When we used to live in Texas, there was a restaurant there that served little cups of cannoli dip with cannoli chips covered in powdered sugar. My son doesn’t like authentic cannolis, but he absolutely loved that dip. So we quickly started making our own cannoli dip at home and still do regularly to this day. This is one of those easy recipes that you’ll make once then make it over and over again because it’s just that delicious....
An Irish Speciality Before I met my husband I’d never even heard of shepherd’s pie and now it’s one of our family’s favorite recipes thanks to my part Irish husband! I mean theres a reason I have so many St. Patricks Day games on my site! I mean what’s not to love? Meat, good. Potatoes, good. Veggies, good. Yep – shepherd’s pie is all of the best things all in one delicious dish....
My go to drink for as long as I can remember when I’m getting something a little special is cranberry and orange juice mixed together. My mom got me hooked on the combination years ago and to this day, it’s still one of my favorites. It can be in a cranberry orange bread, cranberry orange muffins, or even just the actual juices combined in a yummy drink like this Thanksgiving punch....
The holidays are the perfect time to get together with family and friends, but it can be hard to come up with a menu that everyone will enjoy. While most people enjoy the desserts like peanut butter blossoms and cranberry orange bread, I always recommend having some sort of Christmas appetizers too. With people being as picky as they are, I love to make appetizers that give people a choice, like this Christmas charcuterie wreath I made a few weeks ago, and this Christmas tree cheese board....
While this post is sponsored by Bays® English Muffins, all ideas and opinions are 100% honest and my own. You all know that I love parties. One of my favorite things to do for food is to set up a make your own pizza party. There’s no easier way to do this than by having them make their very own English muffin pizza – way easier than making pizza on traditional dough!...
This posts contains affiliate links. If you purchase via these links, I may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. New Year’s Eve Game Idea I’m a big fan of printable games for New Year’s Eve! I love to put one printable game in each of our New Year’s Eve countdown boxes and play one each hour leading up to the big midnight celebration! This New Year’s Eve Would You Rather game is a fun new addition to this year’s New Year’s Eve party!...
I love a good scavenger hunt – always have, always will. I mean just for Halloween I’ve already shared a clue based Halloween scavenger hunt and a Halloween decorations hunt where you have to find particular decorations. And then I have about fifty other scavenger hunt ideas from other holidays and occasions. It’s kind of my favorite. Sometimes, however, you just can’t get together in person to do an actual group scavenger hunt....
This ghoulish recall Halloween game is perfect for whether you’re looking for a classroom game, a virtual Halloween game to play with family across the country, or even just something to do on a big screen outside at a Halloween party!! The basic idea of that game is that you show players nostalgic Halloween pictures and give them a few seconds to memorize the pictures then ask them specific and sometimes obscure questions about the pictures to see what people can remember....
Easy St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes I’m pretty sure you would be the coolest mom ever if you brought these to your child’s classroom St. Patrick’s Day party (do they have those???). Almost as cool as if you made these cupcakes and played this roll a rainbow game! I mean, how awesome would it be to see the kids take a bite and realize that there are actually gold coins inside. Or you could even just take them to a St....
When I went to Universal Studios last year to try out all of the Universal Studios roller coasters and to find the best food at Universal Studios, the shark attack drink kept coming up over and over again in threads I was doing research in. I wasn’t necessarily looking for the best drinks at Universal Studios but after seeing how often people recommended the shark attack drink at Chez Alcatraz, I knew I had to try it....
This post contains affiliate links to products for your reference. If you purchase via my links, I will receive a commission at no additional cost to you. Easy St. Patrick’s Day Party Games I never really cared about St. Patrick’s Day (not even wishing anyone a happy St. Patrick’s Day) until I got married. My husband’s family is part Irish, so somehow I inherited a need to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day....
And nobody said they can only be Thanksgiving party games, try them at a Friendsgiving or fall feast if that works better for you! They’re the most fun Thanksgiving family games we’ve ever tried! Best Thanksgiving Games Ever since we’ve been married, we switch off holidays with my family and my in-laws. And every time it’s my in-laws’ turn for Thanksgiving, we seem to have a huge get together with food, fun, and lots of family....
Feed their love for food with these fun foodie gift ideas including everything from tools every foodie needs in the kitchen to delivery services that can aid with their passion for food! I was compensated by brands in this post, but this has no impact on my opinions or recommendations. This post also contains affiliate links. If you purchase via these links, I may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you....
Is there anything better than playing outdoor games with your friends and family on a nice day? Getting all hot and sweaty from some good clean fun followed by refreshing popsicles like these blue lemonade popsicles? For me, there’s not. Some of my best memories are playing games outside with my family while we were at home or on vacation. Somehow we always got outside playing sports, games, or really pretty much anything we could come up with....
Spooktacular Halloween Party Ideas I am a sucker for a good Halloween party. I’ve hosted a number of them over the years including parties for all ages – preschoolers to adults! This preschooler Halloween party is still one of my favorites! Outside of Christmas and Thanksgiving, Halloween is easily the most popular holiday at our house. For good reason – costumes, candy, and celebrations of every kind! It’s one of the three parties my son’s class gets to have at school – so it’s kind of a big deal!...
Thor’s Lightning Lavender Lemonade When you think of Thor, what’s the first thing you think of? A hammer? That killer smile? Strongest Avenger? God of Thunder? Or was it God of Sparkles? Yep, pretty much any of those things. You probably don’t think of a lavender lemonade when you think of Thor. But guess what? Disneyland apparently thinks that Thor goes well with lavender lemonade, so today’s post is inspired by Disney’s choice of drink associated with my favorite Avenger Thor....
When I was young, I LOVED to read, loved it so much my parents had to ground me from books, so I wouldn’t read. Seriously. That was almost as bad as when they took away my bed because I wouldn’t clean my room. My childhood was strange. So it’s probably no surprise that out of all of the princesses, Belle was one of my favorites. I can just imagine her sitting near the fountain reading one of these great young adult books or maybe a classic....
I saw an infographic the other day that was talking about Super Bowl party ideas and specifically about the most popular food by each state for Super Bowl Sunday. Honestly, I thought it was going to be either wings (these garlic parmesan wings are my favorite), chili (Cincinnati chili would be great this year), or buffalo chicken dip. And all of those thing showed up on the list somewhere around the country, but the one that surprised me most was sausage cheese balls....
With Christmas just around the corner, it’s time for all of the Christmas recipes! Cookies, cupcakes, cakes, and more coming at you over the next few weeks! I’m always trying to come up with super simple and cute dessert ideas that you can take to party, like these hot chocolate cupcakes I made last year. That’s why we made these easy Santa hat cupcakes that start with a boxed red velvet cake mix and finish with a DIY Santa hat treat on top!...
The Best Zuppa Toscana Soup Recipe I’m a big fan of Olive Garden. Give me a never ending pasta bowl and breadsticks any day. Unlimited soup and salad? Sign me up. This Zuppa Toscana copycat recipe is a homemade version of one of my favorite Olive Garden soups. I’m sure you can get it elsewhere but it seems like most people know it as an Olive Garden soup, so I’m calling it an Olive Garden copycat recipe....
