Shrimp Pasta Salad

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Al dente tiny pasta tossed with generous amounts of cooked shrimp, crunchy fresh vegetables, and a citrus-spiked creamy dressing all combine to make this shrimp pasta salad irresistible. It’s poised to become your new summer favorite!

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Shrimp Pasta Salad

Shrimp and pasta go together like peas and carrots. They’re made for each other!

And this shrimp and pasta salad is a perfect example of that harmony. The creamy mayonnaise-based dressing has a pop of fresh lemon juice to complement the shrimp’s natural sweetness. The bell pepper, celery, and onion provide the textural variety and crunch every good pasta salad needs.

While we’re talking about the shrimp, this salad can use almost any variety and size of fully cooked shrimp. Because you’re chopping it into bite-sized pieces, it doesn’t matter whether you start with small, medium, or jumbo shrimp just so long as it’s cooked and chilled.

While you technically could use extra small or salad shrimp as well, I prefer not to. The texture and taste of the larger shrimp in this salad are much nicer. Extra small and salad shrimp tend to blend in, can sometimes be a bit tough, and often lack some of the flavor of the bigger sizes.

We do a lot of shrimp meals in our family. They’re quick cooking, convenient to keep on hand in the freezer, and fairly budget friendly!

Shrimp Quesadillas are a busy weeknight go-to because they come together so very quickly. Bacon Wrapped Shrimp Kabobs are another excellent summer meal option.

And shrimp doesn’t just have to be a dish at the party, it can be the party itself! Especially if we’re talking about a dish as special as Shrimp Boil!

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Pasta Salad with Shrimp

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Banana Cream Pie Cookies – Crumbl Copycat

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Banana Cream Pie Cookies – Crumbl Copycat

a photo taken over the top of a banana cream pie cookie topped with a Nilla wafer and graham cracker crumbs

Banana cream pie cookies are sweet and creamy with a graham cracker crust inspired cookie base and an easy banana cream filling. Now you can make this Crumbl cookie copycat in the comfort of your own kitchen!

Once upon a time I decided to make a peach crisp cookie which was like a peach crisp and a peach cobbler all in one. Then I figured an apple crisp cookie had to come next. It was divine!

So naturally I had to dabble into the cream pie-inspired cookies, and the key lime pie cookie was born and the pumpkin pie cookie quickly followed. And with each new cookie, someone would tell me that Crumbl had the same cookie. Ha! Blast those Crumbl people!

So I guess you can call these Crumbl cookie copycat recipes, but these recipes have really just been my imagination running wild. What kind of cookie should I try to make next that Crumbl hasn’t already made?! Is there anything? I know they have a banana cream pie cookie already, but ours is better! 🤫

Ingredients for Banana Cream Pie Cookies

The ingredients for this banana cookie recipe is divided into two components. First, you have the banana cream pudding and then you have the cookie base. Here is what you will need for both parts:

Banana Cream Pie Filling

  • Bananas: You want them slightly ripe, bright yellow with just a few brown spots on the peels to add real banana flavor.
  • Whole Milk: Combines with the pudding powder to make the creamy filling.
  • Instant French Vanilla Pudding Mix: Make sure it is the instant pudding mix and NOT the cook and serve kind.
  • Cream Cheese: adds richness and creaminess
  • Sweetened Condensed Milk: adds more sweetness and creaminess
  • Cool Whip: You can use regular whipped cream but Cool Whip holds its thickness and structure better.

Cookie Base

  • Unsalted Butter: make sure it is softened but not melting at all
  • Cream Cheese: need to be softened so it will integrate into the cookie dough smoothly
  • Brown Sugar: adds rich flavor and sweetness
  • White Sugar: adds sweetness
  • Vanilla Extract: adds flavor
  • Eggs: adds structure to the cookie base
  • Almond Extract: totally optional, but I love the flavor it adds
  • Flour: just regular all-purpose flour
  • Cornstarch: adds chewiness to the cookies
  • Baking Powder and Baking Soda: adds fluffiness and rise to the cookies
  • Salt
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The Little Things Newsletter #466 – Life, laughter, and lots of great food!

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Welcome to the weekend, my friends! I came home to a glorious sunset the other day and couldn’t resist pausing in the driveway to take a photo. What an amazing world we live in, friends. Even when life throws us curveballs, the sun still rises and sets in moments of beauty.

As I write this, the birds are singing at full volume outside my window and the sun hasn’t even risen. I love it. We’ve had a fun week over here. My mom is visiting and my youngest son is in his first school play. Who knew high school theater could be this much fun??

ON THE BLOGS THIS WEEK: Filled with creamy oats, sweet bananas, berries, a hint of brown sugar, and spices, this Crockpot Oatmeal is a breakfast that my whole family enjoys. Best of all, this crave-worthy oatmeal can be made in just one hour without any stirring at all!

Spicy, sweet, and slightly tangy Glazed Salmon with Broccoli is one of my favorite ways to cook and serve fish. One delightfully simple sauce does double duty as marinade for the fish and flavor booster for the fresh broccoli.

