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hawaiian cheese ball {the big kahuna}

This cheese ball is completely creamy, bacony, pineapply and delicious! If you don’t like coconut, you can coat it with chopped Macadamia nuts instead. It’s great either way! We enjoyed our cheese ball with Food Should Taste Good’s Sweet Potato Chips. They’re slightly sweet and are an awesome vehicle for scooping up the amazing cheese.…

homemade candy bars

This recipe is loosely adapted from Gwyneth Paltrow’s recipe for healthy candy bars that I discovered in her awesome book, It’s All Good. Her original recipe calls for 1/2 cup shredded coconut in addition to the rest of the ingredients, and I opted to omit it. She adds coconut oil to the chocolate topping, and…

fluffy french bread stuffing

One of my daughter Gracie’s favorite foods is stuffing. She doesn’t care what time of year it is. I’m pretty sure she could eat it every day. Here’s a versatile, easy stuffing/dressing recipe that you can make as a side dish for virtually any meal. I always feel like something’s missing if I don’t have…

{slow cooker} honey cranberry pork roast

Who else out there loves using their slow cooker during the summer? There are so many great summer dishes you can make. They’re so fast to prepare! This one calls for minimal ingredients, and it’s versatile. You can use the sweet, shredded pork as a sandwich topping (as you would pulled pork.) Just toast a…

creamy shrimp & seashell pasta salad

Pretty, healthy, filling and refreshing all at once. This salad is perfectly suited for summer entertaining. The small, sweet shrimp are the star of the show! If you want to make this for a light main course, you may want to add another half pound of shrimp. 13.25 oz. medium size seashell pasta (I used…

chocolate chip skookie {skillet cookie}

Are you ready to make a rustic, gorgeous, giant chocolate chip cookie in a skillet? This tastes quite different than regular chocolate chip cookies. It’s thick and soft and gooey in the middle. Serve with a dollop of whipped cream or a scoop of your favorite vanilla ice cream. A drizzle of caramel sauce and/or…

the best slow cooker pork tenderloin

This Easter, while the ham was baking in the oven, this was cooking in the Crock Pot. It was so easy to prepare, and incredibly moist and delicious. Perfect holiday fare, without the fuss! yield: count on 1/3 lb. to 1/2 lb. per person- 2 to 4 lb. pork tenderloin 1/2 cup water 2/3 cup…

sugar cookies {in a cake pan}

If you like sugar cookies you’re going to love love love this easy recipe. Sugar cookies in a cake pan! They’re moist, they’re sweet, they’re slathered in creamy, dreamy frosting! It doesn’t get better than this! for the cookies: ~ preheat oven to 375 degrees F. ~ 3/4 cup real, unsalted butter (no substitutions) 3/4…

{school lunch room} peanut butter chocolate bars

I have fond memories of school lunches. The chicken patty with cheese, the pizza, the chef salad, the Italian dunkers, the lunch lady hamburger soup, the sweet and sour meatballs with rice, the goulash, the brownies, the special K bars. Even the old school peanut butter and jelly sandwich on white bread accompanied by plain…

chocolate dipped potato chips

Sweet and salty. Need I say more? Seriously, this is quite the snack. The sweet creamy chocolate is the perfect accompaniment to the crispy, salty chip. Make a bunch for your next party! 2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips 8.5 oz bag salted, plain ripple potato chips Place a long length of waxed paper on…