Your kids will love these Secret Life of Pet’s Max Cupcakes! Here at Craft Create Cook we adore animals. All 3 of us have at least 1 pet, and to be honest, I think a few of us are a few pets away from being a crazy dog lady. When we saw the creators of…
Recipes
Easy Grilled BBQ Shrimp
These grilled BBQ shrimp are easy to make and delicious! Summer is officially here in Michigan and we love simple and easy dinners. During our short summer months, we can often be found out on the boat or taking quick day or overnight trips to various gorgeous Michigan hot spots so I love quick and…
Garden Party Chocolate Dirt Bark
Whether you’re having a garden party or a fun dirt birthday party, you’ll want to make this easy chocolate dirt bark. I love fun recipes. Just like I love color and rainbows. Any recipe I can make that is different makes me very happy. This is the perfect example of my happy: Garden Party Dirt…
Banana Pecan Cake
This banana cake looks complicated, but it’s very easy to make! Start with a box cake mix and you’ve got it! I have a teeny tiny obsession with overripe bananas. Okay, it’s not an obsession, it’s a problem. We eat a lot of bananas at our house – in smoothies in the morning, as a…
11 Delicious Pasta Salad Recipes for Summer!
Your family will love these delicious pasta salad recipes for summer! Summer is finally here and that means I try to avoid cooking hot meals as much as possible during the summer months. We have central air in our home but I don’t like to use it if I don’t have to – gotta save…
Cheesy Apple Sriracha Bites
Sriracha sauce is not something I typically keep in my house, but these cheesy apple sriracha bites are always a big hit and I’ve been taking them to most of the outings we are invited to! The first time I made these, I told my husband that we need to enjoy this simple appetizer more…
Easy Pasta Salad
Your family will love this classic easy pasta salad that is perfect for all occasions! I love pasta. Hot pasta, cold pasta, any shape or form. I just love pasta! With the days getting longer and warmer I find that I love having a big bowl of pasta salad in our fridge. It’s a great go-to…
Easy Finding Dory Cupcakes
Your kids will love these adorable Finding Dory cupcakes! Do you remember when Finding Nemo came out in 2003? I was in my mid twenties and teaching Head Start and remember it being Disney’s ‘it’ movie that year. All the kids in our Head Start program loved Nemo. Being in my twenties, I honestly didn’t…
Watermelon Ice Pops
What’s better than watermelon in the summer? Okay probably nothing but these Watermelon Ice Pops come pretty close. I’m not gonna lie, I’m kind of obsessed with these Zipzicle bags I found on Amazon. I don’t know how many times I’ve purchased ice pops or the drinkable yogurts for my son. But now that I’ve…
Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings
You’ll be glad you tossed this Chicken and Dumplings recipe into the slow cooker! Winter is not the only time to break out your slow cooker! Summer is an amazing time to toss something together in the morning, so dinner is ready in the evening and you can enjoy the warmer weather and the additional…
Freezing Produce for Fall
Freezing produce for future use will be a time and money saver! Right now produce is beginning to be in full bloom in the grocery stores and farmer’s market signs are popping up here and there. Summer means I always buy too much fresh produce. I use most of it, eating it raw or cooking…
Fun Beach Bear Kids Snack
Your kids will love these fun and cute Beach Bear snacks! The days are getting warmer where we live and the kids are constantly talking about going out on the boat and going to the beach. It reached a balmy 70 degrees last week and my youngest actually asked when we could get our Banzai…
Creamy Homemade Mac & Cheese
This one pot mac & cheese is easy and delicious! Raise your hand if you love mac & cheese. Here at Craft Create Cook we love pasta. We also love cheese. So yes, we love mac & cheese. Our kids love mac & cheese, too, so it’s something we are always stocking up on whenever…
TMNT Candy
You need to make this TMNT Candy for the Turtle Fans in your life! If you’ve seen my cupcake post, you’ll know that I’m kind-of-sort-of obsessed with candy clay. And since making the cupcakes, I’ve picked up 12 bags of Wilton Candy Melts. I know, I know, but they were on SALE so it was…
Homemade Chocolate Cosmic Cupcakes
You will love these rich chocolately cosmic cupcakes! Cupcakes. Little delicious morsels of cake. Perfect for dessert, snack, school bake sales and birthday parties. Growing up, my mom wasn’t much of a baker. Her version of baking cupcakes was buying a box of chocolate flavored Jiffy cupcake mix and a can of chocolate frosting and calling…