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. […]
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Grilled Pound Cake Dessert
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 […]
Thanksgiving Stuffed Acorn Squash
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 […]
SMOTHERED PORK CHOPS
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 […]
White Chocolate Blueberry Cheesecake
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 […]
CHOCOLATE BANANA SMOOTHIE
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 […]
20 MINUTES SKILLET BBQ CHICKEN NUGGETS
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 […]
SALTED CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT TOFFEE BITES
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 […]
Spaghetti and Meatballs
“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, […]
LEMON CURD CHEESECAKE BARS
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 […]
AVOCADO CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES
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 […]
5 Ingredient Hot Cocoa Mix Microwave Brownies
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 […]
CLEAN EATING TUNA SALMON SALAD SANDWICH
I’ve been meaning to share this recipe with you all for years now. Oh well, maybe not years, but definitely some weeks as we’re talking about really good stuff here. But then terrible pics happened. Followed by hours of me struggling with photoshop in attempt […]
Homemade Apple Pie
I have been longing to return to NYC for quite sometime now, we love visiting the USA in particular NYC. There are many things we love about New York and many reasons I want to return but to share all of them with you would […]
BBQ Ribs Recipe for the Oven & Slow Cooker
It seems so long ago now, but how was your Fourth of July? We had big plans to cook on the grill and get in the pool and hopefully pop some fireworks in our cul de sac for the Fourth. Then a few days before […]