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Slow Cooker Cheese Steak Recipe It has been one big rainy day, bad weather mess here in Texas for a few days now. The one thing that does not make me want to do is spend a lot of time in the kitchen cooking. So I'm sure you can guess what I turned … [Read more...]
Homemade Caramel Apple Cheesecake Holy sweet tooth satisfaction!! This Homemade Caramel Apple Cheesecake is a slice of goodness from heaven. I know truly homemade recipes can be a bit time consuming, but this is one of those recipes where it is … [Read more...]
Make at Home Caprese Garlic Bread For me, this Make at Home Caprese Garlic Bread could be my whole meal! It would be great for lunch, dinner, an appetizer or party food. It's a versatile dish so you can have it anytime you please! You may have … [Read more...]
Sweet Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Ball We are nearing the end of the school year very quickly. With that comes end of the year parties, special days at school, end of the season sports parties and more. If you need to whip up a quick dish to take … [Read more...]
Simple Roasted Red Pepper Dip We've really been on a kick with some fun and easy party foods lately. Did you see our Homemade Dill Potato Salad, these delicious Summer Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes, our Easy Snickers Dip and our Snickers Caramel … [Read more...]
Easy Strawberry Walnut Spinach Salad If this Easy Strawberry Walnut Spinach Salad doesn't just scream....I'm fresh so come eat me, then I don't know what does! I love to have a good salad. And I'm lucky, because my son does too! My daughter, not … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Root Beer Chicken I don't know about you, but it has been a LONG week here. The crazy thing is, next week will be even more hectic! So I decided to get my slow cooker back out to make things a little easier for us during dinner time. … [Read more...]
Homemade Strawberry Cheesecake Muffins First thing's first, I need to apologize. I told you I would share a sweet lovers recipe with you yesterday and we got so busy that the day just got away from me. So I am sorry for that! But as promised, I am … [Read more...]
Wedge Salad with Homemade Dressing Looking for a quick and easy lunch idea? Then check out our Wedge Salad with Homemade Dressing recipe! You can prepare everything ahead of time so it will be ready to go with you. We'll show you how to make your … [Read more...]
Homemade Soft Pretzels I've really been on this fun, summer, snack food kick lately. Summer is so close and we can't wait. Did you see the DIY Funnel Cakes, the Summer Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes or the Homemade Dill Potato Salad we recently … [Read more...]
`Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Cupcakes I was REALLY craving these Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Cupcakes today. But there is one problem. You may or may not have heard that we have a slight ice cream problem here in Texas. Actually, if I'm being … [Read more...]
Homemade Dill Potato Salad We've shared several great spring and summer get together recipes already. But we are back with our Homemade Dill Potato Salad! This is a fresh, tangy recipe that can easily be taken with you. So all in all, it's great … [Read more...]
Snickers Caramel Apple Pie Check out this amazingly delicious Snickers Caramel Apple Pie recipe! Okay, if I didn't have you at Snickers, or caramel, or apple pie...then how about when I tell you this dessert is also NO BAKE! Oh yes! A quick, easy, … [Read more...]
Easy Pepperoni Pizza Bento I love making cute little lunches for my kids like this. For my son this Easy Pepperoni Pizza Bento is his perfect lunch. Like his mommy, he loves pizza. I would have to change it up a little bit for my little girl just … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Apple Butter One of the biggest struggles I have in the morning with my kids is getting them to eat breakfast. My daughter almost always wants breakfast, but my son has a hard time with it. It's like his stomach just can't handle food … [Read more...]
Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake With summer just right around the corner, our family will be celebrating a LOT of birthdays. For the last couple of years, I have made my kid's birthday cakes. Last year, I made my son an amazing Wipeout themed … [Read more...]
Easy Snickers Dip Well, Easter was just two weeks ago and we still have a pile of those little fun size candy bars in our candy stash. Now, I could let them stay there and eat them little by little, but why not make something fun like this Easy … [Read more...]
Homemade Pizza Margherita Pizza is a meal that we have a lot of in our house. In fact, my husband and I had it for lunch just today! But something that we like to do every once in a while is make our own pizza. We can make smaller ones for the … [Read more...]
Summer Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes These Summer Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes are the perfect combination of sweet and tangy and just scream eat me! We love to make lemonade in the summer. We usually slice up fresh fruits to add to ours and … [Read more...]
Pasta Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette Summer will be here before you know it! We are already enjoying much warmer days and beautiful weather outside. One thing that we love to do during spring and summer is have picnics and barbecues! This Pasta … [Read more...]
DIY Funnel Cakes This past weekend, my family and I went to the Bluebonnet Festival! This was after a long morning and afternoon of baseball of course. We didn't tell the kids so it was a total surprise. There were all kinds of rides, live music … [Read more...]
Copycat Starbucks Caramel Frappuccino Okay Starbucks lovers.....I have a fabulous recipe for you today. Check out our Copycat Starbucks Caramel Frappuccino recipe. YES!! You can make this at home by yourself and enjoy it anytime you like without … [Read more...]
Fresh Lettuce Wrap Tacos Spring has sprung and we are embracing every day of it. Do you plant a garden in the Spring? Have you already got your hands dirty, and started to see the fruits of your labor? Well, our garden is just starting to come up … [Read more...]
Easy 2 Ingredient Nutella Brownies Have I got an amazing recipe to share with you today! Check out these Easy 2 Ingredient Nutella Brownies! Now, to be completely honest we actually used three ingredients because we also sprinkled powdered sugar … [Read more...]
Easy Jalapeno Cheddar Pull Apart Rolls I have a delicious and easy dinner roll recipe to share with you today. This isn't your regular plain roll, check out our Easy Jalapeno Cheddar Pull Apart Rolls! You can get these put together and pop them in … [Read more...]
Homemade Carrot Cake Cupcakes I hope you all had a fun and Happy Easter! We definitely did, but now we are back to the grind. Although we just had a lot of sweet treats over the weekend, I wanted to kick off this week with these Homemade Carrot … [Read more...]
Sliced Baked Potato I think it's pretty safe to say that potatoes are a common side dish among families everywhere. White potatoes and sweet potatoes mashed, made into fries, cubed or simmered into a hot soup. The possibilities are endless when it … [Read more...]
Pretzel Butterfly Cupcakes If you've been a reader of Sweet and Simple Living (even for a short amount of time), then you have probably noticed that we LOVE cupcakes! There are just so many ways to decorate them and use all different kinds of … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos I hope everyone is enjoying Spring as much as we are! We've been playing outside more, working in the garden and of course playing lots of baseball! I'm sure that most families have very busy and hectic schedules just … [Read more...]
Homemade Coconut Cream Eggs I'm a little sad to say this Homemade Coconut Cream Eggs recipe is the last real Easterish (I just made that word up) recipe I have to share with you. I've already shared several and I hope you found one or two to try … [Read more...]