A copycat version of Chili’s most popular appetizer is so easy to make at home! You only need a few ingredients to make Copycat Chili’s Skillet Queso. It’s time for another week of copycat recipes! Last year’s group of copycat recipes did so well I HAD to do it again. Who doesn’t love a good…
Easy Restaurant-Style Salsa
This week has been all about essential oils and different recipes that use different essential oils. Today I’m sharing another easy and tasty recipe that uses two oils. And did I mention it’s easy? I love going to Mexican restaurants and loading up on chips and salsa before my meal comes. Not to mention the…
Creamy Lime Fruit Dip
I’m so excited about this recipe today! My husband and I really like and use all different kinds of oils for all different kinds of things. Essential oils are natural aromatic compounds found in the seeds, bark, stems, roots, flowers, and other parts of plants. And essential oils represent the safest, purest, and most…
40 Game Day Recipes
Cupcake Diaries The Super Bowl is officially on its way! Congratulations to you if your team won yesterday. One of the best parts of Super Bowl Sunday is all the food food food! Game food is some of the best kind of food. Today I’ve got 40 different game food recipes from dips to sandwiches,…
Chicken Alfredo Pizza
You’ll want to pin this one, my friends! I love it when I make something new for dinner and my husband says, “That’s one of my favorite things you’ve ever made.” Yay! He said that very thing when we had this Chicken Alfredo Pizza last week. I’ve always been a fan of alfredo sauce….
On the Menu at My Family’s Christmas Party
My little family is lucky enough that we get to celebrate holidays with both our families. No matter who we’re with for Christmas Eve, we’ll still get to have another Christmas party with the other family. This year we’re with my husband’s family on Christmas Eve, so we’re having a Christmas party before Christmas with…
Rattlesnake Bites (aka Beef-Stuffed Crescents)
Football season is upon us! Pretty sure college football gets going next week. Exciting times lie ahead! Bring on the party food. These Rattlesnake Bites are a delicious appetizer for any party. They’re made with crescent roll dough in the tubes so there’s no crazy dough making here. You can make each one at its…
Carino’s Italian Nachos
I worked at Carino’s Italian for almost 10 years. Ten years! I started work there when I was 17 and I loved it. It was 2001 and back then the restaurant was called Johnny Carino’s. I was a hostess and a table tender (busser), then as I got older I became a server and bartender. I made…