Pretzel M&M Hugs

Made these last year, they are awesome. Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment or silicone baking sheet. Place Hershey Kiss on pretzel on baking sheet. Heat 4-5 minutes (Kiss will still hold shape, it should not melt). Remove from oven and top with MMs Refrigerate until set, about 5 minutes. Store in airtight container.Source

Crockpot Parmesan Ranch Mushrooms

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Sur La Table Pizza Stones

Enjoy pizza that tastes just like it came out of a brick oven from the convenience of your kitchen or grill. Baking stone cooks pizza evenly without hotspots and helps uniformly brown and crisp crust. Also great for cooking and reheating bread.Source

Grilled Zucchini Roll

There are times when a recipe falls into place so beautifully that you think some greater force must be at work. It is as though a translucent vision of Julia Child, adorned with wings and a halo, floated into my kitchen, laid the ingredients gently in my arms and with a beatific smile, uttered her immortal words, “Bon Appetit!” It could happen. Divine inspiration struck with the sudden appearance of a massive zucchini in my garden. I swear it was not there yesterday. The herbed goat cheese arrived on my doorstep just a few days ago, sent by the generous people at the Ile de France Cheese company. The kalamata olives? Well, olives of all types take up permanent residency in my fridge, regularly replenished as my salt-obsessed palate plows through container after container.Source

Cupcake Christmas Ornament

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mini marshmallow

Layer mini marshmallow, strawberry, banana slice, and a grape on a small stick and you get Grinch Kabobs.Source

Pork Carnitas

This is THE meat that you want to stuff in your tacos, burritos and salads. Outstanding! My Kitchen Escapades: Pork Carnitas ( I bet you can put this in a Crock Pot).Source

Oreo Cake

Over the weekend, we celebrated Brian’s birthday with his kids. He got to pick the dinner menu which consisted of grilled pork chops, mushroom risotto, and grilled asparagus. I got to pick the birthday cake and ending up choosing a decadent Oreo Cake.Source

Apple-Feta Salad with Chicken

Apple-Feta Salad with Chicken, Bacon and Walnuts and Balsamic Vinaigrette - this salad is AMAZING.
Do you remember my new favorite fall salad I posted a few weeks ago? Well, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. I love that salad so I decided to make it into a main dish (rather than just a side) so I switched it up a little. How do you turn a salad into a main entree? Add a protein, so I went with chicken and bacon of course. I also swapped out pears from that salad for apples and added Feta cheese instead of Parmesan cheese. Feta pairs perfectly with bacon and apples (try this and you’ll see what I mean).Source

Rotisserie chicken

Rotisserie chicken from the market was always my Mom’s backup plan for dinner. It didn’t happen often, but when it did…I loved it! The combination of spices, the crispy skin and the perfectly cooked chicken made me happy. I have been roasting my own chicken this way for years. I wanted to recreate those great flavors into a roasted chicken I could make at home. When you make it yourself, you are able to choose the best quality chicken, because honestly, the ones in the market are quite fatty! It truly is so easy to make and I think this method is foolproof.Source

Cinnamon Sugar Candied Nuts

Candied nuts is one of the best things to snack on. They’re considered brain food, they’re heart healthy and they keep the bad cholesterol away. And when you roast them in cinnamon sugar goodness, they are completely i-r-r-e-s-i-s-t-i-b-l-e.Source

Cranberry Orange Sauce

Cranberry Orange Sauce - Skip the canned cranberry sauce and make it right at home. It's embarrassingly easy with just 3 ingredients.Source

dry vanilla pudding mix

Secret Fruit Salad: The secret is dry vanilla pudding mix. It combines with all the juices from the fruit & makes a scrumptious dressing that coats every bite. People will ask you for the recipe it’s so good.Source

