comment icon 78 more comments Oh my goodness oh my goodness oh my goodness. It’s been way too long since I’ve had French Toast. WHY. Whyyy does this happen to me. (Well, for a number of reasons. Reason #1: Lazy. Reason #2: Still lazy. Reason #3: I am having a moment with whole wheat English muffins that are smeared with melty peanut butter and honey and topped with blueberries and cinnamon and sometimes it’s hard for me to think outside my food boxes, okay?...

comment icon 245 more comments That being said… This spring soup = eating more soup. It’s that perfect blend of comforting but also fresh-feeling that leaves you a) wanting to lick the bowl, and b) feeling really good about yourself when it’s later in the day and you remember back to all the veggies you ate for lunch. It’s LOADED TO THE MAX with veggies and whole grains and protein, and also big, yummy, Italian-style flavor....

Coca-Cola Chocolate Cake Recipe This Coca-Cola cake is supremely moist and soft thanks to a can of Coke in the batter. There’s another can of Coke in the boiled frosting, which reminds me of Texas sheet cake frosting. The frosting is abundant and pools up at the edges of the pan. No complaints here. Between those two cans of Coke you definitely can taste it, more so in the frosting than in the cake in my opinion....

Fresh Blueberry Corn Salsa Recipe I love salsa. Traditional restaurant-style, peach mango, avocado corn, mango chipotle, you name it, I love it. It’s even better when the salsa is chunky enough that I can eat it on its own as a ‘salad’. Enter: this easy corn salsa that’s packed with fresh blueberries, strawberries, jalapeño, and more. No tortilla chips (technically) are necessary to enjoy this fruit salsa recipe, although they make everything better!...

Double Chocolate Peppermint Sandwich Cookie Recipe One of my favorite things are chocolate sandwich cookies. Sinking my teeth into them and biting through the layers is just so satisfying. And judging by the popularity of Oreos, I think the whole world loves chocolate sandwich cookies, too. But these chocolate peppermint chip cookies of mine absolutely blow any store-bought cookie away! My homemade, 100% from scratch, double chocolate peppermint cookies are comprised of rich and very chocolate cookies....

Easy Graham Cracker Toffee Bars This recipe for graham cracker toffee is a spinoff of my Chocolate Saltine Toffee, but it uses graham crackers instead of saltine crackers. The “toffee” is sweet, buttery with caramel and nutty undertones, crunchy, and chewy all in one. The slight crunch of the graham crackers is a perfect base for the buttery, caramely, brown sugar-based toffee topping. Although I didn’t brown the butter per se, it’s boiled with brown sugar for 5 minutes and takes on the rich, nutty flavor quality of browned butter, which is my weakness....

Easiest Red Velvet Poke Cake Recipe I usually only make a red velvet dessert about once a year, usually for Christmas or Valentine’s Day, but this easy red velvet poke cake recipe reminded me that I need to do it more often. It’s fast, easy, and it’s a poke cake so it’s automatically super soft and moist which is the only way I want my cake. Any time a cake is infused with sweetened condensed milk, it’s going to be moist and tender and this one definitely is....

Today I took Skylar to the park, worked on a new recipe that I plan to post soon, did real life stuff like phone calls and housework, Target to return a couple things, and bam, it’s blogging time. I always blog when Skylar naps. She stays up til midnight or 1am so she always takes a nice 3 hour midday nap, thank God. I am not one of these parents who really cares when she sleeps, just that she does sleep, and she gets her 12 hours a day or so in, and that’s all I care about....

If you love breakfast recipes, try my Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole, Crab Cake Benedict, Egg Salad Sandwich, or Breakfast Taquitos! Why I love this recipe: One Pan – A hearty meal without making a mess in the kitchen? I can’t think of a better way to start my morning. Quick – Ready in about 30 minutes, this meal is so fast and easy to throw together. Real Potatoes make it taste so fresh, or you could also use frozen diced hashbrowns....

Easiest Jambalaya Recipe! For anyone craving a little bit of Southern comfort food, this easy one pot jambalaya recipe is just what you need! Before anyone gets bent out of shape and writes to me telling me that this “isn’t how you make jambalaya” — you’re right, it’s not! Not the traditional way at least. If you know my site and my style of cooking, you know that I like to take traditional recipes that your grandma may have made, for instance Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup, but that took her all day to prepare and I like to adapt them for our busy modern lives....

