The BEST Caramel Apple Pancakes These are some of the easiest and fastest pancakes I’ve ever made. And those are two very good things when you’re a little tired and your morning coffee hasn’t quite kicked in yet, but you have requests from hungry family members that they want pancakes. My secret is using a box of Krusteaz Buttermilk Pancake Mix! I don’t see anything wrong with using a little help in the kitchen, and this saves so much time, making mornings easy....

Baked Asparagus Frittata Recipe I love asparagus. Seeing it come into season every spring is such a treat. Even better is seeing it in an easy meal that goes from fridge to table in 25 minutes! This spring frittata is packed with healthy green vegetables, which is just the way I want a frittata. Lots of color, texture, and the veggies help keep you full longer. As the frittata bakes, the asparagus softens but retains enough snappy crunch to be so satisfying....

Easy Meatball Casserole Recipe Calling all meat lovers, this one’s for you! And if you like cheese, even better. This is an easy, family favorite casserole recipe that’s sure to please picky eaters of all ages! That’s because this meatball casserole is comfort food at its finest, complete with homemade all-beef seasoned meatballs that are baked to golden perfection. They’re tender, juicy, and just begging to be devoured. After baking the meatballs for 15 minutes, transfer them to a casserole dish, top them with marinara sauce and add so much luscious cheese....

Easy Ginger Molasses Cookie Recipe I love molasses cookies because they’re soft, chewy and richly spiced thanks to the molasses. The texture is definitely chewy but soft. These are not crunchy cookies like gingersnaps are. These are Team Soft and Chewy. When you combine that rich molasses flavor and along with ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg like you’d find in gingerbread cookies, you’ve got the best of both worlds – molasses ginger cookies!...

What Is Flan? Flan is essentially a sweetened egg custard with a caramel sauce that coats the top. If you’re a fan of crème brûlée or sugar cream pie, it’s a fair assumption that you’ll probably really enjoy flan. It’s soft, creamy, tender, delicate, and satisfying. In my opinion, when it’s done right, flan shouldn’t taste eggy. I used four eggs in this recipe and I think that’s a good balance....

comment icon 57 more comments But no. It’s not Honey Bunches of Oats. It’s a golden, crispy, satisfyingly clustered granola that is speckled with almonds, coconut flakes, oats, flax, and all the other wholesome things that you want to eat but maybe haven’t found the right way yet. It’s somehow a snack and a breakfast and, magically, a dessert. And it’s naturally sweet. Only 1/4 cup of sweeteners for the whole batch....

I received these two books from Book Pubco First up, The 4-Ingredient Vegan A great book because it only uses four ingredients in most of the recipes. You know I am a sucker for one-pot meals and fast, easy, uncomplicated recipes. I have a post dedicated to my one-pot meals and recipes. This would be a great book for someone who is either a novice cook and needs help pairing common ingredients to make sauces, entrees, or easy desserts, or for anyone who wants to keep ingredient lists short but still enjoy tasty vegan food....

I hadn’t had any in probably 15 years, and have no idea why it popped into my head but after it did, I had to have it. I wasn’t going to buy it because I’m extremely sensitive to sodium, and most canned soups are water retention in a can. No thanks. And unlike most everyone else on the planet, I hate garlic and strongly dislike onions – unless they’re incredibly caramelized....

Easy Chocolate Peanut Butter Dessert If you’re a chocolate and peanut butter dessert lover, you’ve found your end-all-be-all dessert. If you’ve tried ‘lush’ desserts like lemon lush or ‘better than…’ desserts, this recipe is a chocolate-peanut butter version. Licking the bowls kept getting better and better with each step and layer in the recipe. The dream bars truly live up to their dreamy name. It’s an almost no-bake recipe (the crust bakes for 10 minutes) that’s easy, goof-proof, rich, decadent, and guaranteed to be raved about by your friends and family....

Easy Recipe for 7 Layer Bars I’ve always loved Seven Layer Bars. And Rolos. Marrying two of my favorites was an excellent decision. I’m sure everyone has had Seven Layer Bars, Hello Dolly Bars, or Magic Bars. The name changes, but the basic recipe is always the same. A buttery graham cracker crust, topped with chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, coconut, and sweetened condensed milk. Optional nuts is how you get the seventh layer, and the melted butter and graham cracker crumbs each count as one layer in the classic recipe....

