This was the first meal I cooked for my husband when we were just dating (over three years ago). I like to think of it as the meal that stole his heart. His football coach at BYU had been putting some pressure on him to gain weight that summer, so I guess I came along…
Chocolate Chip Cookies. The Best.
Everyone has a chocolate chip cookie recipe they claim is the best. This, is mine. They are big. They are soft. They are chewy. I’m in deep trouble every time I make them. Can’t. stop. eating. What I think separates these cookies from other contenders is the use of Crisco, dark brown sugar, course salt,…
Oven Baked Parmesan-Garlic Sweet Potato Rounds
Saturday night I sent my husband to pick up a few items I needed for our Sunday dinner yesterday. On the list were sweet potatoes. We grilled black bean burgers and these Parmesan-Garlic Sweet Potato Rounds were going to be the perfect side. (They’ve been making quite the appearance around here lately. I’m slightly…
Strawberry Almond Oatmeal Cookies
I’m sharing these healthy Strawberry Almond Oatmeal Cookies over at Muncher Cruncher today. Megan is a personal trainer and is all about eating healthy 100% of the time. I hope she approves of these healthy (or maybe I should say healthier) cookies. The pureed strawberries in these make them perfectly moist. They are almost like…
Whole Wheat Pretzel Bites
Soft pretzels. They remind me of shopping trips to the mall with my mom when I was a teenager. We lived three hours away from a decent mall, so going to the mall wasn’t an every day thing. It was more of an every-couple-of-months kind of thing. And it was a big deal for my…
Peanut Butter Pretzel Tart
My husband’s sweet grandmother knows how much I love to cook and bake, so every few months she gives me her collection of food magazine she subscribes to. For weeks my “reading” consists of thumbing through the large stack of magazines looking for great recipes and recipe inspiration. I found this Peanut Butter Pretzel tart…
Peanut Butter & Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies
You know what today is? A lousy, rainy, cold day. It’s after noon, my baby is napping, I am still in my sweats, and have yet to shower. I might as well bake up some cookies, park it on the couch, and call it a day. I might have to squeeze in…
Cilantro-Lime Chicken with Avocado Salsa
Brett and I got an indoor/outdoor George Foreman Grill for our wedding three years ago and while we’ve talked about upgrading for a while, we haven’t ever taken the plunge because to be honest, we love our George Foreman. It’s actually the perfect size for our small patio deck and it gets the job done. …
Banana Whip Cream Cake
The banana whip cream snack cake I posted the other day got deleted due to blogger’s issues yesterday. So here’s the recipe, again. This is a delicious snack cake to be eaten all day!
Monkey Bread
Today I am blog-swapping with the girls over at Envy My Cooking. You can head over to their blog if you missed my Oreo Pudding Cookies! —————————————————————————————- We are Karla & Jenny from Envymycooking! We are so excited to be blog swapping today! We are going to share with you one of our favorite things…
Giveaway Winner!
The winner of the Brooke Bakken Photography Mother’s Day Giveaway, randomly selected through random.org, is #4: Stephanie D: I need to win because my husband and I not had a family picture taken since we were married! Umm…almost 7 years ago. And now we have a little one, so it is needed! Congratulations Stephanie,…
Baked Honey-Lime Chicken Taquitos
Having a Cinco De Mayo party? These honey-lime baked chicken taquitos are sure to be a hit. Serve them as an appetizer or even the main dish. The honey-lime sauce used to marinate the chicken gives these babies a bit of sweet and savory in every bite. Brett gave his usual “nod of approval”…