Sausage, Egg and Cheese Burritos

Sometimes it is funny to me the simple, easy things you find on Pinterest.  This pin is one of those super easy and quick meals that is sure to please almost everyone.  We have been making "breakfast burritos" for years but never put sausage in them.  Breakfast burritos are quick, easy, cheap and so yummy.  They work for breakfast or dinner or lunch and please just about everyone.  Adding sausage or bacon just makes it that much better.  We also add salsa and sour cream which makes them super yummy as well.   Yum!!

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You can find the original pin here: www.myrecipemagic.com

Nothing Bundt Cakes Copycat Cake

I have never had one of these bundt cakes but I have wanted one so bad.  The store near to me is about 45 minutes away so I don't get by there very often and the few times I have they have been closed.  But I have heard these are amazing cakes so I was very excited to try this knock off to see how good it was.  Can I just say, this was one of the best cakes I have ever eaten.  It was so moist and soft and tasted delicious. And, look how pretty it looks, what a great gift for someone.   It was easy enough to put together, no hard directions, no weird ingredients.  It was cheap, I had all of the ingredients and it was so, so yummy.  Seriously, you have to try this cake, it is WONDERFUL..

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Original pin can be found here: www.tastesbetterfromscratch.blogspot.com

Buttermilk Blueberry Banana Bread

I was excited about this bread and hoping that it would turn out really good.  Plus, it looks so pretty wrapped up in paper so that you could give this away.  Let me tell you, this was not the best bread out there.  We didn't even eat all of the loaves that we made.  It was okay but if you are looking for a really good bread this was not the one.  It was easy to put together, you probably have most of the ingredients but the blueberries.  It was not a huge cost and the bread was moist and soft but the overall taste just failed to be there. 
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you can find the original pin here: www.damndelicious.net

M&M Chewy Blondies

Oh my Gosh!!!! Can i just say that these are the best brownies.  I have made them about six times now and they are always a hit.  They are so good. They are easy to put together, fast and are not that expensive.  The only ingredient that you may not have is the M&M's.  At any rate I love these, everyone I have served them too loves them and they are amazing. 

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you can find the original pin here:
www.sixsistersstuff.com

Sausage Tortellini

Doesn't this look so good and it was a crock pot meal too, I was so excited to try this.  I will suggest a few things, first I did not even want to eat it because of the way it turned out but I think the main thing to make it better would be to not cook the pasta for very long.  Put the pasta in last for about 20-30 minutes and I think this would have turned out great.  The pasta was in so long that it fluffed up and became soggy.  The good news is our dog enjoyed a few good meals out of it. 

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You can find the original pin here:
http://icecreamwithafork.wordpress.com/2013/08/21/crock-pot-sausage-cheese-tortellini/

M&M Monster Dip

I decided to make this while my kids had friends over so that I had plenty of taste testers.  I have to say by the way they all felt and the way I felt, this was not the best.  We make a cookie dough dip that is to die for(on this blog) and I think we were comparing the two and this just did not match up.  It tasted too much like one ingredient and was just not that good. It did not take that long and was easy to make, the ingredients were a cost but not too expensive but when the end product doesn't turn out good then the cost is too much. Other than that the overall taste was just not there.

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You can find the original pin here:
www.sixsisters.com

Lucky Charms Treats

I know I am not a kid anymore but I love Lucky Charms.  What is even better is the Fruit Loops with marshmallows cereal that you can get at Walmart.  Two of the best cereals mixed together.  Anyway because I love Lucky Charms I was really excited to try this.  I will have to say while it was not my favorite, I only ate a little bit, my kids and their friends devoured it.  They absolutely loved it and it was easy and fast to make.  So, I have to give it a Pins Up for kids. 

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You can find the original pin here:
http://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/lucky-rainbow-chex-mix/6cfbefde-b44c-449a-8113-0e972722bd49

Snickers Brownie Bites

I have to say that these were yummy but a little overwhelming, not something you want to eat too much of.  They were easy enough to put together, took a little time, but they were hard to cut into and a pain to dip in the chocolate.  Next time, I would cut back the marshmallow creme to about half and I think I would like them better.  Good treat, good to take to a party or something but they were so overwhelming that I threw half the pan away, we just couldn't get through them all.


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Original pin can be found here: http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2013/08/snickers-brownie-bites-recipe.html

Brownie BItes with Rolos

I  have to say I was disappointed in these.  ROLOS are my favorite candy so when I see anything with rolos in it, I am so excited to try it.  I pinned these without looking at the directions but I wondered how she got her brownies so perfectly square, I found out when I finally read the directions that she has a brownie bite pan.  First, I have never even seen such a pan and second I hate having to have something special to make something.  So I made my pan of brownies and I stuck a rolo in about what I thought every square would be.   Once I cooked them and tasted them, they were good but the rolos had almost had parts of them that got really hard and chewy and was not the best texture to try and eat.  I really wish these would have turned out better, don't they look like they are so, so good?