Easy French Toast Bake This is some of the best French toast I’ve ever made. I love it for so many reasons. The slightly crisped cinnamon-sugar streusel topping gives way to soft, dense, buttery, ultra moist bread. It’s almost like bread pudding and I just love the texture so much. It’s baked rather than being griddled which frees you up from having to stand at the stove flipping French toast....

Favorite things in life, in order: comment icon 620 more comments tacos tacos tacos. And one thing that has been known to transform the tacos in my life is juicy, tender, savory, fall-apart pork that is both massively flavorful (garlic, spices, and just a hint of tangy lime) and juuust browned and crispy enough to keep me snacking on little bites of it while prepping my taco ingredients. Yes, you know it....

Easy Whole Chicken in a Crockpot Recipe This Crockpot roast chicken recipe is such an easy and effortless way to prepare a juicy, tender, and flavorful roast chicken. You’ll wonder why you haven’t always been making chicken this way! This slow cooking method ensures the chicken remains moist while gently infusing it with herbs and spices. Because I also add potatoes to the slow cooker, you’ve got a totally ready-made dinner complete with protein + side, all thanks to your slow cooker....

If you love easy bread recipes don’t miss my Artisan No Knead Bread, or homemade white bread or wheat bread. Why I love this recipe: Better than Store-Bought: You can’t beat the amazing freshness of these soft and chewy homemade English Muffins. They’re wonderful served toasted and slathered with homemade jam, in a delicious Breakfast Sandwich, or get extra fancy and make Eggs Benedict. No Oven Required: There’s no baking required–the English muffins are cooked in a skillet on the stove, or use an electric griddle to cook many at once....

comment icon 168 more comments Just stop for a second and think about this: you, sitting outside, with a crispy, golden brown assortment of Homemade Flatbread Crackers, soft cheese, a glass of wine, end-of-summer sun on your face. Yes yes yes yes yesss. I’ve never even made crackers before today. Never! Can you believe that? In my (pre-homemade-cracker) mind, homemade crackers were something for people who make their own everything....

Honey Mustard Chicken Tenders I love all mustards. Yellow, Dijon, spicy, grainy, you name it and I’m a fan. Add some honey and it’s even better. My daughter also loves honey mustard and this honey mustard chicken recipe hit the spot. It’s ridiculously easy, ready in 20 minutes, and the honey mustard coats the chicken beautifully and clings perfectly to the nooks and crannies of the little broccoli trees. Broccoli is made for soaking up sauce of any kind....

This is a sponsored post for HemisFares™ brand that is available exclusively at Kroger family of stores. All opinions are honest and 100% my own. Easiest Spanish Cheese Board Making meals from cheese boards is one of my favorite things. I do it more than I’d like to admit and always with a glass of champagne or wine in hand. Any dinner party I throw always begins with a cheese board....

February 2012 Recipes 25 Vegetarian Super Bowl Party Recipes Spiced Apple Pie Smoothie Homemade Twinkies Mango and White Chocolate Chip Cookies Hot Pepper Jelly and an Intro to Canning Tutorial Flour (a discussion and comparison) Spinach and Red Pepper Frittata Snickerdoodle Cookie Bars with Pink Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting Baked Orange Coconut Banana Donuts Spicy Baked Eggs and Hash Brown Casserole Mardi Gras Party Recipes Coconut Oatmeal Toffee Cookies...

All.the.time. I thought I was hungry in Minnesota, but dang. This new life in the Philippines has me eating at least 18 times a day. I’m blaming it on the sweltering heat and humidity along with a laundry list of other things, such as my new permanently shiny-faced-and-electrocuted-hair style. Speaking of hotness, I hear there’s some kind of crazy heat wave back in the States. So if you didn’t already need this, now you N-E-E-D this....

And you know I’ve been a Big Baller. Yesterday’s post was something I have been wanting to do for quite some time: Assemble all my Balls and Holes Recipes in One Post! And it’s done and lots of you have thanked me for organizing everything so know you can find a raw holes Raw Vegan Donut Holes like the Chocolate Peppermint Donut Holes or the high Raw Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls or the high Raw Vegan Peanut Butter Vanilla Balls much more easily....