Chocolate Caramel and Pecan Turtle Clusters

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Mini Pumpkin Parfaits

My husband Jake and I invested in a fixer upper house at the end of April this year, and it's been fun working on it. We still have long way to go, but it's coming along... Anyways, last weekend I had my family over for a mini 'Thanksgiving' dinner. It was a lot of fun putting everything together for everyone, decorating the table, preparing all the food. I know people tend to indulge a lot at Thanksgiving dinner so I wanted to make a small, light dessert that would be just enough sweetness to finish the meal. These went over really well and were just the right amount, a fun twist on the classic pumpkin pie. The best part is that it took me only minutes to put together, by far the easiest dish of the meal to make! What is your favorite food to eat at Thanksgiving.Source

Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal

This one is right up there with the peanut butter oatmeal for me. Definitely one of my favorites so far. If you like pumpkin pie, you’ll love having this for breakfast! The aromatic pumpkin spices, crunchy pecans, and delicately sweet maple syrup will make you beg for the holidays to come back. It might even force a Christmas tune or two out of you. You never know. Stranger things have happened.Source

wedding cupcakes

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Crushed New Potatoes

These potatoes are so easy to make, a really great addition to any meal. I think it brings the meal up a notch...just because they are so delicious and yet different. They are perfect for an appetizer as well.Source

Pumpkin Cake Roll

Pumpkin keeps this cake moist and replaces the oil found in a typical layer cake; so you're getting vitamins, not fat. Serve this one up and your guests will rave…and no one has to know just how easy it was! Heidi Reinhard - Montpelier, Indiana.Source

Pumpkin Cheesecake

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Pan-Seared Brussels

Without realizing, you may have already laid your peepers on this flavorful side as it is pictured here with the world’s best chicken recipe. So many of you asked for the how-to of these brussels! And I’m happy to indulge. You’ll love this dish because it is versatile with so many entrees AND the ingredients are available year-round, especially in winter (bonus!)Source

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Granola Apple Bites

I am so excited for fall, y’all. Why my craving for cinnamon, cozy sweaters and crunchy leaves hits on the hottest day of the year, I’m not quite sure… But I think it has something to do with my feeling lately of “Oh-my-god-save-me-I’m-melting”! Yup, we’re averaging in the 100’s here in Austin and this lady ain’t lovin’ it. In protest, I’ve abandoned exercising, cooking and any clothes other than tanks, shorts and flops. We’re in dire straits here, people.Source

Red velvet pancakes

I adore red velvet. Red Velvet Cupcakes are one of my all time favorites so I think they definitely deserve to be made in breakfast form. Don’t they just have Christmas written all over them? With such a vibrant and beautiful red there’s not really a more fitting or festive breakfast to serve up on Christmas morning. These are such a breeze to whip up. No offense to any of you that only use pancake mix, but I still don’t understand the whole pancake mix thing. It maybe takes 1 minute longer to make them from scratch versus a pancake mix. And once you do make that switch from pancake mix to made from scratch you’ll have a hard time going back. Not to mention, when you make pancakes from scratch the possibilities are endless! It’s so fun to create and eat so many different flavors of pancakes.Source

Cheesy Spinach Balls

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Chicken Piccata Pasta

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Taco chicken bowls

The author says that this is a “slow-cooker 101” recipe and most probably is included in that mini recipe book that comes along with the slow-cooker when you buy it. I like it because it’s tasty and cheap.Source

Chocolate Lava Cake (Crock Pot)

Crock Pot Molten Lava Cake. This is a pretty simple, from scratch chocolate cake that can be done with or without fudgy "lava" ... the texture of the cake is more like a bread pudding than a box cake mix, but it is still lovely and fantastic with some vanilla bean ice cream.Source

Potato chip chicken

Potato Chip Chicken, what a brilliant idea! I found this recipe while browsing some food blogs on Facebook the other day and knew I had to try it asap! I decided to use it with my favorite BBQ chips, Sylvia's Sweet House BBQ Potato Chips, YUM!! It turned out like fried chicken, but baked and I loved how it tasted. I will be making this again.Source

Creamy Crab and Red Pepper Spread

Creamy Crab and Red Pepper Spread – Sweet, tender lump crabmeat in a creamy spread with green onions and red peppers makes for an upscale appetizer spread.Source

Gingerbread Christmas Tree

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Roadside Chicken

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Hot Spinach Dip

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Raw, Vegan Chai Spiced Hot Chocolate

