I have been making these energy bites for 5 years now and we absolutely love them. Adding some red and green color coated chocolate candies helps to make these festive and a great addition to the holiday baking platter!! These are a no-bake (and no stove needed either, making these perfect for kids of all…
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls
I was first introduced to these delectable chocolate peanut butter balls when I was in elementary school, from our neighbor who loved to cook and bake. They were so well loved, my mom collected a few of her delicious recipes, like these chocolate peanut butter balls. Throughout the years, as I was growing up, we…

Chocolate Toffee Snacks
Chocolate Toffee Snacks is also known as “Christmas Crack” which is a delicious chocolatey-toffee that is baked on saltine crackers. It is like chocolatey-toffee-candy-like once cooled. And you do not even notice that the base is a saltine cracker! It is delectable and once you start eating, you just cannot stop!! These are perfect for…

Meatball Subs
We had a make-your-own-sub night with pizza subs and meatball subs, and it was simply delicious!! Make-your-own style is popular in our home because everyone has their likes (and of course dislikes) and this is a way that one meal can be made with several variations. These meatballs are delicious and can be made in…

Delicious Cabbage Steaks
We used to be a vegan family and learned to cook vegetables in a variety of ways. There are so many ways to get flavor into veggies, like grilling, roasting and even sauteing as well as using an array of spices and seasonings. I like roasting vegetables because it gives such a deep, rich flavor…

Turkey Chili
Chili has always been one of our favorites! It is perfect on a cool summer night, delicious on a chilly fall day and wonderful on a frosty snowy winter day to warm the soul! One thing I love about chili is the versatility of it. You can make chili with ground beef, pork, bison or…

Quick and Easy Apple Cookies
We have been making these quick and easy apple cookies for a few years already and are something we enjoy regularly. Although technically, these are not really a cookie, they are delicious and taste like you are having a treat. We have been calling them apple cookies for quite some time because they are round…

Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate Chip cookies are one of those favorites that everyone loves and a cookie that has a whole lot of recipes out there! I have several versions of chocolate chip cookies, and I am sharing one of them with you today! Chocolate chip cookies were made accidentally by Ruth Wakefield in 1936 at the Toll…