Party Food 
(Single serve) summer salads(1)
Single serve summer salads. Say that twice.
It’s barely spring but the warmer weather just makes me even more anxious for summer to arrive. One thing I love to do in the warmer months is to entertain outdoors (who’s with me?). One thing that is always tricky
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Simple Easter Brunch
I wanted to share with you some simple ideas for your Easter breakfast or Easter brunch that won’t require you to be stuck in the kitchen (missing all the fun). My advice is to make it easy on yourself.
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Cute Easter Breakfast Idea
Today I’m sharing the perfect easy + cute Easter breakfast idea with you. I know my girls will LOVE coming downstairs to this cuteness …
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Nutella Cream Cheese Danishes
What could be better than a warm, gooey breakfast? Not much in my book. Last week, I kicked off the Pepperidge Farm PuffectionTM Holiday Entertaining Challenge, and whipped up this recipe for Blueberry Cheescake Danishes — they were delicious! This week, I’m putting a kid friendly twist on this recipe. I created the same cinnamon [...]
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Football fever & a simple (perfect) dip
Many of our winter weekends include gathering with friends and family watching football (and eating yummy food!). Often we gather in our home, cozy on the couch to watch the big game. These weekends are great, however the real excitement happens when we get out and tailgate! Sporting our fan gear, preparing some football food [...]
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Salty & Sweet Christmas Treat
It’s that time of year when we bake up a storm, cookie swap like crazy and make gift baskets for all of our friends and families. This year I tried out a new dessert recipe and it happens to make the perfect holiday party treat OR that something special for friends or colleagues. What’s salty, [...]
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Prepare for “pop in” guests
During holiday season, I find myself playing the role of hostesses quite frequently. Although many occasions are planned out far in advance (Thanksgiving, cookie exchanges, Christmas gatherings), there are still those unexpected “pop in” guests and smaller gatherings that can throw any well-prepared hostess off of her game. Instead of breaking into a sweat every [...]
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Nutella & Reeses Cookies
Looking for festive and delicious Halloween Cookies? Well, after I made these Nutella Cookies for my girls, I was dreaming up all sorts of reasons to make them again. But what could be better than Nutella Cookies, right? Well, how about …
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Potluck recipes, plus my 3 tips
Heading to a potluck this Labor Day Weekend? Here are a few simple potluck recipes and tips that are sure to impress! 7 layer dip is one of my all-time favorite potluck dishes. I love to bring it, I love to eat it and I’m loving this single-serving idea (see tip #2 below!). Get the [...]
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Apple Salad (and apple beer)
Apples aren’t just for fall recipes. Lately, I’ve been craving the crisp, refreshing flavor of a good tart apple. Maybe it’s the summer heat or maybe it’s just that I can only drink so many watermelon cocktails … either way I wanted to try something new. I recently received this new apple beer to try [...]
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