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 I am so excited to be guest posting over at Alli-n-Son . Go check out this amazing grilled BLT Pizza that I am sharing. Plus right now I am going to be in the middle of some serious dirt (ie camping, old school style) and wishing I could have one of these babies. So go stop on by, look at this deliciousness, and let her know where you came.

You probably can't tell but I have this thing problem  with chocolate and peanut butter. Okay maybe you can tell. When I found this on Pinterest I am immediately called my son in and asked if I could make it for him for his birthday.  He loves chocolate ALMOST as much as I do and he was very happy to oblige my wishes. What a great son! But since I have this thing with chocolate and peanut butter we altered the recipe and found this divine creation.  O.H. M.Y. W.O.R.D. Divine. It probably doesn't help that we covered it in ice cream and hot fudge.  That was his request also and we had one happy boy on his birthday. I mean how could you not be happy with a layer of peanut butter cookie dough, a layer of peanut butter oreos, and then a layer of brownies.  It makes me happy just thinking about it.  So go ahead and make yourself some happiness. Ultimate Peanut Butter Cookie n' Brownie Bar ( click here for printable versio n) 3/4 c. peanut butter 1/2 c. shorteni...

I'm off on vacation for a week (if you can call it that, I'm cooking for 25 girls/women at girls camp and then off to a family reunion) so keep checking back.  There will still be new recipes but I won't be available for anything else!  :) We have found a new love at our house.   And no it's not an animal (my husband keeps hoping he will come home from work one day and a dog will be at our house--silly guy, not going to happen!).  It's popsicles.   I remember as a kid making many things in popsicles molds.  It was so fascinating to me stick all sorts of combinations in there and have it come out frozen. I remember trying koolaid (lemonade is the best!), pudding (chocolate, mmm...), and fruit (those didn't turn out so well maybe because I probably just stuck them in there with nothing else).  Oh the joys of cooking as a kid. Then, I realized the other day that I didn't even own popsicles molds.  How crazy is that!  My kids have never had the j...

Do you ever get tired of the same old versions of what you make for dinner? I do. Sometimes I just can't eat that mac-n-cheese the same way I have been making it for the past 12 years.  Seriously I get so bored of the same old thing.  Not because it's gross but because I want to try something new.  Maybe that's why I have a food blog.  I think I just had an epiphany! Anyways...sometimes random things just jump in my head...so like I was saying...I get bored.  And since my hubby is a HUGE homemade man-n-cheese fan I knew we had to try this.  Plus it's got bacon in it and everything tastes 10 times better with bacon, right?!!? This was delicious.  I think it is going to be THE one way we have mac-n-cheese (at least for the next 12 years).  It was so good I have told 5 different people about it just today.  I love the combination of flavors, all fairly subtle, but so scrumptious. Bacon Lover's Mac-n-Cheese ( click here for printable version ) 12...

Just wanted to let you know that we have winners.  It's #11 Barbara who said, "I like you on facebook!" and #12 Hillary Gadd who said, "I follow your blog. I now follow Dandelion Strings, and I like you on Facebook. Booyah." Congratulations!!  Email me at thefarmgirlrecipes@gmail.com with your info so I can get you some aprons.

Don't forget to enter the Apron Giveaway down below! I went to a class on pies last week.  It was one of those that I really didn't want to go to because, "gosh I make a lot of pies and I am not going to learn anything new!".  I had a great attitude didn't I.  But I went anyway and I actually learned something new. It wasn't something about pie crust, or filling, or edging it beautifully, or how to make a lattice crust.  Want to know what I learned? Pies are way too good to have only on holidays!  And I say A.M.E.N. to that!!   Now you might think pies are too much work but hey, the deliciousness is so worth the work it takes.  Now I'm the kinda girl that would choose pie over cake so I may be a little biased but pies are awesome. I feel like you can put your heart and soul into a pie and it makes the pie a bowl (okay really a pie plate) full of love.  That's the way this pie is for me.  It's my Grandma's recipe and it beats anything else I h...

 Are you an apron person? I'm not.  GASP!  I know, I know, but I am trying really hard to be especially because I keep ruining my clothes, which just ticks me off even more.  You would think I would learn faster but alas I just don't remember all the time, which means grease spattered clothes. But this guy that's a different story.  I think I have shared with you how much my youngest loves to cook and bake.  He is always helping me in the kitchen and his favorite game to play is "cooking".  He makes the food (for pretend in case you were wondering) and then he brings it to me to eat.  I love how his face lights up when he is telling me what he has made. Here he is cooking "heart pizza".  He is good and always wears his apron, which he loves, and I love it because it is manly, very well made, and so cute.   And guess who made it for him? Grandma!   My mom loves to sew and is always making wonderful creations for the grandkids and fri...