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Recipes
easy Homemade Peanut Butter Cups (healthier)
I love love love all things peanut butter and chocolate. Chocolate and peanut butter. Peanut butter. Chocolate. Any combination of the two is simply life-altering. No, that is absolutely not dramatic. ...
the BEST Homemade Sloppy Joe Sauce
This is the best homemade sloppy joe sauce you'll find! Don't get your sloppy joe sauce from in a can, use this easy and simple from scratch recipe! Perfect amount of spice, sweet, and ...
easy Jalapeno-Pineapple Ham Recipe
A crazy simple recipe for brown sugar glazed ham with sweet pineapple and spicy jalapeno. You'll be finding every excuse to bake up this ham. Our family's favorite ham recipe (we serve this up with ...
Butternut Squash Cake Recipe (naturally sweetened)
WAIT! Before you jump to the recipe for this butternut squash cake be sure to check out the tips for cooking with butternut squash and how you can make this cake even if you don't have a whole squash ...
Natural Red Velvet Cake
This chocolate beet cake is absolutely magical and one of our favorite homemade cake recipes. Not only does it not have any dairy or dairy products (we used coconut oil as a substitute for butter or ...
Whiskey Brown Sugar Glazed Carrots
Baby carrots in a sweet brown sugar and whiskey glaze are the BEST side dish. Super easy to make (grab my favorite cast iron pan!) and the bourbon adds a subtle lift to the traditional glazed carrots ...
Breakfast Corn dogs (pancake sausage on a stick)
These Breakfast Corn dogs are a favorite breakfast for your family! We use pancake mix and breakfast sausage to make these Jimmie Dean knock-off's fast and easy! So good! If you love breakfast food ...
Baked Coffee Cake Donuts {with Whiskey Frosting}
Baked cake donuts. Baked COFFEE donuts, no less. EASY baked coffee donuts. EASY FAST baked coffee donuts with, wait for it... WHISKEY Frosting. I know, I just can't. Can't go on without these in my ...
Berry Cinnamon Roll Monkey Bread
This berry monkey cinnamon roll bread recipe is incredibly easy, and super delicious. Using cinnamon rolls, this pull-apart bread goes together in a short time! You'll never need to go back to ...
The Ultimate List of Breakfast Oatmeal Recipes
Oatmeal is one of the best breakfast foods, really. It gives you a great start to your day while keeping you full for everything you need to do. But the pre-packaged oatmeal, flavored with combos like ...
Jalapeño Popper Toppers
This post is in partnership with NABISCO and Coca-ColaⓇ to bring you this Jalapeño Popper Topper recipe and Tailgating Tips & Tricks. Find our full disclosure here. It’s football season! Is ...
Chicken Wing round up
Guys, chicken wings. They're the best. They are perfect for dinner, games, and when you have visitors. My family loves chicken wings, whether boneless or bone-in. They might always be messy, but ...
Ultimate Crock-Pot Chocolate Cake (self-frosts)
Although you have seen versions of a crockpot chocolate cake that use a cake mix and pudding mix, can I encourage you to try making this from scratch chocolate cake recipe instead? This chocolate ...
Cake Mix Valentine’s Day Cookie Sandwiches
Aren't these Valetine's Day cookie sandwiches precious? These Valentines Day cookie sandwiches are cute as can be, oh so tasty, and incredibly easy to make. They only take a total of four ingredients ...
quick & easy Shepherd’s Pie
Shepherd's Pie (it seems that many of us don't know how to spell shepherd and the #1 Googled spelling is Shepard's pie? Go figure.) is a classic comfort food recipe. Like Tater Tot Hotdish, and ...
Creamy Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad
What do you get when you take a buffalo and a chicken and a pasta salad and smoosh them together into one delicious, flavorful recipe? Buffalo chicken pasta salad, of course! Be sure to check out ...
one-layer Maraschino Cherry Cake
This cherry cake recipe is in partnership with our favorite brand, Bob's Red Mill. Guys, why have I never made cherry cake before? You know how much I love homemade cake recipes. I've had this one ...
