Overnight Cranberry Crush Vodka! – No long soaking retired…instant boozy gratification! So what do you get if you mix vodka with crushed fruit? ….HAPPY!  hiccup. I’ve been cooking, and tasting, and cooking and tasting, and tasting, and tasting today.  Did I mention I have been tasting?  I do it all for you guys…your bewtifal man…I love…
Holiday recipes
Our Holiday recipes are perfect for any level of cook and include Food for a crowd, appetizers and desserts!
Easy Pumpkin Sheet Cake with Cream Cheese Maple Frosting
Easy Pumpkin Sheet Cake with Cream Cheese Maple Frosting! – This delicious sheet cake will feed a crowd of hungry pumpkin eaters and is so easy to make! Cheater, cheater Pumpkin Cake Eater! Â I am calling this a cheater recipe because I posted it several years back when my blog was just a baby. Â I…
Easy One Rise Dinner Rolls for a Crowd
 Homemade Rolls for a Crowd! – The most amazing rolls, made in the most amazing way! They rise in the oven then crank the heat to bake! How to make Homemade Rolls for a crowd with only one rise! Three steps.  No dissolving yeast or even a first rise.  Crazy good too! Step One: …
Make Ahead Ciabatta Sausage and Apple Stuffing
We love this Make Ahead Ciabatta Sausage and Apple Stuffing! Â Ciabatta bread is a perfect bread to make stuffing with, along with apple and sausage this will be your new go to holiday recipe! Holiday dinners are the hardest meals to coordinate. Â The stress-O-meter runs at a constant ten. Â Everything has to be hot, and…
Easy Blueberry Pie Bars
Easy Blueberry Pie Bars!  –  Made with fresh ingredients and the crust does double duty as the topping making this a super easy treat! If I were a blueberry, this is how I would wanna go out…. This recipe is one I posted way long ago, when my blog was just a baby.  Now it…
Chocolate Cream Pie Cookie Cups
Chocolate Cream Pie Cookie Cups! – How cute are these! Â I’l take two! Â Cookie cups made from store bought ingredients that your kiddo’s will love! Wouldn’t the kiddos love to come home from their first day of school to a couple of these beauties! How to make Chocolate Cream Pie Cookie Cups! Not only are…
The Best Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake
The Best Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake!  –  This easy to make incredibly delicious treat will become your favorite cake everrrrr!  The peanut butter layer is just that…plain peanut butter slathered onto of delicious chocolate cake! I have been waiting for this cake my entire life…. period.  Drop the mic.  Walk away.  Boom and Booyah!   Chocolaty…
Easy Layered Greek Dip
Easy Layered Greek Dip! – This comes together in a flash with store bought hummus and few other ingredients.  Great alternative to unhealthy dips! Healthy, low fat, low calorie dip!  I’m always glad to see an appetizer on the healthy side of things when I go to a party.  That way I can hit the cheese…
Fresh Raspberry Almond Cake
Raspberry Almond Cake – An incredibly easy and versatile cake you can whip up using pantry staples and your favorite berry! One bowl, a few ingredients you probably have in your pantry, and you got cake! I used my recipe for Fresh Strawberry Cake with a few tweaks. Obviously I swapped out raspberries for strawberries…I’ll…
Double Chocolate Whiskey Cake with Whiskey Ganache
Double Chocolate Whiskey Cake with Whiskey Ganache! – Whiskey and Chocolate you were made to be BFF’s! Who loves booze and chocolate?  Raise your forks! I have found it…the best cake in the world!  It’s got chocolate, it’s got whiskey, it’s got more chocolate!  It will make your kitchen smell like a distillery! (I mean that…
Hearty Beef and Mushroom Shepherds Pie
Hearty Beef and Mushroom Shepherds Pie! – A favorite around here ! I really racked my brain trying to figure out what to call this dish besides just ‘Shepherds Pie’. Â ‘Fabulous’, ‘Ultimate’ and ‘The Best’ were all contenders. But when I think of this dish…I think ‘Hearty’ all the way. Â In my world of lightened…
Cherry Pie Bars
 Nothing says love like pie! I am not usually known for my pie making capabilities. Just thinking about rolling out pie crust and making the filling wears me out.  But I have a solution! Who’s your buddy? Who’s your pie pal!  You can have your pie and never have to worry about breaking out that rolling…
Artichoke, Feta and Jalapeño Stuffed French Bread
Just in time for the Super Bowl!  Appetizers that travel!  Everything you love about Hot Artichoke and Jalapeño Dip all stuffed into a loaf of french bread. Easy to make, and easy to tote!  This is a take off of my Super Easy Baked Egg Boat recipe. I love the idea of stuffing a store…
Baked Goat Cheese Appetizer
Baked Goat Cheese- This wonderfully gooey appetizer takes almost ZERO time to prep and will leave your guests drooling! Goat cheese is the new Brie! And once you have a little slather of this soft gooey cheese you will never go back.  It’s earthy and herbal, smooth and creamy.  Imagine the texture of ricotta with tons…
Gingerbread Cookie Bars
Gingerbread Cookie Bars are a fabulous way to say ‘I love you’ not just during the holidays, but anytime of the year! It’s a bar, it’s a cookie, it’s a bar, it’s a cookie! Â Who cares what it is…it’s yummy! It’s Gingerbread Cookie Bars! All the flavors of a gingerbread cookie in the convenience of…