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Anyone who loves chocolate will love these 4-Ingredient Death by Chocolate Bars … and you’ll especially love how easy they are to make! They’re chocolate chip cookie bars with chunks of Snicker’s candy and festive M&M’s. The perfect easy Christmas dessert. 

Chooocccooollaaattteeeee.

It’s currently 8 a.m. and I could eat one of these 4-Ingredient Death by Chocolate Bars right now.

Talk about the perfect easy Christmas dessert. These only take four simple ingredients and they make enough bars to feed a hungry Christmas crowd. Take these to your holiday party this year and you’ll definitely be the star of the party. You can also change up the candy on top to fit different tastes and times of year.

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This Cheesy Spaghetti Squash Casserole is like a baked spaghetti casserole that uses squash in place of pasta! The super easy recipe only uses a few ingredients. 

Let’s talk about casseroles. Many people fear the word “casserole” because it brings to mind a sloppy mess of canned vegetables, canned soup and other miscellaneous ingredients baked together into a complete meal.

I, for one, never feared the casserole. We grew up on casseroles. I would get home from basketball practice starving and Mom would have a hot casserole ready to dish up in large proportions. No complaints here (unless it was tater tot casserole … I just cannot make myself like that one).

Although I still only cook for one, I never truly appreciated the ease of preparing a casserole that would feed a whole bunch of hungry people. Now I’m up to my ears in this Cheesy Spaghetti Squash Casserole … but that just means I get to eat it for lunch all week!

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This recipe for How to Make the Easiest and Best Christmas Cookies is an old family secret that uses a sugar cookie mix and one secret ingredient that takes them to the next level. You’ll never make Christmas cookies the same again. 

Let’s face it. Christmastime is busytime. And just when your office or friends ask you to join their Christmas cookie exchange, you probably also have all your Christmas shopping to do, are busy at work, and don’t have any time to bake 7 dozen cookies.

I feel ya.

That’s where this recipe comes in. I didn’t call it How to Make the Easiest and Best Christmas Cookies ever. They really are super duper easy. And they really are the best cutout sugar cookies to make in a pinch.

These Christmas cookies use a pre-made sugar cookie mix, but no one will ever be able to tell once they taste them. The secret is one special ingredient: almond extract! Seriously – just 1 teaspoon of almond extract added the mix gives these cookies amazing flavor. My family won’t accept sugar cookies any other way.

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These gooey, soft homemade cinnamon rolls are perfect for a weekend breakfast or the holidays. They’re super simple to make and come out perfectly soft in the center and just a bit crisp on the outside. 

I finally watched Julie & Julia for the first time over Thanksgiving break after a friend recommended it to me. Of course, I loved the fact that it was about a food blogger, but one part that stood out to me was when Julie first started her blog and didn’t have very many readers yet. A notification popped up for a comment that she was all excited about, when she realized that it was just her mom commenting.

This made me laugh because I’m sure a lot of us bloggers can relate. At first, my mom was the only one who commented on my blog and she’s still one of my biggest fans. But a lack of readers at first is no reason to stop blogging! I’m still (slowly but surely) gaining more eyes on my corner of the interwebs, but I continue to blog for me.

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Not your average turkey meatballs. These Baked Sriracha Turkey Meatballs are delicious turkey meatballs that are baked in the oven and slathered in a sweet Sriracha glaze. 

I love Sriracha sauce so much, I wish I could marry it. And the same goes for meatballs.

So pretty much when I dream of my wedding, these Baked Sriracha Turkey Meatballs are standing at the end of that isle. They’re that good.

The sauce reminds me of a teriyaki sauce with an extra kick of spice. These would be great over brown rice or quinoa so all that delicious sauce soaks into the rice, but I just ate them plain! These would also be great as party meatballs – just roll them a little bit smaller and serve them with tooth picks. Then sit back and watch your guests give you all the compliments.

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Breakfast Stuffed Sweet Potatoes are an easy, filling, healthy breakfast recipe that’s perfect to serve at brunch or include in your meal prep.

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This Easy Chili Stuffed Spaghetti Squash is the perfect quick dinner idea – whether you’re using up leftover chili or simply want to serve a fall meal that’s comforting and filling. 

I’m going to try something different today and show you a recipe involving chili. HA!

Get it? Because I’ve posted approximately 17 chili recipes already this fall?

But I’m telling you … this one is worth it. Easy Chili Stuffed Spaghetti Squash is an amazing fall dinner idea that’s the perfect way to use up leftover chili. Since I’ve made several batches of chili already this fall, I’ve been having fun coming up with new ways to serve it. This was definitely one of my favorites.

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Mushroom, Spinach and Feta Frittata is an easy breakfast recipe that’s perfect for brunch, lunch, dinner or weekday breakfasts.

I made you a frittata today! With mushrooms. And spinach. And cheese (duh).

I’ve always considered myself a pretty healthy eater, but when my doctor told me during my most recent appointment that I need to eat more leafy greens, I got a little offended. Then I pretended that it’s just something he has to tell all his patients. Because it’s just generally good health advice. It must have nothing to do with my iron deficiency. Nope. I’m a perfect healthy eater. With perfectly healthy eating habits. (If anyone tells him about all the Halloween candy I ate this week, I’ll give you a noogy).

At least that wasn’t half as bad as the time I ate Cheetos right before getting blood drawn. Needless to say, I had to return for further testing after my “junk food” levels were abnormally high. *Face palm.*

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Egg Roll In A Bowl is a low-carb recipe for a Chinese takeout favorite. All the flavors of an egg roll in a super easy, healthy one-pot recipe … without the egg roll wrapper! 

Hosting parties is hard.

Now that I’ve officially entered adulthood, gone are the days of “parties” that consist of telling everyone to BYOB and “picking up” is as far as cleaning goes.

Nope. Now that I’m an adult, parties mean scrubbing every inch of the apartment, cooking/baking themed treats, and of course providing refreshments for guests.

And it’s a lot of work.
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