Homemade Dog Treats Recipe
I am beyond thrilled to partner up with the Animal Humane Society on this homemade dog treats recipe. To say that we love dogs in our house is an understatement. So many of you can relate, I'm sure, ...
the BEST Gingerbread Cookies
We adore gingerbread cookies around here, because they never fail to make us feel warm & cozy, happy & healthy, & full of joy! I make my best gingerbread cookies and leave them ...
Cranberry Orange Scones with Rosemary
Is there anyone in the world that doesn't have a love affair with scones? I doubt it. Scones are sweet and buttery and light and flaky all at the same time. Add to that their ability to meld all sorts ...
The Best One Bowl Homemade Pineapple Cake
Oh my gosh guys, this pineapple cake! Like seriously, you guys. This is the cake you'll be making ALL THE TIME and wonder how you lived without this homemade cake recipe. So freaking flavorful, freaky ...
Squash and Wild Rice Soup with Cooking Wine
This Squash & Wild Rice Soup is sponsored by Holland House, all opinions are my own. Warm butternut squash, sausage, and wild rice combine into a hearty, deeply satisfying cold-weather favorite. ...
the best old-fashioned Peanut Butter Cake (with coffee buttercream)
This Peanut Butter Cake recipe is in partnership with Bob's Red Mill, all opinions are our own. This old-fashioned Peanut Butter Cake brings the best of creamy peanut butter and sweet cake together ...
Swedish Toast Skagen (Shrimp Toast)
Disclosure: This Toast Skagen is sponsored by Pepperidge Farm in conjunction with Blog Meets Brand and I have been compensated for my participation. All opinions are my own, always and forever. Find ...
Barbecue Chicken Pizza
This BBQ Chicken Pizza is my personal favorite pizza of all the homemade pizza recipes. I am allll about barbecue chicken pizza! Easy to make, full of yummy flavor, and a family Top 40 recipe. We ...
Philly Cheesesteak Wellingtons
Little bundles of puff pastry are filled with the classic Philly Cheesesteak. These wellingtons are so easy to make, utterly delicious, and soon to be a family favorite. Easy to make ahead, ...
The Ultimate List of Recipes for Chocolate Cake!
We've gathered the best chocolate cake recipes from around the internet in one place. These are the best homemade cake recipes stuffed with chocolate in all forms, flavors, and sizes. You'll find a ...
Homemade Caramel from Sweetened Condensed Milk (multiple versions!)
Did you have any idea how easy it is to make homemade caramel from sweetened condensed milk? If you didn't, keep reading. If you did, I bet there are a couple of new ways to do it that might interest ...
Baked Chicken and Tomato Cobbler
Cobbler filled with chicken thighs, tomatoes, goat cheese, and fresh herbs is everything you could need today. It is comforting, fresh, filling, and easy to make. Basically, it's a baked chicken dish ...
Juicy Lucy Meatballs
It's absolutely essential, if you are from MN, that you know what a Juicy Lucy is. And not just know what it is...have partaked in its gloriousness at one of the "original" Juicy Lucy locations in ...
Lemon Sponge Cake with Lemon Curd, Rosemary Buttercream, and Candied Pecans
This lemon sponge cake is in partnership with Bob's Red Mill, one of our favorite company's to fill our pantry with. This homemade cake recipe is a vintage lemon sponge cake made from scratch ...
Mini Pumpkin Pecan Pie Bites
To simply call these Pumpkin Pecan Pie bites is so normal and boring. Maybe Itty Bitty Bites of Fall Goodness that Make You Smile would be better suited. I don't know. But, these little mini ...
Spiced Pear & Apple Pie
This is a delicious fall pie full of sliced pears, apples, spices, and flavor! This uses a classic homemade pie filling and amps up the flavor with sweet pears and spices. My personal favorite pie ...
Wade’s Brandy Apple Crumble Pie
If you go through fall without making an apple crumble pie, have you really gone through fall? Probably not. Wade's Brandy Apple Crumble Pie is full of delightful fall flavors, inside warming brandy, ...
Dark Chocolate Satin Pie
A decadent, rich Dark Chocolate Satin Pie. Similar to a French Silk Pie but made with dark chocolate resulting in a richer, more decadent filling. So good! You probably aren't watching my Facebook ...
