Desserts

1. Mini Fruit Pizzas
2. Strawberry Summer Cake
3. Strawberry Pretzel Dessert
4. Peanut Butter Pretzel Brownies
5. Red Velvet Brownies
6. Marble Blondies
7. Snickerdoodle Bars
8. Lemon Cream Pie
9. Chewy Peanut Butter Brownies
10. Lemon Puppy Chow
11. Black Bottom Banana Cream Pie
12. Cosmic Brownies
13. Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars
14. Chocolate Topped Peanut Butter Pie
15. Patriotic Brownie Skewers
16. Lemon Mousse
17. Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars
18. Chewy Brownies
19. Mini Colorful Chocolate Cupcakes
20. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip
21. Frosted Cookie Cups
22. No-Bake Peanut Butter Squares
23. Texas Sheet Cake
24. Strawberry Cake

Sides & Drinks

25. Strawberry Lemonade
26. Mango Lemonade
27. Strawberry Agua Fresca
28. Raspberry Ice Cream Sodas
29. Skinny Pool-Side Dip
30. Herbed Lemon Rice Salad
31. Asparagus with Lemon, Pine Nuts, and Parmesan
32. Roasted Garlic, Jalapeno, & Feta Dip
33. Classic Guacamole
34. Broccoli Salad
35. Orange Creamsicle Fruit Dip
36. Fontina & Herb Flatbread
37. Bagel Chips with Spicy Cheese Spread
38. Restaurant Style Salsa
39. Herbed Yogurt Spread
40. Spinach Orzo Salad

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OK, let me just start out by saying these cookies are amazing! You really can’t go wrong with brown butter, oatmeal and chocolate chips.  I have made 3 batches of these so far, and every time I just can’t get over how good they are!  Everyone I’ve shared these cookies with has agreed, so it’s not just me. They have that perfect chocolate chip cookie flavor, but with a little extra complexity from the brown butter. I love that they don’t spread, but stay nice and thick after baking. Also, they are so soft and chewy, which is exactly what I’m looking for in a cookie. In short, these just might be a new favorite.

Get the Recipe - Brown Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

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As soon as I saw these baked onion rings in a recent edition of Real Simple, I knew I had to make them. I love onion rings, and the chipotle ranch dressing sounded pretty amazing too. Well, I’m happy to say these did not disappoint! Mike and I both loved these and polished off the whole recipe for lunch one day. Nothing like a well rounded meal, right? The onion rings took a bit of time to make, but they were delicious enough to be worth the effort. The rings were crispy and full of flavor, and the dipping sauce was a great addition. Best of all, they were definitely healthier than the kind you’d order in a restaurant!

Get the Recipe - Baked Onion Rings with Chipotle Ranch Dressing

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Get the Recipe - Coffee Ice Cream

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These baked apple chips make a perfect healthy snack. They’re incredibly simple to make and they taste great.  All you do is slice an apple really thin, and then bake the slices at a really low temperature until they turn nice and crispy. The actual baking part takes awhile, but the prep work only takes about 5 minutes. You can season them however you want, but I like them with a really light coating of cinnamon and sugar. Mike loves these and would eat them every day if I’d make them.  The best part is that they are so healthy you don’t have to feel guilty for eating them. Try them and let me know what you think!

Get the Recipe - Baked Apple Chips

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It’s not often that I find a recipe that I love as much as these chili-lime snap peas. I wish I had been keeping track of how many pounds of snap peas we’ve gone though in the past few weeks because I can’t seem to stop making this recipe! It’s so quick and easy and the flavor is incredible. I never would have thought to pair snap peas with lime, cilantro and peanuts, but somehow it all just works.  Mike actually likes this recipe so much that he gets upset when I make it for myself and he’s not here to eat any. And for a dish that’s almost entirely made up of vegetables, I’d say that’s a pretty amazing thing.  You’ve got to try this one – we absolutely love it!

Get the Recipe - Chili-Lime Snap Peas

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I’ve got a great recipe for you today!  This French sandwich bread is simple to make and it’s my new go-to bread for all types of sandwiches. The recipe is actually an adaptation of an old French bread recipe I have on my blog. I make that recipe all the time and it’s perfect in the Winter with soup. My friend Katie started telling me about how she adapted that recipe to make a great sandwich bread and I knew I had to try it. She wasn’t kidding – this bread is so good! It’s nice and soft, but still sturdy enough to be easily sliced. I love that it’s almost half whole wheat, and the taste is perfect.  If you’re looking for a good sandwich bread, try this one – it’s been a hit around here.

Get the Recipe - French Sandwich Bread

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It’s time for another edition of Friday Favorites! As always, I’m starving after writing this post – all these recipes look so good! Enjoy, and be sure to check out the blogs I’m linking to – there are plenty more good recipes where these came from.

Let’s kick things off with this wonderful cake from Sweetapolita! I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this 6 layer chocolate sprinkle cake all over Pinterest, and for good reason. It looks amazing!

Did you know you can make baked potatoes in the crock pot? These crock pot baked potatoes with garlic and chives look so good!

Avocados are on sale at the grocery store this week, which is perfect timing for me to make this guacamole with goat cheese and roasted corn from Joy the Baker.

These butter rolls from Buns In My Oven look like a great alternative to cinnamon rolls for a weekend treat!

This recipe for pesto chicken sandwiches with goat cheese from Table for Two looks like a great weeknight dinner idea! Anything with goat cheese sounds good to me.

That’s it for this week – hope you all have a great weekend!

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If you are a coffee cake fan, you will love this New York style crumb cake! It is similar to the classic Entemann’s crumb cake you can buy in the grocery store, but of course it’s even better homemade. The cake portion is light and fluffy and sweet, but the best part is the crumb topping! It’s rich and buttery, and best of all, there’s plenty of it. There’s nothing worse than a coffee cake that skimps on the crumb topping! If you like crumb cake, this is the recipe for you – enjoy!

Get the Recipe - New York Style Crumb Cake

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That’s right – we have a BABY!! It wasn’t too long ago that I wrote about our plans to adopt and how long we had waited. Well, just a few short months later God brought us the most perfect little baby boy.

I’m so happy to introduce you to Isaac, nicknamed Zeke. He was born on 2/23, weighing 7lb, 5 oz. Believe it or not, he is now 8 weeks old! I felt so bad keeping this a secret from all of you, but we wanted to be extra careful not to make things too public while we were still in the legal risk period.

I know a few of you noticed that the blog dropped off a little, and posting became a little sporadic, and thank you so much for your kind emails! We actually only had two weeks between when we found out about Zeke and when we brought him home, so things were a little frantic there for awhile! I’m finally now starting to feel a little more in control, so hopefully the blog will stop being so neglected.

Seriously, we are beyond happy, and so thankful that God had the perfect baby planned for us! I know I’m probably leaving out a ton of information, so feel free to ask any questions in the comments. Also, if anyone has any questions about adoption or just wants to chat about it, feel free to email me! (whatmegansmaking[at]gmail[dot]com)

Thanks so much for taking the time to read this post and care about our lives. Next week it’s back to food, but in the meantime I’ll leave you with one last picture, just because he’s so ridiculously cute!

p.s. It was a bit of an adjustment, but now Scamp loves his little brother!

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