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Buttermilk Spice Cupcakes with Cherry Frosting

We love cupcakes at our house, mostly because they are the perfect serving size and while I’ve posted a few here before, this week has been a cupcake explosion at our house. It all started with my Pink Champagne Cupcakes with Strawberry Champagne Frosting. Then my kids wanted to make something more kid like (I get [...]

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Valentine’s Chocolate Puff Pastry Recipe

When I think of Valentine’s Day and/or romantic foods, I think of chocolate. In fact, honestly, when I think of any holiday I think of chocolate, but we’re not talking about any other holiday. We’re just talking about Valentine’s Day and chocolate is my food of choice. So when This Week’s Cravings theme suggested Valentine’s [...]

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Pink Champagne Cupcakes with Strawberry Champagne Frosting

These little yummy bites of goodness did not last long in our house – in fact they were barely cooled and iced before the first bite was taken. Nobody could wait another moment. They were absolutely delicious and yes, my kids love them so much they’ve asked for them frequently. There is only a hint [...]

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From Scratch Buttermilk Ranch Dressing

I really enjoy creating sauces and dips from scratch. I have tried and tested a bunch of different recipes for homemade ranch dressing, and I’ve had a few hits & misses. Each time we make it, we add this or we add that, and often we add different herbs and seasonings. This is my simply [...]

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Valentine’s Day Pinterest Recipes

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and the Pinterest recipes in honor of the holiday abound. I am a bit of a Pinterest addict to begin with, but when holiday time (any holiday) comes around, I tend to get a bit more caught up in the whole thing. Pinterest recipes never fail to disappoint [...]

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Chocolate Sour Cream Bundt Cake

I know I seem to always say this, but I love chocolate. I mean, I really, really love chocolate. And I’m a little particular about the kind of chocolate I enjoy. I prefer dark chocolate over milk chocolate when eating straight chocolate. Cakes have to have a certain flavor. So when our Crazy Cooking Challenge [...]

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Nutella Crescent Rolls

Did you know it’s National Nutella Day? I love Nutella. My family loves Nutella. We love Nutella Recipes a lot and we find ways to eat Nutella often. So when Tina chose Nutella for our theme for This Week’s Cravings in honor of it’s National holiday, there was a certain excitement that flowed through our [...]

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Grilled Avocado and Bacon Sandwich

I have a hard time even looking at these photos without setting my mouth watering and my stomach growling. First, there’s avocado and, I just love avocado. And then there’s cheese, any kind you want. The whole thing ends beautifully with bacon, because absolutely everything tastes better with bacon, including grilled avocado sandwiches. Grilled Avocado [...]

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Parmesan Tilapia Roll Up Recipe

I had to do another Paula Deen recipe this week, no real reason except I just love her to pieces and want to support her. And I couldn’t decide what I wanted to make for Mondays This Weeks Cravings. Plus I absolutely adore Tilapia and so do most of my kids, so… it’s fitting. That [...]

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Cheese and Pesto Italian Baked Spaghetti Recipe

I love cookbooks. I have a ridiculous amount of cookbooks. I almost never follow a recipe fully and I’m always substituting or adding my own twist to every meal we make from a recipe. However, my over flowing bookshelf of cookbooks needed a little dusting off and when Tina made This Week’s Cravings a recipe [...]

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