Chocolate Apricot Thumbprint Cookies are pecan coated cookies with apricot preserves drizzled with chocolate. Perfect for any cookie tray! These cookies take a little time, but they are worth the wait. I found this to be a unique flavor combination that you just don’t see … Continue readingChocolate Apricot Thumbprint Cookies
Welcome To #Choctoberfest 2018! Join me for an entire week of chocolate recipes! Enter to win the prize package and check out amazing recipes! #Choctoberfest #ad #sponsored … Continue readingWelcome To #Choctoberfest 2020
Disney’s Caramel Shortbread from Epcot’s Karamell-Küche. These bars are practically melt in your mouth. They will disappear quickly! These bars are super easy to make and super delicious to eat. I was pleasantly surprised at just how easy it was given that sometimes caramel can … Continue readingDisney’s Caramel Shortbread
Welcome to the Halloween movie #FoodNFlix Challenge! For the month of October we will be working on recipes inspired by our favorite Halloween movies. Halloween has always been a season of fun at our home. I must admit that we do more of a cute … Continue readingHalloween #FoodNFlix Challenge
Disney’s Pumpkin Milkshakes are a perfect treat for the start of Autumn/Fall. I’m celebrating the change of seasons with a delicious treat. I’m also joining in with other talented recipe creators to celebrate #PumpkinWeek. This is an official Disney recipe, adapted from the Disney Parks … Continue readingDisney’s Pumpkin Milkshakes
It’s beginning to feel like fall, or maybe that is just wishful thinking! This has been a bit of a challenging year so I think I just feel the need to move into Autumn and celebrate changing things up a bit. These Disney’s Pumpkin Muffins … Continue readingDisney’s Pumpkin Muffins
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios has a Wizarding World Butterbeer Ice Cream. This is a delicious treat to try while visiting this amazing area of the theme park. The butterbeer ice cream is fantastic alone or you can swirl butterscotch topping … Continue readingWizarding World Butterbeer Ice Cream
My inspiration for Sugar Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich comes from Disney Magic Kingdom. This was a treat offered last summer at the Magic Kingdom park to celebrate America. Earlier this week I shared Birthday Cake Ice Cream and now it’s time to put it together … Continue readingSugar Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich
My inspiration for Birthday Cake Ice Cream comes from Disney Magic Kingdom. This was a treat offered last summer at the Magic Kingdom park to celebrate America in the form of an “It’s a Party” sundae or Sugar Cookie Sandwich. Later this week I will … Continue readingBirthday Cake Ice Cream
My kids have been experimenting playing some games that either are new to them or they have not played in a while. Portal became the recent obsession for both of them and they played it what seemed like non stop until they completed the game. … Continue readingPortal Chocolate Raspberry Cake
Star Wars Scarif Salsa is inspired by the tropical planet, Scarif, from Rogue One. I thought this was one of the most beautiful locations in the Star Wars Universe, too bad it’s the site of such a sad story. This tropical location inspired me to … Continue readingStar Wars Scarif Salsa
Oatmeal Cookie Fruit Pizza is a creative and unique dessert that tastes fantastic and if a bit addictive. We found ourselves going back to this often as the combination of the cookie with the sweet cream and fruit is so yummy! This post is sponsored … Continue readingOatmeal Cookie Fruit Pizza
Beautiful single serve Easter treats inspired by Walt Disney World Epcot’s Kringla Bakeri Og Kafe is Disney Springtime Lemon Cheesecake. … Continue readingDisney Springtime Lemon Cheesecake
Homemade Cinnamon Pecan Granola is a delicious breakfast option. It can be used to make beautiful fruit parfaits for your brunch or holiday meals. This post is sponsored in conjunction with #SpringSweetsWeek. I received product samples from sponsor companies to help in the creation of … Continue readingHomemade Cinnamon Pecan Granola
Bunny Carrot Cakes are perfect little single serving cakes for Easter. The bunny shape is adorable and lends itself to creative decorating. I opted for minimal frosting to focus on the carrot cake and the bunny shape. This post is sponsored in conjunction with #SpringSweetsWeek. … Continue readingBunny Carrot Cakes
Festive and flavorful Blood Orange Cinnamon Rolls are perfect for your spring celebration. This post is sponsored in conjunction with #SpringSweetsWeek. I received product samples from sponsor companies to help in the creation of the #SpringSweetsWeek recipes. All opinions are mine alone. For this recipe, … Continue readingBlood Orange Cinnamon Rolls
Blood Orange Madeleines are small little french cakes with a small amount of blood orange icing and festive sprinkles. They are perfect for a spring time tea party or to pack a little treat in the lunch of someone you love. This post is sponsored … Continue readingBlood Orange Madeleines
March 14th is the day we mark as #PiDay (3.14). To celebrate #PiDay, I made Tin Roof Sundae Pie. I knew I wanted a chocolate pie as that is my son’s favorite. I recalled a sundae from my childhood and decided to base my pie … Continue readingTin Roof Sundae Pie
Turkey Apricot Meatballs are a delicious and simple dinner option that offers fantastic flavors using Dijon mustard and apricot jam. These are one of our favorite go to meal options. These are easy to make. To make the meatballs, combine the ground turkey and seasonings … Continue readingTurkey Apricot Meatballs
Epcot Norway School Bread from Kringla Bakeri Og Kafe. Delicious sweet roll topped with vanilla icing, toasted shredded coconut and vanilla pudding. In Norway, it is also referred to as skolebolle ‘school bun’ or skolebrød ‘school bread’. I have never tried the School Bread from Kringla Bakeri Og Kafe at … Continue readingEpcot Norway School Bread