Crab Stuffed Mushrooms filled with soft cream cheese, fresh green onions, and sweet crab meat keep you coming back for more. These two-bite appetizers are hard to stop eating.

If you’re lucky enough to have some extra mushrooms left in the fridge, garlicky Marinated Mushrooms are great to have on hand to add some pizzazz to salads, sandwiches, pizzas, snacks, and more! This simple recipe makes it easy to keep a jar of them in the refrigerator at all times.

Slightly sweet and tangy, Apple Grape Salad is a fast and fresh-as-can-be fruit salad with a creamy dressing that you’ll want all summer long. You can’t go wrong pairing this with any and all grilled and roasted meats or with a sandwich for a quick meal that satisfies.

Italian Chocolate Salami is made of crumbled cookies, chopped, and toasted nuts, suspended in creamy chocolate that resembles salami. This delightfully different dessert is served in many parts of the world.

Creamy, real banana ice cream studded with pieces of vanilla cookie and pockets of sweet whipped cream combine to make Banana Pudding Ice Cream. If you like banana pudding, you’ll go wild for this!

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Cream of Wheat Raspberry Muffins [+Video]

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Cream of Wheat Raspberry Muffins [+Video]

a photo of several golden baked raspberry muffins sitting in a serving tray surrounded by fresh raspberries

These Cream of Wheat Raspberry Muffins are soft, fluffy, and bursting with juicy raspberries. With the hearty texture of Cream of Wheat blended into the batter, each bite offers a perfect balance of warmth and sweetness.

The texture of a cream of wheat muffin is so satisfying. They are still so soft and delicious, but that little touch of texture will create the most wonderful crumb in a muffin that you’ve ever had.

Perfect for breakfast or a snack, these muffins are light yet satisfying, and the fresh raspberry touch adds a burst of flavor in every bite. They’re easy to make, irresistibly delicious, and a must-try for any muffin lover!

Ingredients for Cream of Wheat Raspberry Muffins

I’m going to let you know right up front what you will need to make this muffins recipe! For all the details and measurements needed, keep scrolling down to the recipe card at the end of the post.

  • Dry Ingredients: All-Purpose Flour, Cream of Wheat Cereal, Baking Powder, Baking Soda and Salt
  • Wet Ingredients: Sugar, Milk, Eggs, Vegetable Oil, Vanilla and Almond Extract
  • Fresh Raspberries
  • Turbinado Sugar

Besides the Cream of Wheat and possibly the almond extract, you likely have everything on hand already! Let’s make some muffins!

How to Make Cream of Wheat Muffins with Raspberries

Sometimes I like to slip into the kitchen a little early and make this easy raspberry muffin recipe for my family for breakfast. Is there anything better than waking up to the smell of something baking for breakfast?! I think not! The good news is, you don’t have to wake up too early! They are ready in under 30 minutes!

  1. Prep: Grease two standard sized muffin pans (or use paper liners) and preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. Dry Ingredients: In a large mixing bowl, whisk together all the dry ingredients.
  3. Wet Ingredients: In a separate large mixing bowl, whisk together all the wet ingredients.
  4. Combine: Carefully stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until just combined.
  5. Fold: Add the fresh raspberries and gently fold them into the batter.
  6. Sprinkle: Spoon the muffin batter into the prepared muffin tin filling the muffin cups about 2/3 full. Sprinkle the tops with turbinado sugar.
  7. Bake: Bake for 18-20 minutes or until they are golden brown and the tops spring back when you gently press them.

For the full recipe, head down to the recipe card below where you can also save or print the recipe.

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Banana Pudding Ice Cream

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Creamy, real banana ice cream studded with pieces of vanilla cookie and pockets of sweet whipped cream combine to make Banana Pudding Ice Cream. If you like banana pudding, you’ll go wild for this!

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Banana Pudding Ice Cream

Banana pudding is one of those desserts that has legions of devoted fans across generations for very good reason. Everyone who taste tested today’s ice cream agrees that it tastes exactly like a frozen banana pudding!

The combination of white and brown sugar with very ripe bananas gives the finished ice cream a mildly butterscotch like flavor that is hard to stop eating. There’s no fake banana in it either.

It’s pure, real banana goodness through and through. The key to success is to choose very ripe bananas (think banana bread level ripeness) for your ice cream base. They have the most pronounced banana flavor!

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The most popular question I get is whether it’s possible to make ice cream without a machine. The answer is YES. You can make ice cream without a machine. Find the full directions here!

And if banana ice cream dings your chimes, you’ll want to try making banana split ice cream; Creamy, freshly churned banana ice cream is swirled with crushed pineapple, maraschino cherries, peanuts, and chocolate chips to create this ice cream.

Bright, citrus ice cream with just a hint of banana makes my childhood favorite six-threes ice cream. Rich banana ice cream, decadent chocolate chunks, and crunchy walnuts create a tantalizing dessert you won’t soon forget. This delightful recipe for Chunky Monkey Ice Cr

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