These little tarts remind me just enough of a chess pie to hit that caramel-y flavor I love, but with way less baking time and a super simple ingredient list. This is a great recipe to get your kids in the kitchen! They can help stir up the filling, crack eggs, cut out the pie…
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Strawberry Banana Swirl
This is one of my favorite whole family snacks. We love trying out different varieties of Banana Swirl depending on what fruit or mix ins we have lying around. Strawberry Banana Swirl is one of my favorites, because the tartness of the frozen berries balances the sweetness of the banana. I love that it’s sweetener…
Gluten Free Dairy Free Sugar Free Pumpkin Spice Smash Cake
My younger daughter turned one recently. Like most caregivers, I am in awe that the year has passed so quickly, but because of COVID quarantining and social distancing, it feels like she has been a part of our family for so long. I have gotten a large amount of quality time with her this past…
Gluten-Free Sugar-Free Apple Crisp
My husband’s family is in an area of the country that has apple orchards nearby. I have always been envious of being able to pick your own apples. In southeast Texas, where I grew up, we had berries galore, but never the requisite frost for apple trees. The one time we made it to his…
Gluten + Dairy Free Peach Pie
As soon as I held my case of peaches at the farmers market, I knew. Some of these peach babes were going to be made into peach pie. In my opinion, it’s hard to top a fruit pie. There’s something about a flaky, buttery crust filled with fresh, warm fruit that just works. I would…
Review of Gluten Free Dairy Free Immaculate Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough
I’m really a bake from scratch kind of girl, but sometimes it’s just a break and bake kind of day. I’ve seen this brand of cookie dough several times, and always wanted to try it. We figured week who knows of COVID is the perfect opportunity! Our local Sprouts carries it, and HEB also has…
Creamy Strawberry Banana Popsicle
We’ve been trying different popsicle flavors at our house lately. I love the simplicity of them. I love how excited my toddler is to make them. I love how excited she is to go outside and eat them. We’ve been having a popsicle snack when the 3 year old wakes up from her nap. We…
Peaches, Berries, and Cream Popsicles
Summer has officially hit here in Houston. This means two things: First, if we don’t go outside before 10AM, we don’t go outside. Second, it’s popsicle season! If you haven’t made your own popsicles before, it can be intimidating, but I promise it’s just as easy as making a smoothie. You simply put that smoothie…
Review of Pamela’s Chocolate Cake Mix
We had a very busy weekend…again. Preparing a house to put it on the market is more of an ordeal than I ever imagined. Especially when you’ve put off painting projects for two years. My husband and I worked incredibly hard this weekend, trying to get it in tip top shape, and we are still…
Gingerbread Cookies
Amid the chaos that the holidays bring, the shopping, cooking, traveling, decorating, some traditions are really worth the effort. These cookies make the cut. No leaving the house, no battling crowds, no sleepy toddlers fighting to stay awake for Christmas lights. I plan on making them every year. They’re classic, warm with spices, and so…
Dairy Free Chocolate Cream Pie
Growing up, my family was all about traditions during the holiday season. If we did it once, we had to do it every year. We used the same old flannel shirt of my dad’s to make the scarecrow for Halloween, the same dressing recipe for Thanksgiving, and we watch the recorded cartoon How the Grinch…
Christmas Cookies
Every year when I was young, I looked forward to my Christmas cookie marathon. For weeks before, I would scour cookie recipe books picking the perfect combination. One chocolate mint, one oatmeal chocolate cherry for my mom, a challenging stained glass butter cookie, and a sliced peppermint. I’d get so carried away that we would…
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