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Weekly Menu Plan #10

January 6, 2024 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + 2 Comments

Happy New Year friends, I am starting back with the weekly plans every weekend. Here is Menu Plan #10 for you! I hope you are enjoying these menu plans and they are helping make your life a bit easier. I would love to hear from you and value your feedback via comments on my blog, email or through social media.  I am on Instagram here, Facebook here and Pinterest here. Or you can

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Filed Under: Menu Ideas, Menu Plan, Weekly Menu Tagged With: dinner ideas, meal planning, weekly menu

Peanut Butter Granola

January 5, 2024 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + 2 Comments

One of my goals for 2024 is to feed my family more wholesome nutrient dense food. Success for me in this area, is all about planning ahead. So every weekend, I plan to create a weekly menu plan first, create list for the grocery store, and prep a couple of good breakfast, snack and lunch recipes too. This weekend I plan to make this wonderful peanut butter granola and applesauce oatmeal muffins.

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, Oatmeal and Granola, Oatmeal and Granola, oats, Peanut Butter Tagged With: breakfast, granola, oats, peanut butter

Creamy Sausage Rotel Dip

December 31, 2023 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + Leave a Comment

Happy New Years Eve friends! I cannot believe that 2023 has come to an end. It has been a great year full of lots of delicious recipes here at Mel and Boys Kitchen. Thank you for reading my blog, sharing my recipes and taking the time to reach out! I have one last recipe to share with you this year and it will be perfect for your New Year celebrations. This Creamy Sausage Rotel Dip is made with

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Filed Under: Dips & Spreads Tagged With: appetizer, cream cheese, dip, rotel, sausage

Cranberry Salsa over Cream Cheese

December 30, 2023 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + Leave a Comment

This Cranberry Salsa over Cream Cheese is one of my favorite appetizers to bring to parties and gatherings this time of year. I love the beautiful vibrant color of this cranberry salsa and the flavor is out of this world! The tartness of fresh cranberries with the spicy jalapeño is offset perfectly with the velvety whipped cream cheese, resulting in a seriously tasty appetizer. The

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Filed Under: Cilantro, Cranberries, Cream Cheese, Dips & Spreads, Gluten Free Tagged With: appetizer, cranberries, cream cheese, dip, gluten free, slasa

Eggnog Bundt Cake with Browned Butter Glaze

December 22, 2023 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + Leave a Comment

I have one more wonderful Christmas recipe to share with. This Eggnog Bundt Cake with Browned Butter Glaze is seriously wonderful. If you are a fan of eggnog, you are going to love this dessert. Even if eggnog is not your favorite beverage, I still think you will enjoy this cake. I am actually not a huge eggnog fan, except for this homemade one served over vanilla bean ice cream that we have

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Filed Under: Cake, Christmas Tagged With: bundt cake, cake, Christmas, dessert, eggnog

Applesauce Oatmeal Muffins

December 18, 2023 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + 1 Comment

My husband always talks about some Applesauce Oatmeal Muffins that I used to make for him when we were teenagers (we were High School sweethearts). He loved those muffins and while I do remember making them, sadly, I no longer had the recipe. I had to try a lot of recipes to find one that lived up to the ones we remembered, but finally I found it! We both agree that this Applesauce Oatmeal

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Muffins Tagged With: applesauce, breakfast, muffins, oatmeal

No Bake Reindeer Cookies

December 16, 2023 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + Leave a Comment

These no bake Reindeer cookies are such a fun and easy Christmas treat. Did you know that I am preschool teacher? I teach a 3 year old class and I love it so much. I make these every year for my darling preschoolers and they think they are so cool. It doesn't take much to delight this age. They are the sweetest! What you will need for No Bake Reindeer Cookies

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Filed Under: Christmas, Cookies Tagged With: Christmas cookies, no bake, peanut butter

Cranberry Bliss Bars (Starbucks Knockoff)

December 13, 2023 by Mel and Boys Kitchen + Leave a Comment

Every time I walk into my local Target, I pass a sign advertising Cranberry Bliss Bars sold at the Starbucks counter inside. The picture looks so good and I hear people talk about them all the time. One day I decided I needed to try one for myself and wow!! They definitely lived up to all the hype and of course I decided to figure out how to make them at home. That is how Cranberry Bliss Bars

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Filed Under: Bars, Christmas, copycat, Cranberries, Cream Cheese, Orange Tagged With: Christmas cookies, cookie bars, cranberry, cream cheese, dessert, orange

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Hi! I’m Melanie, a Wife, Mother and now a Grandma (Mimi)!  My goal is to help YOU gather your family and friends together, one great recipe at a time!

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I developed my love of cooking at an early age “helping” my Mom bake cookies, make dinner, and knead bread. She had quite the well of patience! She is the one that taught me about measurements, leavening agents, egg-washes, the basic white sauce, and numerous other mysteries of the kitchen!  I cherish the memories I have of learning to cook at her side. Thank you Mom! You instilled in me a respect for work as well as a joy in creating delicious things. I love you! xoxo

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