The morning after my finals end always presents me with an odd mix of emotions: relief, worry about things I might have gotten wrong, excitement for the holidays, and the peculiar ennui that comes with having spent the last three or four weeks working nonstop, and suddenly having free time.Source

beef bourguignon

There are few beef stews that are as tasty as beef bourguignon, and it will always be a popular dish among growing boys who simply cannot get enough to eat. You will find that the tasty stew is a complex dish, but one that is fun and easy to make. It is a great way to use leftover beef, or even just a great meal to serve on a cold day.Source

Rolo Brownie Trifles

It’s Flag Day! Woot, woot! Time to partay!

I mean…not here or anything. This post isn’t about Flag Day even a little bit. But you know…it’s still Flag Day.

Actually, we can still totally party here, but it’s just gonna be more about chocolate and caramel and whipped cream than flags, but a party is a party, right.Source

Cookie Tree

I did something for the first time last weekend. I made decorated cut-out sugar cookies. To most, this may not seem like that big of a deal. But for me, it was huge. For several reasons.Source

cranberry topped cake

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rose cake pop

My daughter Tessa has been asking me to make cake pops for about a year.  I’m usually game to experiment in the kitchen, but whenever she brought up the subject of cake pops, I always found some excuse to put her off.  For some reason, the idea of baking a cake just to crumble it up and wad it into balls seemed strange and unappealing to me.  The other thing that got me was this:  every time I looked up instructions for making cake pops.Source

Summer Herb Potato Salad

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Roasted Garlic Mushrooms

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Peanut Butter Balls

Every Christmas, my mom and I would make the same Christmas goodies– cut-out cookies and peanut butter balls (not to be confused with Schweddy balls).I loved helping my mom make and bake these special cookies at Christmastime.Source

Garlic Grilled Tomatoes

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Cheesecake Bites

I know what some of you may be thinking. Girl, you are so last year. I know I know, if you have had a Pinterest account last year you’ll know what I mean when I say these Santa Hat Brownies were basically the hit of the century on Pinterest. Sadly though I never got around to making them. Well not this year! And this year I decided to add my own twist. Cheesecake! And not just any cheesecake, a White Chocolate Cheesecake.Source

Rosemary herbed pork chops

So you might be asking, what did BAM do while Super Typhoon Usagi was tormenting Asia? I cooked, of course. While the rest of Hong Kong was enjoying their ramen noodles from a cardboard bowl with their disposable chopsticks, our family enjoyed a decadent meal of tender rosemary and herbed pork chops with a roasted shallot wine sauce, roasted herbed carrots, baked potatoes and a delightful spring salad.Source

Baked Buffalo Wings

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Chicken Skewers

I know we’re in August and all, but I’m just now getting into grilling! It took me most of the summer to think “yeah, lets use the grill!” and now that I’m all gung ho about it, summer is nearly done.Source

HerbCitrusRoastedChicken

We don’t go out to eat often. There’s nothing more I love than gaining a little cooking inspiration and having someone else whisk away the dishes. But, because my hubby (and sometimes, even I) thinks the food I make is just as good as the grub we get at restaurants, we tend to enjoy the majority of our meals at home. No complaints here – cooking is what makes my heart beat after all! But I could go for a break now and then.Source

Seven-Layer Dip

Tons of dairy and refried beans keep traditional seven-layer dip heavy on digestion. For a fresh take on a favorite, this lightened-up recipe still curbs cravings but with much less fat and far more fiber. And even though we're lightening up the layers with some healthy swaps, the dip will keep the festive look and variety of textures that everyone loves.Source

Christmas Cranberry Mojitos

One of my favorite things about the holidays is, duh, holiday cocktails. So, I’m pretty excited for the first official Cocktail Friday of the holiday season! Oh, happy day! I started with one of my favorite seasonal ingredients, cranberries, and transformed them into one of the best drinks, a mojito. Now, mojitos are typically a summer drink, but I do love mint in the winter, so I thought the addition of cranberry flavor would work well.Source

wedding cake with peacock

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