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Whether you’re looking for recipes for your next date night, brunch, party, or dinner tonight, you’ll be able to find something right here. This category features all of our recipes, rolled up in one, easy location. We cover everything from breakfast to brunch, dinner to dessert, vegetarians to carnivores, and red meat to poultry. Our recipes are budget, family, living-on-your-own friendly and easy to make! We’ve made every recipe featured here and our posts will let you know how we liked the dish. Let’s be honest, we’ve loved pretty much everything. Leave a comment if you have one. If you’re looking for something more specific use our search bar or check out one of our niche categories. Thanks for stopping by, hope to have you back soon!

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Apple Dumplings

October 3, 2018
Apple Dumplings

This post was originally published November 6, 2012. Photos of the Apple Dumplings and some of the text have been updated below. What’s better than apple pie? Apple Dumplings! These are so easy to make and are so delicious. I stole this recipe from my sister who made these for my parents back home. I never tasted hers, but I’m pretty sure these are better ;). Apple pie is one of…

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Cinnamon Rolls

September 19, 2018
Cinnamon Rolls

Breakfast in bed. Airports. Extended vacations at the lake house. Snow days. Christmas morning. These are some of the things that come to mind when I think about cinnamon rolls. They are the comfort food of all comfort food. A Cinnabon cinnamon roll is the greatest indulgence when you’re waiting at the airport. You can’t just walk by the store, smell the warm cinnamon and sweet icing, and not buy…

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New York Style Cheesecake

September 12, 2018
New York Style Cheesecake

Cheesecake and I have a love-hate relationship. It’s not that I don’t like to eat cheesecake, I love it, but I fail at baking it. Towards the end of Fatima’s pregnancy, she started to crave cheesecake. A few Magnolia Red Velvet Cheesecakes later, she still had her cravings. Even after our son was born, the cheesecake cravings remained. She was looking for a true New York Style Cheesecake. Fatima says the best…

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Edible Cookie Dough

September 10, 2018
Edible Cookie Dough

My favorite part about baking cookies is eating some of the cookie dough. Our friend, Stephanie, took us to a place called DŌ. It’s a shop dedicated to edible cookie dough. I fell in love. Since that visit, I haven’t had a chance to go back. Instead, I made my own edible cookie dough. Surfing Facebook one late night of trying to soothe Liam, I stumbled upon an edible cookie…

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Fried Fish Tacos: Cooking Through Cravings

September 5, 2018
Fried Fish Tacos

The past few months have been filled with breastfeeding, diaper changes, lullabies and discovering new recipes. Parental leave has been an amazing time as I bond with Liam and discover a whole new side of myself as a mother. But I could not lose sight of what I’ve always loved doing, which is cooking. Cooking is like therapy for me and it was just what I needed to do between…

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Carrot Cake

August 29, 2018
Carrot Cake

My mom’s favorite cake is carrot cake. With her birthday coming up, I thought I’d find a delicious recipe to try. Spoiler alert, it’s delicious. I was so hesitant to dive into a carrot cake recipe because it’s very easy to ruin. They can be too dense, too dry, too much carrots (ironic), and full of unwanted fruit. The worst one I had was filled with giant, juicy raisins. Yuck!…

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Onion Rings: Cooking Through Cravings

August 22, 2018
Onion Rings

I’ve never been able to make rings, until now. Every attempt leads to failure. While looking for something to make for our cook-in dinner, I consulted our Cravings cookbook and I landed on these onion rings. Lilies and Loafers has affiliate relationships, so we may get a small share of revenue from your purchases. Items are sold by the retailer, not by Lilies and Loafers. Since we were staying in for Fourth…

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Our Baby Essentials: Must-Haves in the First Three Months

August 15, 2018
Baby Essentials

We cannot believe it’s been three months since Liam arrived. It has been a wild ride. When we put our registry together, we thought we had everything. However once Liam arrived, he showed us what he liked, didn’t like, and needed. With three months under our belts, we put together a list of baby essentials. Please note: not everything is listed below, so use the link at the end for a full…

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No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie

August 8, 2018
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie

Since The Chew was cancelled and is currently living off repeats, our new favorite show is The Kitchen on Food Network. About a month ago, Jeff Mauro showed off his No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie. As the segment went on, we found ourselves drooling over it. We had to make it. When it’s hot out, it’s annoying to turn on the oven. Even with the air conditioning on, when the…

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Berry Smoothie

August 1, 2018
Berry Smoothie

Our most used appliance in the kitchen is our Nutribullet. Every day, I make sure to blend a smoothie for Brian and me to pair with our lunch. After trying a few green, fruit, and vegetable smoothies, we found this berry smoothie is our favorite. It pairs our favorite elements of the other smoothies into this one, delicious drink. With every smoothie, not only did we find out what fruits…

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Harry Potter Birthday Cake (From Hagrid)

July 31, 2018
Harry Potter Birthday Cake

Happy Birthday Harry Potter (and J.K. Rowling)! We recreated the birthday cake Hagrid gave Harry on his eleventh birthday in first feature film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. This cake makes the perfect addition to any Harry Potter party you’re throwing today. So how did we make this Harry Potter Birthday Cake? Fatima and I love Harry Potter. When the books first came out, I remember going to Barnes and Noble…

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Cookie Monster Cheesecake

July 25, 2018
Cookie Monster Cheesecake

This Cookie Monster Cheesecake was originally published on June 7, 2013. We updated the photos and made a few edits to the story below. “C” is for cookie! Cookie Monster is my favorite Sesame Street character. Maybe it’s my love for the color blue or the addiction to chocolate chip cookies, but we were destined to be best friends. I couldn’t tell you how many Cookie Monster stuffed animals I…

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Iced Coffee Cubes

July 11, 2018
Iced Coffee Cubes

This post on Iced Coffee Cubes was originally published on July 30, 2012. It has since been updated with new photos. Do you hate when your iced coffee gets watered down the ice cubes? Why not make some iced coffee cubes so that your coffee will never get watered down again! Sometimes you just want iced coffee. I’m usually drinking iced coffee all year long. And sometimes your coffee just…

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#LoveSummer/ All Recipes/ Cocktails/ Margaritas

Watermelon Basil Margaritas

July 4, 2018
Watermelon Basil Margaritas

When a heat wave strikes, you must do anything you can to cool off. Being stuck inside with air conditioning gets old. So head outside with these watermelon basil margaritas to keep you cool. The last time we made watermelon margaritas was in the heat of late July in 2012. We were vacationing at my parents’ lake house and we could not cool off. Swimming in Lake Winnipesaukee worked, but…

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