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 […]
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Italian Pasta Salad
Italian Pasta Salad is a flavorful side dish with veggies, pepperoni, cheese, and Italian dressing. Perfect for potlucks and backyard BBQs. One of my favorite things about this salad is that you can use the veggies you have on hand, swap things out for your favorite ingredients, and you can make it ahead of time!
Easter Basket Cookie Cups
These adorable Easter Basket Cookie Cups are almost too fun to eat! They are filled with buttercream frosting, chocolate bunnies, and eggs. Easter treats with all their cheerful pastel colors are just the thing we need after a long winter! These edible Easter baskets have a handle, buttercream grass, and festive candies.
Spinach Artichoke Spaghetti Squash With Chicken
This easy Spinach Artichoke Spaghetti Squash recipe with chicken is a delicious comfort food that is full of veggies and flavor! If you like spinach artichoke dip, you’ll love this casserole version that is made in a skillet! It’s easy to prepare and full of flavor.
Triple Chocolate Cookies
Chewy Triple Chocolate Cookies are perfect for chocolate lovers! You can top them with powdered sugar or a chocolate drizzle. Sometimes, you just need chocolate to satisfy your chocolate cravings! These triple chocolate cookies are perfect for the holidays but easy enough to make for everyday occasions.
Mini Candy Houses
Mini Candy Houses are EASY to make, FUN to decorate and look ADORABLE served at holiday parties. Kids LOVE to help make these BITE-SIZED gingerbread houses! One of our favorite holiday traditions from when our kids were little is making candy houses using graham crackers, frosting and lots of candy. Now that the kids are […]
Four Christmas Cookies From One Basic Dough
Kitchen hack for holiday baking: make four Christmas cookies from one basic dough with this recipe. Prepare the dough ahead of time, freeze and bake later! Can you believe that it’s almost November and the holidays will be here before we know it! Everyone knows that one of the best things about the holiday season […]
Thanksgiving Candy Bar Pretzel Bites
These kid-friendly Thanksgiving Candy Bar Pretzel Bites are easy to make with mini candy bars sandwiched between pretzels. At Thanksgiving dinner, kids aren’t very interested in pies, so make them a treat they will love, like pumpkin cupcakes or these Thanksgiving Candy Bar Pretzel Bites. This easy dessert can be made ahead of time. You can […]
Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes
Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes are an easy, hands-off way to make mashed potatoes. The potatoes cook while you prepare the other dishes! Every holiday meal requires mashed potatoes, but they are also a great side dish for weeknight meals. They can be served with just butter, with gravy, loaded, or even as a base for […]
Two Ingredient Dough Garlic Cheddar Rolls
Two Ingredient Dough Garlic Cheddar Rolls are cheesy inside with garlic butter on top. They’re EASY to make with no yeast and no waiting for dough to rise! Sometimes it’s the side dishes that really make the meal and when the side dish is cheesy, garlicky, buttery rolls they can become the star! These Two […]
Mexican Street Corn
Mouthwatering Mexican Street Corn slathered with spicy mayo, sprinkled with cotija cheese and cilantro, and drizzled with lime juice. August is peak season for sweet corn in Minnesota, and the local corn on the cob stands are everywhere! Once you’ve had your fill of the traditional buttered corn on the cob, switch things up by […]
Peanut Butter Bars
These no bake Peanut Butter Bars are dangerously easy to make with just a few ingredients you probably have in your pantry right now. Peanut butter desserts are a weakness of mine and if I were pressed to choose a favorite candy bar, I would have to admit that Reese’s Peanut Cups are the candy […]
Pizza Soup with Homemade Croutons
This hearty Pizza Soup is like comfort in a bowl with a creamy tomato base, mini pepperoni and lots of cheese served with homemade garlic and herb croutons. My family likes all things pizza from macaroni and cheese pizza for dinner, tater tot breakfast pizza, pizza balls for an appetizer to mini fruit pizza for […]
Slow Cooker Taco Soup Recipe
This Slow Cooker Taco Soup recipe is easy to make and so flavorful. Brown the meat and put everything in the crockpot! Serve with corn chips. Slow Cooker Taco Soup is a family favorite from my mother-in-law. The family always requests it when we get together for family celebrations or holidays. It’s perfect for those […]
Red Velvet Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups
Red Velvet Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups recipe for Valentine’s Day with red velvet cookie cups, chocolate ganache, a pretzel handle, and mini marshmallows. With Valentine’s Day sneaking up on us, it was time to share a Valentine’s Day cookie cup recipe! These Red Velvet Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups start with store-bought red velvet cookie dough […]
Valentine’s Day Ideas Test Tubes and Treat Bags
Here are 25+ Valentine’s Day Ideas with FREE printable Valentine’s Day test tube labels for the test tube Valentines or use them for Valentine’s Day treat bags including candy filled Valentines, non-candy Valentine’s Day ideas, and non-food Valentine’s Day Ideas. We are a family that loves puns and Dad Jokes. I guess I shouldn’t say […]
Slow Cooker Cheesy Potato Casserole
