Caramel Slice is a decadent bar cookie featuring rich shortbread, luscious caramel filling, and a creamy chocolate topping. It is a holiday must in the British Commonwealth, give it a try this year! A special thanks to Bob’s Red Mill for sponsoring this post. Boxing Day is a national holiday celebrated in many Commonwealth counties including England,…
Sweet Treats
Easy Homemade Caramel Corn and Caramel Sauce Recipe
Homemade caramel corn is an easy treat to make plus making your own eliminates the artificial colors and flavors found in store bought caramel corn. (You can even make vegan caramel corn!) Caramel corn is a sweet treat that always reminds me of the holidays. Big tins full of caramel corn decorated with snowmen, holly, and jingle…
Pear Recipes: Easy Pear Sauce and Pear Fruit Leather
Pear sauce and pear leather are easy pear recipes to make with fresh pears. Pear sauce freezes and cans well. Pear leather is a great sugar free snack. They are the perfect use for extra pears… lots of extra pears! Pear Overload I recently ordered Washington state Bartlett pears with my food co-operative order. They…
Easy Edible Chocolate Eyeballs
You can make easy edible chocolate eyeballs using just white chocolate, mini chocolate chips and Cheerios. They’re adorable and make a great addition to Halloween treats. Try making some today! Adorable Candy Eyes Have you seen all the adorable candy eyes taking over the internet? Okay, okay the candy eyes are not literally floating around online but…
How to Make All-Natural Zombie Brain Cupcakes
This fun Halloween cupcake recipe and icing tutorial makes blood-red brain cupcakes that are all-natural … no, they do not contain real BRAINS, but they are made with real ingredients and contain no artificial food coloring! Disclosure: Netflix provided me with a streaming device and service in return for writing about their service. The opinions and free printables…
Sriracha Honey Caramel Popcorn Recipe
Sriracha Honey Caramel Popcorn is the perfect combination of spicy and sweet: the spice of Sriracha with the sweetness of honey. The easy recipe will take your snacking up a notch. This post uses affiliate links. They don’t cost you a thing and help us bring you creative projects. Read more in Policies & Disclosures. Popcorn, oh popcorn!…
Easy Wild Plum Jelly Recipe
Fresh plum juice, sugar and fruit pectin are all that you need to make delicious jewel colored jars of homemade easy wild plum jelly. Try making your own homemade preserves and enjoy jelly with no artificial colors or preservatives… just like Grandma makes! This post uses affiliate links. They don’t cost you a thing and help…
Wild Plum Fruit Leather Using No Refined Sugar
Fruit leather is a delicious kid-pleasing treat that is easy to make from your favorite fruits. Learn how to make fruit leather using no refined sugar and avoid store-bought fruit leathers containing artificial ingredients. Traditional Fruit Leather Fruit leather was invented as a traditional food storage method. Ancient people preserved ripe fruit by mashing or…
Peanut Butter Chocolate Cupcakes in a Mug with Peanut Butter Magic Shell
Love cupcakes? You’ll love these quick microwave cupcakes that are full of chocolate peanut butter flavor but contain no refined white sugar! They are topped with an easy peanut butter magic shell sauce and mini chocolate chips. Add your favorite ice cream and you are in dessert heaven! Disclosure: Netflix provided me with a streaming device and service in…
Easy Chocolate Fudge with Sea Salt
I love chocolate fudge: rich creamy goodness that melts on the tip of your tongue and engulfs your taste buds. Can anything be better than chocolate? Why yes, delicious chocolate with health benefits. This recipe for easy chocolate fudge combines coconut oil and cocoa powder into a simple, tasty, and HEALTHY fudge. That’s right, I…
Healthy Snacks: Best Blueberry Streusel Muffins Recipe
Healthy blueberry muffin have whole grains, little refined sugar, and only healthy fats. They are the perfect streusel muffin for a family breakfast or healthy kids snack. For the Love of Blueberry Muffins Are you a blueberry muffin lover? At the BrenDid homestead we all love blueberries and muffins! Unfortunately, most blueberry muffins recipes should be…
Winnie the Pooh Party & Healthy Honey Bee No Bake Cookies
