Making cinnamon rolls is a snap when using frozen bread dough! We are back to blogging this week. Yay! 🎉 Whew! It has been a couple of crazy last few days. I knew changing my blog platform was going to be a big change, but, didn’t realize how stressed out it would make me. My site …

Soft and salty pretzel bites with a creamy cheese dipping sauce..a pretty perfect snack. A few months ago, I made Vanilla Orange Pull Apart Bread and fell in love. In love with frozen bread dough.  Yeah, that’s a weird thing to say, agreed. However, it’s true. I do kinda love the stuff.  It’s  convenient, budget …

Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meat Sauce is hearty and filling! Your Instant Pot does all the work for this easy, delicious one-pot meal. It’s been quite a while since my last Instant Pot recipe. My pot is still getting used, but, it’s definitely been a work in progress.  I use the slow cooker option on …

Fun, festive and just in time for Christmas! Ingredients Needed: Vanilla Cake Mix: Any brand or vanilla/butter/white variety will work. Just be sure to stick with a “standard” size box of cake mix. Anywhere from 15-18 oz is fine. Plain Greek Yogurt: If desired, it can be replaced with sour cream. Oil: Use a neutral tasting oil. …

Have some fun with your pancakes! Chocolaty pancakes made from hot cocoa mix. Something pretty major was accomplished today. I finished my Christmas shopping. Well, sorta. All the kids gifts are ordered. Yes, ordered. I went with complete online shopping this year.  I’ve done a bit in the past, but, this year, everything was done …

One Hour Dinner Rolls are soft and buttery! Add homemade dinner rolls to your favorite meal in just one hour. This Thursday is Thanksgiving! 🦃 Are you celebrating? If you are, what are your plans? We are at home this year and having dinner with all the trimmings..turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie. We …

Sweet maple and cinnamon bread drenched in a powdered sugar glaze. Perfect for breakfast or dessert! Ingredients Needed: Maple Syrup: While I do recommend using pure maple syrup for this, I know it can be costly. Feel free to replace with imitation maple syrup or make your own. 🍁 More Maple Recipes:

The classic casserole made right in your crock pot! Perfect for the holidays. Now that November is in full swing, it’s time to get ready for the holidays! That means pie, potatoes and of course, a variety of casseroles loaded with veggies and cheese. 🧀😋 This dish is of the pretty traditional variety. Except, it …

Double Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake is a chocolate lovers dream! Double chocolate cake with a fudge filling and frosting. Friends, welcome to a new week! I made you a cake. Chocolate layer cake. Double chocolate layer cake. I know what you are thinking and yes, it is really good. Yes, this is typically “pumpkin and …

Give your pasta a twist! Creamy Barilla pasta with Alfredo sauce, taco sauce and spicy chorizo sausage. Barilla pasta is always al dente, always fresh. #BarillaFusion This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BarillaFusion #CollectiveBias We are huge pasta eaters at my house. Huge.Ginormous. It’s …

French Toast Bites with Maple Butter Dipping Sauce are simple and fun! Delicious french toast made into bite sizes pieces that you dunk in a creamy maple butter sauce. Disclosure: I received a complimentary care package from Bakerly. All opinions, as always, are my own. I’ve mentioned it several times before around here, but, I’ll …

Juicy and flavorful chicken burgers made with homemade teriyaki sauce! We do love our chicken around here. Don’t get me wrong, beef is good, but, we don’t eat that much red meat. So, instead of ground beef, I cook alot with ground turkey and ground chicken, even ground pork. It’s a flavorful substitute and works …

Chicken + Alfredo sauce + Fluffy Biscuits = Your new favorite weeknight dinner. 💚 It only needs 4 ingredients and is crazy simple to throw together. Need dinner on the table quickly? Don’t want to spend hours preparing it? Want it to taste amazing? Well, this dinner will tick all those boxes for you. Ingredients …

General Tso’s Chicken! Your new favorite dinner is here! Breaded chicken in a tangy sauce will be a perfect addition to your dinner rotation. Just a short time ago, I mentioned my never-ending battle of take-out food vs cooking at home. Guys, you know how it is..the kids..the house. Um..just life. Some days you want …

The classic fried buttermilk doughnut! Super easy to make and so delicious. You will not be able to eat just one! I’m such a sucker for a good doughnut. As previously mentioned, probably hundreds of time on this blog, I have quite a weakness for them. How can you not?!  They are just so darn …

Forget frozen, store bought or the take out version! Make crunchy homemade chicken egg rolls right at home in your air fryer, oven or stove top.   Great for dinner, lunch or snack. I do love a good dose of take out now and then.  OK, more than, now and then. I like a good dose …

Soft, creamy and packed with the delicious combo of chocolate and peanut butter! Hello Internet friends and happy Monday! I’m back to blogging this week after taking a few days off.  We had a few family summer activities planned for the later part of last week and over the weekend,and getting on a computer just …

Crunchy pillows with a creamy chicken filling. Top off with your favorite Alfredo sauce to make it your new favorite dinner menu addition! Ingredients Needed: Crescent Dough: Any variety will work ( ex: fat free, low fat, etc). I preferred Pillsbury, but, any other brand will work just fine. Alfredo Sauce: Use your favorite jarred version or homemade. …

Soft, sugary, moist muffins in perfect bite size. Hello to you all on this lovely Friday! Let me start things off with a quick question: What do you guys think of food videos? You know the ones…step by step instructions of a recipe set to music. Like them? Hate them? Indifferent? Could you let me …

A smooth vanilla buttercream center that is drenched in chocolate. Just like Fannie May! Ingredients Needed: Butter: I do recommend using real butter for these. Chocolate Chips: Semi sweet, milk chocolate or dark chocolate will all work!

