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Blueberry Coconut Scones

Fresh berries and a sweet coconut glaze make these bakery style Coconut Scones a delicious breakfast choice. Easy breakfast pastries are always a great way to start the day.

Add a mug of this Coconut Nutella Latte and your morning will get even better.

A black tray with coconut scones drizzled with glaze on it.

I don't know about you, but I always thought homemade scones were extremely hard to make. And I had a few bad experiences with dry scones in the past that kind of hindered me from wanting to make them.

You know the experience I'm talking about, right? Dry and kind of tasteless. That's not exactly how I want to use my calories for the day.

These little blueberry coconut granola bites are one of my favorite healthy snacks, so I decided to use those flavors and make soft flakey scones that melt in your mouth.

Why This Works

These homemade coconut scones bake up thick and cakey. They are so soft and moist. Just how a scone should be!
Three kinds of coconut make them a coconut lover's dream breakfast.
Fresh blueberries add a pop of juicy berry in each scone.
They are a delicious choice for breakfast or brunch.

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Easy Peanut Butter & Jelly Crumb Bars

Enjoy your favorite childhood sandwich flavor baked into these Peanut Butter and Jelly Crumb Bars. These easy cookie bars get smiles from kids of all ages.

Two weeks! That's the amount of time left in our summer break. It feels like school just ended and here we are ramping up for another year. Ok, so I'm ramping up because I'm ready for routine and consistency in everything.

The kids are not ready. Well, I actually think they are ready for routine too, but they could do without all the school stuff.

I had to laugh at our daughter the other day because she was telling me how excited she was for buying school supplies. That's as far as her excitement for school goes though. Once we buy the pens and paper and she organizes her backpack, the excitement will be over. LOL!

My excitement comes from the routine. Going to bed and getting up at a consistent time, working out regularly, getting back to normal dinner hours, and figuring out a better work schedule are what I'm going to focus on in the next few weeks.

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Easy Cheesecake S'mores Danish Recipe

This easy Cheesecake S'mores Danish is filled with graham crackers, marshmallow cream, and chocolate cream cheese. It's a perfectly acceptable way to enjoy s'mores for breakfast.

The great outdoors and I have never really been one. It's part of the reason that I prefer to do my camping from a hotel. That and mosquitoes eat me alive! They must know how much I like to eat sugar!!

But I will brave the elements to enjoy a good campfire every once in a while. The thought of ooey, gooey marshmallows get me there every time.

I have to admit that one of my favorite parts is roasting marshmallows and eating s'mores until I feel sick!!!

My husband is super patient and will slowly toast his marshmallows until they are golden brown and and pretty. Now me on the other hand, I like to get it in there, burn it good, slap it on a cracker with chocolate, and eat the crunchy goo. Then repeat that 10 more times.

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Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

A loaf of the Best Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread is a delicious way to use up the extra zucchinis that are growing in your gardens. Loading this sweet bread with extra toppings truly makes it the best.

Did you plant a zucchini plant in your garden this year? If so, you are probably wondering what you will ever do with all those zucchinis that keep coming.

A few years ago when we lived in Indiana, I tried to plant a garden. Or should I say tried to grow a garden because the planting was the easy part. I seriously have a black thumb when it comes to growing things, so our garden never really took off.

We got a few zucchinis and some tomatoes, but everything else was pretty weak. Thankfully we had friends that were much better at gardening and would regularly share their excess produce with us.

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Easy No Bake Neapolitan Cheesecake Trifle

A bowl of this Easy No Bake Neapolitan Cheesecake Trifle is the perfect dessert for a hot summer day. Easy, no bake, and full of chocolate and strawberry goodness in every bite.

I have hit the time in summer when I do not feel like baking. This doesn't happen often because I usually always love to bake.

But when the temperature outside is crazy hot and the humidity is crazy high, baking just isn't something I want to do much of. I just want to chill out and do nothing for the next few weeks. At least until it's time to start doing all the school shopping.

So, I'll just keep the Strawberry Limeade Slushies coming while I sit on the beach chair by the pool. Anyone else feel like doing the same? [Read more...]

Oatmeal Fudge Bars

These Oatmeal Fudge Bars have a crumbly oatmeal topping and a rich chocolate center. A scoop of vanilla ice cream on one of these warm cookie bar is a magical dessert.

This summer I am working on updating the photos from some of the first recipes that I shared here on the blog from many, many years ago.

