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5 Year Blogiversary + $50 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway!

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5 Year Blogiversary + $50 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway!

Love to be in the Kitchen 5th Blogiversary $50 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway! #giveaway

Hey friends! I can’t believe I am saying this but today is my 5 year blogiversary! What a fun 5 years it has been! I have very much enjoyed sharing so many recipes with you all! I’ve learned so much about being in the kitchen and have improved in so many ways. It’s been a fun journey and I can’t thank you enough for sharing this journey with me! Nothing makes me happier than to hear someone tell me about a recipe of mine they made and how much they love it. That’s why I started my blog. I’m all about good food. It just makes life better!

Your All-Time 5 Favorite Recipes-

Here are your top 5 recipes!

#5-

Texas ToastΒ Garlic Texas Toast

#4-

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Stuffed Oreos

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Stuffed Oreos

#3-

Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies

Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies

#2-

Baked Boneless Buffalo Wings

Boneless Baked Buffalo Wings

#1!

Graham Crackers

Graham Crackers

My Favorite Recipes-

I couldn’t pick just 5! I love all my recipes so it was so hard. Here are the recipes I dream of and make often!

Some of my very favorite recipes in a few different categories…

Dinner-

Cheesy Meatball Skillet

Cheesy Meatball Skillet

Side Dish-

Cranberry Salad

Β Cranberry Salad

Cookie-

Dark Chocolate M&M Cookies

Dark Chocolate M&M Cookie

Brownie-

Fudgy Chunky Brownies

Fudgy Chunky Brownies

Dessert-

Oreo Madness

Oreo Madness

Bar-

Salted Caramel Apple Pie Bars

Salted Caramel Apple Pie Bars

Pie-

Chocolate Silk Pie Chocolate Silk Pie

Smoothie-

Healthier Caribbean Passion Smoothie

Healthier Caribbean SmoothieΒ (Jamba Juice copycat)

GIVEAWAY!

To celebrate my 5 year blogiversary and to say thank you for supporting me, I’m giving away a $50 Amazon gift card! How awesome is that!? I LOVE Amazon and I know how awesome it is to use Amazon for Christmas shopping and more so good luck and I hope you win!

Enter to Win!

One lucky reader will win a $50 Gift Card to Amazon!

Simply fill out the Rafflecopter below and be sure to comment letting me know what recipe you like the most from my blog or a recipe you would like to try!

(Winner will be e-mailed and have 24 hours to respond.)

Must be 18 years or older.

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Comments

  1. Happy blogiversary! That is awesome. You saltes carmel apple bars just look incredible. I think I need to try and make them asap!

    • I totally agree, what a whole bunch of yunny looking treats on this blog. Will, be trying some of these out in a few minutes. Great blog.Good luck to all of you who enter the contest as well!

  10. I love everything I have ever tried from you!! The buffalo chicken is amazing!! I do almost all my Christmas shopping on Amazon, so it would be awesome to win!

  11. Happy Blogiversary! How exciting! I love the garlic texas toast too! Definitely one of my favorites!

  14. Salted caramel apple bars?!? Say what?? I’m going to make these right now! What a perfect fall treat!

  16. I can’t believe it has been 5 years! Congratulations! I want to try so many of your recipes, but that Oreo Madness looks especially tempting. Yum!

  21. I still need to try your choc chip cookies. They were amazing when your sister made them for your baby shower!

  24. Happy Blogiversary Becky! 5 years… That is amazing!! I love all your recipes but my favorite will always be your Graham Crackers Cookies! Thanks for being such a great friend and here’s to 5 more years of amazing recipes!

  28. So your chocolate chip cookies are to die for, love the cramogranite :), and I really want to try the pumpkin ice cram!!

  29. I honestly have loved everything I have tried!! Love the quick rolls in the cast iron pan and the chocolate chip cookies. Probably my favorites!

  31. Your chocolate silk pie is amazing- Looking forward to Thanksgiving so I can make it again. It’s perfect paired with coconut cream pie!

  35. Becky I have been wanting to taste those perfect chocolate chip cookies for the longest time ! EVERYONE who has had them raves about them ! I don’t think anyone can make your recipes quite like you though! Happy blogiversary ! Proud of all of your hard work. !

  44. I love your blog! I love your graham crackers which I made in a pinch once when we needed graham crackers for s’mores and we make them all the time now! I’m actually on my way to get ingredients to try your famous Jamba Juice recipe!!! Wish me luck!

  49. Definitely Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies and Salted Caramel Apple Pie Bars and I would like to eat them so I must try to make them . nobody else will πŸ˜€

  52. They all look great. Your blog is real nice, excellent lay out, nice pics, awesome job, well done! I’m going to make the Chocolatey Fudgy Brownies when I’m done all my work todwy. So will they make it to the oven, or will I be eating it raw? Hmmmmm, still got that spoon licking, or tongue to mixing bowl, little kid living inside my mouth! I’ve saved this page, as there’s lots of things I want to try!

  55. The cheesy meatball skillet looks amazing, sounds homemade and is a source of protein

  58. I would love to try “Oreo Madness”!!! I love Oreo everything. and would definitely give this a try!!!

  60. Happy 5th!! I am definitely going for those perfect chocolate chip cookies. I have to try everybody’s version and these look amazing.

