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Chicken Enchilada Soup
Hello Soup Season! This is my favorite time of year… SOUP SEASON. Â Soup is comforting, filling and just perfect for a chilly Fall night. Â This Chicken Enchilada Soup is one of our family favorites and I hope it will become one of yours as well. Let’s Build Flavors In mu opinion to make a soup exceptional it all starts at the very beginning by building flavors. Â For this soup it starts with onions & green chilies and then all the spices. Â By adding the spices before the liquid it helps them really “bloom” or bring out all their best flavors, giving this soup a base for everything else to…
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Spooky Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Get your Spooky On! This is such a fun time of year. Â Costumes, fun, spookiness and of course all the sweets you could want… including these Spooky Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies. Â Trust me these will be a favorite with kids and adults alike. Â Not just for Halloween (but SO fun for spooky season) These cookies are amazing just on their own, but when you add in the Halloween sprinkles, well it just takes them to the next level. Â They are crispy on the edges and chewy in the center, just as a cookies should be IMO. If sprinkles are not your thing, just the M&M’s and chocolate chips…
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Keto Pumpkin Bread
Pumpkin anything is my downfall, but a really great pumpkin bread is my MOST FAVORITE fall treat. Â Time for Pumpkin, people I love to use pumpkin in baking. Â It adds so much moisture to cakes and breads without a lot of extra fats, carbs or calories. Â I even add it to my coffee sometimes for a little extra creaminess and something special….my own homemade PSL. For this recipe pumpkin is the star and it helps to create one of the best pumpkin breads I have EVER had. A little extra crunch To add a little something extra to this amazing pumpkin bread I topped it with spiced walnuts. Â Yes,…
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Poblano Corn Pasta
A Pasta Dish to remember I don’t know about you but I have been craving pasta and this Poblano & Corn pasta gives me everything I want and NEED right now. Â It is rich, creamy, a little spicy and just plain YUMMY! Â Grill It Up… One of the things I love most about this recipe is the grilled poblanos and grilled corn. Â Now I understand it is not grilling season but no worries you can either roast them or use an indoor grill pan and get just about the same effect. That is what makes this pasta a great option year round… you can grill everything outside or inside.…
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Skillet Coconut Chicken & Rice
One Skillet and Done! I am a SUCKER for one skillet dinners. There is just something so satisfying about having just a few things to clean-up after cooking a whole meal for dinner. This Burrito skillet has everything you want for a complete dinner but all made in one skillet, making clean-up a breeze and dinner is done in no time. Toast the Rice! YES… I said to toast the rice. Don’t worry though I am not throwing rice into the toaster or the toaster oven, it’s all done in the skillet. Why should we toast the rice? Let’s Talk Chicken When it comes to Chicken and Rice…
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bring on the orzo…
It’s start in the browning… Now the orzo makes this dish special but what really takes it over the top is the chicken and creamy sauce. To start building the flavor and to make the chicken stand out it all starts with browning it. When you season it (really well) and then put it in a HOT skillet magic happens. A deep brown crust starts to form and creates a delicious seal that keeps are the yummy juices inside the chicken…where they belong. Now as good as that sounds…it is just the beginning. All together now Now after the chicken is all nice and brown it is time for the real…
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Monster Cookies – The Halloween Version
Monster Cookies are my new favorite Halloween treat. Â I mean just how adorable are these little yummies?? SPRINKLES & MORE SPRINKLES I am all about a fun sprinkle for any and all occasion. Â I have an entire section in my pantry dedicated to my sprinkle obsession. Â My niece and nephew love them as well and want to decorate cookies almost every time they come over just so they can use them. For these cookies I went with a variety. Â As seen above a traditional halloween blend of orange, green, black, purple and white and then a pink, green and white version as well for the purple cookies. Â I also did…
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Triple Chocolate Cookies
IT IS FINALLY FALL!  I love all the fall colors, the pumpkins, the leaves, the scarecrows…all of it.  I even love some of the scary parts of Fall, like googly eyes and a goblin or two…but nothing too scary.  To welcome in everything fall and celebrate a little of the scary I give you Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies.  For the record… these cookies are good anytime of year, I just really love how awesome they are with the fall colored M&M’s and the eye ball candy. All the chocolate I love, love, love chocolate.  Dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate, bittersweet…I love it all.  For…
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Spooky Brownie Bites
It is officially spooky season and that means it is time to bring out all the spooky-licious desserts. Â These super quick & easy Spooky Brownie Bites are just what you need. Â These are sure to make Halloween super fun! Nephew to the rescue! One of my favorite things is being an aunt, or Chelle Chelle, to my amazing niece and nephew. Â They are literally the coolest little humans I know. Â Plus they are both super smart, funny, sassy, witty, creative and have the biggest hearts. Â I love anytime I get to spend time with them and yesterday I got my nephew after school for a few hours. After getting…
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Boo Bark – It is BOOLICIOUS
It is Boo Season and this Boo Bark is the perfect Boolicious treat. Â It is colorful, loaded with yummy and so darn cute (and maybe a little scary too). BOO BARK FUN! This bark is loaded with everything yummy. Â There are Oreo’s, M&M’s, Pretzels, chocolate, sprinkles and more sprinkles. Â You can also add in some peanut butter cups, caramel candies, butterscotch chips or candy corn. Â Really you can add in almost anything you wanted, the possibilities are endless. EASY PEASY This bark is so easy, all you need are a few ingredients and about 10 minutes and you are good to go. First is all about the stars of…
