Happy Happy Tuesday everybody!!! OMG, OMG, OMG!!! Y’all! My Atlanta Falcons are going to the Super Bowl, yes, my Falcons, The Super Bowl !!! I literally still cannot believe it. When we officially won Sunday’s game I was screaming and jumping around, people were setting off fireworks around me, y’all it was no joke amazing I could have cried.
If you’re not an avid football fan like I am, you’re probably sitting there all siiiggh, but I just can’t bring myself to apologize because I’m super passionate about my Falcons. So, speaking of the Super Bowl, which I will be 100% glued to the TV the day of just so you know, this week I will be bringing you guys 2 different dips, one savory and one sweet (that’s Thursday’s recipe). Because what is a Super Bowl party without dips? or this blog without run on sentences?
Well, it isn’t a proper viewing I’ll tell you that much. Sooo today I’ve brought y’all an absolutely wonderful and ding dang easy dip, it’s got cream cheese, it’s got sour cream (obvi), it’s got salsa, lots of cheese and lots and lots of flavor 🙂 I couldn’t get enough of this stuff, it’s addictive, just go ahead and make this I have a very good feeling you’ll be as happy with it as I am. I hope everyone of you is having a spectacular week so far and thank you so much for stopping by!!!
You can literally throw everything into your bowl like so, or you can cream the cream cheese first…
mix, mix, mix…
and enjoy!!!
- 16 Ounces of Full Fat Sour Cream.
- 1 (8 Ounce) Block of Cream Cheese.
- 1/2-3/4 Cup of Red Salsa (Preferably Spicy).
- 1/2 Cup of Sharp or Mild Cheddar Cheese.
- 1 Teaspoon of Dried Dill.
- 2 Teaspoons of Dried Parsley.
- 1/2 Teaspoon of Garlic Powder.
- 1/4 Teaspoon of Onion Powder.
- Salt To Taste.
- Tortilla Chips For Dipping.
- With a handheld or stand mixer with a paddle attachment, place your cream cheese & sour cream into your bowl and mix together until smooth.
- Now add the remainder of your ingredients and mix until well combined.
- Garnish with some more cheese and maybe a little pepper, serve with your favorite tortilla chips and enjoy!!!
- The spiciness is totally up to what kind of salsa and how much you use, if spicy isn't your thing, just use mild salsa.
Trust me, I most definitely needed some of these delicious little bites this week, but unfortunately I totally finished all of these last weekend because they’re so good. I hope y’all don’t mind that I did a healthier recipe, but I’m still feeling the mild holiday bulge, so I thought a lighter recipe would be a good idea. 
So, about these bites, these bites are no joke like dessert, sweet, a little bit salty, and nice and chewy. If you’re not necessarily a fan of cashews, you can totally substitute them out for whatever you prefer, but they’re a personal favorite of mine so there you go. I hope you all have an absolutely wonderful Friday, a great weekend and thank you so much for stopping by!!!
then add your dates, coconut, coconut oil and water…
pulse all together…
roll into balls and roll into the coconut…
and enjoy!!!
I was lucky enough to try these delicious cheesy potatoes at a Christmas party and the hostess was nice enough to send me the recipe after I told her I was officially obsessed with this dish. Funny enough, she had first tried this deliciousness at a work party and also confessed her love of the recipe to the bringer of this dish, so here we are, sharing it on the Internet, but I have no idea of it’s origins haha. You really can’t beat (a basically) one bowl recipe, I mean obviously you’ll need a smaller bowl for the corn flakes/butter mixture but that’s no biggie. 
I had everything ready to go into the oven before my oven was even done pre-heating if that gives you any indication of how fast this one is to throw together. This casserole is so deliciously filled with hash browns and cheese that cook up so well together, and let’s not forget the absolutely wonderful, crunchy and buttery topping, you will definitely be going back for seconds 
all mixed together…
now for the topping, corn flakes ready to be crushed…
butter into your crushed corn flakes, then mix them up…
then the corn flake/butter mixture on top of your casserole, with a nice sprinkle of paprika…
and enjoy!!! 
If you’re not from the South you probably won’t get how scary that can be, because it never fails that ice always, always accompanies it, and y’all there is just no driving to be done when there’s ice. Sooo, with the very real possibility of people being housebound for possibly several days, a mad dash is made to the grocery store and you buy as many essentials (bread, milk, peanut butter, 
Basically everything was gone, including the ingredients for the recipe I had been planning on making, so I had to improvise. Cinnamon roll waffles are something I’ve been wanting to make for a while, and lucky for me there was literally this one lone can of cinnamon rolls left in the whole store, so there you go, that’s how this wonderful treat came about. 
Just so y’all know, I did get iced in, and spent the better part of Sunday pouring buckets of hot water on the driveway then taking a shovel to it in hopes of getting out of the driveway to go to work in the morning. Oh, also, it’s going to be 70 degrees this coming weekend…like I said, temperamental. I hope you guys get to enjoy this recipe soon (if you can even call it a recipe because it’s so simple) and thank you so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day and weekend!!!
onto your waffle iron…
and enjoy!!! 
