Whether it’s a first or fiftieth birthday party, here are 20+ of the cutest Mickey Mouse party food ideas and free printable labels to add to your buffet menu. It wasn’t too long ago that the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme song was playing in our house almost constantly. My oldest loved that show when she […]
25 Crazy Easy First Birthday Party Foods to Serve
Wondering what food to serve at a first birthday party? These 25 first birthday party foods make menu planning easy, tasty, and safe for the guest of honor! The first birthday. It’s such an awesome milestone, and totally worth celebrating. With our three kids, we’ve done a variety of first birthday parties that ran […]
Chicken Cheddar Pinwheel Sandwiches for Easy Entertaining
Learn how to make, store, and display delicious chicken cheddar pinwheel sandwiches for easy entertaining that kids and adults will love. Sometimes themed party food has less to do with tradition and more to do with making it interesting for the kids – just like these chicken cheddar pinwheel sandwiches. Inspired by the green white […]
Stuffed French Bread with Sausage and Canadian Bacon
Mmmmm. This warm, cheesy stuffed French bread with sausage and Canadian bacon is so good. You’ll be hooked from the moment you smell it warming in the oven! As the bread bakes, the delicious scent of garlic and onion fills the air. When you unwrap the loaf, your eyes will take in the gigantic sub […]
Puppy Themed Party Food | 30+ Paw-some Ideas to Copy
Perfect for Paw Patrol and Puppy Dog Pals fans, make planning the birthday party menu easy with these cute and creative puppy themed party food ideas. RELATED>>>>THE BEST PUPPY THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTY IDEAS “Are those Snausages for dogs?” (chewing hard) “Uh, yeah, grandpa.” “Huh” (still chewing) True story. My grandpa ate a dog treat. I’ll […]
How to Make a Pine Cone Cheese Ball
Both festive and flavorful, this pine cone cheese ball is the perfect make ahead recipe for easy entertaining at holiday parties. “Grandma and Grandpa really like cheese and crackers.” Kids say the craziest things, don’t they? It was during one of our visits to my in-laws house that our oldest daughter decided that […]
11 Downright Delicious Green Bean Recipes for Thanksgiving
Green bean recipes for Thanksgiving don’t require anything canned. Here are 11 recipes that are delicious, easy, creative, and perfect for your holiday table! I could be wrong, but I’ve always considered green bean casserole to be a Southern thing. You see, although I grew up in Virginia, my family hails from the […]
11 Stinkin’ Adorable Gender Reveal Food Ideas
From sweet to savory and everything in between, you don’t want to miss these 11 tantalizing gender reveal food ideas to serve at your party. Finding out the sex of your baby is one of the most exciting moments of pregnancy. The gender reveal trend was just starting to hit the scenes when I was […]
25 Stunning Sweet Potato Dishes to Make This Thanksgiving
From easy casseroles to tender slices roasted in the oven, this is the ultimate list of sweet potato dishes to add to your Thanksgiving recipes this year. Our family doesn’t play by all the rules for Thanksgiving. The turkey doesn’t see the inside of an oven, I’m not a fan of traditional green […]
Breakfast Tailgate Foods | Tips & Recipes for Game Day Morning
Early games call for the best breakfast tailgate foods. Here are easy, make-ahead recipes, tips, and a downloadable checklist for a fun game day experience. What do you do when a neighbor offers to sell you lower-level tickets to a Redskins game at a discount? If you’re our family…you move heaven and earth […]
Clementine Pumpkins | Easy and Adorable Kids Snacks
Clementine pumpkins are the perfect make-ahead healthy Halloween snack for kids. Add them to your kids’ lunchbox or make a bunch for a Halloween party! “When are you going to put pumpkins in my lunchbox again?” This question pops up every fall with my girls. Ever since the first time I surprised I […]
Cornbread Pudding with Bacon | Leftovers Reimagined
Ready for a delicious way to make using leftovers interesting? Cornbread pudding with bacon is a sweet and savory recipe perfect as an easy dinner or side dish. What’s your take on the show “Chopped?” My husband thinks it’s totally unrealistic. I disagree. He doesn’t believe that chefs would have to figure out […]
Easy Mummy Dogs for Halloween
This mummy dogs recipe made with crescent rolls is perfect for kids! Make them for a Halloween party or for an easy weeknight Halloween dinner. It’s 5pm and the sun won’t be out much longer. Costumes need fixing, you want decent pictures of your kids in their costumes, and somehow dinner needs to […]
13 Vegan Appetizer Recipes (Even Meat Eaters will Love!)
Even if you love a good hamburger, these 13 vegan appetizer recipes are a tasty way to make your vegan guests feel welcome at your party. Wait…Did I seriously just post that title? Me? The person who fawns over cheesy cornbread, ice cream cakes, and even ice cream bread? Well, yes. But don’t […]
15 Best Fresh Tomato Recipes to Clear Out Your Summer Garden
Too many fresh tomatoes on hand? With these 15 mouth-watering fresh tomato recipes to choose from, you’ll be loving your home-grown tomatoes all season long. There’s just something so sweet and special about home grown, vine-ripened summer tomatoes. I remember growing huge tomato plants in our backyard as a kid and seeing bushel […]
7 Black-Eyed Pea Recipes You’ll Actually Enjoy
No need to cringe at the thought of tasteless beans, these 7 black-eyed pea recipes prove that this little bean is great for more than just Hoppin’ John. I bet you have some kind of superstition or tradition that always makes you think ‘why do I do this?’ Yet, you don’t stop yourself. For […]
17 Unique Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes You Have to Try
Tired of turkey hash and pot pie? Change things up with these 17 unique Thanksgiving leftovers recipes that will make you fly through those leftovers! This post may contain affiliate links for your convenience. I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for […]
15 Killer Fall Appetizers for Crowd | Recipes You Need to Make
Whether you’re looking for easy make-ahead finger food or hearty choices for a crowd, these 15 killer fall appetizers need to be on your menu. This post may contain affiliate links for your convenience. I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for this […]
Have you ever made Beer Biscuits with Bisquick?
