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Do you want to know something not so secret about me?  If I had an unlimited income, you might find me at Panera for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Every. Single Day.  ( unless I lived in a place with a …

This post contains affiliate links.  This is only the third time I have ever made something sweet in my Instant Pot.  Last year, I made an Instant Pot peppermint vanilla latte, which turned out pretty good.  After spring break I came …

Napa Cashew Chicken Salad is the perfect combination of sweetness, nuttiness, and crunch. Now, you can make your favorite grocery store chicken salad at home and serve it at your next get-together!  Like me, if you live in the Midwest, …

Disclaimer:  Nobody is paying me to write this.  I originally wrote this in 2017.  However, a few of the items I included in my original post are no longer available at ALDI.  Since we are now in a new decade, …

For a while,  I was posting healthy cookie recipes without sugar.  Instead, I was adding maple syrup or dates.   But do you know what makes a cookie taste good?  Brown sugar. Let me explain.   Over the last few …

Before you click the X on the right hand of your screen, I have to tell you.  It’s delicious! Over the weekend, I made this cucumber dill hummus for my friend’s wedding shower.  I then was showing my mom all …

During the summer, I love preparing picnics for my boys. I love packing their little picnic basket and watching them eat all the fun “surprises” I put in it. ( I know that one day, I will hate packing lunches. …

Your entire family will LOVE this Homemade Banana Ice Cream Oreo Blizzard!  You will love it because it is so much healthier than store-bought Oreo blizzards and Oreo Mc Flurries.  Your kids will love it because it is sweet, creamy, …

I know that Lucky Charms Cereal has more sugar than one person needs for an entire week.   But, as a thirty-something who grew up watching sugar cereal commercials. I feel nostalgic over Lucky Charms. I remember when they introduced the RED …

All, I have to do is call it a ” Nugget” and let him dip it in Ketchup.   It has become THAT easy.  🙂   I have Hid vegetables, Fibbed about what was in his Mac and Cheese, researched on …

One night last week, my husband was out-of-town and I needed something sweet.  I had dealt with a screaming infant for a few hours and needed to unwind with a sweet treat.  I had no ” junk” in the house …

With this cold wave that we had here in Iowa over the last few weeks. ( Cold wave= 70 degree weather in August).  I REALLY have been in the Starbucks Pumpkin spice kind of mood.  I am almost certain they …