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By D'Arcy Vandenberg

Mixed Chocolate Chip Cookies You’ve Gotta Try

Mixed Chocolate Chip Cookies You’ve Gotta Try

Happy Sunday, pretty ladies!
The first day of Spring is tomorrow, and it doesn’t look like the weather in Utah will cooperate. More snow in our forecast.
I was able to catch a little sunshine in St. George this last week, while on a much-needed girl’s trip with my mom. Although not warm, it was nice to see the sun. Catch a little peek at our Trip Here.
 
I am really looking forward to warmer weather and all things spring. Sharing a little recap on today’s newsletter. Did you know I have a weekly newsletter? You can sign up . 

 

Mixed Chocolate Chip Cookies You've Gotta Try

Mixed Chocolate 🍪 Chocolate Chip cookies🍪🍪🍪

Recipe:

3/4 cup softened butter

1/2 cup granulated sugar 

1 Cup light brown sugar, packet

2 AA large eggs

1 tbsp Vanilla Extract 

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt 

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup dark chocolate chips

1 cup milk chocolate chips

Optional:

1 cup chopped nuts

Tip:

Sprinkle with Sea salt right when removed from the oven.

Preheat oven 375

Combine butter, sugar, and brown sugar in a medium bowl. Blend with a mixer until smooth. Add eggs and vanilla extract. Mix thoroughly with an electric mixer on med speed. Add baking soda and salt. Slowly add flour until thoroughly blended. Fold in Kirkland signature chocolate chips and chopped nuts (optional) with a spatula.

 

Drop by the spoonful (I like ice cream scoop) onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375• for 9-12 minutes, depending on your desired texture.

Makes about 4 dozen cookies

Tip:

Use parchment paper to line your baking sheets.

Mixed Chocolate Chip Cookies You've Gotta Try

 
 
 
 

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Hydrate & Fiber Mocktail with Liquid IV

Hydrate & Fiber Mocktail with Liquid IV🥒

Hydrate & Fiber Mocktail with Liquid IV

Hello Pretty Ladies,

Happy Sunday, I hope you’re having a beautiful Sunday. We’re having yet another snowy day in Utah. I don’t know about you, but I need a warm sunny vacation. Today’s “In the kitchen with D’Arcy” Sunday Recipe:🥒🍋🥒🍋🥒🍋 🥒 “Hydrate & Fiber Mocktail with Liquid IV” It’s a great recipe to get you ready for that warm sunny vacation. It helps hydrate and adds fiber, which can help you lose weight while adding many other great benefits that drinking water daily provides.

Here’s a great Hydrating & added Fiber Mocktail recipe using Liquid IV that tastes yummy, adds extra fiber to your diet and helps Hydrate your skin. “Drinking water is like washing out your insides.”

Hydrate & Fiber Mocktail with Liquid IV

🍋🥒Hydrate & fiber water recipe:

-Water Pitcher

-Cocktail shaker 

-Water

-Ice

-Juice of 1 lime

-1/2 cucumber sliced

-Mint (about 12 leaves) muddle if wish✔️

-2 Tablespoons Chia seed

-1 packet of Liquid IV cucumber mojito mix

Add all ingredients to a pitcher & Stir! Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, fill it with water, add a packet of Liquid Iv, and shake. Pour in glass (I added a decorative Ice cub) and garnish with Lime, cucumber & mint. Enjoy🥒

Make it a cocktail: Add a shot of Rum🥒🌿

Hydrate & Fiber Mocktail with Liquid IV

Did you know what drinking water can do for you?⬇️

Water is essential for the kidneys and other bodily functions.

When dehydrated, the skin can become more vulnerable to skin disorders and wrinkling.

Drinking water instead of soda can help with weight loss.

Hydrate & Fiber Mocktail with Liquid IV

Benefits of Liquid Iv :

2-2.5x faster Hydration than water alone.

