Check out all my best pie recipes, like Peach Pie, Key Lime Pie, Rhubarb Pie, or a savory Garden Vegetable Pie! Why I love this Oreo cookie crust: Two Ingredients: All you need are Oreo cookies and melted butter.Quick: Making this pie crust from scratch is faster than a trip to the grocery store!Texture and taste: Some Oreo crust recipes have you remove the cream center, but that’s just crazy!...

The Best Overnight Cinnamon Rolls Homemade cinnamon rolls sound great in theory until you do the math and realize in order to have a warm cinnamon roll with your 10am coffee, you need to wake up about 5am. No thanks! I solved that problem and made the fluffiest, softest, and best cinnamon rolls I’ve ever had. Every recipe out there promises the best cinnamon rolls, and I have more recipes to try....

Along with swirls and valleys of peanut butter. Need I say more. The cake is based on the recent Blueberry Muffin and Buttermilk Pancakes Cake ,Peaches and Cream Fluffy Muffin Cake, and the Cream Cheese-Swirled Cherry and Mixed Berries Cake. I used the same cake base here as I did for those because it doesn’t disappoint. It’s exceedingly moist and soft, and it’s fast and easy. Like PB & J in decadent cake form....

Looking for other fun quesadilla recipes? Check out our Black Bean Quesadilla, Chicken Quesadilla, and Breakfast Quesadillas. Sometimes you just need something really fast and easy for dinner that everyone will enjoy, and these Pizza Quesadillas (also called Pizzadillas) are just that! They’re perfect for adding veggies from the fridge that need to be used, and it’s a fun way to mix up your meal routine. How to Make a Pizza Quesadilla: Spread Sauce: Spread a thin layer of pizza sauce over each tortilla....

Skylar with me today and 2 year olds generally last about 3.478 minutes in coffee shops. Skylar lasted over an hour which was great, but Madeline was awesome with her and humored Skylar by drawing and playing along with Skylar’s “artwork”. She even let Skylar try on her cool yellow shades. During the rest of the weekend, I whipped up a few creative vegan chocolate treats, and taught yoga, which still has me grinning from ear to ear!...

Easy Christmas Bar Recipe For this Christmas dessert that will put everyone in a festive holiday mood, I called upon my trusty blondie base. When I want an easy, fuss-free, one-bowl, no-mixer recipe that I know everyone will love, it’s my go-to. With 30+ versions and counting, it never lets me down. The sprinkles on top and white chocolate chips throughout provide a lovely texture contrast to the soft, buttery bars....

A happy street. A place where my students have lived. Dried fish. Tight quarters. Cooking together. Tangled power lines, hanging laundry, a petty cab, a restaurant, and a rooster. Cebu. This place amazes me. It’s absolutely beautiful, loud, dirty, and generally confusing. Thanks for letting me share some non-food stuff as I get used to this new life. Speaking of food, Wednesday’s post is killing me in the most delicious way....

Horseradish. The perfect sinus opener. I love the spicy kick. However, in this dish the horseradish is very mild and balanced by the honey, not to worry. This is an easy, 30-ish minute sheet pan recipe and cleanup is as easy as tossing away a sheet of foil. I timed this recipe to coincide with Passover approaching. Traditionally both horseradish and honey are foods commonly served at a Passover seder....

comment icon 95 more comments I have some good news coming your way in the form of sausage, peppers, onions, shrimp, and… wait for it… cauliflower rice! This isn’t just your average pan of roasted yummies, though. It takes the form of a surprisingly satisfying riceless sheet pan jambalaya with the addition of Cajun spice, melted butter, lemon juice squeezed over the whole thing, and a nice little sprinkling of parsley to make it table-ready....

Green Bean Casserole with Cheese and Bacon If you’re still making green bean casserole with canned beans and condensed cream of mushroom soup, it’s time you made a batch from scratch using all fresh ingredients! That’s right, no canned or condensed soups in sight in this homemade scratch recipe. Homemade green bean casserole takes more time to prepare than using all canned goods, but it’s worth the extra effort, I promise!...

comment icon 204 more comments It’s (mildly) spicy. It’s peanutty and noodley. It’s a friend to all vegetables. It’s salad that’s… not really a salad. It’s got big punchy flavor from fresh garlic and lime juice, and it’s extremely filling thanks to that creamy peanut sauce and the tangled pile of carbs known as soba noodles, and it’s also colorful and crunchy and fresh, so yes, it is my favorite category of food....

