Howdy all! Apparently I’m southern today. I blame my near-death experience yesterday. What happened you might ask? I was sitting nicely on my patio, not moving, staining my table {sneak at upcoming project!!} when I felt a sharp pain in my right knee. I wait about a second and it gets seriously intense. I rub at it and see a wasp come flying out from under the table. What’s a girl to do? Most would be upset. Not me. I go into full.on.panic. I run inside as fast as I can and run to the medicine cabinet where I keep my epi-pen. That’s right… I’m deathly allergic to bee stings. I rush to my phone and call my hubby to get home STAT! Armed with my pen, I desperately tried to get control of my breathing. MUST. STOP. HYPERVENTILATING! After about 20 minutes I feel like I’m just a little short of breath. Should I have used my epi-pen? Maybe. Did I? No. Nurses make the worst patients, people. {FYI, if I ever felt like I was in serious danger I wouldn’t have hesitated to call 911}. Hubby’s been home to keep an eye on me and my knee is nice and swollen. Hooray.
I’m not one to panic. Especially not in emergency situations. I’m a nurse, I’m trained to handle emergencies. But apparently when it comes to me… I freak. I almost died. Then I didn’t. What does that have to do with today’s recipe? Absolutely nothing. But I can write about whatever I want. 
And I thought you should all know of how almost.poop.myself scared I was.
So back to the foods. I whipped these up earlier this week and they were ah.mazing. They are definitely going on the “to make again” list. And they don’t take any longer than 20-minutes to make… baking and all! So when you need a quick recipe that will definitely impress, make these fantastic 20-Minute BBQ Cups!
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I’ve been on a summer food kick recently. You probably realized that since over the last few weeks I shared ice cream and popsicle recipes. Part of summer cooking, in my opinion, does not include spending much time cooking. I would rather whip up quick and simple meals that allow more time to be spent outside with family! And the recipe I’m sharing today is definitely one of those recipes! It is so easy to make with a big flavor payoff! Without further adieu… Honey BBQ Chicken Sandwiches.
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TGIF! It is almost time for a 3 day weekend! Yippee! That means some quality time with the hubby! And because it is Memorial Day we also get to see some great fireworks. I love me some fireworks. Any of you have grand plans for this holiday weekend??
Have you noticed that the past 2 weeks I’ve been on an ice cream/popsicle kick. I think it is the beautiful 70 and 80 degree days we’ve been having. That combined with all the work I’ve been doing outside, I’m loving me some popsicles! One of my all time favorite popsicles as a kid was Jello pudding pops. I love them. In effort to get back in touch with my inner child, I decided to venture to make these delicious Copycat Pudding Popsicles.
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So today’s “recipe” barely even qualifies as a recipe. I’ve been crazy busy this week working on some projects {including painting} and I have barely had time to cook or bake anything. Plus Denver has been having the most gloriously beautiful weather the past week. So with Memorial Day coming up and the warm weather we’ve been having, I decided to celebrate with a little treat: patriotic ice cream sandwiches!
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It’s Friday, Friday! Gotta get down on Friday! TGIF! For some reason this week went cuh-ray-zee slow. But the weekend is here and that means time with my hubby and garage sales! Yippee!! And Friday also means that I get to share a new recipe with all of you! {Side note: I wish I had some cool name for these Friday recipes that I share. Food Friday? Flavor Friday? Friday Feasts? Any ideas?} Anywho. This time I’m sharing my all time favorite salad dressing recipe: Homemade Buttermilk Ranch Dressing.
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