I’ve seen recipes out there for egg roll in a bowl and they always sound so good! I figured I’d take my own spin on it! It took me 18-20 minutes to make this dinner, which is the kind of…
Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars
Basically a sugar cookie but in a bar form! The slices are thick, yet soft and chewy, and a little crispy on the outer edges. Perfect in every way in my opinion. Slathered with a thick and dreamy buttercream frosting. Color of your choice! And finished off with some cute sprinkles because life is more fun that way.
From Restoring Radiance to Daddio’s Kitchen
Let’s start by saying that I’ve been doing this thing for a LONG TIME. I started my Instagram account @restoring_radiance almost eight years ago. So much has changed since the beginning. I was in college, going through an eating disorder,…
Soft Red Velvet Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
These red velvet cookies are soft and pillowy. Light and fluffy. Slathered with the most delicious and rich cream cheese frosting. Giving it the perfect balance!
Dark Chocolate Strawberry Baked Oatmeal
February is definitely a month all about chocolate. Whether you love Valentine’s day is the perfect time to eat all the chocolate. I realized I didn’t have a chocolate based baked oatmeal and knew that had to change immediately! It’s…
Best Valentine’s Day Dessert Recipes
Best Valentine’s Day Dessert Recipes: Whether you love Valentine’s Day or don’t, it’s the perfect time to make some yummy desserts! We all know I LOVE desserts and especially chocolate. I have a ton of recipes on my blog for…
Easy Chocolate Chip Brookies (Brownies + Cookies)
Brookies are officially my ultimate dessert! I can never decide whether I like brownies or cookies better, but my problem is solved! Bake them together and it’s pretty much the best dessert of all time. Also, it’s incredibly easy! Top…
The Ultimate M&M Cookie Sandwich (Copycat Double Doozies)
Did anyone else grow up eating those m&m cookies with frosting from Great American Cookie at the mall?! They’re called “Double Doozies” and they’re basically the best thing ever! Basically you take two m&m’s cookies and put the most delicious buttercream frosting in the middle. They are DREAMY! I did a smaller batch this time around, but feel free to double the recipe because you really might wish you had more!
Air Fried Sweet Potato Wedges with Sriracha Dipping Sauce
We recently got an air fryer and wow I love it so much. I really didn’t want another appliance and we don’t have a lot of storage so I was against getting one, but really wanted one at the same…
Chocolate Cookies with Peanut Butter Frosting
Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Imagine a chocolate chip cookie but in a bar form! The slices are thick, yet soft and chewy, and a little crispy on the outer edges. Perfect in every way in my opinion. Easy to make and perfect to bring to a group. Made with basic chocolate chip cookie ingredients!
Blueberry Muffin Baked Oatmeal
With the cold weather and being very ready for some warm weather which isn’t happening anytime soon, I wanted to bring an oatmeal bake with a fun fresh flavor! Who doesn’t love a blueberry muffin? It will make your house…
Simple Sugar Cookie Bars
These sugar cookies bar are so easy to make and beyond delicious! All you need is one bowl and mostly ingredients you might already have! It’s like one giant cookie but in bar form. You don’t have to wait for…
Peanut Butter Cup Freezer Fudge
Basically like a block of peanut butter filled with the perfect touch of sweetness and chocolate chips. AKA my favorite. Incredibly easy to make. Very few ingredients. Takes approximately 5-10 minutes. Perfect little snack or sweet treat whenever you need…
January Cook at Home Challenge
We decided for the month of January that we are going to cook dinner at home every night. It doesn’t have to be complicated, but we just want challenge ourselves to get back into the kitchen! To cook simple, delicious,…
White Chocolate Cranberry Baked Oatmeal
Officially my last recipe of 2020 and baked oatmeal just seemed right! It literally GOT ME THROUGH this year. Between moving to a new house while pregnant with Noah, having Noah, and adjusting to life with 2 under 2 having…
Holiday Gift Guide
Good morning and merry almost christmas! A little late on a holiday gift guide (#momlife), but in case you still need some ideas I’m sharing a few of our favorites! I’ve actually never done a gift guide, but I thought…
Soft Gingerbread Cookies with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
Last dessert recipe of 2020 had to be a really good one, and this one IS THAT! This has to be one of my top recipes this year. This just tastes like Christmas in cookie form. I should also note…
Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
