Looking for more healthy snacks? Try my Banana Oat Muffins, Carrot Muffins, Applesauce, or No Bake Granola Bars! Why I love this healthy snack: No Bake – Only 5 minutes to make and all you need is a bowl!Adaptable – Use this recipe as your base and substitute any of your favorite ingredients! I like to include chopped almonds, raisins, craisins, or butterscotch chips. The options are endless, and you can use a different nut butter or swap it out for sunflower butter if needed for allergies....

Want to try more seafood recipes? Here are my favorite Crab Cakes, the most delicious Clam Chowder, or learn How to Cook Crab Legs! Why I love this recipe: Crispy – This is a traditional fish and chips recipe, fried with a wet batter. It gives the perfect crispy texture with a moist, flakey fish inside. Restaurant Quality – Follow my tips for the best fish to use and step-by-step photos and video to make sure it turns out just as great as your favorite restaurant!...

I have something that I’m really excited to share with you guys. Ready? Since I started blogging, I’ve learned a lot about food photography. I’ve also learned that stunning food photos can breathe life into your food blog. I often get questions from other food bloggers asking for tips on how to take better food photographs. This is a great question to ask because getting published on photo-based sites like Tastespotting, Foodgawker, and Pinterest can bring significant traffic to your blog....

Frosted Peanut Butter Chip Cookies I’ve been wanting to make these peanut butter sugar cookies for years. I just couldn’t quite nail them until now. I finally got the loosely defined recipe from my brain into a reality that could go into my stomach. They’re buttery soft, tender, and worth the wait. Without a doubt, one of my favorite cookies on my blog to date. If you’re not familiar, Lofthouse Cookies are the incredibly soft cookies sold in grocery store bakeries, with a signature layer of frosting and sprinkles....

We’ve been up all night on a red eye. Punchy much? Seriously though I have no complaints with my four year old traveling companion. She is such a trooper. She nodded off on the flight from San Diego to Atlanta for maybe an hour or so but the lure of the journey and not wanting to miss a thing trumps the lure of sleep when you’re four. Hopefully on the next flight to Aruba she gets a little more shut eye....

Jenna’s Homemade Chai Lattes Ari’s Layered Cous Cous Eggplant and Zucchini Casserole Adriana’s Peanut Butter Popcorn Helen’s Rosemary Roasted Radishes Marla’s Avocado Scones – Vegan & GF Kath’s Grilled Asparagus Frittata White on Rice’s Rhubard Strawberry Crumb Bars Jenn’s Chicken Fiesta Tacos Maria’s Strawberry Mango Salsa Jessica’s Mango Guacamole I need to put mango in my “Cheater’s” Guac next time! Heidi of 101 Cookbooks’ Cucumber Peanut Salad Great Reads: Gabriela’s post, You Do You, regarding comparisons in the blogosphere Tina’s post, Email Chain, explaining how she got her book deal Janetha’s post, Weigh In Wednesday, discussing food guilt and food choices From my earlier post about Inspiration and Greener Grass, thanks for the very genuine comments and sharing who inspires you, and why....

Want more Halloween food? Try Spider Cookies, Graveyard Brownies, Pumpkin Cupcakes, or Caramel Apples! Why I love this recipe: 30-Minute Meal – With this no-rise pizza dough recipe, it is such a quick and fun weeknight dinner! Fun – These festive mini pizzas are fun to get the whole family involved in the kitchen! This is one of my favorite Halloween family traditions! Customize – Choose any of our unique pizza ideas and swap out any of my toppings for your favorites!...

comment icon 26 more comments Answer: Make a sweetpotato-kielbasa-apple-onion-bacon-and-everything-fall-delicious salad. And call it a Harvest Salad. That’s the kinda harvest I’m talking about. Honestly, could mealtime ever really get better than all the best fall flavors rolled into one delicious salad? In a word, YES. In many words, you need to pour sweet Maple Dressing over your sweetpotato-apple-onion-kielbasa-bacon-and-everything-fall-delicious salad and you will have the best salad ever. Ever, ever. It’s dessert that’s a salad....

Sometimes you need to get your chocolate fix on without getting your gluttony on. And these are just the little bites to do it. There’s NO added white or brown sugar, NO butter or dairy, and NO flour used. They’re vegan, gluten-free, grain-free, soy-free and you’d never guess they’re healthy. They’re a revamp of my 2009 Raw Vegan Dark Chocolate Fudge Balls and are made in minutes. Noteworthy changes include increasing the ratio of cocoa powder and adding a dash of agave....

comment icon 116 more comments You know those times where stuff just works? This is one of those times. I did not really know where I was headed when I started making this sweet potato chicken chili other than that I had a vision of something semi-spicy that could compliment that bag of blue corn + flax tortilla chips burning a hole in my cupboard. Just another example of the finer things that inspire greatness for me....

