The other day I shared my recipe for Tex-Mex Stuffed Bell Peppers, well today I'm using that same delicious filling (Italian sausage, chunky salsa, corn, and white rice) to make these Tex-Mex Enchiladas. This was my first ever attempt at making enchiladas, in fact this was my first time eating enchiladas. ...
Better Than Blueberry Pie Bars
Since originally writing this post, this blueberry pie bars recipe is now my go-to for bake sales and gatherings. It's always a hit and so easy to make! I use a stoneware large bar pan for this recipe. I'm always grabbing fresh fruit without any real intentions, it just looks good so I grab it out of impulse and go from there. Probably not the worst thing in the world to buy ...
Blueberry Sweet Rolls
I love blueberries in baked goods, a warm blueberry tastes so perfectly sweet. I love baking with berries in general, but blueberries are definitely among my favorite (they might just be tied with raspberries.) Baking for breakfast is my favorite, breakfast foods are just so much fun. It's also much easier to impress people first thing in the morning, am I right? We just had ...
Four Ingredient Mac and Cheese
When I'm just making dinner for Aliceana and myself, I like to keep it extremely simple. We don't need anything extravagant and by dinner time we're both exhausted. It's time to turn on a short cartoon and whip up something quick. One of my new favorites to make on our girls nights is this easy four ingredient mac and cheese. Everyone loves mac and cheese, and it's even better ...
Perfect Oven Potatoes
I am obsessed with potatoes. I love the idea of oven fries or oven potatoes, but they never seem to work for us, we have to bake them for well over an hour and they're never cooked evenly. It drove me nuts, oven potatoes shouldn't be rocket science! Through years of trial and error I finally figured out the best way to make oven potatoes (rather quickly too!) I make a couple ...
Blueberry Biscuits
The weather is finally getting so nice...ok as I type this it's storming so bad that the lights are flickering and I'm crossing my fingers that we don't lose power, but you know...still better than being freezing cold, right? At this point I'll take any sign of Spring we can get. We've had so much fun this past week spending most of our time playing outside, so much in fact ...
Dollar Store Refrigerator Makeover
I have zero organization in our home, it's pretty ridiculous how unorganized we are. I think a lot of it has to do with cost, I think anyone's home could look like it was on the cover of a pretty organization magazine if you had unlimited funds and access to Ikea and The Container Store. Well, we definitely don't have unlimited funds, and if I use the online store locators ...
Strawberry Banana Smoothies
A couple weeks ago we had gorgeous weather, it was 40 degrees. In Wisconsin that’s basically t-shirt weather. Who am I kidding? I saw a guy wearing a sleeveless shirt yesterday when the temperature was less than 20 degrees, we're all kind of numb to the cold at this point of the year. So of course, we had to have frozen strawberry banana smoothies for lunch, since it was so ...
Carrot Cake Sandwich Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
'Tis the season where it's completely acceptable to sneak carrots in your families desserts, right? We all need some bunny food as we prepare for visits from the Easter bunny. This treat is a refreshing dessert to eat in between stealing Easter candy from your children's Easter basket stash. (I might be crossing my fingers that Aliceana gets a few chocolate bunnies to share ...
How to Plan a DIY Candy Buffet for Your Party
This post does include some affiliate links, so you can set up your candy buffet without leaving your house, and I get a little credit for helping you out. (I'd call that a win-win!) Candy Buffets (or Candy Bars, I avoid the term Candy Bar as everyone thinks I'm referring to chocolate bars) have become a very popular trend at weddings and parties. Personally, I love candy ...
Banana Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
Today I'm sharing one of my all-time favorite family recipes. Banana Bars with cream cheese frosting. I can't count how many times I've eaten this at family gatherings or at my Aunt's house when I would spend the night. My weekly sleepovers at my Aunt's house are most likely the reason why I love to bake. She's always been amazing at baking cookies, but now she's into baking ...