Double chocolate peppermint is the flavor combo I didn’t realize I needed! It’s like chocolate peppermint bark, but in cookie form & just SO GOOD! The cookie is loaded with a mixture of dark chocolate cocoa powder, white chocolate chips,…
Sprinkle Sugar Cookies
They’re classic, they’re festive, and they’re just what you need this season! Easy to make and Thomas’ second favorite cookie I’ve ever made behind my Best Salted Chocolate Chip cookies, because well chocolate, right? Make them and let me know…
White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies
December is the month of all things cookies, and I’m going all in this year! Starting off with white chocolate cranberry cookies. They are festive, thick, chewy but soft and the combination of white chocolate and cranberries is DIVINE. Let’s…
Bacon & Gouda Mac & Cheese
My mom always made Ina Garten’s Grown Up Mac & Cheese every year at Thanksgiving! Decided to make my own version this year and DANG IS IT GOOD! You can use any variety of cheeses but the blend of gouda…
Chai Banana Bread
I never knew how much I loved chai flavored things until a few years ago! Honestly, now I can’t get enough! It’s perfectly spiced, so flavorful, and always pairs beautifully with cream cheese icing (my favorite)! This bread is everything…
Apple Pie Overnight Oats
One of my favorite easy make ahead breakfasts for the week! Mornings are made SO MUCH easier when breakfast is already prepped! Plus I don’t have to make another decision which is definitely ideal 🙂 Tastes like apple pie, especially…
Pumpkin Spice Peanut Butter Bars
Basically pumpkin spice peanut butter cups, but made even easier by making them into bars! They taste like your classic PB cup with a twist of fall and they are SO GOOD. The pumpkin makes the filling a super soft…
Maple Pecan Baked Oatmeal
Nothing says the holidays like some maple pecan goodness and this time turned into baked oatmeal. It tastes like literal dessert and is FABULOUS. You need it, trust me on this one! Ingredients: -2 cups rolled oats (or quick) -1…
Peanut Butter Chocolate Protein Bars
Homemade bars that are rich with peanut butter & sweet with chocolate. Filled with protein for a balanced snack. Gluten free, can be dairy free and absolutely delicious.
Dirty Chai Baked Oatmeal
This one is loaded with spice and everything nice! You can make it dirty by adding the coffee or just make regular chai by replacing the coffee with milk. The yogurt icing adds the best little topping, and makes it…
Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread
Tis is the season for all things pumpkin! Basically took the base of my banana bread and turned it pumpkin, and let me tell you, the result was outstanding! If you’re looking for a pumpkin bread recipe, I promise you…
Discount Codes
Good morning friends! I asked you guys on stories if you wanted me to share all my discount/ affiliate code and the answer was YES! So here they all are in a blog post & I also created a highlight…
Peanut Butter Cup Baked Oatmeal
Ingredients: -2 cups quick oats (you can use rolled but quick gives the BEST texture & it holds together better) -1.5 cups whole milk (or any nut milk/ alternative) -1/3 cup peanut butter -1/4 cup maple syrup -1 egg -1…
Pumpkin Spice Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
Welcoming fall with all the best fall goodies. I’m not sure if I’m more of an apple or pumpkin lover, but one thing I do know is that if there’s pumpkin, I almost always want cream cheese frosting included. This…
Grandma Kitty’s Sour Cream Coffee Cake
One of my absolute favorite recipes from growing up! My mama would always make it whenever we had company or for a special breakfast. I remember my siblings & I would devour it whenever she made it! Now I’m making…
Pumpkin Spice Baked Oatmeal
Fully welcoming fall weather and all the fall flavors with a new baked oatmeal! I already have apple pie baked oatmeal and pumpkin chocolate chip oatmeal bars, but had to add pumpkin spice to the crew. It’s dense, doughy, filling,…
Apple Cinnamon Bread
Ingredients: For the Bread: -1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature -3/4 cup cane (white) sugar -2 eggs, room temperature -2 tsp vanilla extract -1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled) -1 1/2 tsp baking powder -1/2 tsp sea salt…
Chocolate Fudge Brownie & Mint Chocolate Chip No Churn Ice Cream (Dairy-Free & Regular)
Mint chocolate chip and chocolate fudge brownie are two of my top ice cream flavors. Also, pairing these two together is incredible. I figured out how to make my original no churn ice cream into a dairy free version and…
Chocolate Covered Cookie Dough Truffles
My last cookie dough flavored recipe (for now)! Thomas claimed these little babies better than my actual cookie dough. That’s quite a statement, and I will say they are VERY good but nothing beats classic cookie dough in my opinion….
