Butterfinger Blondies

My mixer hasn’t seen much action the past few months and Noah really wanted to make a pretend birthday cake. Yep, he’s a weird but very very smart child. He can think of any excuse for dessert. He’d been throwing me a pretend birthday party all morning and what’s a party without cake? I have trained

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Chicken Satay with Spicy Peanut Sauce

I love cookbooks. Seriously. LOVE. I have a ton and am running out of room to store them in my kitchen. I’m starting to consider a bookshelf or wire baskets hung on the wall so that I can continue my obsession collection. Wouldn’t three of those baskets hung vertically on the wall be really cute! I think

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Homemade Nut Butters

I have a Pinterest board called Storebought to Homemade with all kinds of DIY recipes for delicious items from the grocery store. Things like dulce de leche, wheat thins, graham crackers, extracts and homemade nut butters.  Things that I have totally intended to start making from scratch but as you can see, I just haven’t gotten

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Peanut Butter and Jelly Smoothie

So the first week alone with the kids is coming to an end and I have to say it went pretty well. The first day was rough but after that we got into somewhat of a routine that is working for now. Our days still involve too much TV and electronics but for now that’s

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Peanut Butter Candy Corn Cookies

Since Halloween is right around the corner, I definitely wanted to share some themed treats with you but lately I have had a huge lack of motivation and creativity. The end of pregnancy is rough people. I had Noah 3 weeks and a day early so I never went through those last few uncomfortable weeks.

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Elvis Ice Cream

Oh man do I have a treat for you guys today. It’s pretty ridiculous if I do say so myself. As many know, Elvis loved the combination of banana, peanut butter and chocolate….the guy knew what was up. So, I present to you banana ice cream with fudge and peanut butter ripples and chunks of

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Peanut Butter Dog Treats

We can’t forget about the lovable pups in our lives during the holiday season! We do not have a dog but we have lots of family and friends that do so I whipped up a batch of these cute little treats for all our dog friends.  I sent a mailing envelope full of them to

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Oatmeal Peanut Butter Muffins

You know how Noah is a chocoholic? Well, turns out he is a peanut butter’oholic too. Whenever he sees that yummy peanut butter jar in the pantry he gets all hyped up and starts, first calmly, saying “butter” then he gets more and more frantic until he gets a taste of the good stuff. He

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Blueberry Banana Peanut Butter Smoothie

With the new year comes new resolutions and I of course have the “be healthier” resolution on my list like so many others. Joel and I joined a local gym and I have been Zumba-ing my butt off ever since (it’s amazing and so fun…do it!). In addition, healthy eating has been a priority too.

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