We always grill on Memorial Day weekend. It's just tradition. Being in the backyard with the boys running around, maybe a sprinkler going, smelling the deliciousness coming from the grill, and hearing neighborhood children chatter and play all around us. Love it! Wishing you an enjoyable and memorable Memorial Day as we celebrate and honor all the men & … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Raspberry-Blackberry Crisp
So this started out as a blackberry crisp...then as I started pulling it all together to cook for dessert, it morphed into a blackberry-raspberry cobbler. Crisps usually have oats in them, this one doesn't...it's made with yellow cake mix. This poor dessert recipe is having a bit of an identity crisis - it's part crisp-part cobbler, but really it's a cobbler. But let me … [Read more...]
S’mores Dip
Because it's just too hot to have a fire here in the summer. I know this isn't true for everyone...especially my friends who live up north. Summer evenings are perfect for campfires and s'mores! But if you live in the south like yours truly and the thought of a campfire in the summer makes you want to melt, you can do this instead. A s'mores dip. Made in the slow … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Berry Crisp
Pardon me while I just take the slow cooker insert and just start eating right out of it. Because I thought about it. Then I thought, I should just have this for dinner...the whole thing...all for me. Sometimes I have these "selfish chef" moments...where I want it all to myself, and this....THIS. This is one of those. If it wouldn't look awkward for me to place the slow … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Peach Cobbler Recipe
Welcome to the 31 Days of Summer Slow Cooker series that we'll be hosting here in May! This is the first recipe that we're sharing in the series and I thought we should start with a dessert. Ya know, because dessert first??? This peaches (and cream) cobbler just bleeds summer goodness, and I can't wait to share other summer slow cooker dessert recipes with you this month. … [Read more...]
Raspberry Crescent Rolls
I think this photo speaks for these rolls. I don't need to go into how amazing they are. How perfectly sweet, tart and creamy they are. I think you can tell by looking at them. I will however show you how simple it is to make them! Here's a little peak at how these come together...then it's your turn to print the recipe and make them for your people! 3 small bowls … [Read more...]
Borracho Beans with Chorizo Sausage
You want to know how I'm planning on surviving the teenage years without spending $8,000 a month of food (yes, I'm exaggerating!)??? This pot of beans right here. Specifically, I plan on making lots and lots and lots and lots of rice and beans over the years. Because it's cheap. And it's filling. And all of my boys will polish their plates when they are loaded with … [Read more...]
Ranch Popcorn
You want to know what I love about popcorn? Well, it's a few things. First, it's so ridiculously cheap. Yes, just the kernels...they are crazy cheap when you get a big bag. And I always get a big bag because we go through popcorn quickly. Second, it's so fun to make. My boys LOVE to make popcorn with our electric air popper. (Like this one.) We received ours as a … [Read more...]
Homemade Strawberry Syrup
Breakfast for dinner...always popular and always fun! If you ask any of my older boys what their favorite meals are, "brinner" would be in the top 5 for each of them. And this strawberry syrup...so so so so tasty. So fresh, so sweet, so perfect. I make this syrup with fresh strawberries, maple syrup, sugar and some cornstarch to thicken it up a bit. (You could use all … [Read more...]
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
My son Charlie has declared these the perfect Oatmeal Raisin Cookies. He's not a fan of chocolate chip cookies. Which I make often. So I find myself making a batch of oatmeal raisin cookies for Charlie and my husband. (Charlie is Steve's mini-me in so many ways...looks, personality, they are both early bird morning people, they don't like chocolate chip cookies but do like … [Read more...]