Dita’s Spiced Mice Butter Cookies

I love finding recipes in surprising places, like a kid-friendly cookie recipe in an InStyle Magazine article featuring a famous burlesque dancer. There are ve...

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Double Chocolate Cookies with Sea Salt

Just a few coarse crystals of sea salt catapult the intense rich flavor of these dark chocolate cookies into a new realm. When my pal Kathy came over to meet B...

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Bacon Cinnamon Rolls

Bacon is the cherry on top for every dish these days. So, I figured why not roll some up into the soft, warm folds of cinnamon rolls? Are we on the downward sl...

Breads & Breakfast20 Comments

Navy Bean Soup

It is nice that I am still learning things about my husband after being together for 15 years. He recently commented that he loved Navy Bean Soup. So, I made it...

Soups9 Comments

Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries

Consider this the first guest post from Mini Whipped.  Just a few months from her 3rd birthday, she is ready to share her favorite recipes with the world. Whi...

SidesVegetarian18 Comments

Hot Cereal with Blueberries and Granola

Though there is nothing all that special about this breakfast, but it made me so happy this morning that I am inspired to share it with you. Hot cereal has bee...

Breads & Breakfast15 Comments

Trees with Cheese

Though for many of us food is serious business, it is also wonderful how playful it can be. After all, from a very young age, we all have a tendency to "play wi...

Kid-Friendly FoodSides29 Comments

Finally, The Best Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Soft on the inside, crunchy around the edges. Buttery, vanilla scented dough. Cranberries mixed in with the raisins. Inviting texture from rolled oats. Perfect....

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Bison Ragu

Half the bad stuff, plenty of the good stuff and lots of flavor. Have you tried bison? On a daily basis, I handle the cooking around our house. I enjoy it, get...

Main Dish17 Comments

Quinoa and Chick Pea Salad

The Incas believed quinoa to be sacred, its nutritional content surpasses all other grains and it is available in a pleasing rainbow of colors. Why isn't quinoa...

SaladsVegetarian17 Comments

Cookie Gifting & Recipe Card Giveaway

Mr. Whipped has been wondering, if not slightly perturbed, why one of our kitchen cupboards has been accumulating empty oatmeal containers throughout the year. ...

Desserts & SweetsFood Gifts34 Comments

Snicker doodles from a Cookbook worth Considering

Organize cookie recipes in chapters based on their texture and mouth feel? I wish I had thought of that! Sometimes you want a little crunch and for other cravin...

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