Growing up, my mom made so many different pies.  Apple pie, peach cobbler, key lime pie, brownie pie, and so many more.  However, this banana cream pie was always my dad’s favorite dessert and she’d make it time and time again for him.

We’ve had this pie at our simplest at home dinners, as well as dinner parties or BBQ’s.  My family adores this pie and it has become an all-time favorite of mine.  I now make this in mini versions for my husband and I to enjoy on weeknights as well as normal sized to share with friends when they come over for dinner.  It’s just that good.

Recipe and photo courtesy of Sophia Inza at toeatdrinkandbemarried.com

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Quick Tip: Make your own Oreo crust by putting about 30 cookies in the food processor and then mixing it with 1/3 cup of butter and 3 tablespoons of sugar.  Then press into any pie dish you’d like.

On a rainy summer afternoon, I wasn’t feeling up to spending so much time in the kitchen crafting a recipe to delight on such a gloomy day.  Instead, I was craving a hearty soup filled with comforting flavors of summer to make that gloomy day bright again.  And this soup absolutely did that.  It did not disappoint.

My husband and I enjoyed this soup on a lovely evening in and then had left overs for the next day.  This soup serves approximately 4-6 people.  After that, I divided it into portions and froze it and it was still just as delicious when I thawed it out and enjoyed it a few days later!

Recipe and photo courtesy of Sophia Inza.

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Quick Tip: Add unsalted chicken stock to keep the salt factor in your hands throughout.

Hey, everybody! Boy, do I have a delicious dessert recipe for y’all today. So, who here enjoy snacking on pretzels? How about chocolate? Do I have any caramel lovers in the house? What if I told you that we’d be mixing them all together today for a sweet and salty treat?

BAZINGUH!

I came across this recipe for pretzel chocolate caramel pinwheels, and I thought I’d just died and went to heaven. Saint Peter was enjoying one of these babies when I got there. Are you ready to get your dessert on? Let’s go!

Recipe courtesy of Buzzfeed.

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Quick Tip: Make sure to use lots of Pam non-stick cooking spray when rolling this dessert up. It helps out A LOT.

I’ll be honest, coffee cake has never been one of my favorite desserts. I always found it to be dry. Then, I came across this recipe for raspberry cream cheese coffee cake and my taste buds went straight to the Pearly Gates of Great Food. This cake is anything but dry and the raspberry and cream cheese filling give it a wild punch of flavor.

I am a huge fan of cream cheese and incorporating the rich and smooth dairy delight into desserts. I love how this ingredient compliments the coffee cake. Do you enjoy adding cream cheese to your recipes? Share with me in the comments what your favorite cream cheese dessert recipes are. I bet you can guess what mine is 🙂

Recipe courtesy of Taste of Home.

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Quick Tip: This yummy coffee cake can be served both warm or cold. I prefer warm as it makes the filling extra creamy.

I remember the first time I made biscuits.  I had just watched Anne of Green Gables and she made biscuits and I desperately wanted to try them.  I had never tasted them, but they looked oh-so-good.  I pulled my American Girl recipe book and found a simple buttermilk recipe and was hooked.  I could eat that with butter, cheese, jams…anything really!

I recently made corn chowder and I wanted a yummy bread to dip in it, but didn’t want to take  a trip to the supermarket.  I knew I didn’t have time to make a loaf of bread so I looked for a biscuit recipe.  I ran across this one and it was absolutely perfect.  My husband and I devoured the entire batch in two evenings.  It was so delicious!

Recipe and photo courtesy of Crafty Girl in the Real World.

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Quick Tip:  Add some cheddar cheese on the biscuits five minutes before taking them out of the oven for a nice variation.

Every year, my family has a cookout/BBQ on Memorial Day and Fourth of July.  We try new recipes and create others, depending on what we really want to enjoy that day.  This year, my mom asked me to make BBQ pulled pork sandwiches and with some photo inspiration, I was able to curate a delicious recipe for this occasion.

Everyone in my family absolutely loved these sandwiches, from the oldest to the youngest.  Even the pickier eaters enjoyed the sandwiches, so these are now permanently on our patriotic celebrations menu.  This upcoming July 4th we will be having them, and now you can have them too and impress all of your family!

Recipe and photo courtesy of  Sophia Inza at toeatdrinkandbemarried.com

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Quick Tip: Use Brown Sugar BBQ sauce for a sweeter taste.