Whether your team made it to the big game or not, you know you'll inevitably watch it. Even if you just watch it for the half-time show and commercials. While you're watching, you might as well enjoy some delicious food, right? While watching one of the latest games, we enjoyed some delicious Sweet and Sour shredded chicken sliders with homemade onion rings. My favorite ...
Simple Office and Desktop Cord Organization
January is National Get Organized month, and getting organized happens to be one of my big New Year's resolutions. I've been going a little bit nuts with the organization. I completely overhauled my kitchen this past weekend, I threw tons of things away, donated a huge box of items that weren't our style anymore, and reorganized all of our cabinets. This post contains affiliate ...
How to kid proof your iPad mini
My toddler, Aliceana, has her own iPad mini, mostly because I received it from a company that I work with and I'm not an Apple girl what-so-ever. She's also used a Kindle Fire HD and a Nabi 2 and each of those come equipped with a nice bumper. So I fell in love with having bumpers on tablets for toddlers, it's easier to hold and it protects the tablet from the destruction that ...
DIY Hot Chocolate Station Party Idea
When throwing a party you always want to serve some kind of drink, refreshing punch is perfect for Summer, but what do you make in the middle of Winter when it's freezing cold outside? This post includes affiliate links to make setting up your DIY Hot Chocolate Station even easier for you! How about a little DIY hot chocolate station for a great party idea? All you need is a ...
Raspberry Moscow Mule
Christmas is officially over, take a deep breath you got through all of the shopping, decorating, and months of holiday music. You're through the trenches and it's time to celebrate. What better way to celebrate than with a delicious adult beverage? This raspberry Moscow mule is one of my new favorite holiday drink recipes that will have you saying "Cheers!" in no ...
Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Crackers
Sometimes it’s the simple things in life that can bring us the most joy. These chocolate dipped peanut butter crackers are very simple and easy to make but are deliciously addictive and can be made with both white chocolate and milk chocolate. They are very simple to make but they have such a good peanut butter and chocolate flavor. They are also very easy to decorate with ...
Rice Krispies Layer Cake Tutorial
Rice Krispies bring back so much nostalgia for me, and I was feeling inspired so I ended up making my very own Rice Krispies layer cake. Perfect and simple for parties. I also made a Minions Rice Krispies cake here. It was so much easier than I thought it would be! Here's a little tutorial below, trust me you can make one of these in no time. First I made the Rice Krispies ...
Beer Battered Green Beans
Beer battered anything is usually awesome especially when you are from Wisconsin where we beer batter everything. Beer batter is definitely a Wisconsin tradition that gets handed down from generation to generation. Every family has their own recipe that they claim is “the best beer batter ever”, but it really comes down to personal preference. I know that I have gotten into ...
Our Family Christmas Traditions
This post about celebrating our family Christmas traditions is sponsored by Netflix. This holiday season we have a little list going of all the fun and festive things we get to do as a family to celebrate Christmas. For our family Christmas means spending time together, whether we're baking cookies or cuddled up on the couch with hot cocoa streaming our favorite Christmas ...
OREO Cookie Balls Holiday Ornaments
One of my favorite parts of the holidays are the baked goods and homemade candies. Who doesn't love chocolate covered goodies? My new favorite are Oreo Cookie Balls, a blend of crushed Oreo Cookies and cream cheese covered in chocolate. They almost remind me of bite sized Oreo Cheesecakes, yumm! We made these and decorated them to look like Christmas ornaments, this would ...
Slow Cooker Chili
Chili has always been one of my favorite foods to make as well as to eat, for me it signifies the change in seasons and it is such a blank canvas that is really fun to work with. Chili can be sweet, it can be spicy, or it can be somewhere in between, noodles or no noodles, chili can really become an extension of yourself. It is also a great way to learn some basic cooking ...