Have you ever heard where the name “pound cake” comes from? Back in the 18th Century, this cake was made using a pound of all the main ingredients, i.e. a pound of butter, a pound of sugar, a pound of flour, and a pound of eggs. Unlike other pound cakes that turn out overly dense and dry, this pound cake is perfect in it’s thick but moist texture and tender crumb....

Between napping… and being entertained by the feral cats that live under Joe’s deck… we managed to get out to a few restaurants. One of the restaurants served the most delicious egg breakfast that I’ve ever tasted – it was a Southwestern Eggs Benedict with a spicy hollandaise. Let me just preface by saying that I don’t typically like eggs in general. I have never really been a big fan of the taste/smell/texture....

comment icon 76 more comments It’s a sticky ginger rice bowl with hot white rice, sticky-sweet meatballs with a little bit of kick, crunchy quick pickled vegetables, and a fresh juicy ripe mango. Hello flavor, color, and texture. Hello happy, feel-good, full in my belly. There’s Everything To Love About These Rice Bowls In addition to being the thing I can’t stop eating lately, it’s also: vegan (!!) gingery and fresh sticky and sweet just a tiny bit spicy the right amount of crispy-crunchy juicy and fresh and flexible to whatever protein or other vegetables you like....

comment icon 185 more comments I’m frozen. Stuck. Can’t stop the yum track in my head. IT’S SO LOUD. And my eyes are starting to glaze over. It’s like what the blue screen of death does to computers but it’s just, like, in my brain. yummmmm This weekend was phe-nom. Anyone else feel that way? I got a lot of work done but also took some time off for a date with Bjork and a nice long-for-me run....

comment icon 10 more comments Not just any doughnuts, mind you. This tradition was so systematized that my dad would come to our rooms on Friday nights and take our “doughnut orders” for the following morning. We could choose between glazed, chocolate raised, cake, bismarck (blueberry or raspberry), apple fritter, and just about anything else that we might want from the bakery. I think I even ordered a bagel once....

We enjoy Bran Muffins for breakfast or a snack (they freeze great for grab-n-go!) or even as a side dish at dinner served with BBQ ribs or soup. A big thanks to my Mom for completely perfecting this Bran muffin recipe over the years! These muffins are a staple in our family and they get rave reviews whenever I make them for others. The secret is the addition of an extra egg white and grated carrots to make them extra moist (and healthier too!...

There’s nothing that brings the Fall spirit quite like pumpkin recipes. Some of my go-to’s include Pumpkin Cookies with Caramel Frosting, Skinny Pumpkin Muffins, and a Classic Pumpkin Roll. Why I love this recipe: The Frosting: What truly makes these the best pumpkin cupcakes ever is the frosting! I’ve adapted my cream cheese frosting to add a hint of cinnamon. Festive: I find any excuse to make them, whether for my own family, friends, or even transporting them to my kids school to share with the class!...

Shepherd’s Pie season is upon us and this super cozy vegetarian version is running around on the loose in our house. And did you hear me when I said veg only? Honestly, we don’t even need the meat – I promise these vegetables are the yummy kind. comment icon 731 more comments Like, really yummy. Like, sautéed with garlic and onion, sauced up with a sizzle of red wine, coated in a quick gravy, and baked under a layer of creamy mashed potatoes good....

Easy Peppermint Fudge Get ready to indulge in a decadent bite-size treat that captures the essence of the holiday season! This easy, no-cook, no-fuss foolproof fudge is made using a delightful concoction of white chocolate, sweetened condensed milk, and peppermint. I know some people aren’t ‘white chocolate people’ but honestly I think white chocolate works so incredibly well with peppermint. The boldness of the peppermint tempers the sweetness of the white chocolate (and sweetened condensed milk) just beautifully....