Mini Chicken Pot Pies with Crescent Roll Dough I am not ready for back-to-work and back-to-school after some glorious Christmas and New Year’s time off. Getting back into the grind and wondering what I am going to make for dinner, especially with cold and rainy weather, is another consideration. So believe me when I say these fast, easy, 5-ingredient mini chicken pot pies are the perfect busy weeknight dinner solution!...

Easiest Recipe for Mini Pumpkin Muffins Mini food is my downfall. It’s so cute and easy to pop, one after the next. The cute and easy factor, combined with pumpkin, and look out. Impossible to resist. These mini pumpkin muffins are soft, moist, fluffy yet pleasantly dense, and packed with fall spices. They’re so flavorful and make your house smell amazing. I’d scratch-and-sniff the walls if I could while they bake....

Looking for more bowl recipes? Try Hot Honey Salmon Bowl, Egg Roll in a Bowl, Hawaiian Bowls, or Bulgogi Bowls! Why I love this recipe: Flavorful – The mojo pork recipe is packed full of flavor and pairs perfectly with the black beans, vibrant mango salsa, and the fresh herbs. Easy – It takes only a few minutes to prep and can be cooked in the slow cooker or in the oven....

And realize that your cupboards are sort of bare and that even your freezer stash of desserts is looking pretty bleak, but you happen to have the following on hand: Stick of butter Sugar Cocoa powder Oats Jar of peanut butter …You’re in business and can make these. Bare shelves crisis averted. Well, at the least the dessert and snack crisis was averted. Going to the store to pick up apples, green beans, lettuce, and broccoli was still necessary....

No-Bake Ritz Cookies Recipe If you need a ridiculously easy, no-bake dessert for a party, holiday cookie exchange, or just have a spur of the moment craving for chocolate and peanut butter, which happens quite often to me, this is a perfect recipe. What I love about these little cookie — or cracker — stacks is that they’re salty and sweet, crunchy from the crackers yet creamy from the peanut butter, and gooey from marshmallow creme....

Easy Cake Batter Ice Cream Recipe I’m not usually a big ice cream eater. It’s fine, but I usually prefer cookies or bars for my empty calories. Until I made this. It’s the best ice cream I’ve ever had. I made it for my husband because unlike me, he is a ridiculously huge ice cream lover. It’s his thing. He loves, loves, loves ice cream. We don’t tend to keep it in the house (his request) because he can’t trust himself around it....

It was the longest day of the year and the annual maximum amount of sunlight day made me happy. In yoga it’s customary to d0 108 Sun Salutations on solstices. Why you ask? The practice of sun salutations honors the change of seasons, as they help remove toxins in the body. We honor our primary source of energy: the sun. From this source: Why is the number 108 special? It is considered sacred in many Eastern religions and traditions....

comment icon 52 more comments I’ve made these little guys before, but they were just cookies. When I just put the link in there I realized I called them peanut butter cookie dough bites last time. That’s cute. However, one major difference this time is that instead of golden raisins, my safe and familiar friends, I went for it with the exotic dates. See them up there? I couldn’t do a close up of those puppies....

A few weeks ago I went to Big Potluck and was assigned to bring a cake to share. It was, after all, a potluck. This was my contribution. I was stumped about what kind of cake to make. I thought and thought about it. And thought some more. I read recipes on blogs, Pinterest, Foodgawker, and more. Cooking for an event where fellow bloggers, cookbook authors, and a Food Network TV show host may eat it was adding just a wee bit of pressure....

Looking for more cookie recipes? Try my Soft Sugar Cookies, Mrs. Fields Oatmeal Cookies, or Chocolate Mint Cookies! What makes them perfect: Soft and chewy: The melted butter, extra egg yolk and brown sugar help these cookies stay soft and chewy for days! EASY: This only takes minutes to prep, and you don’t even need a mixer! How to make Chocolate Chip Cookies: Melt butter. Melt the butter for about 45 seconds in the microwave....

