Recently I learned about a new to me Essential Oil company that said they made learning and using essential oils easy. Since I’ve wanted to learn more on this topic, I went to the Simply Earth website and was excited to see they offer monthly boxes, free educational resources, affordable prices, and best of all, this is a small business with a big heart, donating thirteen percent of profits to organizations that help end human trafficking. Read on to see all the fab goodies that came in my June EO Recipe Box.
Welcome Summer into your Home with Essential Oils:
Cinnamon Banana Bread Recipe
Cinnamon Banana Bread:
Easy Weeknight dinner: Chicken Ravioli Bake Recipe
Chicken Ravioli bake:
No Egg Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe to Delight Your Sweethearts
I’ve been making this no-egg drop cookie recipe for almost twenty years, so it's become a family favorite. I like to use dark chocolate chips this time of year to make the cookies extra special for my Valentine’s Day Sweethearts. I’m sharing the recipe with you today so you can bake up a batch without ever touching precious egg supplies.
Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies To Delight Your Sweethearts!
Blueberry Loaf - a perfect homemade Mother’s Day gift:
Copycat Panera Vanilla Cold Brew Iced Coffee Recipe
We welcomed September in with a heat wave here in middle Tennessee, so instead of thinking all things “fall” this weekend, I was sipping on a crazy good Cold Brew iced coffee to cool off a bit. If you aren’t quite ready to say goodbye to summer either, this copycat Panera Vanilla cold brew coffee recipe is for you! Making it is so simple with just 6 ingredients! You may have everything you need on hand already. My thanks to today’s sponsor, Torani for providing the sweet vanilla goodness this recipe needs.
Cold Brew Goodness:
America's Test Kitchen:The Complete Guide to Healthy Drinks Book Giveaway
The days may be getting longer, but make no mistake, winter isn’t leaving anytime soon. In the winter months, I struggle to drink enough water because my body isn’t sending out strong thirst signals like it does in the warm humid months. I knew it was time to up my hydration game, and thankfully, I’ve got a fantastic resource to help me do just that. Need hydration help too? I’m hosting a giveaway, so read on to learn more and enter to win The Complete Guide to Healthy Drinks.
Up Your Hydration Game!
Making Candles is simple and fun with Feels Like Home Kit
Have you ever wanted to make your own candles? I love candles and have wanted to try making my own for sometime now, but didn’t know where to start. When I received an invitation to try Simply Earth’s new DIY Feels Like Home Candle Making kit, which includes everything you need in a handy box, I happily agreed. I can’t wait to share my first DIY candles with you today. They were simple and fun to make.
DIY Feels Like Home Candles!
As I was adding this book review to my editorial planner, I thought, "It’s not very often there’s a weekday in the name of a book title, so I should honor that by posting on that day!" Happy Wednesday, dear readers, I’m excited to share a refreshing Champagne Bowler recipe from Wednesday Night Wine-Down by Jennifer Newens with you today.
Midweek Sipping Ideas Ahead!
- 2 Yoplait Original 25% less sugar French Vanilla Yogurts
- 1 cup Pineapple tidbits in fruit juice
- 4 Tablespoons Sweetened Coconut shreds
- Gather ingredients. For quicker assembly of Parfaits, open yogurts, pour Pineapple in serving bowl and open coconut. I used 2 small mason jars for serving my parfaits, but you can use small juice glasses too.
- In jar, place a large tablespoon of Pineapple with as little juice as possible in bottom of jar.
- Next, add about half of the French Vanilla Yogurt container.
- Add a tablespoon of Coconut if desired.
- Repeat all steps until jars are filled, topping with a small amount of coconut.
- 1 pound Roasted Red Pepper Sausage (or any bulk sausage flavor you like)
- 2 cups (8oz.) shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 1 can (8oz) Pillsbury Crescent dinner rolls (choose your favorite brand)
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon dried rosemary leaves, crushed
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with foil. Spray foil with cooking spray, set aside.
- Cook sausage on medium heat until just brown, drain and put in mixing bowl.
- Add cheese and rosemary to bowl and mix with hands or spoon.
- Unroll crescent dough onto floured work surface; coat each side of dough with flour.
- Cut dough into about ¼ -inch pieces with a pizza cutter or knife.
- Mix crescent dough pieces into bowl of sausage mixture in small amounts until well blended.
- Shape mixture into 40 inch sized balls. Place on pan.
- Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until golden brown.
