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Homemade Wisconsin Old Fashioned Mix recipe

April 1, 2019 by AJ Leave a Comment

homemade old fashioned mix

The old fashioned is a staple here in Wisconsin and can be found at pretty much any drinking establishment from your local bar to the finest supper club. It is a cocktail that dates back to the early 1800’s and is still very popular among certain states to this day. It is more than just a drink it is part of the culture here in our state. Supper clubs here are judged by how ...

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Filed Under: From Scratch Tagged With: drinks, recipes

Cheesy Steak and Potato Soup with Bacon

March 30, 2019 by AJ Leave a Comment

Cheesy Steak and Potato Soup with Bacon, this is the best soup we have ever made at home, it uses mashed potatoes as the broth and is extremely flavorful!

Recently my wife mentioned that she was in the mood for a potato soup and being the man that I am I misunderstood her and said “oh I can make potato chowder”, she said no that is not what I want at all and I looked at her with a dumbfounded look on my face. She quickly and eloquently informed me that I was an idiot and did not know what potato soup was. She of course was right ...

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Filed Under: Weeknight Dinners Tagged With: recipes, soup

Movie night nostalgia and yogurt parfaits

March 29, 2019 by Brittany Belling Leave a Comment

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #anepicmovienight #spiderverse #CollectiveBias Mondays are well...Mondays, which is why our family likes to break up the mundane by settling down with a movie night. This week our movie of choice is Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Aliceana has been begging to watch ...

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Filed Under: Desserts

Just Like Grandma’s Apple Pie Recipe

March 26, 2019 by Brittany 13 Comments

It's time to break out your favorite apple pie recipe, because apple pie is great for every occasion. Don't have one? I have you covered!  This recipe uses my "Pinterest famous" four ingredient flaky pie crust, its so easy to make, but make sure you let the dough chill for at least an hour or two before using it for pie! We use an apple peeler corer slicer which quickly does ...

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Filed Under: Desserts Tagged With: apple, pie, recipe

Cookie Butter Milkshake

March 26, 2019 by Brittany 17 Comments

After dinner one night my husband turned to me and said, "I have the greatest idea." Then he headed downstairs and I figured he was grabbing ice cream from our deep freezer. Then he grabbed the Cookie Butter. And we made the best milkshakes I have ever tasted! I can now say that you haven't truly experienced Cookie Butter until you've had it in a milkshake. If you haven't ...

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Filed Under: Desserts Tagged With: recipe, Trader Joes

Garlic Parmesan Crusted Baked Shrimp Scampi

March 26, 2019 by Brittany 18 Comments

  Shrimp Scampi is definitely my weakness. I can't get enough of the buttery garlic goodness that is Shrimp Scampi. I always order it when we're out to dinner, but it gets pretty pricey and they don't serve you nearly enough shrimp. So I thought, I can just make it at home! ...then I thought. How can I make this even more tasty? I'm the kind of girl who will be halfway ...

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Filed Under: Weeknight Dinners Tagged With: dinner, recipes, shrimp

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Dip

March 26, 2019 by Brittany 16 Comments

  Chocolate Chips make everything better, who doesn't smile at the taste of a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie? I know if I'm baking something chocolate and I have spare chocolate chips in the cupboard, you better believe I'm putting some in the batter.  I advise that you make this amazing, addicting, and simple recipe for... Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Dip. Oh, yeah. I ...

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Filed Under: Desserts Tagged With: dessert, recipes

Simple Minions Marshmallow Crispie Bar Layer Cake

March 9, 2019 by Brittany Belling 2 Comments

We made a Minions Cake to celebrate the launch of The Minions Movie. At this point, you've probably encountered photos of every kind of minion decorated dessert that you can dream up. Unfortunately, I'm the worst ever at decorating. So I had to come up with my own minion dessert that had almost no effort required. I took my standard Marshmallow Crispie Bar Layer Cake, and ...

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Filed Under: Desserts Tagged With: cake, Minions, party

Hasselback Tailgate Potatoes

March 8, 2019 by AJ 7 Comments

Easy tailgate potatoes

So this recipe was supposed to be about how to make some delicious ribs on the grill for game day. Then I made these hasselback tailgate potatoes and they stole the show! They are a great way to combine your favorite types of potato. They are basically a baked potato that has been pre sliced to simplify the “loading” process of loaded baked potatoes. Thinly sliced about half ...

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Filed Under: Sides and snacks Tagged With: potatoes

Keeping your pets warm and busy on snow days!

February 1, 2019 by Brittany Belling Leave a Comment

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #proplanprobiotic #CollectiveBias This week was so cold that almost every business in our state was closed for at least a day and a half, schools were closed, libraries were closed, and mail wasn't delivered. It ended up being in the negative 20's for almost 2 days, and ...

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Homeschoolers Guide to Scholastic Book Club

December 28, 2018 by Brittany Belling Leave a Comment

Recently we joined the Scholastic Book Club, I'm not affiliated with the Scholastic Book Club, I just love the nostalgia it brings and it definitely takes me right back to the elementary classroom in the 90's. I think that might be where I became a frugal shopper. I can almost hear 8 year old me saying, "Look at all these books for under $3, if I get a few of those books I'll ...

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Filed Under: homeschooling

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