Thanks for the props yesterday on the roasted veggies, the acai smoothie action, and of course, the raw vegan cheesecake. Guess which one I like best? Should be pretty easy to deduce. Ahem. Today’s little recipe delight is somethin’ that I whipped up straight from my own head, entirely. No books to help with this one. I had about 1/4 c of PB in the bottom of my jar and wondered what I was going to do with it?...

Frozen scallion pancakes, man. Wow. Add some eggs, some spinach, avocado and chili crisp, and it’s a 5 minute meal that I’ve come to rely on SO HEAVILY over the last few months. Scallion pancakes are a part of Asian cuisine – many think they originated in China, and the ones I buy from Trader Joe’s are branded as Taiwanese Green Onion Pancakes. When I was reading about ways to cook them on Reddit, I came across several posts from people recalling when their Chinese or Taiwanese parents cooked these for them as kids – fried scrambly egg stuck to the back side, rolled up and served with a simple sauce....

Honey on Sweet Potatoes? Yes! Some people would call this a side dish. I call it a meal. And one of my favorites. You can’t go wrong with warm sweet potatoes that are soft and tender in the middle and lightly crisped and caramelized on the outside. I roasted them with a marinade of honey, coconut oil, and cinnamon. It’s a heavenly-scented combo. I can eat a tray full of these potatoes on their own but with the cinnamon dipping sauce, they’re totally irresistible....

Thank you to Vons, Pavilions and Albertsons for sponsoring this post. All opinions are my own. The Best Cast Iron Skillet Cookie Bigger is definitely better when it comes to cookies. Especially when they’re loaded with melted chocolate and gooey marshmallows! The skillet chocolate chip cookie is easy, ready in under 30 minutes, made in one bowl, you don’t even need a mixer, and there’s no dough to chill. My kind of cookie....

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Meatballs Recipe I don’t know anyone who doesn’t enjoy buffalo chicken wings, although they can get a little messy sometimes! That problem is solved with these buffalo chicken meatballs that you can eat with a fork and there’s no chicken bones to bite around. These slow cooker buffalo chicken meatballs are juicy and have a perfect amount of tangy heat thanks to the buffalo wing sauce. I use ground chicken to make homemade chicken meatballs although you can shortcut this and use frozen meatballs instead....

The Best Dulce de Leche Dessert These dulce de leche bars are soft, chewy, and loaded with caramel flavor thanks to both dulce de leche and Rolo caramel candies. I used my blondie recipe as a jumping off point, doubled it, added a bit of baking powder, and plenty of dulce de leche along with Rolos. The recipe makes a 9×13-inch pan of bars but they are thick and rich so you can stretch the yield to an easy 18 servings if you don’t cut them jumbo-sized....

comment icon 82 more comments This might be my bigger summer surprise recipe yet: the fact that tofu, crumbled and pressed together with lemongrass, sriracha, mint, cilantro, and basil, and browned up into a delicious, flavor-bomb burger served on a toasted brioche bun with spicy mayo and some delicately sliced fresh veggies can, in fact, be ONE OF MY FAVORITE BURGERS that I’ve ever made. And that’s saying a lot because I love a lot of burgers (wild rice burgers!...

Not too hot, not too cold, not too windy. 70F, sunny, and lovely. I normally purchase Champion sports bras from Target because I love the fit and the price ($16.99), but they’ve been out of cute colors for ages and I was overdue. I got with this one from the Nike Store. I love aqua, teal, and neon green. Perfect colors for me and I tried it out today. No complaints....

comment icon 32 more comments The end result here is craggly little bites of crispty, boingy, saucy, sticky tofu. Throw it onto a rice bowl with the crunch of cucumber and some herbs. Add more sauce. Happy dance. The beauty of this recipe is that we get to go super minimal at the start – salt, pepper, oil and cornstarch. The main goal is just TEXTURE. And once the crispity golden texture is there, we drench her with spicy-sweet sauce (5 ingredients, thank you very much) that sticks into every tofu nook and cranny....

