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Sweet Treats – 25 Tasty Treats We Love!

Cookies, brownies, holiday treats and MORE! Today we are sharing 25 of our favorite sweet treats. (Your taste buds are going to love you!)  Tasty Treats If my waistline would let me eat cookies for breakfast every day, I totally would! (And I'd have cheesecake for lunch and warm brownies for dinner!) I have this thing for tasty treats and baked goods - I literally cannot get enough! Today I want to share with you my personal repbroitore of sweet treat recipes. These are literally the BEST of the BEST! The recipes I go to over and over when I have a sweet tooth craving that I need to satisfy. (Which is like, 4 times a day.) ;) 25 Favorite Sweet Treats Best Cookie Recipes 1. These 3 Ingredient Cake Mix Cookies are soft and chewy and super easy to make! 2. These chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies are thick, soft and jam packed with chocolate chips. 3. Snickerdoodles are the ... [Read More]

Lunch Box Notes – Free Printables

Send the kids back to school with a fun message or joke in their lunch bag! These printable lunch box notes will sure make them feel extra special.  If you're stopping by from The Crafting Chicks, hello and welcome! lunch box notes Along with the start of a new school year comes one of my least favorite weekday tasks - making school lunches! I don't know why I don't love this chore - it's not that it is hard, it's just that it is never ending. I have 4 kids in school, which means I have 20 lunches to make each and every week! #NotFun To make school lunches more fun for them (and me!) I often like to include a sweet little note for my kids. A loving, handwritten letter is obviously the most special, but for days when you want to add a little something to make them smile but you don't have too much time, these printable lunch box notes are perfect! I try to print a bunch of these ... [Read More]

Sausage and Vegetable Foil Packet Dinners

Foil packet dinners with sausage and vegetables is a delicious and hearty meal that's super easy to make, and even easier to clean up! This post is in partnership with al fresco Chicken Sausage. As always, all opinions are my own. Favorite Foil Packet Dinners Have you ever made a foil packet dinner before? They are one of my go-to's on busy nights. I love that I can just quickly assemble them, throw them in the oven, and then have an easy and delicious dinner with almost no effort on my part. The best part is that there's no clean-up! Just recycle the foil when you're done, and bask in the joy of your no-dirty-dishes dinner. It doesn't get any better than that! How to Make Foil Packet Dinners To make my foil packet dinners especially tasty, I love using al fresco fully cooked chicken sausage. It's all natural, comes in a variety of delicious flavors, and is easy to swap into ... [Read More]

Make Ahead Breakfast Sandwiches | Best Breakfast Sandwich

These delicious and filling make ahead breakfast sandwiches are the perfect way to save time on a busy morning! Cook once, and enjoy them all week! Breakfast Sandwiches Now that the kids are heading back to school, it's time to get back into our morning routine! I have to confess, I'm not really looking forward to it this year. We've had such a laid back, relaxed summer, and the thought of getting up early and getting everyone ready to go is making me exhausted in advance. This year, everyone in my family has a different schedule, with my oldest in middle school, my youngest in elementary school, and my husband working odd hours as a nurse. I've never been good at cooking hot breakfasts in the mornings, but that's where these make ahead breakfast sandwiches come in handy. I can cook a big batch of breakfast sandwiches at the beginning of the week, and everyone can grab one from the ... [Read More]

10 Favorite Smoothie Recipes

Smoothie lovers, this one is for you! Today we are sharing our very favorite smoothie recipes that are perfect for breakfast, lunch, or an afternoon snack!  Looking for a Delicious Smoothie? A smoothie can be as simple or as complex as you'd like it to be! Toss some juice, yogurt and ice into a blender -OR- use fresh fruits, veggies, nuts and more to make a filling meal or refreshing snack. How to Make a Smoothie Smoothie recipes are made to be modified! There are no rules to making smoothies and you can customize them any way you'd like! One simple formula to follow is to add fruit, then juice, yogurt and then ice. Easy peasy! Here are a few smoothie recipes we LOVE! Favorite Smoothie Recipes 1. Orange Creamsicle Smoothie This sweet and refreshing orange creamsicle smoothie is perfect for an easy breakfast or afternoon snack! A healthy version of your favorite orange ... [Read More]