Weekly Meal Plan Week 109– 10 great bloggers bringing you a full week of recipes including dinner, sides dishes, and desserts!I am pretty excited about tonight. My husband and I are going to a beer and food festival tonight with friends. I love beer festivals. I am a total beer snob. I will drink domestic light beer if I have to, but I prefer craft beer. They just taste way better. Going to a beer festival makes me feel like a kid on … Continue reading →
This King Ranch Chicken Dip is crockpot made and easily shared! You are going to love the the flavor; get your chips ready, you are going to need them!King Ranch Chicken, Beef Lomardi, Johnny Marzetti...how many of us grew up eating these typse of casseroles? My experience with casseroles was a little different; we ate pastitsio and spanakopita instead of casseroles. It wasn't until I started a family that I realized the value of a … Continue reading →
Shrimp Lo Mein is a dish that combines ease and flavor! Saucy noodles, vegetables, and shrimp make take out a thing of the past!Shrimp Lo Mein is one of those recognizable names that we have seen over and over again on take-out menus. It's sort of like pork chops; always on the menu but often overlooked. To me, Lo Mein has always been found in a can. I know, gross right. It's that blue can I would buy in college. The blue can was … Continue reading →
This Butterfinger cake is two layers of decadence! A rich chocolate cake is layered and filled with chocolate ganache and topped with Buttercream and Butterfingers!I was a little nervous about making this Butterfinger cake. I am easily intimidated by layer cakes. I want my cakes to look like this Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake, this Raspberry and Lemon Layer Cake, or this Triple Layer Key Lime Cake (do you see that, TRIPLE layer!). But … Continue reading →
Weekly Meal Plan Week 108– 10 great bloggers bringing you a full week of recipes including dinner, sides dishes, and desserts!Happy weekend! We are going to busy fulfilling our summer bucket list during these last few weeks of summer. Our kids don't go back to school until September 5th you see. We are procrastinators so now there is a mad dash to do all sorts of things we should have done two months ago! Better late than never, … Continue reading →
Crusty French bread loaf is stuffed with all the making of a chicken enchilada. Top off the bread with your favorite enchilada fixings for a super quick meal or appetizer!I know I'm supposed to do my big cleaning projects in the spring, but for me, the start of a new school year signals the time for me to purge crap. I don't even know how all this extra stuff accumulates, but now I want it all gone. Unfortunately for my family, once I … Continue reading →
Creamy, homemade strawberry ice cream made with brown sugar has a subtle, yet deep tasting sweetness that makes this ice cream taste rich and satisfying!You might remember the Breyer ice cream commercials that have kids reading the labels on the back of their ice cream containers as well as the ice cream containers of their competitors. The competition's ice cream labels are filled with words the kids cannot pronounce while the Breyer's … Continue reading →
Forget what you knew about bologna sandwiches, this is a modern take on the "fried" bologna sandwich! Bologna is lightly pan fried and and topped with a super simple beer cheese and jalapenos! I have lived in Ohio my whole life and I've only attended the state fair. I went when I was young, but I do not remember anything about that trip, except for having a vague recollection of enjoying myself. Nevertheless, the state fair has … Continue reading →
Weekly Meal Plan Week 107– 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 →
Peppers, rice, pineapple, bacon and a simple sauce make this pineapple chicken delicious! Foil pans and the grill make it easy to prepare!I hate camping. I see nothing fun about hiking to set up your kitchen and your bedroom. If I'm going to do work I may as well stay at home. At least at home, I know toilets are always nearby. I have tried camping a handful of times. Some experiences weren't so bad. Especially the ones in parks where … Continue reading →
Tender white cake surrounds sweet, fresh peaches in this equal parts rustic and sophisticated peaches and cream coffee cake. While this cake is intended for dessert, I think it is good any time of day!I'm not the adventurous sort of person. I am a scared of everything. I like to play things nice and safe, so when a friend asked if our family would like to join them at their lake house, I excitedly agreed, but then instantly recoiled in … Continue reading →
This creamy cucumber salad is made up with fresh and cool cucumbers that are thinly sliced and coated in a creamy buttermilk ranch dressing! There was a time where I only kept cucumbers stocked as part of my home-facial routine. My sister and I would had a whole set up. We would brush egg on our faces (whites for oil skin, yolks for dry skin), steam our faces with chamomile tea and finish off with a few cucumbers to be placed on … Continue reading →
Weekly Meal Plan Week 106– 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 →