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 →
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 … Continue reading →
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 →
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 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →