Easy Mango Chia Jam recipe. Made with only 3 ingredients, this healthy spread idea is perfect to mix with yogurt or on your morning toast. Fresh mangoes might be my absolute favorite fresh fruit out there. It actually might be one of my favorite foods period. Nothing can beat it. So all of my new...
Easy Lemon Poppy Seed Mini Muffins recipe. Crunchy poppy seeds compliment the tender muffins so well, they make a great afternoon snack. My favorite part about lemon season is doing a LOT of baking with lemons. I have one drawer in my fridge dedicated to lemons. And I wouldn't have it any other way. This...
Easy Sour Cream Muffins. A great recipe to use up any extra sour cream you have, these muffins make a great grab-and-go breakfast idea. My 2 year old toddler is obsessed with muffins. Every time he wakes up in the morning, he asks "mama are there muffins? I want to eat some muffins please." I...
Easy Easter Bark recipe. This simple dessert idea is an easy way to make a last minute sweet treat using your favorite Easter candies. Less than 1 week until Easter. Of course I'm making a festive Easter treat today. One of my favorite things about Easter is the access I get to Mini Eggs. Cadbury mini...
Easy Almond Joy Easter Egg Nests recipe. These delicious treats make a great last minute Easter dessert idea that are so much fun to make. Easter is coming early this year! For me, the joy of Easter is making Easter themed recipes. Egg shape, bunny shape, nest shape.. whatever I can think of that is Easter...
Easy Healthy Peanut Butter and Banana Oat Cookies recipe. These healthy cookies are made with no refined sugar and packed with healthy fats. The first thing I did this weekend was bake these easy breakfast cookies. My toddler is always asking for cookies for breakfast. And since he has been sick all weekend, I wanted...
Easy Puppy Chow recipe, aka muddy buddies. This no bake treat is a classic snack mix, and makes the easiest dessert idea. I admit, this is a crazy name. Perhaps I need to preface this post by saying that this is not dog food. It is very much people food. Another thing worth mentioning is,...
Easy Vegan Mint Nanaimo Bars Recipe. The perfect dessert recipe for St Patrick's Day, this peppermint version will surely satisfy your sweet tooth. It's almost March, which means that St Patrick's day is just around the corner. Time to make all things green and peppermint flavored. I was really trying to rack my brain for...
Easy Birthday Cake Mini Oreo Cheesecakes recipe. The perfect size cheesecake that is sure to be a huge hit with the whole family. One of the main reasons why I avoid making a traditional cheesecake is because it seems like such a hassle. You need to deal with a water bath, then making sure the...
Easy Valentine's Day Oreo Truffles recipe. The perfect treat for a last minute, no bake dessert to make for February 14th. Valentines day is just around the corner. In fact, it is on a Wednesday this year. So I'm sure that you are all looking for a delicious treat to make in no time at...
Easy Mini Magnum Bars recipe. Made with only 3 ingredients, this homemade version will satisfy your sweet tooth and save you money. I don't think that I have ever met someone who doesn't like Magnum Premium ice cream bars. Being from Canada, our stores only sold one or two flavors. Don't get me wrong, I...
Easy Almond Joy Magic Shell recipe. Made with only 5 ingredients, this quick and simple sweet topping for your ice cream elevates your dessert. Did you know that Canada doesn't have Almond Joy candy bars? I was actually introduced to almond joy bars last week. And I am so sad that I have been missing...
Easy Cowboy Cookie Bars recipe. Made with shredded coconut, pecans, chocolate chips and white chocolate chips, this decadent dessert makes a great snack too. I know that it is essentially the first week of the New Year. And here I am already baking something unhealthy. After the holidays, I am usually cookied out. I've had...
Easy Oatmeal Cranberry Pecan Cookies recipe. These chewy bite-sized desserts make great healthy snacks. The holiday season is over. It's the time of year where people are looking for healthy recipes and going to the gym every day. And here I am making cranberry pecan oatmeal cookies. This is the kind of cookie that is...
Easy Rum Truffles recipe. Made with simple ingredients, this decadent dessert idea makes the perfect gift or sweet treat. Now that my child turned 2, I am thinking about all of the different kinds of holiday traditions that we will try starting this year. I kind of want to recreate some of my favorite things...
Easy Peppermint Cake Balls recipe. The perfect holiday treat, and made with boxed cake mix so it makes a great quick last minute dessert idea! Is it too early to say happy holidays? I feel like I am already more than ready for the 2 weeks off for the winter break. This might be the...
Easy Two Bite Brownies recipe. This quick and simple dessert idea makes a great nut free snack idea. Am I the only one who didn't know when I moved to the USA that two bite brownies are a Canadian food? I was really craving some the other day, and when I went to ask people...
Easy Sugar Free Yogurt Muffins recipe. This no sugar added snack is perfect for baby led weaning. Perfect for picnics or road trips. Did I make this recipe for my baby? I absolutely did. But did that stop me from eating almost half of the batch slathered in butter and jam all by myself? Absolutely...
Easy Brown Sugar Ice Cream recipe. Made with only 4 ingredients, this simple dessert idea is a great sweet treat on a hot day. Even though the last day of summer was a couple of days ago, I can't stop thinking about ice cream. I am just not feeling the pumpkin and apple right now....
Easy Oatmeal Rum Raisin Cookies recipe. Raisins soaked in rum make for a boozy, chewy dessert idea. It also makes a great grab and go snack. Weekends with kids are drastically different than weekends pre-kids. Before kids, me and John would do date nights, go on weekend getaways, spend all day in bed watching movies....
Easy Cake Batter Nanaimo Bars recipe. The ultimate Canadian celebration dessert idea. No bake and made without custard powder. Just when you think that you can't make Nanaimo Bars any better, I come up with a cake flavored celebratory one. I am already thinking of how I'm going to celebrate the end of the first...
Easy Birthday Cake Pretzel Bites recipe. Made with only 3 ingredients, this last minute dessert idea perfectly combines sweet and salty. We start school on Wednesday! Am I ready? Probably not. There are always things that you just can't plan for. But what I am planning on doing is making these Birthday Cake Pretzel Bites...
Easy Hazelnut Magic Shell recipe. Made with only 4 ingredients, this is the best topping for your ice cream dessert. Summer essential recipe coming in HOT. Or cold, depending on how you think about it. Almost every time I have ice cream, I need to make a magic shell. It's just too good to pass...
Easy Peanut Butter Chip Cold Brew Muffins recipe. A great way to use up extra brewed coffee, they make a great breakfast treat or dessert. Looking for a way to use up some cold brew you have lying around your fridge? Well, look no further. I truly have a problem with drinking cold brew. At...
Easy Taro Milkshake Bubble Tea recipe. Made with only 4 ingredients, this drink is a sweet dessert beverage to cool you down. Am I in desperate need of milkshakes at all times of the day? Yes. But do I need bubble tea at all times of the day? Also yes. Since I am in Vancouver,...
Easy Butter Pecan Cookies recipe. This simple dessert idea makes a great grab and go snack, or tea time treat. Does this recipe feel like fall? Because it feels like fall to me. The best way to feel the warm and fuzzy feelings of fall is to bake some warm cookies for a delicious treat....
This Birthday Cake Fudge is so easy to make. With only 5 ingredients, this dessert recipe is a great last minute no bake treat. This is it! The last day of school. Now I have a good 2 months to rest and relax before the school year starts back up. Time for a celebratory fudge...
Easy Vegan Crispy Cream Cheese Cookies recipe. These cookies are ready in under 15 minutes, they make a great last minute dessert idea. It has become slightly cooler here in Wisconsin. Cooler as in sweater weather cool. Which means that I am going to make the most of this situation as best as I can....