This fast and easy ring continues on my strawberry theme with lemon and cream cheese incorporated for a tangy pop. If you want to mix it up and use blueberries or raspberries instead of strawberries, omit or swap the lemon for orange, it’s a flexible enough recipe to go with what you enjoy most. I’ve always loved strawberry lemonade and strawberry lemonade-inspired desserts and this one is in the same family....

comment icon 177 more comments Classy, among other things. Like barely sweet, perfectly moist, and if you so choose, a perfect canvas for melty butter or – I’m going to go there – HONEY PECAN CREAM CHEESE?? – with your morning coffee. This guy is simple and straightforward: no chocolate chips, no nuts (gah! the betrayal), and no frosting or overloaded crumble on top in my usual over-the-top style. Just simple, like s-i-m-p-l-e, gorgeous, classy pumpkin bread....

Introducing our perfect baby, Afton Bjork Ostrom, who was born on December 31, 2016, and who left this world peacefully, laying skin-to-skin in the arms of his mommy and daddy, surrounded by pure love in the early morning hours of January 1, 2017. In the midst of our deep sorrow, we are so full of awe and wonder for having experienced just a tiny taste of his precious sweetness this side of heaven....

Easy Baked Brie Appetizer I love appetizers so much. I’d rather have them than entrees. And of all appetizers, baked brie is my absolute favorite. And this is the best baked brie. Quite a claim, but it’s that good. It’s such a simple recipe with just three ingredients, but it’s amazing how satisfying, comforting, and just face-stuffing worthy it is. It pairs salty-and-sweet, with smooth and creamy. Throw in the texture and chewiness from the cherries, and served on top of crunchy crackers, it’s a total slam dunk....

Before we begin, let me introduce myself – my name is Bjork. I am proud to say I am the primary eater on the Pinch of Yum team. A few months ago, Lindsay and I talked about experimenting with turning some of the Pinch of Yum traffic into dollars. I thought we could use the extra money to buy cool things like vintage beanie babies with perfect tags or really cool retro yin-yang pogs and slammers....

I could take down half the bag at a sitting if I didn’t care about possibly turning myself orange I love the texture of frozen fruit and I think it actually gets sweeter upon thawing. Could be my imagination though. I prefer my grapes frozen And I like bananas best when frozen Vanilla Avocado Banana “Ice Cream” And mango is no exception: frozen please The chunks just kind of melt in my mouth as they unfreeze....

Nothing here is essential to my life’s happiness and well-being or anything, but they’d be nice. A mini-donut pan Or else a donut maker A big hatchet A knife for slicing through a 9 x 13 pan of brownies, bars, or cake in one fell swoop I hate when I am slicing desserts and running my knife through the frosting and through the cake, row by row. It creates a total mess and my lines and rows are never even....

The quick back story with these reports: After a year and a half of blogging, we decided to see if it was possible to build the blog into a business. We documented the journey publicly with these monthly reports, starting with this post in September of 2011. We’ve been doing these reports for over four years (you can see all 50+ of those posts here), and Lindsay has been publishing posts to Pinch of Yum for almost six years (resulting in 800+ posts)....

My kids literally jump up and down with excitement whenever homemade Chicken Noodle Soup is on the menu, and rightfully so, because it is AMAZING! This is one of my go-to recipes to bring to friends or neighbors (along with a loaf of Artisan Bread) during the cooler seasons and it’s always a hit. What Type of Noodles? My mom always made chicken noodle soup with homemade egg noodles, but the great thing about this soup is that any kind of noodles will work!...

Glad you enjoyed yesterday’s Sunbuttah on the Oats action. Miss Broccoli was astute enough to note that the Sunbutter was shaped in an S. Now that’s what I call observant! Totally random coincidence. Speaking of lovin’ the Sunny B, here’s Skylar eating it straight off the knife And then I sampled some Sunbuttahhhh on some Mary’s Crackers. I hope I don’t O.D. on this stuff. Also still munchin and groovin’ on watermelon....

Pickies! This post is for the people who like the pictures. And not so much on the words because, well, there’s a small tsunami of picturemania coming at your eyeballs right now. Words – no. If you dare to hop in the virtual backseat of the rented Prius to get a sneak peek at our incredibly busy, non-stop, fun little West Coast road trip, you are just going to be scrolling....