What we love about this meatloaf recipe: Moist: You don’t have to worry about dry tasteless meatloaf in this recipe. We’ve added eggs, sauce, and spices that give it the perfect taste and texture.That meatloaf sauce: this meatloaf sauce is a true treasure from my childhood. My mother developed the recipe and it’s bound to be your new favorite sauce. A touch of nutmeg is the key. I also love to serve this sauce over mini meatloaf muffins which are similar to regular meatloaf but cook faster and are fun for kids....

comment icon 10 more comments Not the one where I stuff five of the fudgy oreo brownies into my mouth in 60 seconds. Or the baby-powder-to-degrease-hair trick. Ok, I’ll just tell you. My trick is when I don’t know what to name a recipe that has lots of fresh vegetables and herbs (score!), I just add “Farmer’s Market” to the beginning of the title. Like the farmer’s market pasta. Remember that cheesy deliciousness?...

Craving some cake recipes? Try Lemon Cake, Berry Cake, No-Bake Cheesecake, or White Texas Sheet Cake! How to make Flourless Chocolate Cake: Melt Chocolate and Make Batter: In a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate and butter in the microwave, stirring every 20-seconds until melted and smooth. Add to a mixing bowl then mix in sugar, vanilla and eggs. Whisk in cocoa powder and salt. Bake: Spread the batter into prepared cake pan then bake for about 35-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center results in moist crumbs (but not runny batter)....

If you love the flavors of a Perfect Cinnamon Roll be sure to try my Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls or Cinnamon Applesauce Bread. If you’re looking for a delicious sweet breakfast idea or a yummy dessert, this easy cake recipe fits the bill. It’s a fun addition to holiday brunch, special occasions or parties, and is always a crowd favorite. How to make Cinnamon Roll Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F....

Did you know that not all applesauce is created equal? That’s the truth. Any time I’m forced to buy store-bought applesauce it’s a strugggggle. It’s like buying store-bought jam. Every single brand and type has so much sugar, and most of them don’t even taste very good. Am I sounding like a total applesauce snob? I’m sorry, but homemade applesauce is just so easy and so GOOD, especially if you have an instant pot....

comment icon 87 more comments Featuring rice, or cauliflower rice, and frozen peas and carrots because easy, and fresh garlic and ginger because YUM, and soy sauce, and chili paste, and a forkful of kimchi, and finished with a runny yolk waterfall. For me this is a new version of my favorite kind of comfort food. I first had kimchi fried rice when we were in Seoul a few years ago....

One-Pot Lasagna Soup with Italian Sausage My family loves homemade lasagna. However, I rarely make it, because it can be a little more work than I’m up for after a long day. This lazy day lasagna soup gives you all the rich flavor of your favorite lasagna minus the work. I’ve made countless batches of this lasagna soup recipe since I first made it a few months ago for my family until now when I’m sharing the recipe....

As soon as I hit publish, I am driving to the airport and getting on my flight! The beauty of things is that I live about 10 minutes from the San Diego airport and it’s a 45 minute Southwest flight up to San Fran. I would have liked to have taken an earlier flight but life and my work schedule prevented it. So, I get into SFO in the later afternoon, am hauling ass downtown in a taxi, and then let the festivities begin!...

comment icon 175 more comments This just in: guess what I’ve made six times in the last two weeks? You’re looking at it. I officially belong to the elite club of people who could live off of lemon poppyseed zucchini bread FOREVER. Friends. You just take a minute right now and you drink in those virtual smells. Are you ready? The lemony oils with the coarse sugar. The spicy ginger....

I almost called these Everything-In-Your-Cupboard-Bars but decided that didn’t have a great ring to it. White and dark chocolate chips, marshmallow creme, peanut butter, oats, a can of sweetened condensed milk and plenty of vanilla extract. And oh boy, these are my newest favorite bar. After baking the sweetened condensed milk. marshmallow creme, and peanut butter solidifies into a semi-firm, frosting-ish layer but it’s not really frosting. It’s more like a Pillowtop....