Recipes, food, travel, and family
Everything my world finds yummy! We attempt to be healthy. I love my taste buds!
Homemade Strawberry Whipped Cream Strawberry whipped cream is a huge hit! We love this as a dip for fruit. I have even snuck in quite a few spoonfuls all by itself.  This strawberry whipped cream would be perfect on strawberry shortcake too. Strawberry Whipped Cream recipe Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream 3/4 cup sugar […]
Crockpot Chicken Burritos My family LOVES to eat burritos. We pile them high with chicken, cheese, onions,lettuce, tomato, sour cream, and guacamole. A FABULOUS dinner for a busy day! I LOVE to use my crockpot and have dinner cook all day while I get other stuff done. My crockpot chicken burrito recipe allows my […]
Sensational One Pot Chili I grew up with my mom making chili about once a winter. She used some seasoning pack and kidney beans. I never made it when I moved to Florida, it never seemed cold enough to need chili. The winter I was pregnant for my last child it got cold enough in […]
Seafood Fondue Recipe Every time I think of fondue I think of my friend Paula. She LOVES fondue! My family was having king crab legs for dinner (seafood sale) and wanted something to go along with it. We decided a seafood fondue sounded perfect! You can leave the lobster out to make this affordable to […]
The Sparkler Mocktail Recipe This is perfect for a family New Years Eve party. Â Just add a shot of your favorite liqour (I would use a shot of rum) and the kids can drink the same drink as you! The feel special. We have plastic wine glasses that the kids get to use. The feel […]
15 Minute Lobster Tail Recipe I was born and raised in Michigan; so seafood wasn’t really good or affordable. I never liked the lake fish that I grew up being served. I moved to Florida and soon grew to love seafood. Now I cook seafood regularly and even eat raw oysters 🙂 My husband and […]
Not Fruit Cake Cookie I enjoy fruitcake. I grew up having a piece of fruitcake and eggnog on Christmas eve. I tried to pass on this tradition to my children but so far none of them like fruitcake. A few of my kids do like this cookie though, so give it a try! I brought a […]
Turkey Stock Recipe Turkey Stock is the second best thing about Thanksgiving, of course stuffing is first! I use this to make turkey noodle soup, turkey and dumplings, and much more. I love to be able to get something from the bones of the turkey. Turkey Stock Recipe Ingredients: 1 turkey carcass (bones from the […]
Nutella Sugar Cookies with Nutella Frosting Nutella is a favorite of my children. I purchase the HUGE one from Sams club and its gone in just over a week! I decided to make these Nutella sugar cookies so I could lure my high school senior home to visit with me! She is so super […]
Nutella Frosting This works great on cookies. I made a Nutella Sugar Cookie for this yummy frosting. It also works well on a cake although I haven’t gotten a picture. It has a fabulous Nutella flavor. These are a must have for the Nutella lover in your life. This is really simple to make! There are […]
Blueberry Shortbread Thumbprints I can remember helping my grandma make thumbprint cookies as young child. Getting to smash each little ball was fun! I decided that a nice shortbread cookie would be good with some Blueberry jam baked into the centers. These are great year round but were created to go in my Christmas cookie […]
 Halloween Treat Butterfingers Here is another great Halloween treat to try! My daughter wanted to make butterfingers for her halloween party. I decided to take it a step further and make finger shaped butterfingers. They came out great! Everyone loved them and some didn’t want to eat them because they looked to real. Use […]
