As in, gone-zo. In about 15 minutes. People were raving about it and it was one of those things that I just threw together. I had a little bit of leftover pumpkin puree from a batch of Pumpkin Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars (Vegan, GF)… …And since I always have Cool Whip on hand in the freezer, I figured what the heck. And this dip was whipped up in 15 seconds flat....

Easy Taco Pie Recipe This is a comfort food recipe that’s perfect for everything from tailgating to holiday parties to a weeknight dinner the whole family will love. Your favorite taco ingredients are baked into this loaded, juicy, and perfectly savory taco pie. My family and friends gave it a 10. This taco bake takes just 10 minutes to prep, and the rest of the time it’s in the oven....

Easy Cheesy Garlic Bread Recipe Everyone’s favorite snack, appetizer, or family friendly side dish is coming in hot and fresh! That’s right, this easy 15-minute recipe for easy cheesy garlic bread is a guaranteed family favorite. And it’s a total cinch to make using just a handful of ingredients. You’ll wonder why you haven’t always been making it! Using a loaf of French bread from your local grocery store bakery that’s doctored up with Italian-seasoned and garlic-infused melted butter, ooey-gooey mozzarella cheese, and Parmesan for extra flavor, I promise this fantastic garlic bread with all that melted cheese is going to disappear in no time....

comment icon 41 more comments Cheezy Garlic Croutons. These salty, golden brown, crispy hunks of bread are crunchy on the outside and slightly chewy on the inside, generously saturated with a cheezy coating, customizably garlicky, and honestly just really addicting and hard not to eat right off the pan. I don’t really know how else to describe how good they are except to tell you that when I made these with our team, we kind of all just stood around eating them fresh out of the oven like they were a meal in and of itself....

How was your weekend? Mine was good and pretty low key. Saturday I ran errands and more of the same Sunday, but the weather turned totally cold, nasty and rainy Sunday so it made me very uninspired to get too motivated and schlep out anywhere exciting. Then, just about 12 hours after I posted a question to you my lovely readers and friends about Blogger v. Wordpress, my recent post’s feed would not get pulled through into Google Reader....

Well there’s truth to it with these because I wanted to hoard them. I always loved Butterfingers as a kid and they’re still a gas station favorite treat for me. However, I’ve never made a single recipe that uses Butterfingers in the almost 5 years I’ve been blogging. It was high time to change that. As an aside, I have a recipe for Homemade Butterfingers. Ready in 1 minute in the microwave and they’re made with peanut butter and candy corn that are melted together, then topped with chocolate....

Everyone loves when pasta is for dinner. Check out Boursin Pasta, Pasta Primavera, Tuscan Chicken Pasta, Pastalaya, and Harissa Pasta. How to make Chicken Marsala Pasta: Prepare Chicken: Cut chicken breasts into small, bite sized pieces and add to a ziplock bag. Add flour, salt and pepper then shake well to coat. Heat a dutch oven or stockpot over medium-high heat then add 2 Tablespoon oil. Add chicken and cook for 2 minutes on each side, just until browned (not cooked through)....

This is the ultimate chocolate lovers dessert but if you love bundt cakes with cream cheese frosting, don’t miss my Banana Cake or Red Velvet Bundt Cake. I love making bundt cakes because they’re easy to frost and make pretty, and also easy to cut and serve. This chocolate bundt cake is heaven, but if you’re looking for an even simpler doctored-up cake mix version, this chocolate bundt cake is also great....

But it was a lost cause and I hereby surrender myself to the butter, vanilla, and brown sugar sauce. And as I’m typing this I’m seeing an ad on my sidebar showing an Under Armour girl doing a yoga and a head stand. I’m sorry for false advertising. I am not doing yoga and headstands today. I am eating this sauce. This upside down cake is so good. I wish I had better words for it but my brain comatose with chocolate....

comment icon 431 more comments If you asked me if I’ve made this 1500 times in the last two weeks, I’d say yes. Yes, emphatically yes. It’s the kind of recipe where everything stays good for a long time in your fridge or freezer, so I just keep all the ingredients on hand at all times, and this becomes my we-don’t-have-any-groceries-but-I-can-still-make-magic meal. Crust = freezer. Pepperoncini, salami, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, sauce = fridge....

