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Banana Nutella Bread
We are always looking for new fun ways to use Nutella in our house. I mean, we are Italian! We also use the Nutella from Italy which is slightly different. The girls both love Nutella and so do my husband and I. It was no surprise that I figured out how to swirl it into this simple and delicious chocolate chip banana bread recipe. I mean, the chocolate chips just were not enough! Making banana bread or zucchini bread or cranberry orange bread… any kind of sweet bread is a great project to get the kiddos involved in. They are usually simple dump and mix recipes that don’t require too much skill. My…
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Italian Beef Egg Rolls
I was thinking about this as I was making these yummy bites… are these only a Midwestern thing? Do you all know about and eat Italian beef sandwiches or is it one of our delicious Chicago land treats! Let me know in the comments below if you are not from Chicago land area; have you had, do you know what they are and do you love them like we do! Why egg rolls and not just the sandwich? The story behind these yummy bites is this. We had eaten these about 6 or 7 years ago in a restaurant for an appetizer. My husband talks about them all the time. So finally after…
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Thanksgiving Leftovers
So, it is the Monday after Thanksgiving. Most likely we have already forgotten about the holiday we are onto Christmas. In full shopping mode and thinking about what cookies we are going to make! BUT, we may still be holding onto some turkey, ham and mashed potatoes. If that is the case, here are a few Thanksgiving leftover recipes for you to use up the rest of those yummy bites that we do not want to throw away! Let’s start with the Turkey 2020 of all years is probably where we have the most turkey leftover. We all celebrated with much smaller groups than normal. Even though we gave leftovers to our few…
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Homemade Hot Cocoa Bombs
Ok, so there seems to be a new trend popping up every month. Mainly I believe due to Tik Tok, but also as more and more people are home and cooking a lot more! I think it is great and these are always so fun to try. Some are better than others, but I think that hot cocoa bombs are fun and delish! A little on on the rich side, but yummy chocolaty goodness is never a bad thing in my opinion. Now, I think that many people would rather purchase an item like this than make it. Just for the sheer fact that chocolate can be tricky, who has the time and…
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Homemade Apple Cider
So, if you have been following the blog, you know that we went apple picking last weekend. We have been enjoying orchard fresh apples all week. I made apple crisp stuffed apples, a few pans of apple slices, bourbon caramel apple ice cream and the girls and I have been eating apples for snack all week. They are actually the perfect size for the snacks for the little ones without having any leftover. I was looking at the bowl on Friday and realized we still had a couple dozen apples left. I wanted to make sure that we used them all up before they went bad. While trying to think of the best…
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Apple Slices
I grew up eating apple slices at almost every major holiday event thanks to my aunt Pam. She always baked these from scratch and they were always on the dessert table. I remember the flaky crust and gooey, apple filling. The warm spices and the sweet glaze. The best thing about food is that it creates memories that you never forget. You can smell something or eat something and be transported in time. Why I love food and family so much! When I was thinking of what to do with all of the apples we picked at the orchard, my aunt Dawn and I got to talking about apple slices. I thought, “Yes,…
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Apple Crisp Stuffed Apples
Fall is the perfect food season in the Midwest in my opinion. Along with that comes all sort of fun Fall activities, like apple picking! Which we got to go and do this past weekend. The girls had an absolute blast and this mama got all kinds of fresh apples to cook and bake with. Top 3 recipes that you don’t expect to make with apples from apple picking 1. Apple Crisp stuffed apples This is a super simple recipe that makes a great weekend or even week night dessert. The kids loved it and it was not super sweet. You can eat them on their own or with frozen yogurt or ice…
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White Chocolate Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Blondies
Well, that is a mouthful to say… BUT the real treat is a mouthful of these incredible blondies. These blondies scream Fall with the pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice and white chocolate chips! OOOOO MMMMM GGGG!!!! To say these are one of my favorite Fall desserts would be an under statement, these may be one of my favorite… Period! Which is saying a lot for me because I do not usually jump on the Pumpkin spice anything bandwagon. What makes these blondies so delicious is that they have everything you could want in a dessert. They are creamy and crunchy and sweet, nut not too sweet and have those warm Fall spices. Not only…
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Stuffed Shells
I love Fall foods and recipes, I think I have definitely said that more than once! One thing I love most in the Fall are stuffed pastas. Sure, you can eat these year round, but they have such a comforting feel in the Fall when the weather starts getting chillier outside. You can make them with hearty meat sauces and countless filling options. In house we have the great stuffed pasta debate of meat filling versus cheese filling! Which do you prefer? I am cheese all the way, but the hubby prefers meat. Since we are both Italian, but come from two different regions in Italy, this does not surprise me at all.…
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Southwestern Corn Salad
I absolutely love corn, especially in late Summer, early Fall as it is as fresh as can be. Always looking for amazing side dishes to make when I make tacos. Usually I do my go to guacamole, that by the way, my 3 years made almost 100% by herself last night. That is how many times we have made it. She can tell you everything that goes into it and do the steps to put it all together. I cut the avocados, obviously, but she is getting very good at it. Anyway, I am always looking for other side dishes beside the guac to go with the taco dinner. We like rice and…
