Old Fashioned Ham and Sausage Balls

This recipe was shared with me by my sister-in-law that is the Mama of my two nieces. This is a recipe that she made for a family get-together and I’ve been waiting for the right time to give them a try. This recipe made soooo many that timing turned out great for us to have…

Italian Roll-Ups

This is one of those perfect summer meals that won’t heat up the kitchen (#win) and doesn’t have a lot of dishes (#winwin). It’s easy peasy to pull together and each person can adjust their toppings for what they like and don’t like. These are a twist on some that my Mom made for us…

Pizza Crust Bites

These were the perfect side kick for the pizza dip recipe and I got to thinking that these would be great for so many things! Who doesn’t love dips AND fun things to eat the dip with? Let’s Get Crafty! Ingredients:1 Pillsbury pizza crust (by the crescent rolls at the grocery store)2 tablespoons of EVOO…

Pizza Dip with Pizza Crust Bites

While on holiday during spring break there were some things that I really wanted to do and trying several news recipes was pretty high on the list. We had this pizza dip as part of an appetizer dinner on Thursday during March Madness. Stay tuned for the recipe for the pizza crust dippers. They were…

Cottage Cheese Blueberry Muffins

We bought blueberries that were so good that we bought more. This recipe includes cottage cheese for a little extra kick of protein. Let’s Get Crafty! Ingredients:1 cup cottage cheese 1 cup fresh blueberries1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour3/4 cup white sugar2 teaspoons baking powder1/4 cup milk2 large eggs1/4 cup butter, melted1/4 teaspoon salt Preheat…

Restaurant Style Salsa

This is a spin on the salsa we had at a restaurant the other night. Quick and easy… barely any dishes. Win Win. I forgot to take a picture of the salsa by itself, so here it is with the rest of the dinner for our middle kiddo. She went back for seconds and liked…

Next Level Banana Bread

Remember a little while back when I had extra bananas and wanted to try my favorite banana bread recipes side by side to see which was our favorite? We did end up making more banana bread and turns out one small twist can make either one the favorite – we sprinkled some cinnamon sugar on…

Sausage, Onions and Peppers

The charm about this meal is that you can toss all the ingredients into the crock pot and that makes it slide perfectly into my daughter’s request for more meals with less dishes. You can easily put it over rice or pasta to round out the meal. Let’s Get Crafty! Ingredients:7-8 links of uncooked mild…

Celebrating Birthdays with Hot Fudge Cake

In our house, we like to make brownies to celebrate on birthdays. To celebrate the oldest turning 17 we made Hot Fudge Cake (aka Lava Cake) instead of brownies and it was a hit. Click here for a link to the recipe. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day.

Boursin Cheese Pasta

We’ve been talking more about the cookbooks for the kids as the oldest is now 17 and getting close to wrapping up his junior year of high school. We had something really good for dinner the other night and our middle kiddo was bummed about the amount of dishes. She said she would rather eat…