Make cinnamon rolls in your crock pot! No yeast or waiting for dough to rise with these. Gooey and delicious. It’s such a tough decision..doughnuts or cinnamon rolls? I do so love them both. What about you? Team doughnut or team cinnamon roll? They both have some delicious qualities to them. Such sweet, sugary, gooey, …

Soft banana bread with lots of sweet cinnamon throughout. Banana bread is something that doesn’t last very long in our house. Whenever I make a loaf, it can literally be gone within an hour or two. If you smell it baking in my kitchen, you better be there when it’s cool or you won’t get …

Soft, fluffy scones made with vanilla beans and topped with a sweet vanilla glaze. I hope your holiday was lovely. It was quiet here, but, productive. My husband painted our kitchen. Yay! Not very exciting to some, but, I was darn glad it got done. It looks amazing..he did a fabulous job on it. For …

Peppermint Layer Cake is a soft white cake loaded with peppermint. Perfect for the holiday season! I’m kinda proud of myself this holiday season. My Christmas shopping is done. Well, sorta. All my kids gifts are done with the exception of their stocking stuff. The kids are the major part of my shopping and to …

Classic pound cake made with the buttermilk and drenched in a buttermilk glaze. One of the most popular recipes here on the blog is Chocolate Chip Pound Cake. It was posted in 2014 and has been going crazy ever since. Like, serious,crazy. People love it. Can’t blame them though, it’s really good. I think one …

Warm berries with a crunchy topping baked easily in your iron skillet. Ingredients Needed: Should I Use Fresh or Frozen Fruit? You can use either! If you are using frozen fruit, you may simply need to simmer the berries a smidgen longer. Another Note About the Berries: You will need 6 cups in total. Feel …

Kiddie Cocktails are a fun,easy drink for kids ( and adults) this holiday season! Hello and hiya friends! If you celebrated, I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving. Mine was good. Besides the holiday, we had tons of errands to get done. It was crazy busy. I need a holiday to recover from the holiday! …

The classic appetizer! Creamy deviled eggs with added sausage and sharp cheddar cheese. Ingredients Needed: Sausage: I used a standard breakfast sausage, but, feel free to use any type you like. (Italian, mild, spicy, sweet, etc) It just needs to be crumbled. You can also use a turkey version, if desired. Mayonnaise Cheese: I prefer …

Give your plain spaghetti a kick with creamy sauce and zesty Italian sausage! Ingredients Needed: Spaghetti Noodles: Use your favorite brand and variety ( whole wheat, thin, thick, etc). You will need 8 oz of dry spaghetti noodles or approx 2 cups of plain, prepared spaghetti noodles. Tip: This recipe is a great way to …

Simple and delicious..chicken in a creamy, herb sauce cooked up in your crock pot! Ingredients Needed: A few notes: More Easy Chicken Recipes to Try:

Chocolate Marble Gooey Butter Cake is so good and gooey! The classic butter cake with a swirl of chocolate. I mentioned a few months ago, that, over the summer, we had a big, family reunion with my Mom’s side of the family. Lots and lots of cousins and lots and lots of food. My older …

Creamy Chicken Enchilada Casserole! An easy, weeknight meal and freezer friendly. Double your recipe and freeze for a later day! In 2011, I shared a recipe here at Table for Seven for Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas.  However, I wasn’t really totally comfortable calling them enchiladas.  They had chicken in them and enchilada sauce, but, they aren’t …

Vanilla cupcakes baked with olive oil and topped with a creamy vanilla buttercream frosting. This is a adapted version from Lauren’s Olive Oil Cupcakes. Aside from your standard canola oil, I have only baked with coconut oil. Never olive oil. I was intrigued what they would be like and well, I adore cupcakes. We LOVED …

A quick snack cake with fudgy chocolate and bananas. Plus, no oil or butter required! I’ve got a sweet little cake for you guys today! This one is super fudgy and it’s packed with chocolate chip and banana flavor.  The best part? No butter or oil!  OK, the best part may be the fact that …

Amazing chocolate cake topped with marshmallows and super fudgy frosting! Is it really August? Summer sure has flown by! My husband will be back to work in just about 2 weeks already. Crazy. It seems like it was just Memorial Day. I guess it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. We have been super …

Decadent double chocolate cupcakes loaded with fluffy marshmallow frosting! What a great way to tackle a Monday: chocolate cupcakes! Not just chocolate..double chocolate. 🍫 🍫 Not just double chocolate..marshmallow frosting. 😍 😍 For real though..I’ve been food blogging since 2011 and it still stumps me when recipes like this come up. Hence, my dorky intro. …

All you need is two ingredients for this fun, delicious dip. Great for crackers, cookies or fruit! Happy 5th of July! I hope, if you celebrated, your Independence Day was restful, fun, and safe. Our weekend was awesome. We went to 3 parades! Two of them were your average, small town parades. Lots of fire …

An easy and delicious Banana Bread Dump Cake with white chocolate and tons of banana flavor! Thank goodness it’s Friday! You know, TGIF and all of that. Whew..it’s been a week. Nothing too overly stressful, but, busy. Lazy days of summer?! That person obviously has never been to my house. A sick kid, loads of …

A delicious cake baked up in your crock pot and it’s bursting with fresh blueberries! With the hot weather upon us, it’s time to shut off that oven! Now, that doesn’t mean you have to give up making cake. Come on…that would be crazy! No, let’s just make some cake in our crock pot. That …

A creamy, moist chocolate cake that’s made with mayonnaise! Then, frosted with delicious buttercream frosting to make it even better. Ingredients Needed: Mayonnaise?! Yes. It’s not that weird, if you think about it. The basic ingredients of mayonnaise are eggs and oil. What are common ingredients in a cake? Eggs and oil. 👍 More Chocolate …