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Healthy Joes

I love sloppy joes. I love the way they taste and how easy they are to make. In our house, we make them a little different, by giving them a healthy twist.

Homemade Cake Bites

This week, the kids and I made cake bites. I call them cake bites and not cake pops, because we were too lazy to put them on sticks.
These are so simple and easy to personalize.

This Sunday, I was dog tired, and didn’t really want to make a dessert. I’m sure my family would have understood if we went one Sunday without dessert, but I wouldn’t have. Then I realized, we have cookies, we have ice cream. We can have ice cream sandwiches!!!!

Cherry Chocolate Bundt Cake

What’s better than a chocolate cake? A chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. What’s better than that? Adding cherry to both. Now, you have the perfect cake. Plus, this is a cake-mix recipe, so it’s fast and easy as well.

Homemade Mac and Cheese

Because I’ve been a mom for a while (to one who is a very picky eater), I’m so tired of boxed mac and cheese, I could scream. In order to omit the screaming on my daughter’s birthday, we made homemade mac and cheese. This was a nice change.

Ham and Potato Soup

As I’ve mentioned many times, I love my slow cooker. Here is a quick ham and potato soup that requires little effort, but tastes great.

Christmas Candy-Cane Kiss Cookies

Last week, I posted a variation on my favorite chocolate chip recipe. Since I just can’t get enough of this recipe, I decided to do one more variation. I took the traditional Hershey’s Kiss cookie, but gave it a Christmas twist.

Orange and Cinnamon Rolls

Whenever we make Parker House rolls in my family, we do something special with the scraps. Rather than make more savory rolls, our family makes sweet rolls in cinnamon and orange.

Mint Chocolate Chip Christmas Cookies

I started these cookies off with my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. The only change I made was, I left out the 2 cups chocolate chips and instead used 1 cup mint M&Ms and 1 cup Nestle winter dark chocolate and mint morsels. The effect was wonderful!!!

Monster Cookies

This recipe comes from Ree Drummond, the Pioneer Woman of Food Network. These cookies are full of candy, chocolate and nuts. What could be better?!