Slow Cooker Cheesy Potato Casserole is the ultimate comfort food and the best side dish for holiday parties and potlucks. Topped with French fried onions for more flavor! Who can resist a good old potluck? It’s so much fun to fill up a plate with little bits and bites of the most delicious foods. Cheesy […]
Bacon Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
This crave-worthy Bacon Roasted Pumpkin Seeds recipe makes the best toasted pumpkin seeds EVER! Everyone will love this easy snack or appetizer with bacon! Although my kids enjoy carving pumpkins, the real reason they want to do it is to get the pumpkin seeds. We save the seeds from the pumpkins and roast them. Some […]
Baked Spaghetti Recipe
This Baked Spaghetti recipe is for mini loaves of creamy Alfredo baked spaghetti topped with meatballs and marinara sauce. It’s a Tucci Benucch copycat recipe! There is a restaurant at the Mall of America called Tucci Benucch that I went to with my husband a few months ago. The food was delicious! As usual, I […]
No Bake Monster Cookie Protein Bars
These No Bake Monster Cookie Protein Bars are a chewy, crunchy, delicious breakfast. These energy bites also are a great snack option! Ahhh…the lazy days of summer! Just kidding, it’s more like the CRAZY days of summer. What happened to summer vacation? We’ve got so much going on this summer that it’s going to be […]
Root Beer Float Cookie Cups
This Root Beer Float Cookie Cups recipe is perfect for summer! Make them with root beer buttercream frosting or with real ice cream and root beer for a fun dessert. It isn’t summer until you’ve got root beer floats, right? Or maybe you are like my family, and you enjoy floats year-round. Either way, it’s […]
Chicken Alfredo Spaghetti Squash
This Chicken Alfredo Spaghetti Squash recipe is low carb comfort food that is easy to make. Your family won’t even miss the pasta! Some days, I’m too busy or too lazy to make lunch for myself and I end up eating a protein bar. Other days, lunch is my favorite meal because I am at […]
Slow Cooker Grape Jelly Ribs Recipe
This Slow Cooker Grape Jelly Ribs recipe is perfect for potlucks & family dinners. Put grape jelly, chili sauce, and ribs in crock pot and cook until tender. My husband’s extended family gets together once a year during the holidays. There are so many relatives that they have to rent a space to gather in. We […]
Earth Day Oreo Truffles
This fun Earth Day Oreo Truffles recipe makes bite-sized treats that look like the earth when you bite into them! It’s a delicious dessert for Earth Day. Earth Day is only a couple of weeks away and it’s a good reminder to think about how amazing the earth is and about how it supports life. […]
Chili Cheese Dip
Chili Cheese Dip is perfect for serving at parties and get-togethers! It’s easy to make, flavorful, and full of cheesy goodness! Every party and get-together deserves a fantastic dip, and chili cheese dip is always a popular choice! I made this baked dip in a cast iron skillet surrounded by cheese bites, but you can […]
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pudding Cookies
This easy Chocolate Peanut Butter Pudding Cookies recipe makes delicious cookies that are soft, chewy and crunchy all at the same time! Sponsored by In The Raw. We all have our favorite holiday cookies from sugar cookies to gingerbread cookies. I’m excited to share a new cookie recipe for you to try. They are a […]
Peppermint Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups Recipe
This Peppermint Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups recipe has chocolate cookie cups filled with peppermint ganache and a candy cane handle topped with crushed candy canes and mini marshmallows. Two years ago I shared my Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups recipe and it continues to not only be a reader favorite but it is also a family […]
Cheesy Potato Puffs Recipe
This Cheesy Potato Puffs recipe is a great side dish or appetizer. Crunchy cheese crackers coat these delicious puffs of mashed potatoes. Sponsored by Crystal Farms. When planning dishes for your holiday dinners, who do you mainly have in mind? Adults or Kids? I’ve got to admit that I’m usually thinking about the adults favorite […]
Baked Meatball Wontons
This Baked Meatball Wontons recipe is a delicious party appetizer with a flavorful meatball and melted cream cheese wrapped in a crunchy wonton! Sponsored by Daily Chef Casa Di Bertacchi meatballs which are available at Sam’s Club. We had our first significant snowfall here in Minnesota! Winter is officially underway and the kids are so excited. Today is […]
Gifts From The Kitchen
Try these peanut butter cookies with sprinkles this Christmas to give as gifts from the kitchen packaged in jars and cellophane. This Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe and the tips for giving Gifts From the Kitchen are part of a syndicated EVITE® post sponsored by Crisco®. Photo via EVITE The holidays are a perfect time to […]
Eggnog Truffles
Eggnog Truffles are no bake, holiday cookies that are delicious and easy to make. Add them to your Christmas baking list for when your oven is full! With all of the holiday baking and cooking, I love adding a few no-bake truffle recipes to the line-up for those times when either my oven is already […]
Chocolate Truffle Cupcakes
This Chocolate Truffle Cupcakes recipe makes moist chocolate cupcake with a chocolate truffle stuffed in the middle and chocolate buttercream frosting on top! My birthday was last week and I started on a quest to make Chocolate Truffle Cupcakes inspired by a rich chocolate cupcake I had at Panera. These Chocolate Truffle Cupcakes have a […]