Cookie Dough Baked Oatmeal
Let the cookie dough flavored recipes continue! You guys know I love my baked oatmeal, so I couldn’t not create a cookie dough flavor with this one! It’s super easy to make & the cashew butter gives it that cookie…
Edible Cookie Dough
I mean, what is possibly better? I asked you guys on Instagram if you preferred cookie dough or the actual baked cookie & cookie dough won hands down! So I made you edible cookie dough for you cooking dough eating…
Cookie Dough Overnight Oats
Keeping up with the cookie dough theme, because why not? Made these easy overnight oats for the most satisfying delicious breakfast that felt like dessert! Ingredients: -1/2 cup rolled oats -1/2 cup cashew milk -1 scoop collagen (or vanilla protein)…
Cinnamon Roll Baked Oatmeal
Ingredients: Base: -3 cups quick oats (can also use rolled oats, but I prefer the consistency of the quick oats) -2 cups unsweetened coconut milk (or any nut or dairy milk) -1/3 cup maple syrup (or honey) -1/3 cup…
Trader Joe’s Favorites
Trader Joe’s is just one of the best places ever. It’s small and easy to walk through, has the friendliest staff, phenomenal prices, and a ton of fun products to try! Apparently you guys feel the same way so figured…
Chocolate Chip Cookie Skillet
How many things can I do with this chocolate chip cookie recipe? The options are endless and I have so many ideas up my sleeve 🙂 Took almost the exact recipe and made it into a skillet. Starting with a…
My Go-To PB Chocolate Energy Bites
We are energy bite people in our house. I make them almost weekly. Such an easy snack that the whole family loves! I have tried so many different recipes, but I always come back to this one. So simple, incredibly…
S’mores Cookies
S’mores are the epitome of summer, aren’t they? I remember growing up and every summer we’d make s’mores around the fire pit at my lake house. It was one of my favorite things. I basically took my salted chocolate chip…
Dark Chocolate Raspberry Baked Oatmeal
If you guys can’t tell, I really really like baked oatmeal! But it seems like you guys do too, since they’re my most popular recipes! I asked on an IG poll what flavor to make next & this one won…
Honey Chipotle Salmon w/ Salad & Sweet Potatoes (& Life with 2 Update)
This post was sponsored by Kroger and High Liner Foods. All opinions expressed in the post are my own and not those of The Kroger Co. Hi guys! It’s been a while since I wrote an actual blog post rather…
Grilled Chicken & Charred Veggie Rice
Such an easy & incredibly flavorful yet simple summer meal! Loaded with all the pretty & colorful veggies and flavors of summer. Plus everything is done on the grill except for the rice making for very easy clean up. Win…
No Churn Ice Cream (2 Ways)
Oh ice cream, how I love you. Ice cream has always been one of my favorite desserts since I was little. I’ve forever been a huge fan of Ben & Jerry’s and always will be. I even named my cats…
Noah’s Birth Story
I woke up Saturday morning around 6:30am with some pressure in my lower stomach and back. I didn’t think much of it, because I had been experiencing similar symptoms over the past few days so I went on with my…
The Best Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies
Over the years, I’ve made SO MANY different chocolate chip cookie recipes. I have one on my blog that was the recipe my mom made growing up that I loved, but it still wasn’t my perfect chocolate chip cookie. I’ve…
Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Baked Oatmeal
There probably isn’t another combo I love more than chocolate, peanut butter, and banana. I eat it almost everyday in some form, and I still can’t get enough! I took my PB&J baked oatmeal recipe and modified it a little…
PB&J Baked Oatmeal
If I’m being honest, I could probably live off peanut butter and jelly. It was one of my absolute favorites as a kid, and it’s just so comforting always. This is my number one viewed baked oatmeal so it seems…
