Oh, how I love the Fourth of July! Love it, love it, love it. I cannot wait to see our families and go to the parade, light off fireworks, bbq, go to the BIG fireworks, and just spend quality time with the people I love while celebrating this amazing country. You can’t have a Fourth…
Cupcake Diaries Weekly Menu Plan #8
Have you figured out what’s for dinner this week? Here are seven more dinner ideas for you, plus side dishes and desserts, to help you get planned out for your week of meals. (Root Beer Pulled Pork Sandwiches are on our list for Wednesday! Yum!) | Sunday | Root Beer Pulled Pork Sandwiches |…
Easy Shrimp Scampi
We don’t eat a ton of seafood, but every now and then a yummy shrimp dish sounds so good. On Sunday we made this yummy shrimp ccampi dish that was so easy to put together. We’re talking 15 minutes from start to finish. This recipe also uses less butter than a restaurant would use for…
Red, White & Blue Fruit and Brownie Skewers
Bamboo skewers are threaded with brownies, blueberries, strawberries, and marshmallows for a fun and patriotic treat! We are fast approaching one of my very favorite holidays, my friend. The Fourth of July is such an exciting holiday! We get to celebrate the freedoms we enjoy in our country and take part in all kinds of parades,…
Parmesan Garlic Pull Apart Rolls
I don’t know about you, but Rhodes rolls have saved me on a number of occasions for family dinner. There’s nothing easier than taking balls of dough out of a bag and placing them in a pan to rise, ready to bake in a matter of hours. Bless you, Rhodes! I was craving garlic bread…
20 of the Best Sweet Roll Recipes
I’m going to be really honest. The entire reason this round up happened was because of a massive sweet roll craving I was having a few weeks ago. This baby wants sweet rolls and I’m not going to argue about it! So I went on the hunt for the best sweet roll recipes I could…
Braided Nocciolata Bread
Recently I was able to try Nocciolata organic chocolate/hazelnut spread. And was I in heaven or what! My family loved this stuff. We were able to find all kinds of ways to use it. My four year old especially loved it with vanilla wafers. Nocciolata is made with dark chocolate carefully selected from the Antillean…
Easy Lego Birthday Party Ideas
My oldest turned four this year and picked a Lego theme for his birthday party. I’ve always thought a Lego theme would be so fun with all the bright colors and fun food and activity ideas. With a blogging conference, three weekend trips in a row to Idaho, and moving to a new house coming…
