I heard Jessie James Decker talk about these chocolate chip cookies on her Instagram allll thee timeeee. And I was always like “Okay, cookies are cookies. They can’t be THAT good.” And OMG THEY ARE. Holy moly, I don’t know what it is about these cookies, but I will never make another chocolate chip cookies recipe ever again.

This recipe is a Smith Family classic. My mom has taken this recipe for Sweet Potato Dumplings over to every party or holiday gathering for the last 20 years and everyone goes CRAZY for it. And the best part? They are so easy to make!

Next on my Go-To Holiday Sides series is this AMAZING recipe for Chrissy Teigen’s Smashed Potatoes. These mashed potatoes are packed with flavor and oh-so creamy! I probably will never turn my back on this mashed potato recipe for any other for the rest of my life. That’s how good they are. They are great for every occasion and easy to whip together. 

I decided to kick off this up-coming holiday season with a series on all my favorite holiday sides! I make all these every. single. year. And they never get old, cause ya know, they’re delicious. 

I’ve been recently loving me some Jessie James Decker recipes and wanted to give another one a try! People have also been loooooving all my JJD recipe posts so I figured one more wouldn’t hurt.

Chrissy Teigen did a cook with me on her Insta-Stories back in February of 2019 and made these BBQ Chicken Burgers. I screen-shoted (is that a word?) all the ingredients/steps she posted and tried these bad boys out..

People have been loving these Jessie James Decker recipes, so I figured I would try a new one out from her book, Just Jessie, and give ya’ll my first impression! Fall has just arrived which means FOOTBALL!

Amazon has become my go-to for EVERYTHING. Did you know they started selling some pretty bomb clothes on Amazon????? Cause they did. And they're great.

Alright everyone, it's time for the 4th recipe out of my First Impressions Series feating the cookbook Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines!I chose this recipe because it seemed super easy and straight forward to cook. And of course, I love me a good pork meal.

Who doesn’t love a good enchilada?? I figured this recipe would appeal to a lot of people and is a quick easy meal for my third first-impression recipe out of Joanna Gaines' cookbook, MagnoliaTable.

My husband defiantly lives up to his Irish roots when it comes to obsessively loving beef and potatoes, so picking this beef stew to make was right up his alley. I’m not gonna lie to ya, I'm not the biggest beef fan but I figured I’d give this a whirl. Chrissy Teigen has a beef stew in her second cookbook called Sleepy Time Stew and it’s the freaking bomb. So what the hey, let’s give it a try. 

So I figured I would start this firstimpression series off with the highly known cookbook by Joanna Gaines, Magnolia Table. I’ve seen so many people buy it, but have yet to cook from it and I’ve been dying to know if it’s good or not.

Try not to be intimidated by this meal, it is really not that hard to achieve and freaking delicious! I can’t figure out what I like more, the stuffed goat cheese and cream cheese mixture or that it’s wrapped in prosciutto... ugh and don’t forget about the cherry tomatoes! Okay it’s all great.

Okay, real talk though.. These meatballs subs are the dinner meal you never knew you needed. Is it time consuming? Yes. Is it the simplest meal? No. But DAMNIT IT’S GOOD! And it sounds a little crazy to make these on hotdog buns, but I swear that’s what makes it so freaking good. The damn hotdog bun. Who knew?

Chrissy Tegien once shared this banana bread recipe on Twitter before she released her second cookbook and Twitter went INSANE. People were raving about this banana bread recipe saying it was the best recipe they have ever had. So OBVIOUSLY I was excited to try it out.

This past weekend, we had my daughters first birthday party. And it was (of course) the theme of her all time favorite show, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse... And it was ADORABLE! I had so many questions on social media on where I got everything, that I figured I would do a whole blog post on how I created it so some of you could recreate it for your little one!

I don’t know about ya’ll, but I always dreamed about being able to design my child’s nursery one day. We rented our last house, so I didn’t get to design the room to its full potential (cause ya know I didn’t want to paint the walls).

If you love Mexican food, you’ll love these skinny chicken enchiladas by Jessie James Decker from her book Just Jessie (click the link to shop). They are super easy to make and don’t require a lot of time.

Who doesn’t love blueberries, cream cheese and pancakes? Throw all those ingredients together and you got yourself one hell of a breakfast! These pancakes are unique and tasty.

I find this meal so interesting and intriguing and so does my extremely picky husband. The linguine paired with the scallops and coated in bread crumbs is the dinner meal you never knew you needed. The scallops provide such a sweet component to the meal that makes it delightfully amazing.