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Original pin can be found here: http://www.cookingonthefrontburners.com/2013/07/brownie-with-rolos.html

White Chocolate M&M popcorn

I love white chocolate popcorn, one of my holiday favorites and if you can add stuff to it to make it better I am even more happy about white chocolate popcorn.  So when I saw adding m&ms, I thought why not but I have to say the m&m's did not stick to the popcorn very well, other than that it tasted really good and with the kids all here it was gone within 1 day.  Quick and easy to make as well.


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The original pin can be found here: http://lilluna.com/white-chocolate-mm-popcorn/

Cookie Dough Truffles

Oh my gosh, do these not look so yummy??  I thought so too, so I was excited to make them and I am sad to say they were terrible, so much so that I threw them all away.  They were to much dense chocolate, it was like eating a mouthful of cocoa powder, not a pleasant taste.  Such a sad disappointment because they really do look so good.

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Original pin can be found here: http://insidebrucrewlife.com/2013/08/chocolate-peanut-butter-cup-cookie-dough-truffles/

Double Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies

These were good but had a very weird texture to them.  I could not get past the texture of the cookies, it made the whole experience bad.  Although, they tasted good and were easy to make, I would not make them again because of the texture.

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Crock Pot Beef and Broccoli

I was really excited for this meal, it claimed it was as good as any Chinese takeout so I had to give it a try.  Nope, it was not that good, the meat was tough and dry and the taste was nothing like Chinese takeout.  I was pretty disappointed in the whole meal and will not make this again.

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Lunch Lady Brownies

We tried these lunch lady brownies the other night and I have to say they were good but nothing that I would make again.  I felt like they were sort of dull and lacked a real chocolate taste and they definitely did not fly off of the plate like some desserts do. Nothing to write home about or a whole blog post about.

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Baked Buffalo Wings

These made me so sick, I literally was sick for three days from this recipe.  I just do not do well with spice and I eat buffalo wings that are mild and do just fine but these were way to spicy for me to handle.  Other than that they were good, pretty easy to make and others in the family really liked them. My only recommendation is that you make sure you flip them because I forgot to flip them halfway through and that made some of them really soggy and if you do not like spice these are not for you.

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Original pin can be found here: http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2013/01/baked-buffalo-wings.html?wpmp_switcher=desktop

Easy French Bread

I have a pretty simple and fast french bread recipe but I wanted to try this one out.  It was great, the bread was yummy and easy to make.  I still like my recipe but I think now I have another option that I can use.  This is just different enough from my recipe that I can use both.  The family all liked it and it ended up being a hit.

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Original pin can be found here: http://www.howdoesshe.com/french-bread/

Stemming Strawberries

I have to give my mom credit for this one, she tested this and loved it!! She said it made it so easy and fast and was so easy to do.  Such a smart way to get those stems off your strawberries.

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The original pin can be found here: http://media-cache-ak1.pinimg.com/originals/0b/c8/fb/0bc8fbe6dfe55c5a6e7dae071d475948.jpg

Pannukakku Finnish Pancakes

In my house we call these German Pancakes, a little easier name, and we love these.  These are part of our normal monthly recipe routine and they are a huge hit.  Everyone loves them and I usually have to double that batch to feed everyone all that they want.  I have even served these at brunches and people always love them.  A great, easy, fast and yummy recipe. A must try!!

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Original pins can be found here:
http://www.therecipecritic.com/2013/01/pannukkau-finnish-pancake.html

Maple and Brown Sugar Pork Tenderloin

Let me just start with explaining my theory to you.  If it is better than what I am already doing than I will switch over, if it taste good enough to add to my recipes and to make again, then I will make it again that being said if it does not work better or taste good enough I will not add it to my existing lifestyle.  That being said it does not mean that some things do not taste good or that some things do not work it just means that it is not better than what I am already doing so it is not worth switching over.  Let me say that I do love the Six Sisters and make stuff of theirs all of the time and it almost always turns out great.  That is not to say that this pork was not good, it tasted good and we all ate it but it was not good enough for me to say "I have to make that again and again."  I will not be making this again or adding it to my recipe list.  Did it taste ok, yes, did it taste great, no!! It was lacking in taste and needed much more sauce.  It turned out kind of dry and chewy and needed something to help it in that area.  It takes all day to make in the crock pot and for all of that time you want it to taste great, like when I make Cafe Rio Pork, but it was just lacking in so many areas.

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Cake Batter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Don't get me wrong these cookies were good and we ate them all but they were not good enough for me to add them to my recipe list or to make them again.  We liked them enough but I will not make them again, they were just ok and did not impress me enough to share with others or add to my list of cookies. I will still give them a pins up because they were good and they are worth trying, you may like them much more than I did. 

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Original pin can be found here: 

http://sallysbakingaddiction.com/2012/12/09/recipe-round-2-cake-batter-chocolate-chip-cookies/