This post is sponsored by SheSpeaks, Inc. and Simply Orange Juice Company. It’s the time of year for holiday entertaining! While I love a good dinner party, sometimes a cocktail party better suits the crowd. Cocktails, appetizers, music, and friends. It’s a great way to introduce friends from different social circles, and catch up with…
Recipes
Homemade Taco Seasoning
My kids are serious about Taco Tuesday. It has to be Tuesday if we’re going to have tacos that is. I’m not sure why they’re so particular about it, but that’s the groan I hear every time I try to make tacos on any other day of the week. The thing that’s weird about this…
Matcha Whipped Cream Recipe plus a Chocolate Chip Variation
My life changed the day I discovered matcha. Alright, maybe that’s a bit dramatic, but learning about matcha and how to cook with it has become a new, and delicious, pastime for me. In my house right now I have ceremonial matcha for hot tea, sweet matcha for making green tea lattes, and culinary matcha…
Manwich Macaroni Goulash
Manwich Macaroni Goulash is my quick and easy recipe that both pleases my family and shares the tangy traditions with them that I had growing up. You can use any of these three Manwich flavors to make it your own. Have fun trying them all!
Maple Bacon Sweet Potatoes on Spinach with a Sunny Side Up Egg
It’s taken me way too long to share this recipe with you. It’s one of my favorite breakfasts. It’s bright, colorful, there are a variety of flavors that partner well, a few different textures, plus it’s filled with nutrition. Ever since I figured out how to cook sunny side up eggs I’ve been using them…
Buffalo Chicken Blue Cheese Dip
Buffalo Blue Cheese Chicken Dip is my new favorite dip! It has all the flavor of buffalo wings and it’s easy to make. Chicken, blue cheese, buffalo sauce, plus celery for dipping if you like the complimentary fresh crunch. Cream cheese and sour cream create a delicious base for the stars of the show to…
Onion Soup with Gruyère Cheese
A recipe I’ve been craving lately is my onion soup. Not only is it absolutely delicious, but it has toasted ciabatta bread and melty gruyère cheese on top.
My recipe is sort of a mix between French onion soup and Italian or Tuscan onion soup. They are similar, but do have some differences. I take a little bit from both traditional soups to create my own.
I use chicken broth for my recipe, and that is traditional for Tuscan onion soup, while French onion usually uses beef broth. Both have toasted bread, however French onion places it on top like I do, however Tuscan places the bread on the bottom of the bowl before the soup is ladled in. Finally, the cheese. Honestly, I have no idea what the traditional cheese is for Tuscan onion soup, however French onion traditionally uses Gruyère cheese so I guess that’s the direction I went with it.
Hot Chocolate Cookie Bars
Hot Chocolate is a family favorite around here. You may be familiar with some of our favorite DIY hot chocolate mixes, such as the rich and creamy hot chocolate or our peppermint hot chocolate recipe. We wanted to take hot chocolate to another level so we decided on hot chocolate cookies. I tried one batch and failed…
Matcha Shortbread with Chocolate Drizzle
Green tea, specifically matcha, has become one of my favorite beverages. It’s been a wonderful substitute for helping me get over coffee, which I still love but it doesn’t always love me. Another way I love green tea is in baked goods. You can pick up culinary grade matcha powder which isn’t as good to…
No Chill Pumpkin Spice Snickerdoodles
I’ll be the first to admit it. This is the first time I’ve jumped on the pumpkin spice bandwagon, but for good reason! I don’t do “spice.” At least not the spice combos including cinnamon, nutmeg and/or cloves. It’s not my thing and never has been. This is why it’s shocking that I decided to…