Celebrate Monster High 2 DVD Release with a Giveaway & Eyeball Cake Pop Recipe
Alright Monster High fans, or those counting down the days until we can officially call it spooky season. I'm inviting you to celebrate the release of the second live-action movie being released today! Thanks to the fun people at Paramount Home Entertainment and Nickelodeon, I’m hosting a Monster High 2 DVD giveaway and I’ve got an Eyeball Cake Pop Recipe too.
Let’s go back to High School with Clawdeen, Draculaura and Frankie!
Cast iron skillet butter topped drop biscuits
Happy Fall my friends! I simply adore this season for so many reasons. The crisp mornings, being able to turn off the AC and open up all the windows in my home to welcome in all that fresh air goodness, settling into a more home-centric routine, and of course- baking! I’ve already started my baking season off on the right foot by baking up a batch of tasty cast iron skillet butter-topped drop biscuits and I wanted to share the recipe with you. These were some of the easiest biscuits I’ve ever made.
Biscuit Goodness:
- Méditerranée Cappuccino
- Méditerranée Caramel
- Méditerranée Blackberry
- Méditerranée Coconut
- Méditerranée French Vanilla
- Méditerranée Lemon
- Méditerranée Strawberry
- 1- container Liberté® Méditerranée Lemon yogurt
- 1- container of shortcake dessert shells
- 1- container Lite whipped topping
- 1- 15 oz. can Mandarin Orange Segments in light syrup
- Spoon stirred container Liberté® Méditerranée Lemon yogurt into large mixing bowl
- Drain the can of Mandarin Orange Segments reserving syrup and 4-6 Mandarin Orange Segments, pour in mixing bowl
- Add two heaping tablespoons of Lite whipped topping
- Gently stir all ingredients until well mixed
- Place 1 shortcake dessert shell on a dessert plate and fill with Lemon Yogurt Orange filling
- Top with a small dollop of Lite whipped topping
- Add one Mandarin Orange Segment to top of dessert and drizzle a teaspoon of Mandarin Orange syrup on dessert
- Serve chilled
Parmigiano Reggiano tomato and spinach Tortellini salad Recipe
Cauldron Cake Recipe & more in The Unofficial Hogwarts Cookbook for Kids
Getting Saucy with Holic Foods Sauces Recipe and Giveaway
It would only take you a minute in our kitchen to know foodies live here. Our cabinets are full of seasonings, varieties of salts and peppers, dried herbs and so on. If you look in our fridge and pantry, you’ll find lots of condiments and sauces sorted (usually) by cuisine. My husband and I love to cook! Imagine my delight when an email about Holic Foods Sauces landed in my inbox. Yes, of course I would love to try their sauces and host a giveaway! Today, we are getting saucy with Holic Foods Sauces, sharing one of their favorite recipes and hosting a giveaway for a box of their sauces!
Getting Saucy!
Guilt Free Strawberry Trifle recipe with Yoplait Greek 100 Whips #whipitup #sponsored
- 2 Strawberry Yoplait Greek 100 Whips
- 2 Vanilla Cupcake Yoplait Greek 100 Whips
- 1 quart fresh strawberries
- 1 Fat-Free Angel Food Cake
- Wash strawberries in a colander allowing them to air dry if possible.
- Dry strawberries if needed and slice, set aside.
- Chop up Angel Food cake into bite size pieces, place in bowl, set aside.
- Open Strawberry Yoplait Greek 100 Whips!, stir to whip.

- Add a hand full of Angel Food cake to the bottom of each serving cup/bowl.
- Add a hefty teaspoon of Strawberry Yoplait Greek 100 Whips.
- Add a hefty tablespoon of sliced strawberries.
- Add another handful of Angel Food cake.
- Top with a hefty teaspoon of Vanilla Cupcake Yoplait Greek 100 Whips.
- Garnish top with sliced strawberries.
Terms:
No purchase necessary to win. Open to U.S. residents 18+ years. This contest is not associated with or endorsed by Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram or any other social channel. All entries are subject to verification.
Please be nice and disqualify yourself if you have already won this giveaway on another participating blog and I pick you as my winner. Thank you.
- 1) 17.5 ounce peanut butter cookie mix
- 1) 8 ounce bag English toffee bits (found in baking aisle of most grocery stores)
- 3) Tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2) Tablespoons water
- 1) Large egg
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line cookie sheets with parchment paper. In large bowl mix oil, water and egg in peanut butter cookie batter until no longer grainy.
- Gently fold in toffee bits.
- Shape dough into 36 small balls or make drop cookies like I did by gently sliding off tablespoon-size dough balls onto parchment paper.
- Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes for regular size cookies, or 9-11 minutes for large cookies.
- Allow to cool.



































