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Cooking, Pancakes

GERMAN PANCAKES

November 16, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Scott and I cook breakfast every Sunday. Never on Saturday but always on Sunday. It’s one of my favorite meals of the entire week because we’re both in the kitchen together whipping stuff up. He makes the best eggs in the world (lately he’s been […]

Cookies, Cooking

Shortbread Cookies with Jam

November 16, 2021 1 comment

A few years ago for my birthday I received one of the best presents—two cooking classes at the local grocery/market with my mom. The first class was for Thanksgiving Pies and the second was German Holiday Cookies. Both were fantastic but I loved the second […]

Cooking, Pie, Pie

Pumpkin Pie – Family Favorite

November 16, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Someone asked recently if anyone had a pumpkin pie recipe that didn’t call for corn syrup because she was having trouble finding one. What?! Pumpkin pie with corn syrup?! No thank you. Actually, I’m sure it would be tasty, but really? My mom has been […]

Cooking, Dinner

Freezer Friendly Spaghetti Meat Sauce

November 16, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Every once in a while recipe magic happens. And by recipe magic I mean your entire family absolutely loves what you’ve put in front of them for dinner. By entire family I mean Scott and Elle. Honestly, I’ll eat anything, especially if I cook it. […]

Cooking, Desserts

Grilled Pound Cake Dessert

November 16, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Can you believe that until last week I had never turned on the grill by myself? For the month of July I decided it was high time to do Operation Use My Grill and I’ve wrangled Scott into participating with me. If you’re not familiar with […]

Cooking

Thanksgiving Stuffed Acorn Squash

November 9, 2021 Comments are Disabled

If you have never tried Acorn Squash…you must! It’s actually my favorite squash out of the whole squash family. It’s sweet but not too sweet and almost buttery after roasted. So pair this with some Thanksgiving like stuffing. OMG, comfort food like no other. All […]

Cooking, Dinner, SlowCock

SMOTHERED PORK CHOPS

November 5, 2021 17 comments

I know I say a lot of my dishes are super easy to make, but this one really is! A pork chop, an apple… and only 1 dish to clean. And if that’s not enough, it’s packed with bold, classic flavors everyone from kids to adults […]

Cooking, Desserts

White Chocolate Blueberry Cheesecake

October 21, 2021 2 comments

Cheesecake is like oatmeal – there is a million ways to prepare it, one yummier than the otherThis week I decided to combine two of my all time favorites in it: White Chocolate and Blueberries. The flavors go together deliciously and with the blueberries on […]

Cooking, Drinks

CHOCOLATE BANANA SMOOTHIE

October 21, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Ask Siri, the iPhone assistant, what is the meaning of life, and one of its more poignant answers is “All evidence to date suggests it is chocolate.” So what do you do if you love chocolate, but it doesn’t love you back? What do you […]

Chicken, Cooking

20 MINUTES SKILLET BBQ CHICKEN NUGGETS

October 17, 2021 1 comment

You guys can have a bowl full of these in less than 20 minutes. And the fact that you’ll just have to wash one pan after the nugget making process will make you happier than eating the nuggets itself. I love me quick easy dinners […]

Brownies, Cookies, Cooking

SALTED CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT TOFFEE BITES

October 17, 2021 Comments are Disabled

These salted chocolate hazelnut toffee bits? Yes yes and yes! They will totally make your day/week/month/year EPIC. I mean, a sweet and creamy date-hazelnut filling covered in a crunchy salted chocolate ganache? How could that not be the bestest thing ever? I’d been wanting to […]

Cooking, Dinner

Spaghetti and Meatballs

October 15, 2021 6 comments

“These are the best spaghetti and meatballs I ever heard.” So proclaimed one of our three-year-old twin daughters. We try so hard not to laugh at her approximations, but when I asked her to say it again, she knew. She knew she’d said something funny, […]

Cake, Cooking

LEMON CURD CHEESECAKE BARS

October 3, 2021 Comments are Disabled

In a perfect world, Mondays would include obscene amounts of cheesecake first thing in the morning. Better yet – in a perfect world, Mondays wouldn’t exist. Especially Mondays before a biochem exam, which are obviously the worst kind of Mondays ever. I mean, those call […]

Cooking, Desserts

AVOCADO CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES

October 3, 2021 1 comment

Happy Monday, I hope you all had a lovely weekend! I’m still studying for my finals, so mine wasn’t the best, but I got to ran almost a full 13.1 miles while I trained on Saturday, which made me incredibly happy! Also, my weekend was […]

Brownies, Cooking

5 Ingredient Hot Cocoa Mix Microwave Brownies

October 3, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Good news guys I think I’ve found the answer to cope with hectic exam weeks. If there is to be one, I bet it is long runs to the new Bruce Springsteen album (oh man, I love it!) and stuffing your face with as much […]