3x the Electrolytes 

Five essentials Vitamins 

Use Code DARCYVANDENBERG 20% off  HERE. Click on the Link, scroll down to Liquid IV tap✔️

Hydrate & Fiber Mocktail with Liquid IV

Here are 15 benefits of drinking water

1. It lubricates the joints

2. It forms saliva and mucus

3. It delivers oxygen throughout the body

4. It boosts skin health and beauty

5. It cushions the brain, spinal cord, and other sensitive tissues

6. It regulates body temperature

7, The digestive system depends on it

8. It flushes body waste

9. It helps maintain blood pressure

10. The airways need it

11. It makes minerals and nutrients accessible

12. It prevents kidney damage

13. It boosts performance during exercise

14. Weight loss

15. It reduces the chance of a hangover

Hydrate & Fiber Mocktail with Liquid IV

Benefits of adding Chia Seeds:

Adding Chia seed Omega-3 adds 8 grams of fiber and Omega-3’s ALA per serving. Talk about a powerhouse. Chia seed and a nutritional punch into a small serving. You can add to baked goods, smoothies, yogurt, and much more. I like adding it to my daily water intake by making “Hydrate & Fiber Mocktail with Liquid IV” or my Detox Water Recipe.

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Water pitchers, I highly recommend:

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Mocktail and Cocktail Bar cart Needs:

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Easy Stuffed Potato Skin Recipe

Easy Stuffed Potato Skin Recipe

Easy Stuffed Potato Skin Recipe

Hello Pretty ladies,

I hope you have a beautiful Sunday. Hopping on the blog for a short recipe share. I hope you’ll enjoy this week’s fast, easy stuffed potato skins, perfect for Superbowl Sunday or makes a great dinner served with a salad. I created a how-to reel for my Sunday series “In the Kitchen with D’Arcy.” Watch it HERE

The Super Bowl is fast approaching… Here’s one of my guys, Favorite football snacks✔️

Easy Stuffed Potato skins:

-10-12 Potato cooked cut in 1/2

-1 pound of Ground meat of choice (Beef, Turkey or Chicken) Seasoned the way you like

-2 Cups Mix Shredded Cheese 

– Cooked Bacon crumbled

-1/2 cube melted butter

– 1 Cup green onions 

– Salt and Pepper to taste

Cook potatoes in the oven or Microwave (I like to do this the day before) Makes putting together skins quick. 

Cut in half and scoop out centers in a bowl (save to make mashed potatoes or Potato soup at a later date). Lay on sprayed baking sheet

-Brown and season your meat of choice.

-Coat each potato with melted butter and salt and pepper to taste

-Fill potato 1/2 way with meat, then layer shredded cheese. Top with bacon & green onions and bake in the oven at 350 until cheese is melted (15-20 min depending on range)

Serve on a platter with sour cream, Hot sauce, and Ketchup 

This is an excellent Meal on its own, served with a salad.

Thank you

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Detox Water Recipe Plus Fiber

Detox Water Recipe Plus Fiber 🍋🥒

 

Detox Water Recipe Plus Fiber

Hello Pretty Ladies,

“In the Kitchen With D’Arcy” Sunday Recipe🥒🍋🥒🍋🥒🍋🥒 It’s so essential for you to drink water daily… 🍋🥒 Here’s a great Detox Water Recipe Plus Fiber that tastes yummy, adds extra fiber to your diet, and helps detox your system.

“Drinking water is like washing out your insides.”

 

🍋🥒Detox water recipe:

Water Pitcher

Water

Juice of 1 lemon

1/2 cucumber

Lemon slices

2 Tablespoons Chia seed

Add all ingredients to a pitcher and place in the fridge. Drink throughout the day.

Did you know what drinking water can do for you?⬇️

 

Water is essential for the kidneys and other bodily functions.

When dehydrated, the skin can become more vulnerable to skin disorders and wrinkling.

Drinking water instead of soda can help with weight loss.

