I’m home, you guys.

Home for good. Never leaving again. No more vacations. No more work trips. No more planes and trains and automobiles.

I’m done tuckered out. I’ve been traveling and traveling and then traveling some more.

So, I’m home. And, you know, it’s kinda fabulous. Except for one little problem…the help! Or, rather, the lack of help. Where is the person who makes my bed? Where might I find the continental breakfast? I’m sorry, but does that toilet expect me to clean it or something? Why are the dirty dishes eyeballing me

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Y’all know the kind of salsa I’m talking about, right? The smooth kind.

I like chunky salsa just as much as the next girl and pico de gallo and I had a baby together way back when, but don’t tell my husband.

This restaurant style salsa is one of my favorite recipes, though. I love the fact that I almost always have the ingredients on hand, something that’s easy to do since a lot of this comes from cans

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I had a fabulous time with my roomies, Aimee, Jocelyn, and Nikki. Those girls are the best.  Basically, it was just an all around good time!

Now I’m home and ready to get back to cooking! Before I do though, you should totally follow me on Instagram, if you aren’t already. I mean, I don’t wanna brag, but I instagram some pretty darn yummy food and it’ll make you hungry. Wait. Maybe that’s a bad thing?

I can not even handle these Brownie Ice Cream Pastry Puffs from Dieters Downfall. It’s like all the good things came together in one dessert.

Tacos. Because, duh. These Chipotle Grilled Chicken Tacos from Sunflower Supper Club are happening this week in my kitchen

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Who wants an easy, 4 ingredient bar dessert?

I mean, we already know three of the ingredients just from the name of the recipe. Any guesses what the 4th and final ingredient might be?

If you want to find out, you’ll have to click over to Food Fanatic for the recipe for these salty sweet little Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Bars!

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One of my life long dreams has been to visit Mall of America.

I love to shop. And then shop some more. And maybe a little bit more after that, if you don’t mind.

The thing is, Mall of America is about an eight hour drive from my house. That’s a really long time to drive, you guys. Especially when you have tiny humans in the backseat.

But, you know, I didn’t even hesitate when I was asked to drive out to Mall of America for a sponsored trip to check the place out. I mean, really. Crossing something off the bucket list. Let’s do this

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Eeeeek! You guys! I’m so excited to share this giveaway with you!

I recently did a survey and y’all said that you like giveaways, but there were so many people who mentioned not being able to enter because they live outside of the US.

Well, my friends, this time around I’ve partnered up with some absolutely fabulous bloggers to bring all of you, no matter where you live, the opportunity to win a $500 Amazon gift card.

I dunno about you, but I do a lot of my shopping on Amazon. My poor husband is so tired of all the brown boxes littering our house.

Anyway! You can enter to win by using the little widget below! Easy peasy!

Good luck!

Win a $500 Amazon Gift Card!

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I’ve been holding out on you.

My family’s favorite recipe. The one we eat over and over and over again. The one that every single person in my family, even the girl who hates everything, will eat. The one that is basically comfort on a plate.

This recipe, you guys. It’s a winner in my family and I’m pretty sure it’s going to be a winner in your family, too.

Just one word of warning…the creamy white sauce that goes in the pasta? Don’t sneak a taste of it before you add it to the pasta. Just don’t. You’ll end up eating plain spaghetti, because once you start, you can’t stop. It’s amazing.

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We have some amazing Chocolate Chip Cookie Bark from Your Home Based Mom. Yes. Chocolate Chip Cookie Bark. I didn’t even know that was a thing.

Dip has always been it’s own food group in my person food pyramid and this Bacon & Caramelized Onion Dip from Amy’s Cooking Adventures makes me happy

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I can totally hear you thinking, “what’s the big deal? You have DAYS to clean it up.”

You guys. Have you met me? My memory is totally shot. I do not remember that there is a mess in my oven until the next time I start preheating it and the oven starts sending out smoke signals. It’s ridiculous.

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As you know, I’m working with Cracker Barrel to bring you fun information and recipes about their authentic cheddar cheese. I thought you guys might be interested in a little summer themed cheesy recipe roundup.

Obviously. Because cheese and summer and recipes are your favorite things, right?

My absolute favorite summer time recipe, the one that I get the most excited about when I think of summer, is this Cheesy Zucchini Rice. Rice + fresh veggies + the rich, full flavor of Cracker Barrel cheddar? Can you even handle it? You could totally play around with this and try it with their Cracked Black Pepper cheese. It’d be divine

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