Easy Nanaimo Bars recipe. This no bake dessert is the perfect way to satisfy your sweet tooth. Eat it as a snack with some coffee. Another no bake treat for your pleasure this summer. It seems like I have made all sorts of Nanaimo bar recipes, but I have yet to make regular plain Nanaimo Bars. Well,...
Easy Leftover Doughnut Bread Pudding recipe. This dessert idea is the perfect way to use up stale, day old donuts. Bread pudding: is this a dessert, or a breakfast? I mean, you could say the same thing about doughnuts. A lot of people get them first thing in the morning with a coffee, but they...
Easy Cold Brew Cream Cheese Muffins recipe. This fudgy decadent dessert idea is like a cake and cheesecake in one bite sized snack. The weather in Wisconsin is crazy! One week it's so hot that my students are getting burned going outside. Then the next week, it starts snowing and I need to take...
Easy Crispy Mini Egg Cream Cheese Cookies recipe. The perfect festive nut free dessert idea. A great way to use up stale cereal! I know that February is the shortest month, but I honestly cannot believe that it is already March. It could be due to the fact that I had SO MANY snow days...
Easy Hidden Heart Pound Cake recipe. This dessert idea is perfect for Valentine's Day, and looks beautiful with the heart in a chocolate cake. [This post has been sponsored by Eggland's Best. I am so excited to be partnering with a brand I have been using for ages! All opinions are my own] Baking is...
Easy Oreo Brownies recipe. The best of two of your favourite desserts, this fudgy, chocolatey treat is perfect to satisfy your sweet tooth. Ever since we moved to our new house, it has been harder for me to go to the grocery store to buy things we don't need. For one thing, we have been...
Easy Turtles Oatmeal recipe. Made with only 5 ingredients, this decadent breakfast idea is like dessert in the morning. Now that Thanksgiving is over, can we start thinking about Christmas? Whenever I think about Christmas, I think of Turtles chocolates. My mom would buy them every Christmas, and it was one of my favourite things...
Easy Date Granola recipe. The perfect crunchy clusters to top your yogurt or smoothies for breakfast in the morning. I can't believe that it's been almost one year since Evan was born. This year has been both the shortest and the longest period of time in my life. From a move from Chicago to Canada...
Easy Crunch Cream Cheese Cookies recipe. This dessert idea is made with your favourite leftover Halloween Chocolates and Rice Krispies. Just a couple of days after Halloween, and I need to use up my Halloween candy. I have been eating candy for almost every meal. I somehow need a breakfast dessert, dessert snacks, lunch dessert,...
Easy Mummy Rice Krispie Treats recipe. This quick and simple dessert idea is perfect last minute snack for your Halloween party. Another Halloween recipe? Who am I? Lately I have only been making extremely simple and quick recipes. If it isn't ready in under 20 minutes, then I'm probably not making it. That's because my...
Easy Halloween Monster Cookies recipe. This quick and simple dessert idea is a great treat to celebrate the spooky season. This might be the most Halloween recipes that I have made in the month leading up to Halloween on the blog. And we aren't even halfway into October yet! But I wanted to celebrate this...
Easy Chips Ahoy Pudding Ice Cream recipe. Made with only 6 ingredients, you don't need whipping cream for this dessert idea. I always hear that the day after Memorial Day is the unofficial start to the summer. So here we are. In the summer (basically). Time to make as many ice cream recipes as my...
Easy Guinness Shepherd's Pie recipe. This dinner idea made with beer is a great meal idea to make for St Patrick's Day. Less than one week until St Patrick's Day! Do you celebrate? If I am being completely honest, I don't. However, I do appreciate any excuse to make food using Guinness beer so maybe...
Easy Nutella Milkshake recipe. This drink tastes like a dessert. It is the perfect easy treat that every Nutella lover will enjoy. I bought ice cream the other day specifically to make this delicious Nutella Milkshake. And yes, I could have also just gone across the street from my work and bought an actual Nutella...