It has been fun seeing how much my photography has changed and improved over the years. Of course, it's embarrassing as well because some of these old pictures are bad. We are talking, really bad. I can't even believe I shared some of these.

But I guess that's what happens with anything. The more you work on something, the more you learn and improve. [Read more...]

Cherry Chicken Salad

Fresh cherries and cilantro add a fun twist to this easy Cherry Chicken Salad recipe. Serve it with crescent rolls for lunch or on salad for a delicious and healthy dinner.

Cherry Walnut Chicken Salad - this easy chicken salad is made with fresh cherries, cilantro, and walnuts. Try this delicious recipe on rolls or a salad for dinner! #chicken #salad #cherry #recipe #freshcherries #chickensalad

I had this Grape Pecan Chicken Salad a few years ago at a church event. This was the first time I had ever had chicken salad with fruit, and I admit I was a little bit skeptical at first.

After all, I had been eating chicken salad with pickles and eggs for years. But after one bite, I was utterly hooked on this easy fruit and chicken salad.

In fact, our whole family now loves eating fruit in different salads, like this Strawberry Orange Spinach Salad or this Hawaiian Chicken Salad.

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Easy Spicy Parmesan Shrimp Scampi

A pan of this Spicy Parmesan Shrimp Scampi is so flavorful and so easy to put together in under 30 minutes. It's an easy and delicious skillet meal that is perfect for busy weeknights.

Spicy Parmesan Shrimp Scampi - pasta and shrimp in an easy cream sauce makes a delicious meal in under 30 minutes. Make this easy recipe on busy weeknights! #pasta #shrimp #shrimpscampi #easyrecipe #parmesan

Most of the time if I make a pasta dish for dinner, we will substitute zucchini noodles in place of the pasta noodles. After eating fairly clean and healthy for a few years now, we actually prefer these zoodles instead.

Well, my hubby and I do. The kids still like having the real deal.

I usually save my pasta dinners for the times when we go out to eat. Since we do not eat out that often, I do not feel any guilt in ordering a meal that is mainly carbs. Exercising often and eating all things in moderation is a big key in our healthy lifestyle.

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Chewy Chocolate Brownie Cookies

Craving brownies and cookies? These easy Chocolate Brownie Cookies are the best of both worlds. Try this thin and chewy cookie recipe filled with frosting or ice cream for a fun dessert.

A pink plate with a stack of six brownie cookies on it and mini chocolate chips scattered around it.

One of the things I am trying to do right now is to use up all the baking supplies in the pantry that I have hoarded over the past year. There are bag and bags of chocolate chips, candies, sprinkles, and pudding mixes just hanging out waiting for me to pick them.

In all reality though, I haven't been doing much baking this summer. Number one because I'm trying to put a stop to my sweet tooth and when I bake, I snack. Number two, it's hot in Florida during the summer.

And number three I have quite a few recipes already made and ready to share with you, so I'm working on editing and writing about those instead of baking more cookies and cakes and cupcakes.

So these brownie cookies staring back at you were actually made back in April. Yup, over three months ago I made these soft chocolate cookies and then didn't share them with you right away.

Normally, I like to make these brownie whoopie pies using a brownie mix, but since I had some chocolate chips to use up, I decided to make a plain version of these moose tracks cookies instead.

They are are so chewy, chocolatey, and delicious. My favorite way to eat them is as ice cream sandwiches because they do not get rock hard in the freezer.

If you love cookie and brownies try out this brookie recipe!

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Oatmeal Cream Pie Berry Trifle

An Oatmeal Cream Pie Berry Trifle is great for serving at picnics, barbecues, or parties this summer. The layers of cream pies, no bake marshmallow cheesecake, and fresh berries make this an impressive no bake dessert.

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Berry Trifle

One of my all-time favorite treats is Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies. I puffy heart love them so much! In high school, I used to buy a box and hide it in my room just for me. That metabolism from high school has long since disappeared, so hiding boxes of snack cakes is not something I can do now.

Although I bought a box of Oatmeal Creme Pies a few weeks ago because I had this fun idea for a berry trifle. I pulled out the box of cream pies, only to find out that someone else had started munching on the snack cakes.

It turns out my oldest has the same love for these cookies. I really should make another batch of these Homemade Oatmeal Cream Pies and see which cream pie cookie he likes more.

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