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Best Vanilla Bean Cheesecake

This Vanilla Bean Cheesecake is the perfect canvas for your favorite pie fillings or toppings. It's also an awesome base recipe for so many different flavor combos.

Vanilla Bean Cheesecake - creamy vanilla cheesecake with a vanilla cookie crust is a great base for your favorite pie filings or topping. Perfect cheesecake recipe to share after any dinner or party!

So today we are talking all things cheesecake again. It's book release week, so I'm going to go a little bonkers in sharing cheesecake recipes with you. Lots to share...and to eat. Yum!!!

You would think after making an entire book about cheesecake, that we would be totally over the creamy goodness.

Nope. You see when you write a book, it actually takes forever for it to be edited, printed, and published. We are talking like a year and a half. Yup, I turned the manuscript in last April. So I had plenty of time to recover from eating all things cheesecake.

Now I'm ready to make and eat my weight in more cheesecake! Who's with me??? Because I didn't even put a dent in my list of cheesecake ideas...

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Cheesecake Love is Here

Woo hoo! It's finally here!

The day when Cheesecake Love is available for purchase in stores! Some of you may have preordered it and may have gotten it in the mail already!! Are you excited to get in your kitchen and cheesecake all the things???

I cannot believe that this day is finally here. It seems like so long ago that I was baking all things cheesecake and writing this book. I can't even tell you how many hours and how many pounds of cream cheese, sugar, and butter went into making this book. Trust me it was a lot!

Now the actual day everyone else can enjoy it is finally here. I was seriously in awe when my copy came, and I got to flip through the pages.

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Brownie Cheesecake Breakfast Tarts

These easy Brownie Cheesecake Breakfast Tarts are a delicious pastry you can make yourself. A sweet brownie center, chocolate frosting, and sprinkles will get the morning started off right.

This post was brought to you by the makers of Promised Land Dairy for the #FarFromOrdinaryMilk campaign. I received compensation to write this post through the Far From Ordinary Milk program. All opinions expressed are 100% my own.

I can remember my parents buying us boxes of store bought pastries to grab on our way out the door for school many, many years ago. Back then there were only a few flavors to choose from on the store shelves.

Of course, I always grabbed the chocolate ones. To this day, I will always go for anything chocolate over fruity.

Our kids are no different. If we have strawberry pastries and s'mores pastries in the pantry, can you guess which one will still be sitting there a week later? [Read more...]

Chocolate Banana Marble Muffins

Add these Chocolate Banana Marble Muffins to your morning routine. A sweet gooey breakfast muffin is so hard to resist.

*Stevia In the Raw® sponsored this post. I am partnering with them to create recipes for the fall program. All opinions expressed are 100% my own.

We are slowly getting back into a good routine now that school is back in session. I love how relaxed and lazy we get over the summer months, but by the end of July I start to crave a routine and a schedule. There is something comforting about knowing when and what you will be doing.

Our daughter has picked up on those habits as well. She loves to know what the plan is going to be for the day or weekend. I also noticed that she is very particular about how things have to be organized and put together.

When we did our school supply shopping last month I noticed that she was very meticulous about how things were placed in her binders and backpack. Now if only I could get that to carry over to her bedroom. Most days it looks like a tornado has blown through there. [Read more...]

Shrimp Zucchini Noodles

These parmesan garlic Shrimp Zucchini Noodles are an excellent choice for dinner when you are eating healthy. This easy, low-carb meal will keep you on track with your healthy eating goals.

Yes, I totally realize that there is a plate of veggies staring you down right now. Yes, you are on the right blog.

For the past few months, we have been doing a different food plan and losing some stubborn pounds by saying no to things like this Snickers Cheesecake Brownie Cake.

Those pounds are even more stubborn when you hit a certain age and like to hang on. But thank goodness my hubby has found a calling in health coaching.

We both have gone through the food program and dropped about 45 pounds together. Later thunder thighs!

We have adopted healthier eating habits for our main meal of the day as part of our journey to get healthy. Most of our lean and green dinners consist of salad and protein. Sure, I could blog about it, but it would be very boring. [Read more...]

Dark Chocolate Banana Muffins

Dark Chocolate Banana Muffins: ripe bananas, sour cream, and two times the dark chocolate makes these muffins the perfect breakfast or after school snack.

