Good morning and happy Wednesday! I cannot believe we are approaching the end of July – absolute craziness! With summer in full swing and get togethers/events filling every weekend, it can be a lot to keep up with. So today, I’m sharing a super easy and delicious dessert to make for guests, cookouts, parties or just for pleasure at home with the family! This Ice Cream Cake can be whipped together in no time and is completely customizable.

Good morning and happy Wednesday! In the spirit of the first official days of summer, I’m sharing a remake of an extremely refreshing spritzer I ordered at a restaurant in Philadelphia. I LOVE peach and was so happy to be able to recreate this cocktail to drink at home and serve to guests all summer long! I am a peach lover, and this drink does not disappoint in packing that peach punch!

Happy Wednesday! Today I’m sharing a tasty homemade ice cream cake inspired by the holidays! Random fact, I’m actually not a huge fan of peppermint, but when paired with chocolate (white chocolate in particular) I do LOVE it!

Happy Wednesday! It has been rainy and dreary weather over here the past couple days, plus were laying low, so I thought it would be nice to do a little “activity” with the kids! Baking is always something I love to do with them – it’s fun to be creative, yummy when we get to eat our sweet treats and definitely a hands-on activity (messy at times!).

This recipe is a classic from my Grandma and is one of my favorite summer desserts to serve guests or bring over to any gathering/dinner party! A fan favorite in our household, this quick semi-homemade dessert is a simple and tasty show stopper!

We’ve had sooo many peaches around the house from our Peach Truck pick up a couple weeks ago! Some of the peaches were starting to take a turn for the worst, so I decided to make some yummy peach desserts. I LOVE apple crisp, so the first recipe is a spin on my apple crisp recipe I love this time subbing out apples with PEACHES!

The second yummy peach dessert – Baked Peaches with Whipped Cream – was made by a family friend and I just HAD to make them! She was kind enough to send me the recipe and WOW are these good! Shout out to Nicole – thank you for sharing!

This recipe has become a favorite around our house! My husband and I like to make a couple meatless meals during the week and I seem to always have zucchini on hand. We were getting sick of our normal balsamic oven roasted zucchini so we switched it up with this delicious alternative to lasagna!

What’s trending around our house lately? Homemade trail mix! Not only do the kids love this snack, they also had a blast filling their own containers with goodies. The whole process was a nice activity for them – they absolutely loved it and felt in control – which is good for them!

Today I am sharing an absolute favorite recipe in our house! I LOVE a good breakfast hash, and this was inspired by a hash I got in Denver at brunch during my cousin’s bachelorette party. I came home raving about it to my husband and figured, heck – I could make this!

Now, this particular hash I got had chorizo! You could have chosen bacon or sausage as well, but chorizo was speaking to me that morning.

We like to have ground sausage on hand, so that is what we used for this particular recipe!

What’s trending around our house here lately? The answer is MOCHA/COFFEE flavored everything!

I am always interested in seeing what other people are serving their kids for lunches and dinners. I try my best to feed my kiddos healthy meals as much as possible, but I also want them to EAT too. Luckily, my kids do crave fruits and veggies A LOT – so that is not the issue. Today I am sharing some lunches, dinners and snacks we have around here. By no means am I an absolute health nut. We do the best we can around here so I am sharing realistic meals that the kids really enjoy!

I don’t know about you, but lunches and dinners have just been different around here lately. First off, the convenience of heading out to the grocery store whenever and wherever you want is no longer – therefore you are forced to map out your meals or “work with” what you have.

Second, is it me, or are the kids eating/snacking more than normal?! I think I have been more aware as I am “rationing” them given the circumstances – another factor, adding another adult to our lunch crew, that can chew up some of the goods too!

Anyway, I figured I would share a look into our dinners for the past two weeks to give you some ideas and/or provide some help during these not so normal times. If you are able to have groceries delivered or can do curbside pick up- I am hoping this can give you a sense of what you will need to have on hand (at least a broad overview!).

The past two weekends we had some brunch/breakfast get togethers. We finally got together with my best friend and her family to exchange Christmas gifts (that took wayyy to long) and we celebrated my sister-in-laws birthday at my parents.

Breakfast and brunch dates just seem to work well with everyone during this stage in life. The kids are in a better mood, we are up and coming back from church at that time, the kids are able to nap right after the festivities and on a Sunday – a dinner get together would be tough.

I’m a big fan of traditional stuffed peppers (ground beef, rice, onions, tomato soup, salt and peppers) – which are so bland in my husband’s opinion! I bought a big bag of bell peppers from Costco last week and I thought – stuffed peppers on the brain for dinner.

Problem is, they couldn’t be plain old boring stuffed peppers…I had to spice these up a bit for my husband to even give it a chance! Mexican Stuffed Peppers for the win!!

Breakfast is honestly my favorite meal of the day. I do not discriminate and honestly love ALL breakfast foods. While I can get caught up with sugary, carb heavy breakfast foods during the week – I like to toss this heart healthy breakfast into the mix. So many people are hit or miss when it comes to loving oatmeal, but if you doctor it up correctly, it’s GOOD (swear)! This breakfast is super easy and the flavors are just so YUM!

THIS. DINNER…ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS – so easy, super fresh and healthy! The longest part was cooking the quinoa. If you were really on the ball, you could do make your quinoa the night before and pull it out when ready!