Sorry to those of y’all looking for something extra decadent and smothered in butter today, I just can’t, my body is mad at me, but I promise Thursday I will have something in the unhealthy/awesome vein. On the bright side, this smoothie is awesome y’all. Since I feel like my digestion was so off, I knew I wanted some ginger root and fresh mint in this, because both are aces in helping with that kind of stuff. 
Also, the green tea has the wonderful kick of caffeine as well as tons of good stuff in it for you. Obviously the addition of the strawberries, banana and date add loads more vitamins and of course flavor. Can you tell I’m mildly enthusiastic about this smoothie? Anyways, if you’re feeling that holiday bloat in a big way like I am, then I can’t recommend enough to have this for a few breakfasts this week 🙂 Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful week!!! 
just pretend I put a pic of everything in the blender…and enjoy!!! 
How silly of me to have almost forgotten how bad ATL traffic is, and considering some schools around here are still out, I’m just waiting for that gigantic influx of awful (I’m not saying kids are awful, I’m just saying everyone should home school to keep traffic down hehe). 
Anyways, so to 
Cranberry Ginger Ale…
and enjoy!!!
I really had no idea how bad it was until it took me 5 days working from morning until night to finish it. The build up of all of this stuff is just one of those things that tends to happen when you move suddenly to work a show and throwing what you can’t take with you into storage. Y’all, I will totally admit the embarrassing amount of times I asked myself ‘why the heck do you still have this?!’ while cleaning, then of course would proceed to throw it away. 
I still have a number of areas to work on, but I got a huge amount done during the Christmas hiatus. Anyways, onto the good stuff. Around these parts we’ve had a number of cold days and on those days nothing is as good as a warm soup or chili, and had I known how easy chili was to make, I would have made this years ago. This chili is so freaking good y’all, tons and tons of flavor and of course the ease of using the crock pot. This stuff tastes awesome all by itself but it is especially good dipping chips into it mmmm. I hope you all are having a wonderful start to the New Year and thank you so much for stopping by!!!
nice and browned…
into your crockpot…
then everything else into the crockpot and mix it up a bit…
cook for a few hours and enjoy!!! 
Well, I’m going to continue this tradition with these super fun Champagne Jell-O shots, and they’re not as quick to make as a typical cocktail, but worth every bit of effort y’all. I mean, how fun are these? 
I think the sprinkles really put these over the edge of awesome, but be mindful because these are very strong (hello vodka!). I’m gonna make this short and sweet because I know y’all too have many things to get to before the end of this year 😉 
I’m wishing you guys the happiest of New Years, an absolutely wonderful 2017 and thank you sooo much for stopping by!!! Happy New Year Y’all!!!
after heating, the gelatin is dissolved and the rest of the champagne and vodka is added…
and into your pan…
after chilling for a while, place on wax paper…
add sprinkles and enjoy!!! 
My mom was actually nice enough to come over and help me make this recipe due to the thought that it was going to be super complicated and scary to make, but for reals y’all, it is sooo not hard to make. I’m not really sure why I was under the impression it would be such a task but it’s super simple. I was glad she was there though, because if I followed the written down version of this recipe it would not have been the same due to the fact that she cooks like a true Southerner (she is from Mississippi just so y’all know). 
In case you didn’t know, cooking like a true Southerner usually includes the following; throwing in extra butter, eyeballing (aka extra) the cheese, throwing in extra eggs, and/or throwing in extra mayonnaise…all of these items were added in excess for this recipe, which I tried to indicate as best as I could below haha. This is hands down one of my favorite side dishes (if you can even call it that) like ever so I can’t recommend to you guys enough to make this ASAP. I hope you’re having a fantastic week so far and thank you so much for stopping by!!! 
mayonnaise…
eggs…
cheese…
salt & pepper…
sugar…
and mix all together…
into your casserole dish…
someone giving me side eye…
put the pecans, the butter and the crushed crackers on top…
bake, bake, bake and enjoy!!!
and one more of my sweet sous chef aka Lacy Bear…
A magical box (isn’t anything with lots of chocolate in it magical?) filled with these amazing and addictive bites were gifted to me from a wonderful neighbor. After I found myself finishing off most of the box in less than a day I texted her 
I really can’t begin to tell y’all how easy these things are, seriously, these were dunzo (minus the setting up part) from start to finish in about 20 minutes, if that. Also, these are straight up crack because they have that whole sweet and salty deal going for it, and well, that’s my Kryptonite. Anyways, I hope y’all are having a wonderful day so far, thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you get to enjoy these really soon. 
zap these for a bit in the microwave…
peanuts in…
mix, mix, mix…
in adorable spoonfuls onto your wax paper…
had to throw in a pic of Lacy Bear, because she was begging so hard for these…
and enjoy!!!
