Fruit pizza! What?  Fruit pizza?  Is this the whole “does pineapple belong on pizza”? debate?  Nope.  Not at all. I ain’t going to wade in those waters. But I AM going to say that fruit does belong on pizza – assuming that pizza is a sugar cookie crust.  And that there isn’t any tomato sauce.  Read more

I love the holiday season – the Christmas parties, enjoying meals with family and friends, and creating memories with my three children. One of our favorite traditions every year is to try all the Hiland Dairy seasonal milks – we love all the unique holiday inspired flavors. This year I decided to make our tradition even more fun and whip up the flavored milk into a homemade 3-ingredient pudding dessert. Click here for the recipe…

Did you know you can make your OWN brown sugar with two simple ingredients? Homemade. Brown. Sugar. I mean….I’ll be real…for far too long I had no clue you could do that. Nor did I realize that those two ingredients have been sitting in my pantry ALL THIS TIME!!! Surely we’ve all felt that crushing Read more

Fall is truly my favorite season. All the leaves changing colors and crunching under your feet. Those crisp breezes, paired with thick sweaters and warm boots. Visiting the pumpkin patch and apple orchards. And what better way to savor those hand-picked apples than with a delicious, still warm from the oven slice of homemade apple Read more

It all began one fateful day, when I had a surplus of soon to be overripe bananas and a hankering for a delicious bowl of rich and creamy ice cream. That was the moment that this amazingly healthy chocolate banana ice cream was born. Yes, that’s right. HEALTHY. ICE CREAM. I totally just put those Read more

School has started, and summer will soon be on its way out, but for now it’s holding on, and I’m soaking up every last little bit of warmth and sunshine. So of course just the sight of these delicious watermelon lime slushes has my mouth watering. I’m pretty sure you’re here for the same reason Read more

OH MY STARS! I am so, so, so very happy that I stumbled onto this recipe. Listen to me talking like it’s a new recipe that I just found.It isn’t. I’ve had it all along! See, I like chocolate desserts. Well, my husband REALLY likes chocolate desserts. And I bake for a decent sized group Read more

Pumpkin!  I went looking for this recipe as I had a little bit of canned pumpkin left and wanted to put it to good use.  I wanted something pumpkin-y, but not over the top.  Nothing that left you feeling “Man, I just had some pumpkin pie”.  But something that left you feeling “Man, I just Read more

I think people can be broken up into 2 groups: Those who ADORE pumpkin spice things. Those who HATE pumpkin spice things. There’s almost no middle ground.  Well, I’m in that middle group if there can be one.  I am “She who appreciates pumpkin spice, but no need to worship it”.  I like it in Read more