Ratatouille Bake #BastilleDayRecipes

Today is Bastille Day, so my friend Camilla at Culinary Adventures with Camilla is hosting a French themed recipe round up!

I generally think of French food as heavy comfort foods.  For me, comfort food = winter food. So, I wasn’t sure I’d find any recipe inspiration this time around. 

Kiwi Burger #EattheWorld

It’s time to eat our way around the world again and this month, we’re headed to New Zealand!  Read more about the #EatTheWorld recipe challenge here.

I think New Zealand would really be a fun place to vacation some day!  Did you know they filmed Lord of the Rings there and you can visit Hobbiton and other places in Middle Earth?

No Churn Chocolate Toffee Ice Cream #IceCreamSocial

Did you know that July is National Ice Cream Month?  It’s steaming hot where I live, so ice cream is always a welcome treat!

Last year, I learned how to make a delicious no churn ice cream, so I was excited to try again this year.

Patriotic S'mores Brownies

It’s so fun to make festive treats for the 4^th of July!

Since the little Dudes and I are so focus on summer fun (not to mention summer school for yours truly), summer treats are fun but easy!

So for these brownies, I used a box mix (help! I still can’t find a great homemade recipe!) and stuffed them with my favorite s’more flavors and some festively colored M&Ms!

ElastiGirl’s Super-Stretchy Edible Candy Silly Putty

Eek! This summer is getting away from me!

The boys and I are all about the summer fun during the day and my evenings are homework, homework, homework!

Chicken, Bacon, Ranch Tortellini Pasta Salad

So, like every grocery store I’ve ever been to seems to have some version of chicken bacon ranch pasta salad.  And it always has waaaay to much sauce.  It’s positively swimming!

I suppose that’s just my personal preference but I can’t stand over-dressed salads - pasta or lettuce!

Grated Beetroot Salad with Goat Cheese (Rödbetssallad med Getost) #EattheWorld

Today’s recipe takes us to Sweden for this month’s Eat the World Recipe Challenge!

I had briefly considered making Swedish food a few years ago for a Cook the Books Club post (I ended up making Croissants instead).  The next obvious choice is Swedish Meatballs, but I just made those recently.