Detox Water Recipe Plus Fiber

Here are 15 benefits of drinking water

1. It lubricates the joints

2. It forms saliva and mucus

3. It delivers oxygen throughout the body

4. It boosts skin health and beauty

5. It cushions the brain, spinal cord, and other sensitive tissues

6. It regulates body temperature

7. The digestive system depends on it

8. It flushes body waste

9. It helps maintain blood pressure

10. The airways need it

11. It makes minerals and nutrients accessible

12. It prevents kidney damage

13. It boosts performance during exercise

14. Weight loss

15. It reduces the chance of a hangover

Here are a couple of my favorite water pitchers for the fridge:

68 Ounces Glass Pitcher with Lid, Heat-resistant Water Jug for Hot/Cold Water, Ice Tea, and Juice

Beverage

Glass Pitcher with Lid 68oz Water Jug Pitcher Stainless Steel Iced Tea Carafe Pitcher Drip-Free Heat Resistant Borosilicate Glass for Juice Milk Coffee Wine Cold & Hot Beverage with Beverage Stirrer

Purefold 100 Ounces Large Glass Pitcher with Lid, Hot/Cold Water Pitcher with Handle, Juice and Iced Tea Beverage

Carafe

 

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Cheaters Homemade Garlic Bread

Cheaters Homemade Garlic Bread

Cheaters Homemade garlic bread

Hello, Pretty ladies.

Today’s Sunday recipe is one of my Family’s all-time favorite garlic bread! I shared a little of their reaction below. I hope you try this recipe, and let me know in the comments. Have a great Sunday. 

 

Homemade Garlic bread!

Cheaters Homemade Garlic Bread! This is so dang good I have to make two loaves for this Family of 7!

Garlic Bread Recipe:

Loaf Rhodes Frozen Bread

One cube butter

One tablespoon of  minced garlic

 Tablespoon (1) Garlic Seasoning

1/2 Teaspoon Italian Seasoning

NOTE: This Bread is not for someone on a diet 

How to:

First, Place the frozen loaf on a cooking sheet lined with parchment paper, and cover it with a linen dishtowel.

(or cheesecloth) let rise. (follow directions on the bag) Bread rising usually takes ALL day. I’ll get this ready at about 9:00 am to make for dinner around 6:00 pm. When risen, bake at 350 until golden brown. (follow the directions on the packaging.)  While Bread is baking, melt a cube of butter in the microwave, then add garlic and seasoning and mix. 

When the Bread is out of the oven, brush on a heavy coating of the Butter mixture. Let excellent for about 10-15 minutes slice (Bread will still be warm and will sink, it’s ok), then coat each piece with more butter mixture. Serve hot and almost gooey. 

Family’s reaction:

This Bread is a family favorite, and when my family sees it on the counter in the morning, they jump for joy. They’ll eat two whole loaves; if I made three, that would get eaten too. It’s so rich, soaked in butter and garlic. It’s heavenly! I serve this Bread with soups, Pasta, and even salads. If you watch my stories, and I hope you do, you’ve seen me make it several times while staying at home was in place. ( heck, probably one of the reasons I’ve gained 10 pounds!) 

How did it get its name? Well…Cheaters because, well, you cheating and not making the loaf from scratch! Nobody’s got time for that! Insert Giggle! Hence, I named it My Cheater’s homemade garlic bread.

