Once the weather cools down, ginger cookies are one of the best sweet treats you can have. They're sweet, spicy, and warm up your throat and soul when the temperatures outside do the opposite. And ...
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Homemade Lemon Bars
Is anyone else a massive fan of all things lemon? As long as it does not taste like cleaning fluid, of course. (So most lemon candies are a no-no). They are sweet and tart at the same time, and ...
DIY Tea Bags (from coffee filters, muslin, or cheesecloth)
DIY tea bags are great to know how to make. Here, we have two versions of tea bags: one is the ball method, which is slightly simpler. The other looks more like a classic tea bag. You'll be surprised ...
easy Key Lime Pie
This key lime pie recipe is pretty darn close to the classic version Grandma used to make, with a few changes to simplify the recipe and save time. Swap out the homemade tart crust in favor of a ...
easy Pound Cake Recipe
If you didn't know, a pound cake recipe gets its name because the cakes are traditionally made with a pound each of butter, flour, sugar, and eggs. This isn't a true pound cake because it doesn't use ...
easy Cheesy Sausage breakfast cups
Crystal Farms© Cheese and I partnered up to make sweet, sweet music for you. Sweet music in the form of delicious food! As always, we saw our own words and think our own thoughts. If your ...
Chocolate Cherry Swedish Almond Cake
This Chocolate Cherry Swedish Almond Cake recipe is sponsored by Bob's Red Mill, created by me, eaten by my family, soon to be loved by you. Find our full disclosure here. This is the homemade cake ...
breakfast egg cups
These fast breakfast egg cups are a delicious and fast breakfast recipe perfect for busy families! Easy to assemble and bake while getting kids moving out the door. “We are a participant in the ...
Tangelo Prosecco Mimosas
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Santa Margherita Wines. All opinions are 100% mine. Find our full disclosure here. While winter may be cold and dreary to some, we here at ...
How To Make easy Chocolate Pot de Creme recipe (fancy chocolate pudding)
Chocolate Pot de Creme. First of all, what the heck does that mean? Exactly like what it sounds like... Chocolate Pot of Cream. Truly, truly, is there anything more beautiful in all the land than a ...
How to Make Molten Lava Cakes
This recipe for easy molten lava cake by my daughter Katie was first seen on Mom 4 Real as a guest post several years ago. But, in true mom fashion, I wanted to share it with you all again. This ...
Easy Homemade Pesto Pizza Christmas Trees
Holiday parties are known for their festive appetizers and snacks, just like hostesses are known for their fancy tricks in the kitchen and loads of free time to make all of these great party snacks in ...
Last Minute DIY Christmas Gift Ideas from the Kitchen
Christmas is right around the corner (THIS weekend! Can you believe it?!) and everyone is rushing for those last-minute gifts that will impress their friends and loved ones. The shopping malls crazy, ...
Personalized Thumbprint Christmas Gift Tags
The season for gift-giving has arrived and we are so excited! We love the process of finding and giving gifts to the people we love. It’s so much fun thinking up gift ideas and hunting ...
Whiskey Pom Cocktail
Stephany from Making it With Stephany is back today with a beautiful and delicious cocktail that is making my holiday cocktail planning far, far easier! This whiskey cocktail recipe features ...
The Argument for a Toy-Free Christmas
You’ve called the sitter; you’ve cleared your calendar, and you’re making bacon at 6 am on a Saturday. You’ve got your list, your hat, and your gloves for what promises to be a long day standing in ...
easy DIY Woodland Animal Sharpie Ornament
It's the perfect time of year to start thinking about great DIY Christmas gifts for your friends and family! These adorable woodland animal ornaments made with Sharpies are the perfect place to ...
DIY Christmas Ornaments
The holidays are almost here, so it’s a great time to get creative with your decorating. We all have favorite ornaments we like to bring out and put on our tree every year to make our ...
How to Make a Teacup Bell Ornament
Is it too early for Christmas ornaments? Sadly, no. The stores are starting in on Christmas already. It's a bit too soon, in my opinion. But...I guess if you want to make your own decorations or ...
easy Apple Pie Bars – with crumble topping
If you have never been to NellieBellie or haven't heard, I am the oldest of 10 children. We are now, for the most part, grown and gone into our adult lives. But, sometimes we haul our butts into one ...
Beer Bread Pudding Recipe
This bread pudding recipe is a classic version with a fun twist...the use of beer. It's easy to make, lighter in calories than most (because of the beer substitute) and will make your comfort food ...
Homemade Bath Fizzes
There is nothing quite like a nice hot bath after a long day or week, is there? Sometimes, as busy moms, it is the only moments that we get a bit of quiet and rest. Perhaps not even then for moms of ...
Gingerbread cookies with eggnog icing
Is there anything that reminds you of the holiday's more than the spicy flavor of gingerbread or the smooth creaminess of eggnog? Those two flavors make you want to grab a family member and sing carol ...
Visit Mankato–Christmas Lights Festival
This post brought to you by Visit Mankato Find our full disclosure here. Christmas is coming, Christmas is coming! Children are at their brightest during the Holiday season, don't you think? Their ...
how to make a peg angel ornament
“This post is brought to you by Plaid and Blueprint Social. The opinions are my own.” Find our full disclosure here. Lovelies, can you believe it's already the middle of November? Yikes!! where ...
the best Homemade Chocolate Cake you’ll ever have!!
This is the best chocolate cake recipe. In the history of best. And chocolate. And cake. This is an easy chocolate cake recipe from scratch to make and the homemade frosting and cake combo is the best ...
ultimate holiday gift guide for the young chef
This gift guide for the young chef has so many fun and quirky gift ideas that are still practical and a great way to get kids involved in the kitchen. Or perhaps you have a kid you can't get OUT of ...
Cranberry Walnut Banana Bread Recipe
What do you do with leftover bananas? Altogether now... "You make banana bread with them!!". We all know that, don't we! Most of us have favorite banana bread recipes passed on to us from generations ...
personalized family art-peg family
I am terribly excited about this little project. In truth, I created this as a personalized gift of family peg art for a Christmas gift but so fell in love with the idea that I ended up making it for ...
Rosemary Grapefruit Mimosa
This mimosa cocktail post brought to you by Andre Champagne. The content and opinions expressed below are that of NellieBellie. Find our full disclosure here. Brunching? Do you do brunching? In my ...
easy DIY cupcake stand
There are projects that I am so very excited about that I forgo important work so that I can make them. This mini domed cupcake stand is one of them. Like the diy ring dish tutorial I recently did for ...
Chocolate Dipped Oreo’s (with edible gold stars)
Not to say your life isn't complete. Okay, really it's not. Not until you have taken an Oreo, dipped it in melted chocolate, and sprinkled it with gold stars that you can EAT. Then, and only then, ...
The BEST mashed potatoes (tips, tricks, & recipe)
Here's the trick: Boil your Russet potatoes with the skin ON. Boil your potatoes whole, with the skin on. Pour off the hot water and replace with ice cold water before peeling (so you don't burn ...
Ginger and Rosemary Cocktail
It's time for another cocktail recipe! Can I just tell you, my friends, how much I enjoy cocktail recipe creation day. My fave day of the month! I adore drinking cocktails, this is true, but I also ...
Easy Cookie Dough Truffles
Tell me the truth. Is there anything more perfect in all the land than Chocolate Cookie Dough Truffles? I don't think so either. Sigh. You wonder how they taste, I bet? Are they really as good as ...
Citrus Linzer Cookies
That recipe title...gah! Honestly, I have no idea what these cookies should be called. They are mostly linzer cookies ... this is true. But they aren't. The cookies are cream cheese roll-out sugar ...
