If you have not ever taken time to stop and take a gander through all the amazing sauces and marinades that live in the Asian aisle of your grocery store, I'd encourage you to stop sometime. Take a look at the sauces. And grab one or two to try. For this one, I used a Thai orange simmer sauce. It's not too sweet...has a great kick to it...just enough spice in the after bite. … [Read more...]
Shredded Hawaiian Chicken Sandwiches
This might just be your new family favorite! Chicken (recommend mixing chicken breasts and chicken thighs for deeper flavor!), crushed pineapple, BBQ sauce. Red onion, if you like. Buns. This chicken is perfectly sweet and tangy...and I like to serve it with the red onions raw. Because I like raw onions like that. If you don't like raw onions, you can cook the onions in … [Read more...]
Salsa Verde Chicken Enchiladas
Yes...4 ingredients. (Not including the side dishes you might serve with these.) Shredded chicken. Salsa Verde. Corn tortillas. Shredded cheese. That.IS.ALL. Enchiladas might seems cumbersome...the rolling, the placing perfectly into the baking dish, the rolling...but when it's just a few ingredients, these are a cinch to prepare. HIGHLY recommend making a second … [Read more...]
Lemon Rice Krispies
This Lemon Rice Krispies recipe is a delicious, fun and summery flavor twist on rice krispie treats! This recipe below calls for yellow food coloring and lemon extract for the flavoring. If you're an essential oiler person, you could sub the lemon extract for a few drops of lemon essential oil or Jade lemon essential oil. (That will keep you from needing to buy lemon … [Read more...]
No Bake Coconut Key Lime Pie Squares
I'm adding this to the "foods that when I eat them, any and all self control flies out the window" list. Right behind Thin Mints and chocolate chip cookies. In general, I'm a sucker for any dessert with chocolate. And now I'm a sucker for these key lime bars. So..so..so..SO..SO rich, smooth and summery-scrumptious! No bake. Coconutty flavors that practically whisk … [Read more...]
Copycat Panera Mac ‘n Cheese
It's the white cheddar. WHITE CHEDDAR. And if you can splurge on some white cheddar from Vermont...DO IT. Because, it's so so so so so so good! And the cracked pepper. There's just something about cracked pepper on homemade macaroni and cheese. This Copycat Panera Mac 'n Cheese is outstanding! Copycat Panera Mac 'n Cheese Totally … [Read more...]
S’mores Pudding Cups
America's favorite summer dessert...without having to start a campfire! This pudding cups make with Oreo cookies and graham cracker crumbs are just perfect. Summertime dessert perfect. Here's what you need. Just mix up the thawed cool whip with the pudding and some crushed Oreo cookies. And start layering... Such a scrumptious summer … [Read more...]
Coconut Banana Bread
Warm from the oven...slathered in butter....YES PLEASE. Also, love this fun twist on making banana bread (loaded with tropical coconut-y flavors) in a Bundt pan. Such a delightful breakfast or snack for you! I do a.l.o.t. of baking to keep up with the hollow legs of my 4 boys, even during these wicked hot summer days and weeks. I get things prepared the night before and … [Read more...]
Clean-Dirty Dishwasher Magnets
No more wondering if the dishes are clean and need to be unloaded, or dirty and need to be washed - thanks to this Clean-Dirty Dishwasher Magnet! We've come to the point in our family life that we have multiply people doing the dishes each day. Sometimes it's my husband, sometimes it's me, sometime's it's my oldest or second or third son! Last summer we implemented a new … [Read more...]
Star Fruit Cookies
It's time to break out the foodie-fun with the kids this upcoming July 4th! Simple sugar cookies, cut with a star shape. Then add some cream cheese homemade icing, and then you can add some sliced strawberries and/or blueberries on top. (These are the star shape cookie cutters that I use!) The perfect red-white-and-blue treat for you and your kiddos this Independence … [Read more...]