 

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How to Make Easy Creamy Garlic Mushroom Pasta

How to Make Easy Creamy Garlic Mushroom Pasta

Hello pretty Ladies, 

 Today’s Sunday Dinner recipe for my series on Instagram, “In the Kitchen with D’Arcy.” It is A delicious and easy Creamy garlic mushroom pasta.  View the Video Here.  If your family is anything like mine, they love a good pasta dish, and this one is rich and delicious, with great flavor. It’s also very easy to make, yet it tastes like you’ve been slaving in the kitchen for hours. I like to serve it with a fresh green salad and garlic bread. Enjoy

 

How to Make Easy Creamy Garlic Mushroom Pasta🍝

Sauce Recipe:

1 cube butter

1 Tablespoon Minced Garlic

1/2 cup diced onions

2 baskets of Mushrooms (I like to mix two mushrooms of choice)

2 cups heavy cream

Romano cheese 

Parmesan cheese

Asiago cheese

2 teaspoons Italian seasoning 

Salt and pepper to taste

1/2 cup of White wine (if you wish)

Freshly cooked bacon crumbles

Start by sautéing onions with garlic in butter over medium-high heat. Cook them until translucent, and then add the mushrooms. Season everything with salt, and black pepper, then cook until the mushroom has reduced in size and become golden brown. (Add 1/2 cup of wine if you wish)

Next, add cream and cook until the liquid is

Creamy After, add the cheeses, 1 at a time, and lower the heat to medium. Simmer the sauce for 3- 5 minutes or until the cheeses are melted.

✨Pasta cook as directed on the package

I used Fresh pasta from @duecucina in @shoptotemlake 

Cooking with a @hexclad pan from my Amazon shop.

 

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Easy Festive Bread for the Holidays

Easy Festive Bread for the Holidays

Garlic Butter Wreath pull apart 

Easy Festive Bread for the Holidays

 

 

Hello Pretty Ladies, 

Have you started planning your Holiday party menus or have a party to attend and need to take an appetizer or side dish? I have an Easy & Festive Holiday Wreath. Pull apart your family, and friends will love. 

Easy Festive Bread for the Holidays

Garlic Butter Wreath pull-apart

Recipe: 

2 packs of jumbo biscuits 8 

1 1/2 sticks of melted butter 

1-bushel Fresh basil

1 1/2 cups Sugar plum grape tomatoes

3/4 cup Parmesan cheese or Mozzarella 

1 tablespoon minced garlic 

1/3 cup Johnny’s garlic spread/seasoning 

Coconut oil spray for pan

Bundt pan, a wooden board or platter to serve on.

Heat over to 350

Directions:

Spray the bunt pan with cooking spray, open one can of biscuits, and layer in a bunt pan, overlapping slightly. Add melted butter, Johnny seasoning, garlic, and mix in a bowl. 

Coat biscuits with butter and seasoning, sprinkle with cheese, 1/2 the tomatoes, and 1/2 the basil. Repeat layer 2nd can of Biscuits, slightly overlapping, cover with butter and seasoning, and sprinkle with of tomatoes and basil. (reserving a little for garnish)

Cover with tin foil and place in over 350. Depending on overtakes 35-45 mins to bake and 10-15 min 

Easy Festive Bread for the Holidays

Take out of the oven, slide the knife around the edge, and flip onto a serving board or platter. Garnish with remaining tomatoes and basil.

Full How to video HERE

pull apart bread

 

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Chicken Schnitzel Recipe for Sunday Dinner

Chicken Schnitzel Recipe for Sunday Dinner

Chicken Schnitzel Recipe for Sunday Dinner

 

Sunday Dinner Recipe🍽️

Hello Pretty Ladies, 

 

Chicken Schnitzel Recipe for Sunday Dinner

Chicken Schnitzel Recipe for Sunday Dinner, A Dutch Classic dinner that your family will love! This takes up the regular chicken dinner notch.

A Dutch Dish:

Chicken Schnitzel with Homemade mashed potatoes and baby peas! Served with or without gravy! One of  The Vandenberg’s favorite dinners and makes a perfect Sunday dinner! This Chicken is so good you won’t want to eat Chicken any other way😉

I know some of you are going to comment… Schnitzel is a German dish…yes, it is with pork! The Dutch created the twist with Chicken 😉 My hubby’s family has been making it for years, which is one of our family’s FAVORITES.

