is bite sized dessert! Wrap chocolate chip cookies around a scoop of ice cream and dip it in chocolate. Some summer days just call for a special treat like these ice cream filled chocolate chip cookie bites! Even though it is called summer vacation, it isn’t […]
Classic Fajitas Recipe
This Classic Fajitas recipe with juicy grilled steak and veggies is easy enough for a weeknight dinner but perfect for a simple dinner party as well! Does your family enjoy grilling? I loved grilled food! I am the one that wanted to buy a grill and I do most of the grilling in our family. […]