Well, honestly, I don’t really peruse rice pudding recipes online, but I am pretty sure this one has to be a top contender in the ‘easy, fast, simple, but tastes wonderful’ category. Cinnamon Raisin Rice Pudding (gluten-free) 1 c uncooked rice 1 can sweetened condensed milk (dairyfree option: full fat coconut milk + agave/stevia to sweeten it) 1 tbsp cinnamon 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/2 c raisins Directions: Cook one cup of rice according to the directions (probably adding about 1....

Easy Cinnamon Roll Monkey Bread Recipe Sometimes you don’t want to monkey around (sorry, I had to!) and you just want to enjoy an amazing tasting dessert without any hassle or fuss. If you’re in the mood for an incredibly easy dessert recipe, this is for you! Traditional monkey bread, sometimes called pull-apart bread, is made by making a yeasted dough similar to what you’d use for cinnamon rolls, and rather than shaping it into rolls, you instead dice it into bite-sized pieces, pile them into a Bundt pan, and bake....

But I didn’t want to call it a smoothie because that implies lots of fruit and nutritional benefits, of which this malt has neither. And I couldn’t call it a shake. Coconut Caramel Shake sounds tacky. Or awkward. Speaking of awkward, how would it make you feel to drink a Coconut Caramel Malt out of this? Makes you kind of want to be a teacher, doesn’t it? And if that isn’t the sweetest, most thoughtful gift you’ve ever seen from a fourth grader, well, then you must know some pretty darn sweet and thoughtful fourth graders!...

Looking for more side dishes, try Homemade Dinner Rolls, Twice Baked Potatoes, or Whipped Feta Dip with Roasted Vegetables. How to make Corn Casserole: Combine: Mix together flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl, mix melted butter, oil, eggs, corn kernels, creamed corn, and sour cream. Gently fold dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, mixing just until combined. Stir in any mix-ins, if desired. The best part about my recipe is we’re making Corn Casserole from scratch (rather than using a packaged cornbread mix like many people do)....

This is Crazy Baking. A few of the ingredients that went into this dough included coffee grounds, potato chips, butterscotch chips, and I threw in some Cap’n Crunch for good measure. I followed a recipe from Christina Tosi (95% of the way) for this baking project so don’t cry any potato-chips-in-your-cookies tears to me. It wasn’t my idea; it was hers. I’ve actually been wanting to make cookies with potato chips in them for ages and didn’t realize how “trendy” they were until I started seeing them pop up on Pinterest and if you google potato chip cookies, there’s plenty of recipes....

If you thought slow cookers were only for soups or pot roast, think again! You can make desserts and sweet treats in slow cookers too. And yes, I made this soft, tender banana bread in my slow cooker. I adapted an older banana bread recipe of mine for Flour’s Famous Banana Bread, which is a copycat recipe of the famous bakery’s banana bread. And rather than baking it, I made it right in my trusty Crockpot....

This is such a quick and easy strawberry cobbler recipe. It uses just seven ingredients, most of which I have in my pantry at all times. There’s no need to drag out your stand mixer because everything can be whisked together by hand. The cobbler reminds me of my Crustless Strawberry Pie, which has been a reader favorite for years. That pie tastes like a cake ran into a pan of blondies, It’s slightly chewy yet still soft....

Anywhoo negative comment drama and I am glad to hear your fave unseasonal fruits and your recommendations on Ani’s recipes from her book that I just got from the last post. And of course all your hidden tats and piercing anecdotes were music to my holey ears. So let’s recap some of my eat-ies. First there was a brekkie cookie. 1/3 c dry oats, 1 smooshed nanna, 1 scoop Sunny Warr BRPP (brown rice protein powder), heavy dash of NuNaturals white stevia powder because I like my cookie ridic sweet, what can I say....

Warm, soft, fresh buttery bread, with cheese and sour cream baked in. It’s my dream bread because it’s so fast and easy, read from start to finish in 30 minutes. There’s nothing to knead, roll, or shape, and no yeast involved. I had a little bit of Parmesan and sour cream to use before our trip, and bread popped into my head. It reminds me of a savory equivalent to Cinnamon Sugar Crust Cinnamon Ribbon Bread, which is an exceedingly moist, soft, and easy bread, too....

This old timey banana pudding recipe reminds me of the banana pudding my grandma used to make. It’s sweet, creamy, and thick with abundant vanilla and banana flavor. The pudding itself has no bananas in it, but they’re layered in the pan with Nilla wafers, making the pudding quite universal for non-banana desserts. The homemade banana pudding is sweet, luscious, and smooth with big nostalgic appeal. The texture from the wafers and the bananas, both suspended in thick and creamy pudding, is pure old-fashioned comfort food!...