  63. I definitely want to try the Cheesy Meatball Skillet. I like how easy it is to make, yet looks so delicious. I know that would be a new favorite with my family.

  68. Congrats on your 5 year blogiversary!!! It’s difficult to choose just one recipe but those salted caramel apple pie bars look sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo delicious!!!!!

  69. Congratulations on your anniversary! Your zucchini-oat chocolate chip cookies are on my list of recipes to try.

  73. I definitely need to make some of your EASY 3-INGREDIENT SLOW COOKER MEATBALLS! Those would be great while sitting around watching the football games on Sunday!

  76. There is alot of recipes that I would like to try but to name a few… I would like to try the Chocolate Silk Pie and the Oreo Madness bars.

  78. Right now I am collect recipes for our family Thanksgiving. We will go to my SIL’s who will do the turkey, so I am looking for desserts and sides to take. Your Fudgy-Chunky Brownies and Salted Caramel Apple Pie Bars from this post are going on the list!

  81. I recently tried the Easy 3-Ingredient Slow Cooker Meatballs for my son’s birthday party and everyone loved them! Thank you!

  84. the texas toast garlic bread is such a good idea! i never thought of doing that with bread that is about to turn!

  88. We love your 1. red white and blue salsa 2. alfedo sauce 3. hashbrown quiche 4. chicken tikka masala. We make all 4 on a regular basis!

  92. 5 yrs that is so awesome!!!! Congrats– I like the cheesy meatball skillet– sounds perfect for my family—thanks!

  94. Holy batman, luv the The Salted Caramel Apple Pie Bars. To die for. Wow, prize amazon gc is fab. & splendid. 2 fingers snap. It is tight, fly & off the chain. Thank you for the awesomeness, the contest, and generosity. πŸ™‚ Pick me, pick me! Dear Santa: I’ve been nice. My X-Mas wish this year is to win this contest. Starving artist here desperately needs the gc to shop and eat. A life changing exp.

  95. the Salted Caramel Apple Pie Bars look delicious! You did a good job they look appetizing they’re fancy enough to serve company and I bet they taste lovely.

  98. My favorite is the Oreo Madness recipe! I’d love to try and make this for my family to enjoy. Looks delicious!

  99. Hey Becky! I’m new to your blog and I’ve only tried the salted caramel bars so far, but they were absolutely amazing! Can’t wait to try more of your recipes.

  106. Oh the one that I really want to try is the CROCK POT CREAMY ITALIAN CHICKEN!!! Oh that looks so good and easy in the crockpot! I printed and pinned! Going to be one of our dinners this week!

  108. I’m so excited it’s the fall season and I cannot wait to make the salted caramel apple bars. They look delicious!!!

  111. I have tried a lot of your recipes and have loved all of them! My absolute favorites are the burrito bowls or the perfect chocolate chip cookies!

  122. We have a dessert competition at Thanksgiving and your salted caramel apple pie bars look like they’ll get me that trophy. πŸ™‚

  125. The cheesy meatball skillet looks amazing! I will be trying it next week. I am sure my husband will love it!

  131. I’d love to try the Spinach and Artichoke Grilled Cheese Sandwich – an unexpected veggie combination for sure, but looking absolutely delicious!

  140. I think that all of your recipes look delicious!! I think the first one I want to make for my family is your Salted Caramel Apple Pie Bars, oh my goodness YUM! πŸ™‚

  141. There’s a recipe for shrimp perloo I recently discovered. I would love to make that for our office party.

    Great giveaway. Thanks for the opportunity. I’m new here, and I love your site!

  143. My fave recipe is the Chocolate Silk Pie! It looks so yummy and I really want to try it! πŸ™‚

  144. The Healthier Caribbean Smoothie looks really good. I”m going to have to give it a try.

  145. The dark chocolate m&m cookies look soooo good! I tried dark chocolate m&ms a few years ago and I can’t go back to the regular milk chocolate ones now!

  150. We really enjoyed the “Cheesy Meatball Skillett”! It was delicious and super easy to make! Thank you for sharing your recipes!

  153. The salted caramel apple bars are on my list of recipes to try this month! It’s the perfect time of year for them!

  154. I would really love trying those cookie dough filled Oreos! Thanks so much for the chances to win.

  155. I love your chocolate chip cookies, and I can’t wait to try out your smoothie recipe!

  157. All of your desserts are super yummy! I still need to try the Salted Carmel Apple Bars! πŸ™‚

  158. I really want to try the texas toast and the boneless baked buffalo wings! Both sound amazing. Thank you for the opportunity to win and congratulations on your 5 year blogging anniversary!

  159. I would love to try the Chocolate Silk Pie! I am a huge chocolate fanatic, and this looks so good, that this would be perfect for me. It would also make a great addition to any holiday table! I will definitely attempt to make this one soon!

  161. I really want to try your recipe for Chocolate Silk Pie. Its one of my favorite pies and your picture of the pie is to die for.

  166. Id like to try the yummy chocolate chip cookie dough oreo cookie. My two fave cookies all in one. Making my mouth water. Thank you for the chance πŸ™‚