I think it is important to have a few party favorites that you can throw together at a moments notice. Or maybe it's just me who forgets that I signed up to bring something until the night before. Either way, I have the easiest recipe to share with you today. I have never taken these anywhere and brought one home. Everyone loves them and I'm always sharing this recipe with friends. It's tried and true and I actually wish I had one now but my healthy eating is standing in the way today. I'll save those calories for the football parties coming up next month and I'll probably take a tray of these along with me. flour tortillas thinly sliced turkey breast (lunch meat) whipped … [Read more...]
No-Bake Biscoff Granola Bars
Braylen is such a big helper and she has an independent streak that I'm not quite used to yet. She wants to pick her own things out and throw away her trash. She wants to help, but she wants to help on her own terms. By her own terms, I mean that she wants to do it on her own without any help from me. And that's okay, it just requires a little more planning on my part. Cooking with her is a test on so many levels but she always wants to help. When I cook breakfast she wants to crack the eggs and stir things in the hot pan and I have to draw the line, of course. Safety first. I've resorted to putting the things we need on the bottom shelf of the pantry (before I start cooking) and I let … [Read more...]
party punch
I have a few party related things to share with you this week and I know if I don't share them now, while they are fresh on my mind then they probably won't ever make it the blog. Like the birthday pictures from BK's April party that I still need to post. Several years ago Debbie made this amazing punch for a someone's party or maybe it was just dinner at my parents house. Not that we would have punch with dinner or anything. Either way, it was a huge hit and remains that way today. We had it this weekend at the birthday party and everyone swooned over it once again. Here's the recipe for the perfect party punch: 3 cups sugar 1 can frozen lemonade concentrate 2 tsp. … [Read more...]