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  • A slice of my Chocolate Brownie Cake on a white plate

    Chocolate Brownie Cake

    My family has been eating this Chocolate Brownie Cake for years. It’s so good! We would request it for birthdays & a family friend would make it for us. Eventually, she got busy/moved away so she gave us the recipe so we could make it for ourselves! Thank goodness for that! I’ve been sitting here trying to think about how to describe this cake. Honestly, it’s a cake of its own. I’ve never had one like it. It’s not like a chocolate cake & the frosting isn’t like chocolate frosting. This cake is not like a brownie though the batter is incredibly thick like brownie batter. It’s just…a Chocolate Brownie…

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    5 Family Friendly Dinner Recipes

    I cook 3 nights a week in my house and making family friendly dinner recipes is mandatory so there isn’t a mutiny. One of my early blog posts was about my 5 favorite dinner recipes. I wanted to update that post to reflect how I’m cooking now. We ate those few recipes so many times that we haven’t made them in a long time. We needed a break from them so I’m sharing my new 5 family friendly dinner recipes. They’re also easy recipes so if you’re a beginner cook, these recipes are a great place to start. If you just don’t like cooking in general, you’re going to like…

  • Feature Image for Thanksgiving Recipe Ideas. Photo of a fall/Thanksgiving tablescape with a title that reads "Easy, Yummy, New Thanksgiving Recipe Ideas"

    Thanksgiving Recipe Ideas: Turkey, Sides, & Desserts

    I’m sharing a bunch of Thanksgiving recipe ideas for y’all to try this year. I don’t know about y’all but for awhile we were eating the same foods at Thanksgiving every year. Last year we started mixing things up a little bit with new recipes for the same foods and I really liked that change. We tend to decide on what exact recipe to make closer to the actual day. I know everyone isn’t like us (good for you!) so I wanted to go ahead & share a bunch of ideas early. I’ve scoured Pinterest & my favorite food blogs for side dishes & desserts. I’ve also found recipes for…

  • Photo of The Best Homemade Brownies featured image

    The Best Homemade Brownies

    It took a few tries to get these Best Homemade Brownies to become the Best Homemade Brownies. They made me work for it, y’all! It took 5 tries. 5(!) to get this recipe right. But, I finally got it. I have a secret though. Anytime I don’t want to go all out for a dessert for some event, I make brownies. And every time, people love them & rave about them. But. And this is my secret… They’re box-mix. Duncan Hines makes a really good brownie. You’ll find no complaints from me if you serve me one of those. So to everyone reading this that loved my brownies, they were…

  • Macy's Salsa Chicken Recipe Final Product

    Macy’s Salsa Chicken Recipe

    Things I’m not a huge fan of: Mexican food & spicy food. (I know, I know. It’s a whole thing.) Things I am a fan of: Macy’s Salsa Chicken. My family was just as surprised as me that I loved this dish so much but it is so good! And it’s quick & easy. Macy really isn’t a huge fan of cooking but this quick dish makes her happy. It doesn’t get much better than that! It’s so easy I think that Macy’s Salsa Chicken Recipe would be a great dish for kids that are beginning to learn how to cook. It’s also great for those days when you want…

  • Photo of a bowl of Summer Garden Pasta

    Summer Garden Pasta

    I think I’m pretty much always on the lookout for a new recipe even if it takes me a little while to actually cook that recipe. Someone that I follow on Instagram shared a basic pasta recipe & I knew right away that I wanted to try it ASAP! Looking back at the picture she shared of her pasta, I realize mine is not that similar but it did give me the inspiration to make my own! I’m calling it “Summer Garden Pasta”! I have become that person I used to strongly dislike: the one that eyeballs everything & doesn’t have a recipe. The first time I made this, I…

  • Top 5 Favorite & Easy Dinner Recipes

    I don’t know about y’all but we’re tired of cooking & we’re running out of dinner ideas. We’ve been cooking the same amount that we always do but quarantine has made it feel like so. much. more. So if you’re anything like us & need new dinner inspiration, look no further! In my house, we all have nights to cook dinner. My nights are Tuesday & Thursday and on my nights you don’t always know what you’re gonna get. I love to cook and try new recipes but I also love quick & comforting meals that we’re familiar with. I try to challenge myself and make new recipes while still…

  • Photo of Meredith holding a plate of Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars

    Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars

    I love baking from scratch. But you know what else I love? Quick & easy desserts. Enter these Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars. The base is refrigerated cookie dough which makes this dessert easy. No need to make your own cookie dough from scratch, though you absolutely can! Just open a roll & press into the baking dish. The first few times I made this dish, I planned ahead so the ingredients had time to come to room temperature, let the dish cool completely before placing it in the fridge to fully set up and chill. Now, I tend to make these Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars about 1.5 hours…

  • Full Pan Buffalo Ranch Chicken Sliders

    Buffalo Ranch Chicken Sliders

    Let me just start by saying that these Buffalo Ranch Chicken Sliders are a family favorite. And if everyone in my house likes them, then they’re good! Really good. They’re also great because they’re super easy to make & can be made a little ahead of time. Let me walk you through it! It starts with simple ingredients: a rotisserie chicken, coleslaw, buffalo sauce, ranch dressing, ranch dip seasoning packet, butter and King’s Hawaiian buns. Side note: if you’re not a ranch person, that’s okay! Use bleu cheese dressing instead & omit the ranch dip seasoning packet. It’s all good. 🙂 You’ll mix your chicken and buffalo sauce together, your…