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Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars

These Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars are the most perfect treat for any time you want something sweet! They are soft and chewy with a sweet buttercream frosting. Top them with sprinkles to fit any celebration and they’ll easily be everyone’s favorite treat!  Do you have a baked dessert at your house that no one can get enough of? Hands-down, ours would be my homemade sugar cookies. It’s an old family recipe that I got from my mother-in-law and they’re so,...

Creamy Fettuccine Alfredo

My homemade fettuccine alfredo is incredibly rich and has the most dreamy, garlicky, parmesan cream sauce! It’s packed with so much flavor and made with simple ingredients – butter, garlic, parmesan cheese, heavy cream, milk, salt and pepper. It’s super easy to make and the tastiest sauce you’ll ever make! This traditional dish is so simple to make but you’ll wow those hungry mouths around the dinner table with how decadent and delicious the alfredo sauce is! There’s a few...

30 Minute Homemade Pepperoni Pizza

Everything you want in a homemade pepperoni pizza – hot and gooey melted cheese, topped with as much crispy pepperoni as you like, pizza sauce and a great homemade crust! Our family will eat this on ANY given night because it’s so much better than delivery!  My homemade pizza will prove all your pizza delivery dreams wrong! 😉 It’s definitely so much tastier! The topping possibilities are endless, all the pizza dough ingredients are pantry staples, and you can make...

Classic Homemade Beef Stew

This hearty, delicious, and easy-to-make classic beef stew is the ultimate comfort food that everyone will love! Tender pieces of beef, vegetables and spices are cooked to perfection in the most flavorful, rich broth. We’ve had the most glorious winter EVER this year and the past few days the temps have dropped drastically! I’m talking -35C (-31F), you guys!!!!!! And there is NOTHING like perfectly cozy homemade beef stew on a frigid winter night! I give you permission to wrap...

Easiest Baguette Recipe

This homemade baguette recipe is one that you can make for those dinners when you are running short on time! Chewy, crusty bread that can be used for a variety of dishes: bruschetta, spaghetti night, garlic bread, alongside a bowl of soup, cheese or charcuterie boards, salads, etc. Fresh baked bread is always welcome at our table. 🙂 My fresh baked homemade baguette is one of my boys’ favorite indulgent treats! When I make a loaf, I always, always make...

Easy and Flavorful Baked Chicken Breasts

Deliciously seasoned and perfectly tender baked chicken breasts with so much flavor, I guarantee you that it will become your family’s go-to! It’s a super simple recipe to follow that you can use for sandwiches, soups, salads, casseroles or simply for dinner with a couple of sides.  If you’ve known me long enough, you know I like easy, quick but still delicious homemade goodness! Who doesn’t? Being a busy mom of three boys, I’m constantly creating recipes in my head…...

Crispy Breakfast Skillet Potatoes

These perfectly crispy breakfast potatoes with caramelized onions and diced bell peppers make it the perfect side dish for breakfast or brunch! Serve them alongside scrambled eggs, bacon and toast and see how quickly it’ll become one of your family’s favorite side dishes! Do you wake early on weekends and cook up a big breakfast for your family? I’ll be the first to admit, I never do! Oops! 😉 There’s a reason why I made my homemade cinnamon rolls recipe...

The BEST Spaghetti Meat Sauce

This quick and easy but mouth-watering spaghetti meat sauce only takes a bit of time to prepare, it’s so flavorful and meaty and the whole family will love it! You will never look at spaghetti sauce the same way again. I’ve been making this sauce for the past 5 years and I can attest to the fact that it’s the BEST meat sauce ever!! This meat sauce gets made at least every other week at our house. My youngest son...

Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

THE BEST fluffy, moist banana cake topped with a thick, creamy and tangy cream cheese frosting! If you have a couple of ripe bananas laying on your counter, this easy but flavorful and delicious ‘from scratch’ snack cake is calling your name. 😉 Since getting married and doing my own grocery shopping, there’s two things that I have an obsession with buying. Bananas and potatoes. No explanation really, they just always happen to jump into the cart when I’m not...

Cheesy Pulled Pork Nachos

These cheesy pulled pork nachos are piled high with tortilla chips, loaded with sweet pulled pork and LOTS of homemade queso blanco and crisp green onions. This is the perfect appetizer for game day! Load them up with your favorite toppings and you won’t be able to shove them into your mouth fast enough! 😉 I’m getting a headstart on planning my Super Bowl menu! (GO STEELERS!!!) Even if it’s just the five of us, you better believe there has...