Chocolate Pecan Bars

If you bake one thing for the holidays it MUST be these bars. Seriously guys, these bars are freaking amazing.  You should make these for Thanksgiving dessert next week.  You know, because it’s the holiday where  you fill up a huge table full of everything that you could possibly make.  (Holy crap I can’t believe next week is Thanksgiving.) These bars have a shortbread crust which is topped with gooey pecan goodness.  Oh oh, aaannd, these bars have chocolate in the pecan layer!  How can you go wrong with that? The below shot is what it looks like in all …

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Chicken, Black Bean, and Cheese Tostadas

Are you sick of tacos?  If yes, then who are you and do you really exist? Let me rephrase the question.  Are you a taco fanatic but you’re looking for something a little different?  If no, then carry on with life as you know it.  If yes, then tostadas are where it’s at. Instead of using a hard taco shell or a soft tortilla, you’re using a baked tortilla here, otherwise known as a toasted tortilla.  Get it?  Tostada.  Except if you are like me then you’ll accidentally be calling these Tostitos simply because the two words sound similar. After having called them a “tostito” …

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Double Chocolate Snowball Cookies

Is bigger better?  (With cookies, you probably know my husband’s answer to that.) Cell phone companies think bigger is better.  Do you remember when our flip phones kept shrinking in size with every passing year?  The smaller the better.  Now the newest cell phone model is bigger than the year before.  My husband and I recently got new cell phones. We each got different models, but both are bigger than the ones we replaced.  In reality my new cell phone is only a few extra milometers but it felt like a huge change.  I almost felt like my 3 year …

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One Pot Burrito Bowls

I swear it was Friday like five minutes ago. Here we are and it’s Monday already.  Does anyone have a job where Mondays are a good day of the week?  I want to know… because I might need to re-think my day job options.  😉 Calling all my friends and family who request easy and quick meals that are kid friendly!  You’ve hit the jackpot today because this meal fits the bill.  You throw all the ingredients into one pot.  I don’t think it can get easier than that.  It will take less than 30 minutes to whip up and that’s pretty quick if …

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Stuff I’m Into

Happy Friday!  Here’s the Stuff I’m Into lately. Pumpkins.  I love anything having to do with pumpkins.  I love decorating with them, big ones or small ones.  I love pumpkin scented candles.  I love pumpkin food.  I could start off with some Pumpkin French Toast for breakfast, then follow it with Pumpkin Bread for a snack and then end the day with some Pumpkin Snickerdoodles for dessert.  It’s a pumpkin food fest.  Of course we cannot forget about THE drink of the season, pumpkin spice latte.  I’m totally in love with Starbuck’s pumpkin spice latte.  When I want to be at home in my PJs …

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