Easy Lemon Bars Recipe I’m pretty picky about my lemon bars. The filling, the crust, and the sweet-tart balance all has to be just right. I’m like Goldilocks with her porridge. These classic lemon bars are Goldilocks approved. Before making these, I researched dozens of recipes, studying each meticulously, but nothing sounded exactly perfect. I referenced one of my favorite cookbooks, The New Best Recipe, but when I saw seven eggs, I slammed the book shut immediately....

Homemade Salted Caramel Sauce I love caramel sauce and could literally eat it by the spoonful. Fortunately, or unfortunately depending on how you look at it, it’s fast and easy to make. I’ve tried lots of recipes and methods, and I’ve found this is the best, easiest, least fussy way to make homemade caramel sauce, and it’s ready in 15 minutes. The easy caramel sauce is creamy, buttery, rich, thick, smooth, and blows away anything you’ll ever buy....

comment icon 640 more comments No? Too awkward? In addition to this Vegan Broccoli Cheese Soup being creamy and velvety and absolutely gorgeous in texture, it is super nutritious. Just pause to think of the rainbow of veggies in here: sauteed onions, celery, carrots, potato, and broccoli simmered with a little bit of vegetable broth and almond milk, pureed to smooth cheesy-like perfection. That is my kind of salad. Soup....

You don’t want to bring the DUD to Thanksgiving It’s a Thanksgiving tradition in the US to gather family and friends together to eat a feast. Guests usually contribute a side dish so it’s not so overwhelming (and costly) for the hosts. While it’s impossible to please everyone, you never want to be the one to bring the least popular Thanksgiving side dish on this special occasion. You’ll end up bringing home your own leftovers....

I love using delicious garden tomatoes in simple recipes like this one, and my Tomato Pie , Caprese Salad, or Tomato Cucumber Salad. Why I love this pasta: Fresh – This pasta is full of the freshest Summer ingredients and it doesn’t make you feel weighed down! Another favorite lighter summer pasta dish is my Lemon Chicken Pasta!Quick – This is faster than take-out (and tastes a lot better too) at only 20 minutes!...

Bjork here. I’m Lindsay’s husband and co-lover of Sage. Every month I hop on ye ole’ blog and write up a summary of the things that we’re learning as we grow Pinch of Yum as a business. We’ve been doing these income reports for quite some time. As a matter of fact, this is post #48 in the series, meaning we’re one report away from having done these for four years....

comment icon 105 more comments These babies are divas. They are studded with three types of juicy berries, swirled with a luscious cheesecake layer, and heavily streuseled. They are fluffy but also dense, crumbly but also juicy, sweet but also highly snackable, if you consider something with the word “cheesecake” in the name to be a snack. Which I do. THEY ARE THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING. We have shared a lot of healthy muffins that are super easy and quick over the last few years – for example, apple muffins, carrot muffins, blueberry muffins, and banana muffins....

Life stuff like doing the dishes. It seems I do my fair share. 3 squares x 3 people per day. Plus at least 3 to 5 snacks for Skylar per day, and a snack or two for Scott and I. That adds up to lots of dirty dishes every day! I don’t run every single plate through the dishwasher, and I do hand wash all my knives and cutting board, since I’m using them multiple times per day....

The Best Vegan Pumpkin Muffins No butter? No eggs? No problem. Vegan never tasted so good, and you’d never know it by how rich these pumpkin chocolate chip muffins taste. If you want to make a vegan baked good taste just as good as its buttery counterparts, I recommend using bananas, avocado, or pumpkin to the batter. They all add moisture, richness, some heft and density. Sometimes even I am amazed at the results of vegan baking when I use one of those ingredients....

With over 40+ banana bread recipes, I didn’t have one with a streusel topping, and since I cannot resist streusel anything I knew I needed to make banana bread with the crispy, slightly crunchy streusel nuggets on top! The banana streusel bread is super soft, tender, moist, and is impossible to resist! I used my Cream Cheese-Filled Banana Bread as the banana bread base and halved the streusel recipe in my Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake recipe....