How to Make Granola: Mix Dry Ingredients in a bowl: whole grain oats, sliced almonds, sunflower seeds, raw sesame seeds and raw unsweetened coconut flakes. More reasons to obsess over homemade granola: Healthier: it has less sugar and is lower Calorie than anything you’ll find at the store. Freezer Friendly: It will keep for months in the freezer, stored in a freezer safe bag. Great for Gifting: food gifts are how I show love, and giving a little bag of homemade granola with our cute tags (see below) is fun for Christmas neighbor gifts, friends birthdays, or as a healthy snack for a new moms when I drop off dinner....

Best Homemade Lasagna Recipe I don’t know how I’ve been blogging since 2009 and didn’t have a classic lasagna recipe on my site until now. It’s worth the wait folks because this lasagna is the best! Made with Italian sausage, ground beef, three kinds of cheeses, and plenty of herbs and spices for the best homemade lasagna that your family and friends will beg you to make! It’s crave-worthy classic comfort food thanks to the richness of the meats, the gooey cheeses, the perfectly cooked pasta, all layered together for bite after bite of indulgent restaurant-worthy lasagna at home....

Copycat Homemade Nutter Butters Peanut butter cookies, namely Nutter Butter Cookies, have always been one of my favorite treats ever since I was little! I can still remember my excitement when I’d see them packed in my lunchbox. While I’m still fond of those little store bought cookies, this homemade recipe for copycat Nutter Butter sandwich cookies is the best. Those packaged, factory-made cookies just can’t hold a candle to this at-home recipe!...

The weather is starting to cool down and I can feel fall in the air. I understand that soup can be enjoyed all year round, but something about the crisp fall weather just puts me in a soup-loving mood. I’ve also fallen more and more in love with my instant pot lately, so what better combination than instant pot soup? This recipe comes together super fast and your instant pot does most of the work for you....

comment icon 144 more comments It’s time to bust out the Instant Pots, slow cookers, or big ol’ soup pots again because my favorite season is making its annual appearance. SOUP SEASON! And this humble, modern-ish minestrone has everything you could probably ever want: veggies, more veggies, one more pile of veggies, basil pesto, yummy tomato sauce, beans, bulgur (we’ll talk this over shortly), fresh parsley, garlic, smoked paprika, and parmesan on top!...

Yes, this is a recycled photo because that phone is long gone. I only had it for 6 weeks! I have never had a cell phone stolen and only lost one (left it on an airplane) in the decade+ that I’ve had cell phones. And yet my nicest, and most expensive phone, was stolen in 6 weeks. I don’t want to go into the specifics and nitty gritty details, but yes, it was stolen and not lost....

The holidays have been so very fun. Our holiday series was a blast. But HALLO here it comes! The new year, the daily grind, back in full force, in just about two seconds! Hello, January. So on the topic of January, can we touch on weeknight dinners for a moment? Weeknight dinners are… how do I say this? They are just hard. I didn’t really experience this until becoming a parent....

comment icon 89 more comments There they are, sitting in that big bin at the grocery store, looking all rustic and farm-y and kind of scary to cook with. It’s squash season! Welcome to our first squash recipe of fall 2016. Fall – aka squash season – is the time of year I start saying things to Bjork like: remember when we went to that restaurant 7 years ago and I ordered the butternut squash ravioli with brown butter sauce and sage?...

comment icon 48 more comments Crunchy, naturally sweet, with big clusters that stick together for easy bite-by-bite snacking? This is exactly how I like my granola. Granola is one of those things that always requires a bit of a reminder for me each year. Remember? Remember granola? Remember how good it is, how versatile, how long-lasting it can be (hello, freezer), how fun for gifting, how easy to make, how nutritious, how delicious for breakfast, and snacks, and dessert?...

Smoothie Meal Prep Ideas Back to school season is upon us and while some parents stress out over homework and carpooling duty, I worry about something else: what to prepare quickly and easily for breakfast. Making mornings easier, more streamlined, and knowing that I have breakfast waiting for us is a great feeling. I simply take a couple of these meal prepped smoothie packs out of the freezer and toss the contents into the blender with Silk Unsweetened, Vanilla Almondmilk for a perfect for grab-and-go breakfast or easy snacks....