And as a total unplanned twist, it’s so fitting that this post about potatoes falls on the day before St. Patrick’s Day! Is that the luck of the Irish, or what?! Hopefully you may see something new and interesting that will help you jazz up your potatoes: Soups/Chili with Potatoes Savory Pumpkin Potato and Carrot Soup Hearty Vegan Southwestern Sweet & Spicy Soup Spicy Vegetable, Corn, & Bean Soup Vegan Chili Potatoes as Side Dishes Ginger Coconut Oil Roasted Vegetable, Potatoes, and Fennel...

What Is a Dutch Baby Pancake? Baking one big pancake in a skillet rather than standing at the stove flipping individual pancakes one by one is like winning the pancake lottery and that is precisely what I love about Dutch Baby pancakes! Plus, this batter is made in the blender making it super easy! What’s a Dutch baby, you may be wondering? A quirky name for an oven-baked pancake that has the chewiness of crepes with the thickness of clafoutis....

So the response on the 5-Minute, 3-Ingredient Dark Chocolate Fudge Balls was pretty awesome! Thanks to everyone who said they were loving the looks of those! Give ’em a whirl because they are really yummy and easy and when you just want something chocolaty and nothing else will do, well, those will more than do. And I totally, thoroughly loved everyone’s comments about whether you prefer to workout alone or in a group, and why....

comment icon 66 more comments That was yesterday. There also used to be crumbs in the pan, but then I picked out every last little delicious morsel before washing the pan. That’s a lie. I haven’t washed the pan yet. But I can’t bring myself to wash out the memories of what was once my only food for a whole weekend. I mean, really. Do you really need anything else in the world?...

comment icon 95 more comments I’ve made this SO MANY TIMES in the last few weeks. Ways we’ve loved it: Dunked in basil sauce or gochujang sauce In tacos, with a mango corn salsa, like this With coconut rice, and more mango cucumber salsa, like this With green rice! Yum. In a puddle of the tzatziki from this recipe, with naan or pita bread, and the simple green salad On a kale salad with gochujang mayo from this post Alongside a delicious veg like these avocado caesar green beans With brown rice, and a tomatillo avocado sauce (shortcut status – just whisk mashed avocado and the roasted tomatillo salsa from Trader Joe’s which is one of my 33 fave Trader Joe’s products)...

Here I am in Incheon International Airport waiting to board our flight to Cebu and sipping on a Caribou Coffee Iced Mocha. (CARIBOU in Seoul!?!? CARIBOU in Seoul! Weird and wonderful.) I’m excited to share more photos from this amazing city, but for now you’ll be getting a glimpse of it through my iPhone since the DSLR is tucked away under towels, makeup, and travel toilet paper. Happy weekend to all of you!...

Some recipes sound absolutely too good to be true and this is one of them. But it works. And they’re the best caramels I’ve ever had. And I’m not just saying because they’re made in the microwave in seven minutes without a candy thermometer. I love caramels and my mom used to make them when I was growing up but there was nothing quick and easy about them. I remember pots of boiling hot liquid, molten sugar, candy thermometers, and just thinking about the absolute precision required stresses me out....

This just in: we got a Costco membership. comment icon 293 more comments More accurately, we got a Costco membership so we could get a TV. HOLD THE PHONE I know I know I know. If you’ve been a reader, a) you just got 100 sweet friend points, and b) you already know our TV dilemma. The dilemma goes something like this –> We wanted to watch the Olympics. And the Superbowl....

Easy Slow Cooker Orange Meatballs Recipes These meatballs are simmered in a mixture of sweet orange marmalade and soy sauce for the perfect combination of savory, sweet, and saucy and as a result the meatballs are so juicy! The sweetness from the marmalade is balanced with the salty unami flavor from the soy sauce and these are always a guaranteed hit and truly the easiest thing ever to make! If you’re looking for the simplest appetizer ever to serve at your next party or event, this is just the ticket!...

This is one of the best cakes I’ve made in ages despite it not being the most photogenic cake. It’s not neat and dainty. It’s messy but fabulous. Yellow cake is spiked with peanut butter, hot fudge, topped with a peanut butter glaze, more hot fudge, and sprinkled with peanut butter cups. You’re welcome. With the dog days of summer upon us, I’m all about not turning on my oven if I don’t have to....