All I want to do is bake with pumpkin and apples right now but, my family would revolt and give me grief if I actually did that. So, I am trying to space the fall treats out with some normal baking.

Although, it is the middle of September, so the fam should know it's game on pumpkin! I even pulled out some of my fall decorations this morning and started putting pumpkins and leaves on our shelves. It's kind of funny though because when you walk inside from 90 degree weather, the last thing you expect to see are pumpkins and scarecrows staring at you.

Oh, well. I'm embracing the hot weather and balancing it out with a cinnamon roll pumpkin cake in the oven and fall scented candles burning all the time. I've got this! [Read more...]

Pumpkin Pie Cinnamon Roll Cups

A sweet cinnamon roll crust makes these little Pumpkin Pie Cinnamon Roll Cups the perfect way to enjoy pie for breakfast this fall.

I am officially head over heels in love with all things fall right now. I don't care that the temperature here in Florida is still a toasty 90 degrees outside with no fall weather in sight for a few months.

This past weekend we escaped the storm and headed north to visit family in Indiana. The little bit of chilly weather we got to experience there put me into full blown fall mode. So, now all I want to do is pull out all my fall stuff and decorate the house while a loaf of this pumpkin chocolate chip bread is baking.

It's ok if I do that while the kids are outside picking up all the branches and leaves that are in the yard, right?

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10 Ways to Use Apple Butter

Today I am sharing 10 Ways to Use Apple Butter in different sweet and savory recipes. It's a great way to spice up a recipe for your dinner parties.

*This post is sponsored by Musselman’s. I am partnering with them this fall to share recipes using apple butter. As always, all opinions are 100% my own.

We are quickly headed into my favorite time of year. I love all the things that comes with the changing fall season.

Pumpkin, bonfires, changing leaves, sweatshirts, cooler temps, and of course, apple butter. I grew up eating Musselman's, so I love that I get to partner with them to share delicious recipes and to show you how to eat apple butter.

Have you ever wondered what to do with apple butter? Besides slather it on toast, of course. There are so many different uses for apple butter. And if you are wondering if you can eat apple butter by itself? The answer is yes. A spoonful is quite delicious!

What do I do with Apple Butter?

Spread it on toast
Stir it into oatmeal
Top your pancakes and waffles with it
Use it instead of pumpkin or applesauce in recipes
Set out a bowl with a cheese plate
Swirl it into cakes or cupcakes
Brush it on chicken or pork during the last few cooking minutes

From cakes, to cinnamon rolls, to bacon wrapped shrimp, there is something delicious for everyone in your family to enjoy. Let's get jiggy in the kitchen with these 10 Ways to Use Apple Butter this fall!!! [Read more...]

Cinnamon Apple Baked Oatmeal

Cinnamon Apple Baked Oatmeal is a breakfast full of hearty goodness! Make it ahead of time and have breakfast ready for the week.

Our kids have been back to school for about four weeks now. So far, they are still doing pretty good at getting up on their own and being ready to leave on time. I have to admit that I love the fact that our kids are old enough to be responsible for getting ready on their own.

Don't get me wrong; I have days where I miss those little babies that needed me for everything. Our oldest going off to college really had me wishing those little ones were still here.

I still have moments of sadness, but for the most part I'm doing ok with our kids being big because it means an extra hour of sleep for me on a school mornings now. Making breakfast the day before is another way I give myself permission to sleep in while the kids are getting ready.

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Sheet Pan Chili Lime Cod

A spicy rub adds a blast of flavor to this easy Sheet Pan Chili Lime Cod. A sheet pan dinner that can be on the table in under 30 minutes is the perfect meal for busy nights. Enjoy this oven baked cod with your favorite veggies.

The funny thing is that even though most of the recipes I share here on the blog are crazy ridiculous over the top desserts like this Snickers Cheesecake Brownie Cake, we actually eat fairly well.

Although, we do make our fair share of Homemade Pizza Dough on a regular basis. Given the choice though, I definitely prefer to bake sweet desserts over cooking lean and green meals any day.

We finally got back to doing some harder workouts this week, too. We have kind of slacked off a little. We still were doing some stuff, but not as intense as before.

After two days of hitting hard, I can hardly move because my muscles are so upset with me right now.

My hubby is loving his new job as a health coach. The other day, he bought a few more "torture" devices...aka a squat rack and another air dyne bike. I'm scared for the next few days of workouts.

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