Host family movie night with Winnie the Pooh and the rest of the gang from the Hundred Acre Woods. Our easy family party featured Healthy Honey Bee No Bake Cookies and Winnie the Pooh free printables. Get all the details and host your own easy Winnie the Pooh party. Disclosure: Netflix provided me with a streaming device…
Granola Recipe: Chocolate Covered Pretzel Granola Clusters
My kids are carb addicts. They love snacks that are sweet and crunchy. I want their snacks to be nutritious (even more than I want to be the fun mom who gives into their sugary demands). One snack we agree on is Chocolate Covered Pretzel Granola Clusters. The granola recipe has enough sweetness to please…
Easy One Hour Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
Cinnamon rolls are one of my specialties. I love making them for my family and have perfected this One Hour Cinnamon Rolls Recipe that makes perfect baked goods lighting fast. They are perfect for a weekend breakfast, a sleepover treat or even a birthday breakfast. Have you ever made cinnamon rolls? Yeast based recipes can take hours and…
New Peppermint Bark Recipe, Easy Chocolate Fudge
This easy chocolate fudge that combines layers of white and dark chocolate with peppermint candy and peppermint extract. It tasted like peppermint bark with the soft, smooth texture of fudge. I hope you try this new peppermint bark recipe and liven up your holiday fudge. I love peppermint and chocolate treats. For my birthday every…
Apple Fritter Monkey Bread Recipe Makeover
We threw a Saturday morning cartoons party to hang out with our kids, watch cartoon and have some quality family time. I wanted to make one of our family’s favorites treats for the occasion, monkey bread. Have you had monkey bread? Gooey lumps of bread coated in a delicious cinnamon caramel sauce. I tried a Apple Fritter Monkey…
Toasted Oatmeal Shortbread Recipe
I love a piping hot cup of British style tea made with milk and sugar. When I’ve been having a stressful month I love nothing more than a quiet rainy day with a nice cup of tea and a book. What could possibly make this day better? Well a delicious shortbread recipe wouldn’t be the…
Japanese Style Coffee Jelly Recipe
A favorite summertime treat is Japanese Style Coffee Jelly. It’s called jelly in Japan, but would be considered coffee-flavored jell-o in the US. You can eat it as a dessert, but I prefer it served in iced coffee drinks. It is like bubble-tea, but made with coffee. I first had coffee jelly at Disney Sea…
Cold Brewed Coffee Recipe
Have you tried a cold brewed coffee recipe? It produces a smooth, less acidic coffee concentrate that is perfect for cold coffee drinks. If you have been trying to recreate coffeehouse drinks at home and are disappointed in the quality, you should try this easy coffee brewing method. I first learned about cold brewing from The…
Strawberry Puffed Oven Pancake Recipe
Spring means fresh, beautiful strawberries; as soon as I can get some I make this Strawberry Puffed Oven Pancake recipe (sometimes called Dutch Baby). My mother-in-law taught me this delicious recipe many years ago. We all love it! This easy recipe uses basic ingredients you probably have on hand. It is perfect for a lazy weekend brunch…
Rich and Chewy Cocoa Brownies Recipe
I developed this Rich and Chewy Cocoa Brownies Recipe to make easy brownies with less sugar and fat than other brownies. They only take one bowl so cleanup is easy! Are you a brownie lover? I love moist, rich brownies; unfortunately most fudge brownie recipes call for lots of fat and tons of sugar. I created…
Easy Lego Birthday Party Ideas for an Amazing Home Party
Our love of Legos has led us to host not one but TWO at home Lego birthday parties. These are the easy Lego birthday party ideas I use to make any at home birthday party a huge success! Get ideas for easy decor, fun party games, simple party treats, good bags, and more! This post uses affiliate…
Lego Head Marshmallow Pops Recipe
This Lego Head Marshmallow Pops Recipe is an easy and adorable way to add Lego head decorations to your table and treat bags at a Lego themed birthday party. This post uses affiliate links. They don’t cost you a thing and help us bring you creative projects. Read more in Policies & Disclosures. Lego Party We’ve hosted several Lego…
Cinnamon Crumb Coffee Cake in a Mug
Easy coffee cake in a mug is the perfect weekend treat. Try making this easy treat today! Have you ever tried making a single serving cake recipe or perhaps cake in a mug? I was inspired to make cinnamon crumb coffee cake in a mug by my love of sleep. Let me explain… Our kiddos…
