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Fall Desserts To Bake This Weekend Simply Made Eats by Tara I go through phases of baking during the Fall & Winter Seasons and it starts with Apples, then Pumpkin, and continues to Christmas cookies, fudge, and so on (I love sweets). I'm almost finished up with apples and pumpkin is next, so here are a few of my favorites I'm loving right now and you can choose! To the Recipes... Apple Cobbler Cake This is a weird one, but stay with me because it tastes so stinking good and it's super easy to...

Easy Dinner Ideas Cooking on Busy Weeknights Simply Made Eats by Tara We've been super busy with sports after school and I've been relying on dinners just like these to get me through the week. They're ready in 30 minutes with loads of flavor! To the Recipes... Monday: Salmon Lettuce Wraps: New to the blog and so delicious. They're light and fresh, but still super filling. Salmon Lettuce Wraps Recipe Tuesday: This Cajun Sausage Spaghetti is spicy and whips up so quickly! Plus, it cooks all in...

October is Here & so are the Fall Recipes Simply Made Eats by Tara October means Fall is officially here and so are the cozy recipes! Whether it's a good slow cooker meal, a pumpkin dessert or a glass of apple cider, the flavors of Fall are amazing! Here are 7 of my favorite Fall Recipes right now that you've gotta try... Fall Recipes Let's kick things off with one of my favorite baking recipes, Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting. It screams Fall and it's seriously so good. If you're...

Game Day Recipes For this Weekend Simply Made Eats by Tara If Football is your jam or you're locked into the Ryder Cup like I am right now, here's the recipes you need to make the eating even better than the game. To the Recipes... Appetizers Totchos: Loaded tater tots with bacon, cheese and jalapeΓ±o! Crescent Taco Rolls: Taco toppings loaded into Pillsbury Crescent Rolls. Mexican Street Corn Dip: One of my favorite dips with fresh corn on the cob and served with tortilla chips. Pizza Dip:...

Fall Baking Apple Edition 🍎🍎🍎🍎 Simply Made Eats by Tara It's officially starting to feel like Fall in NC with cooler mornings and it's apple season!! I barely baked anything all Summer long and apple season is where I always get inspired to start using the oven again. Here are some of my favorite Apple recipes and I hope they get you baking this week! Apple Hand Pies These are brand new to the blog and turned out so yummy. It reminds me of the Apple Pies from McDonalds, but they taste way...

5 Back to School Dinners 30 Minutes and Under! Simply Made Eats by Tara If you feel like you haven't taken a deep breath lately, I'm right there with you, so let's take one now together... Between busy work schedules, school, sports and my dad having surgery this week (he's doing well), it just hasn't stopped. I really try and do my best to cook at least 5-6 dinners a week, and if I'm going to pull that off, I need quick meals just like these. To the Recipes... This Week's Menu Monday: Sweet...

30 Minute Weeknight Dinners For Busy Nights! Simply Made Eats by Tara Happy FriYAY!!! For those of you just starting kid's back to school, I feel your pain. We've been at it for almost a month now and I'm already ready for Christmas break, haha! My car broke down this week too, so I've been driving my husband's giant truck and he is not happy about it. 😜😜 Right now I'm all about quick and somewhat nutritious dinners that I can throw on the table in under 30 minutes. I have a video series on...

Low Effort Labor Day Recipes Easy Recipes to Celebrate the End of Summer Simply Made Eats by Tara I'm not going to lie, I think I'm ready for Fall Weather. We've had a couple cooler days here in NC and I'm really enjoying it. I'm also getting obsessed with golf, which is much easier to play when it's not 98 degrees out. Has anyone had the pumpkin spice latte yet? I want to do it, but I'm holding off 🀣🀣 Enough Fall Talk...It's still technically Summer, but this will be my last official Summer...

One Pot Dinners Ready in 30ish Minutes Simply Made Eats by Tara I think all of us love a 30 minute one pot dinner.. Less mess and ready quick! Plus, it's really easy to build flavor if you do it right. I'm a burnt out mom on the second week of school and these recipes have been my go to ideas lately. I say 30ish minutes, because I'm not going to lie, I'm a really quick chopper and I don't mess around in the kitchen. If you're like my husband, it may take about 40 minutes. He's an amazing...

Back 2 School Kid Approved Recipes Simply Made Eats by Tara I've almost survived the first full week of school. Have you ever seen the reels of the moms crying about not wanting to go to school even though we don't have to actually go? That's me πŸ™‹β™€οΈπŸ™‹β™€οΈ Overall, super successful week though. I sent my oldest to high school and she's liking it and she made the GOLF TEAM, which was a big goal of ours this summer. Yay!!! She seriously worked so hard for it. Oh, and here I am packing lunches again...