Food and Recipe Blog - Lemons for Lulu

S’mores Ice Cream Cake

July 21, 2017 Leave a Comment »

Homemade marshmallow ice cream makes up the filling in this easy S'mores Ice Cream Cake! Pound cake, chocolate sauce, and graham cracker crumbs make up the rest of this easy, no-bake treat!You may or may not know this, but National S'mores Day is August 1oth. Not sure how that came to be and I'm not really sure I care. I don't really get into food holidays. I missed Donut Day, Brownie Day, Cookie Day, Margarita Day... all of this. I love each of those foods, but I'm not sure why we are taking one day to celebrate them. We should celebrate these glorious foods all year long!By the time August 10th rolls around, I'll forget it's National S'mores Day. But that day might be important to you, so I'm giving you an easy treat to make in honor of that "holiday". I've already … Continue reading →

Breaded Shrimp Sushi Bowl

July 20, 2017 1 Comment »

Crunchy shrimp, veggies, and a tangy chili sauce get served over rice in this breaded shrimp sushi bowl! This dish has all the flavors of shrimp sushi but it will satisfy your appetite, unlike two bite sushi!Every time I walk into my Kroger store I find my friend, the sushi lady. She's not actually an acquaintance of mine, but her familiar face feels like that of an old friend. I spot her face and I instantly smile. I love sushi and the … Continue reading →

Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo

July 19, 2017 Leave a Comment »

Chicken Broccoli Alfredo is a simple pasta dish that is as simple as it is comforting!

Broccoli Alfredo tastes delicious and creamy, but is a little lighter than most Alfredo recipes! This recipe is easy and filling too! My youngest's only worry each day is how to occupy her time. Sometimes she plays with her friends all day and some days you can find her with her chin resting on the palm of her hands in total boredom. I know when she is bored there is a level of expectation that I am going to provide … Continue reading →

Weekly Meal Plan #105

July 15, 2017 2 Comments »

Weekly Meal Plan Week 105 – 10 great bloggers bringing you a full week of recipes including dinner, sides dishes, and desserts! I hope you enjoy this week's meal plan! I may start with the cocktail then work my way up and down this menu. It is a winner! Here is the line up for the meal plan is week: Monday - Soup/Salad/Seafood/Meatless - start the week off with something a little lighter. Tuesday - Mexican - Tacos, enchiladas … Continue reading →

Frozen Key Lime Pie Waffle Cones

July 14, 2017 6 Comments »

Frozen Key Lime Pie is the perfect summer time treat! The waffle cone makes it fun to eat!

Six ingredients stand between you and these sweets! Store bought waffle cones are filled with a simple frozen key lime pie filling. Who needs actual pie when you can have portable pie cones! Somedays you have enough energy to go all out with dinner. You spend the day preparing a sweet and savory brisket for the family and add easy scalloped potaotes and oven roasted carrots on the side just to be sure your loved ones are … Continue reading →

Ranch Soft Pretzel Bites

July 13, 2017 5 Comments »

Soft pretzel bites are coated in melted butter and ranch seasoning for the perfect snack! Don't forget he Buffalo sauce!

Soft, doughy and soft ranch pretzels are going to be the easiest snack you've ever made! With this recipe, you'll find yourself making homemade soft pretzel bites all the time!Our favorite family restaurant serves the most amazing soft pretzels and beer cheese. I mean they are killer. Our family of five has to place two orders, and we still fight over who gets the last one. The recipient of the infamous "last one" would be my son. He … Continue reading →

Dirty Chai Popsicles

July 11, 2017 Leave a Comment »

These dirty chai popsicles are lusciously creamy and sweet. They pick you up and cool you off too. This is my definition of a total superfood!I started drinking coffee when I was about seven years old. My coffee to cream ratio was about 90% milk with dissolved sugar and 10% coffee. I think the only reason I ever asked for coffee in the first place was I found a ceramic Donald Duck mug that I thought was the greatest thing ever. I asked … Continue reading →

July 8, 2017 Leave a Comment »

Weekly Meal Plan is here to help make your life easier!

Weekly Meal Plan Week 104 – 10 great bloggers bringing you a full week of recipes including dinner, sides dishes, and desserts!Here is the line up for the meal plan is week: Monday - Soup/Salad/Seafood/Meatless - start the week off with something a little lighter. Tuesday - Mexican - Tacos, enchiladas and more! Wednesday - Pasta/Italian - pasta doesn't have to mean Italian, so look for all sorts of fun dishes. Thursday - Rice/Asian - … Continue reading →

Lean, Green Buddha Bowl

July 7, 2017 Leave a Comment »

This Buddha Bowl is good food! Quinoa, grilled chicken and veggies are topped with a green goddess dressing that is out of this world!

Quinoa, green veggies and grilled chicken make this Buddha Bowl a lean, green flavor machine!Lately, it seems that every time one of my kids asks what's for dinner I just say "chicken" as if that tells them everything they need to know. We all know the truth is there are thousands of differents ways to serve up chicken. I could be making Jamaican Jerk Chicken, Alice Springs Chicken Pasta, Buffalo Chicken Soup or Chicken Cobbler. Those … Continue reading →

Bourbon Strawberry Milkshake

July 6, 2017 Leave a Comment »

Strawberry milkshakes make everything better, so does a little bourbon!

This strawberry milkshake is creamy, cool and full of bourbon! This is a sweet adult, boozy, sippable treat!One of my best memories of my Panama Canal Cruise onboard the Coral Princess are of the relaxing afternoons spent by the pool. I was able to nap, read, and nap some more. After my second nap, I would wander over to the endless soft serve ice cream bar. A cool milshake would cool me down and reinvigorate me enough to spend a little … Continue reading →

Weekly Meal Plan #103

July 1, 2017 Leave a Comment »

Weekly Meal Plan Week 103 – 10 great bloggers bringing you a full week of recipes including dinner, sides dishes, and desserts!Here is the line up for the meal plan is week: Monday - Soup/Salad/Seafood/Meatless - start the week off with something a little lighter. Tuesday - Mexican - Tacos, enchiladas and more! Wednesday - Pasta/Italian - pasta doesn't have to mean Italian, so look for all sorts of fun dishes. Thursday - Rice/Asian - … Continue reading →

The Best Summer Salad Recipes

June 30, 2017 Leave a Comment »

Every cookout and pot luck needs good summer salad recipes! We have a collection of delicious salads that will be perfect to share at any at any occassion! Simple Wedge Salad with Homemade Blue CheeseChicken Salad SandwichCreamy Broccoli SaladAvocado Chicken Salad CrostiniHoney Lime Fruit SaladMediterranean Orzo SaladRoasted Potato Herb saladCouscous Chicken SaladLobster Cobb … Continue reading →

Mediterranean Salmon (Sheet Pan)

June 29, 2017 Leave a Comment »

This Mediterranean salmon is baked simply with vegetables all in one sheet pan!

It's hard to believe that something so simple can have so much flavor! This Mediterranean salmon features a seasoned and flaky fish baked with fork-tender vegetables. This like meal is healthy, lean but so delicious!My son was complaining the other day about how the air conditioning went out in his school. He couldn't believe how hot it was and that all they had to cool themselves with was a little fan. He wasn't going to get any sympathy … Continue reading →