Mac and cheese is a classic Thanksgiving and every holiday side dish, let’s be honest. I wanted to make a mac and cheese recipe that has significantly less sodium and less fat and cholesterol too but without losing that nostalgic flavor and texture we all love. I took it one step farther and used protein…
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How to Make Sugar Free Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Have y’all tried the viral Crinkle Cookies yet??? I made Valentine’s Day ones but we have some diabetics in the family so I wanted to try my hand at some Sugar Free Crinkle Cookies to see if it was possible! The traditional crinkle cookies recipe is a box of cake mix, an 8oz tub of…
Making Starbucks Potato Cheddar & Chive Breakfast Bakes Copycat Recipe
Oh Starbucks, how I love your food but you’re oh so expensive and full of sodium! I made this copycat potato cheddar chive bake recipe for a fifth of the cost of Starbucks! My Starbucks charges $5.45 plus tax! My beautiful thick and full and much more voluptuous potato cheese chive bites are only 75…
How to Make Christmas Trees Rice Krispies Treats
Rice Krispies Treats, or Crispy Rice Cereal Treats, because let’s be honest I’m using Walmart’s generic cereal in this economy, are always a crowd favorite! This is my first time making these but they were such a fun activity instead of gingerbread houses because those don’t even taste good usually! The cereal treats are just…
Easy No Bake Christmas Treats – Oreo Truffles with Cream Cheese Recipe
Oreos are always a crowd pleaser at any party! So I wanted to make these easy Oreo truffles using some of the leftover edible decorations from some previous recipes of mine, like my Christmas Tree Cupcakes My funny National Lampoons Christmas Vacation Chocolate Covered Pretzel Cigs I love baking for the holidays and this year…
How to Make Chocolate Covered Pretzels for a Christmas Party
I quit smoking 6 months ago but was watching National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation and the part where Helen says to Audrey ‘I don’t know what to say, it’s Christmas, we’re all in misery’ and then lights up, I cried laughing! These are the only cigs you’ll see near my mouth ever again! Seriously, don’t smoke…
Pistachio Cupcakes w/ Dark Chocolate Ganache Frosting & Chocolate Covered Pretzel Christmas Trees
How cute are these?!?! I wanted to make these chocolate covered pretzel trees so bad but didn’t know what to do with them. So I made a cupcake Christmas tree Forest! These are surprisingly easy to make, they just require waiting periods, so it takes longer but the cuteness overload is totally worth it to…
How to Make Peanut Butter Blossoms Gluten Free & Sugar Free for Santa this Christmas
Peanut butter blossoms may be my most favorite cookie of all time! What’s not to love about them?! I created a vegan and gluten free recipe back when I had an online bakery. (All of those recipes are in my ecookbook, Secret Recipes from a Vegan Bakery) Whilst these ones aren’t vegan, they can easily…
How to use a Mini Bundt Pan & Box Brownie Mix to make Easy Christmas Desserts
My mother in law got me a Mini Bundt Cake Pan from amazon ever since I became obsessed with Nothing Bundt Cakes! I still can’t compare to them just yet so I’ll leave the cakes for them but I’m taking the brownies! I am so tickled with how these turned out! Side note: I also…
Christmas Hot Chocolate Ideas using Mini Candy Canes & Chocolate Stuffed Marshmallows
I made these cuties a few years back but I wanted to update them because apparently chocolate stuffed marshmallows exist now and y’all didn’t tell me! Despite there being a huge hunk of chocolate inside the mallows, there was still enough space to shove a mini candy cane inside! I just got them at the…
Midnight Munchies & More! 