This CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRY DUMP CAKE is made with just three ingredients! It’s one of the easiest desserts you’ll ever make and it’s absolutely delicious. So much chocolate goodness! I always hesitate to share recipes like this with you guys for 2 reasons: It’s probably been done before in a million other places (I try not
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Greek Pasta Salad
This Greek Pasta Salad is packed with all of my favorites: cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, olives, onions, and of course feta cheese! The simple Greek pasta salad dressing is made fresh with a bit of red wine vinegar and lemon juice so the flavors just pop! The minute it starts to warm up outside after the
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Greek Rice
This Greek Rice Recipe will quickly become a family favorite! The lemon flavor shines through and brightens the whole dish up. Stir in a bit of parsley or dill for even more flavor! As a kid, we ate Minute Rice pretty often. I was never the biggest fan of rice, but that may have something
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Bruschetta Chicken
BRUSCHETTA CHICKEN made low carb! This delicious low carb chicken recipe is so simple, but it’s packing some serious flavor. This is amazing served over zucchini noodles or with a side salad. This post first appeared on my other blog, That Low Carb Life. I’m all about big, bold flavors and this bruschetta chicken bake
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Easter Crunch Bars
Sweet, sticky, and full of pastel candy, these EASTER CRUNCH BARS are the perfect sweet treat to celebrate the holiday. My kids love help making these gooey, crunchy bars! Easter is happening and we’ve been doing alllll the candy eating in preparation. I don’t want to admit how many bags of Reese’s peanut butter eggs
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Blueberry Pie Bars
These BLUEBERRY PIE BARS are a simple twist on the classic blueberry pie. This bar dessert is perfect for feeding a crowd and it’s loaded with juicy blueberries. We used to live in a neighborhood with walking trails and the trails had berry bushes lining them. You can imagine how much we enjoyed berry season
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Bisquick Peach Cobbler
This BISQUICK PEACH COBBLER is a quick way to get dessert on the table. You can use fresh, frozen, or canned peaches in this dessert. Top it off with vanilla ice cream and dessert is served! I’ve always loved fresh peaches. There is nothing more summer-y to me than walking into a farmer’s market and
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The Very Best Waffles
The Best Belgian Waffle Recipe has a crispy exterior and light, fluffy interior! These waffles rival any that you’d find at your favorite breakfast restaurant and, with a couple of tricks, they’re super simple to make! People don’t say breakfast is the most important meal of the day for no reason, you guys. It’s because
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Creamy Cucumber Salad
Creamy cucumber salad starts off with English cucumbers, red onion, mayonnaise, vinegar, and dill. It’s a light side dish that is perfect for those hot summer nights and it is really easy to throw together any night of the week! Did I tell you about the time that my husband burnt me with a hot
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Tuna Pasta Salad
Our Tuna Pasta Salad is loaded with creamy avocado, red onion, and diced tomatoes all tossed in a simple, tangy dressing with tuna and tender pasta. This pasta salad recipe is a summer staple that makes a great lunch or side dish at any cook out and it’s perfect for meal prep! Pasta salad is
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Italian Pasta Salad
Our homemade Italian Pasta Salad is bursting with mix-ins, like salami, pepperoni, fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, and more! The homemade Italian dressing adds a bright, zippy flavor to this simple pasta salad recipe! I have been a long time lover of the almighty pasta salad. Which probably comes as no surprise, considering we’ve shared recipes
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One Pot Pork and Veggie Pasta
This veggie packed one dish pasta recipe is ready in just 30 minutes! Big thanks to Smithfield for sponsoring this post! The other day my kid asked me for vegetables. I died, came back from the dead to screech “For real? You want vegetables?”and then promptly died again. You see, the kid loves hibachi vegetables.
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Pickled Onion Avocado Toasted Muffins
This avocado breakfast recipe is the perfect start to your day, but it makes a great snack too! The avocado toast starts with an English muffin and is topped with quick pickled onions and cherry tomatoes. You guys, sometimes I think I should be pregnant for, like, my job. I would be so good at
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Oatmeal Cookie Bars
Thick and chewy Oatmeal Cookie Bars are made in one bowl and turn out so thick and buttery, loaded with chocolate, and perfect as an afternoon treat. You know those old cookbooks that you find at garage sales and thrift shops? The ones that all the little old ladies at church contributed to? Yeah, those.
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Rice Crispy Treat Frosting
Yes. You read that title correctly. I made your favorite childhood snack into frosting. Now, you not only get a rice krispies (rice crispy? rice krispy? rice crispies?) treat, you also get cake, all in one amazing dessert! You guys, this stuff is outrageous. It’s like a fluffy cloud of all your childhood dreams atop
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Butter Rolls
Think cinnamon rolls, but with a simple pie dough instead of a yeast dough and baked in a sweet milky sauce and you’ve got these Southern Butter Rolls! Have y’all ever heard of Butter Rolls? They’re a Southern delight – a cross between a cinnamon roll and pie crust, all baked up in a sweet
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Vodka Collins
Our Vodka Collins is a popular cocktail made with vodka, homemade sweet and sour mix, and club soda! It’s a light, refreshing cocktail that’s easy to make at home! I’m a sucker for a quick and easy cocktail and a classic Vodka Collins is my go to drink! It’s light and refreshing, perfect for a
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Maple Cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
What’s this, you say? Cupcakes? On Buns In My Oven? Yeah, I know. I can’t bake a cake to save my life, and yet here I am. With cake. I hope we all know what this means…if I can do it, so can you. But, why in the world would I risk death and destruction
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Pimento Cheese
Our Homemade Pimento Cheese recipe turns out so creamy, loaded with three different types of cheese, and packed with sweet pimentos. This Southern favorite is perfect for serving as a dip with crackers, spread between bread for a simple lunch, or melted on burgers! Have y’all ever had Pimento Cheese? I know. It’s a Southern
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Corn Cakes with Avocado Tomato Relish
Oh, hello. It’s summer. I mean, no. It’s not OFFICIALLY summer, according to the calender. Except for the millions of kids running around half-clothed, covered in mud, shrieking that they’re bored. To them, it’s summer. And the mamas, running around making snack after snack after snack, picking up after the heathens, and finally locking themselves
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