Classic Water Bagel recipe to get you started baking this amazing breakfast bread. Once you try these you’ll never go back to store bought bagels. I have never made bagels before so I really wanted to give them a try. Now that I have I … Continue readingWater Bagels
Tasty and easy oven Baked Parmesan Cracker Chicken Tenders using saltine crackers and Parmesan Cheese. This is a twist on an old favorite that will have your family saying “Yum”. We all need easy recipes that make for quick week night dinners and this one … Continue readingBaked Parmesan Cracker Chicken Tenders
We finish the Countdown to 2020 today with the category “Wild Card”. I decided to share readers favorite recipes that didn’t fit neatly into one of the prior categories. This seemed to hit Beverages, Bread and Salad. We have some delicious recipes in these categories … Continue readingCountdown to 2020 – Wild Card
Today we continue the Countdown to 2020 with the Top 5 Reader Favorites across all categories from 2019 on Simply Inspired Meals. These are the most popular recipes. I encourage you to give them a try and share your results. Top 5 Reader Favorites from … Continue readingCountdown to 2020 – Reader Favorites
Today we continue the Countdown to 2020 with the Best Crockpot / Slow Cooker recipes from 2019 on Simply Inspired Meals. I realize that I don’t have many crockpot recipes so a goal for 2020 is to remedy that and add more recipes in this … Continue readingCountdown to 2020 – Best Crockpot
Today we continue the Countdown to 2020 with the Top 5 Best Desserts from 2019 on Simply Inspired Meals. Top 5 Best Dessert from Simply Inspired Meals Game of Thrones Lemon Cakes Handheld cakes perfect for a tea party, simple dessert or watching Games of … Continue readingCountdown to 2020 – Best Dessert
Today we continue the Countdown to 2020 with the Top 5 Best Main Dishes from 2019 on Simply Inspired Meals. Top 5 Best Main Dishes from Simply Inspired Meals Creamy Corn Chowder French Market inspired Creamy Corn Chowder. The Disneyland version is garnished with a … Continue readingCountdown to 2020 – Best Main Dishes
Today we continue the Countdown to 2020 with the Top 5 Best Breakfasts from 2019 on Simply Inspired Meals. Top 5 Best Breakfasts from Simply Inspired Meals Three Broomsticks Eggy Bread Freshly baked french bread dipped in a cinnamon egg batter and lightly sauteed, sprinkled … Continue readingCountdown to 2020 – Best Breakfasts
Welcome to the Countdown to 2020. Today we are kicking things off with the Countdown to 2020 – Best Appetizers and Snacks from 2019 on Simply Inspired Meals. Top 5 Best Appetizers and Snacks from Simply Inspired Meals Here are the top 5 reader favorite … Continue readingCountdown to 2020 – Best Appetizers and Snacks
Classic Christmas Spritz Cookies are traditional cookies from Germany that taste a bit like shortbread and can be decorated with sugars or glazes. The cookies are actually quite easy to make as long as you have a cookie press. You mix all the ingredients together … Continue readingClassic Christmas Spritz Cookies
Snowflake Eggnog Coffee Cake is a festive breakfast option with the flavors of the season. My theme for the 12 Days of Holiday is the Yule Ball from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. For my breakfast I wanted to continue the feeling of … Continue readingSnowflake Eggnog Coffee Cake
Holiday Bread Wreath Tear and Share is inspired by Great British Baking show. My theme for the 12 Days of Holiday is the Yule Ball from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I wanted a potluck recipe with ties to the British and thought … Continue readingHoliday Bread Wreath Tear and Share
The Harry Potter Snow Owl Wreath is the perfect addition to your Harry Potter Yule Ball Christmas. It is an easy do it yourself wreath that will light up your front door or wherever you choose to display. My theme for the 12 Days of … Continue readingHarry Potter Snow Owl Wreath
The Harry Potter Advent Calendar is an easy do it yourself decoration and daily activity to share with you children while counting down to Christmas. My theme for the 12 Days of Holiday Ideas is the Yule Ball from Harry Potter and the Goblet of … Continue readingHarry Potter Advent Calendar
This month I’m joining the Fantastical Food Fight for the Pecan Pie challenge. I will admit that I often find Pecan Pie to be too sweet, almost like candy. It can be hard to eat an entire slice. Given that, I decided to make Mini … Continue readingMini Pecan Pies
Harry Potter Yule Ball Cookie Tree is a beautiful and impressive dessert that is actually quite easy to make and a fun family activity. I have been making sugar cookies with my family as long as I can remember. This is a Christmas tradition that … Continue readingHarry Potter Yule Ball Cookie Tree
We’ve rounded up Magical Gifts for Harry Potter Fans. Potter fans of all ages will love the gifts we’ve included in this gift guide. Give any one of them to your Potter fan friends and family and you will have a truly magical holiday. Welcome … Continue readingMagical Gifts for Harry Potter Fans
This month’s #BakingBloggers theme is Holiday Pies. Pie is a favorite in our house. We love all sorts of pies. This Amazing Apple Pie is one my husband has been working on and modifying for years, it is an absolute favorite. This pie is requested … Continue readingAmazing Apple Pie
Welcome to the 12 Days of Holiday Ideas Kickoff. You will find the best DIY Holiday ideas to get your holiday celebrations off to a great start. We will be sharing ideas over the next four weeks. The ideas include gift guides, kids activities, advent … Continue reading12 Days of Holiday Ideas Kickoff
White Chocolate Cranberry Blondies are inspired by the Disney Festival of the Holidays at Disney California Adventure Visions of Sugarplums booth. Sweet fall flavors in a bar cookie, perfect snack or after dinner dessert. This can be the perfect dessert for your Thanksgiving meal. Start … Continue readingWhite Chocolate Cranberry Blondies