So, pull out some chicken breast and make this yummy Sunday dinner❤️

 

Recipe: 

-4 Chicken breast (pounded out thin)

-3 eggs (whipped) add salt pepper

-Bread crumbs (about two cups) 

We like Italian by Progresso  (a tip I add a tablespoon of garlic salt & onion powder)

-Butter- to fry Chicken in, about 1/2 cube per side…

Pound out chicken breast (thin). TIP: (cover in Saran Wrap) to avoid splattering ✔️ crack eggs and whip with a fork in a bowl. Add bread crumbs and seasoning to a separate bowl—dip chicken in egg, then bread crumbs. Heat the skillet, add 1/2 cube of butter, and let it melt. Add Chicken, flip when golden brown, and add the rest of the butter… done when both sides are golden brown.

Serve with Homemade mashed potatoes, baby peas, and gravy.

 

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Recipe: Pumpkin Maple Butter French Toast

Recipe: Pumpkin Maple Butter French Toast

Recipe: Pumpkin Maple Butter French Toast

Hello Pretty Ladies, 

I whipped up this easy, “In the kitchen with D’Arcy.”

Recipe: Pumpkin Maple Butter French Toast was a hit at my house. My family said it was one of their favorites! Served with a good cup of coffee, it would make for a great holiday breakfast. Great for the whole family.

 

Recipe:

Pumpkin brioche bread (Trader Joe’s) or any pumpkin bread (the whole loaf, 10 slices)

Four eggs

1/2 heavy whipping cream

1/2 teaspoons cinnamon 

One tablespoon vanilla 

Powdered sugar

1/2 water 

Butter

Maple butter ( Trader Joe’s)

(The whole jar)

 

Mix eggs, cream, water, Cinnamon, and vanilla in the bowl…

Warm pan with butter

Dip Bread into egg mixture, and brown on both sides in the pan.

Top with a pat of butter and warm maple butter( stir and warm in the microwave)

Sprinkle a dash of Cinnamon!

And a dash of Powdered sugar.

Makes 10 slices

 

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Creamy Brussel Sprouts and Asparagus Recipe

Creamy Brussel Sprouts and Asparagus Recipe Recipe

Creamy Brussel Sprouts and Asparagus Recipe Recipe

 

Hello pretty ladies, 

I hope you are having a great week as we wrap up the first week of November. I wanted to share a recipe my family loves that makes a great side dish for the holidays. Creamy Brussel Sprouts and Asparagus Recipe is a great vegetable side dish for Sunday dinner, but I found it’s a dish that gets gobbled up at the holiday meals and when I take to a potluck style party. This will surely be a hit for you at your table or next party, even if you don’t like Brussels sprouts.

Creamy Brussel Sprouts and Asparagus Recipe Recipe

 

Creamy Brussel Sprouts and Asparagus Recipe Recipe

served a group of 15

 

2 24 oz bags Brussels cut in halves. 

Two shallots chopped.

2 Tablespoons of chopped/ minced Garlic

One bundle of asparagus cut in thirds. 

1 Lb of high-quality bacon.

32 oz of heavy cream.

2 tablespoons of chicken better than bouillon. 

1/2 cube of butter. 

1 cup of Parmesan.

1 cup of mozzarella 

1/2 cup shaved Romano

1teaspoon salt 

1 teaspoon pepper

1teaspoon onion salt 

First, bake your bacon until cooked. 

Then chop 

Add to a pan your whole garlic and shallots until shallots are caramelized. 

Then add 3 tablespoons of butter and your Chicken Bouillon and let melt. 

Add 2 tablespoons of flour, cook, and stir. 

Then add your cream and Parmesan. 

Simmer and stir until everything is creamy. 

Then pour over your Brussels and asparagus in a mixing bowl. Then put in a baking dish, only put half in and top with some mozzarella, then put the rest in and top that with the rest of your mozzarella. 

Bake at 350 for 50 min. 

 

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