Beer biscuits with bisquick are quick, easy, and incredibly delicious. Make sure your biscuits turn out perfectly every time with this time tested recipe and tips! This post may contain affiliate links for your convenience. I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means […]
45 Pumpkin Spice Recipes So Good You’ll Crave More
Do you crave pumpkin spice recipes once the temperature dips below 80? Then you’re going to love this list of 45 pumpkin spice recipes for every occasion! I have a confession to make. Pumpkin spice flavoring has been making its way into my coffee since mid-August. I know, I know. It’s barely September! […]
Fire Roasted Peppers Recipe for the Best flavor!
Learn how to make this easy fire roasted peppers recipe right in your backyard! They’re so much more flavorful than using the oven. It took months after giving birth before I could even stand the smell of roasted bell peppers. And it took years before I was even willing to taste them again. […]
5 Reasons You Should Love Watermelon (Plus free Watermelon Printables!)
Do you love watermelon? Find out 5 reasons you should love watermelon, and grab your 2 free watermelon printables while you’re at it! Raise your hand if you love watermelon. (Since you can’t see me through your computer, I’ll let you know that both my hands are in the air) If you ask us, watermelon […]
How to Make Bolivian Corn Cake (Easy Huminta)
Cornbread is elevated to a new level with this Bolivian corn cake recipe. Huminta is dense, sweet, and full of flavor. It’s perfect for any get-together! At first, it looks like just any rustic cornbread. But then you take a bite and you’re blown away. Huminta (pronounced oo-meen-tah) is more than just cornbread. It’s […]
The Easy Way to Make a Cheese Stick Snowman
It doesn’t matter if it’s warm or cold outside, your kids will love eating these cheese stick snowman snacks. And they only take a few minutes to make! I know that there have been some terrible storms out west and in the Northeast this winter, but for those of us in the mid Atlantic, it […]
This is the only Roasted Asparagus Recipe You Need (I Promise!)
I learned how to make this easy roasted asparagus recipe from a caterer, and it was an instant hit. With only a few ingredients, it’s fast to make & delicious. I can still remember the first time I fell in love with asparagus. I was in high school and my stepmother plated it […]
Black-Eyed Pea Hummus
Every New Year it was the same. We went over to my grandmother’s house and feasted for health, wealth, and happiness on stewed cabbage, black-eyed peas, and stewed tomatoes. I always loved the stewed tomatoes, tolerated the cabbage, and loathed the black-eyed peas. But no matter what, I ate them all. My grandmother is getting […]
Crispy Kale Chips Recipe | Healthy Cooking with Kids
This kale chips recipe is so easy a 5-year-old can make it…no really! (And it’s so good she keeps asking to make them over and over again.) If you wondered whether or not I was finished with the Kids Cooking Camp posts, the answer is ‘absolutely not.’ It turns out that we weren’t able […]
Slow Cooker Applesauce | Fun Cooking with Kids
Leave the stovetop off and learn how to make slow cooker applesauce instead. It’s easy enough even the kids can make it! As I set the applesauce on the Thanksgiving table, I could feel the pride swelling deep within me. I was only about 12 years old, but that little bowl of pureed […]
{Recipes} Beer-Based Syrup
What would you say if I told you there was a way to serve a delicious breakfast to your holiday guests with hardly any effort on your part? A breakfast as simple as popping store-bought waffles or pancakes in the toaster and topping it with a creative and flavorful syrup; with a surprising main ingredient. […]
{Recipes} Herb-Infused Butter
The holidays are officially here. Sometimes it seems like most of the bloggers out there have already moved on to Christmas posts, but I’m still stuck here in the Fall, scrambling to get ready for Thanksgiving. Even my office has already had its annual Thanksgiving party (yes, we do both Thanksgiving and Christmas). And when […]
{Gifting} Home Made BBQ Boxes
It’s often hard to gauge what’s appropriate for co-worker gifts. Some years I’ve just brought in loads of homemade goodies and put them out for everyone to enjoy. Other years we’ve just exchanged cards. But my last office was a little different. In that office, most people would purchase and wrap gifts for each person […]
7 Wow ’em Mother’s Day Brunch Recipes
As I mentioned yesterday, a part of me really wants to host my family for a Mother’s Day brunch this year. There’s just something so special about brunch. Champagne and vodka are suddenly a-okay as morning drinks as long as you mix in some fruit or vegetable juice. Most breakfasts around here are limited to […]
{Roundup} Super Bowl Inspiration
If you hadn’t already noticed, we’re a football family (see our previous football gatherings here and here), so the Super Bowl is a mandatory event. Now it’s time to take a look at the best football inspired soirees around the web this year! Catch My Party Wants and Wishes HWTM Catch My Party Fresh Chick […]