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I had fun at the Farmer’s Market. (Here was my trip to the Farmer’s Market the previous week in case you missed that one.) Yesterday I snapped as many pictures in a crowded farmer’s market as I could without looking like a total whack-job. Enjoy! I have to say, they were not real friendly or keen on me making my own and of course cautioned me on improperly fermented foods can make you really sick (yes, I know) and after they realized I was kind of prying for how they flavor their kombucha, i....

comment icon 147 more comments Yes, meet The Egg Roll Bowl. I made them, and loved them, and now make them regularly for meal prep. But really, this one is all you guys! I asked a few months into my maternity leave this fall what your favorite easy recipes were, and SO MANY OF YOU said Egg Roll Bowls! To which I said: mmmk what the heck is an Egg Roll Bowl?...

I’ve shared many peanut chicken recipes, but never one for copycat takeout chicken with cashew nuts. I don’t know what I was waiting for! This easy cashew chicken really does taste better than a restaurant. Not that I’m partial or anything. Consider this dish like a cashew chicken stir fry. The chicken is sautéed with sesame oil for depth of flavor before adding broccoli, red bell peppers, edamame, and garlic....

Easy Spiked Eggnog Recipe There are some people who absolutely adore eggnog, and then others who are very much indifferent. If you are one of those people who happen to love eggnog, or if you bought a carton of eggnog and you’re the only one in the house who’s been working on it and you have a fair amount yet to use, this fun and festive spiked eggnog cocktail recipe is the perfect way to enjoy your eggnog....

Although I’m not going to make it a 30 Day Challenge, I thought I’d post a few days worth of pictures… Day 1: Favorite Food (not sure if these cookies are my favorite food but they’ve been a favorite this week) Day 5: Morning Sky (Malmok Beach, Aruba) Day 10: Nature (Roses in my neighborhood in San Diego this past summer) Day 12: Hands (Diane Yu’s hands at Food & Light)...

Never heard of a poke bowl before? Traditionally, it’s Hawaiian-inspired dish that’s typically made with rice, veggies, and sushi-grade raw fish like ahi tuna, and a finishing sauce for added flavor and creaminess. But you won’t find sushi in these poke bowls because I’ve swapped that for juicy cooked chicken that’s laid over a bed of fragrant jasmine rice. Plus there’s cucumbers, carrots, shelled edamame, pickled red onions, and more!...

Easiest Orange Crush Poke Cake This is a perfect summer cake. It’s easy, super moist yet light, and just looks cheerful. Who can resist a tie-dyed looking cake? It’s refreshing on a warm day because it’s stored in the fridge and served chilled. You’ll want to take a fork directly into the cake pan and keep straightening the rows. I have fond childhood memories of going to the local swimming pool in the summer and during the break when they kicked everyone out of the pool, I would go to the vending machine, buy a can of ice cold Orange Crush, and down it in about 3 seconds....

I had intended to send this post out 2 days ago from San Diego, but time got away from me. Just as well, because in the past 48 hours we hit more snags that a raggedy blanket has, but now all is well and we are about to unpack!!! Thanks also to everyone who commented that they missed me and I am really glad you enjoyed my dairy-free crack post, I mean ice cream post!...

Sheet Pan Chicken and Potatoes – With a Twist! I am a huge fan of sheet pan recipes because the vegetables and protein cook together on one pan, making cleanup an absolute breeze. Recipes like this one are perfect for busy weeknights and in our case, there’s generally a portion leftover which is great for a work or school lunch the next day. The baked curry chicken is flavorful and juicy, the potatoes are tender and just melt in your mouth, and there’s the juicy crunch of the peppers and peas....

Absolutely picture perfect. Just coming in to reload with a Coconut Cream Pie Smoothie (vegan, GF) and we’re headed out for a pre-dinner family walk. Okay and I lied. And a handful of Cinnamon Sugar Chocolate Pretzels (no-bake, vegan), too. Gotta replenish the sodium (and chocolate) stores. What did you do today? Thanks for the Capresso 12-Cup Stainless Steel Coffee Maker Giveaway entries