Easy Crème Brûlée Sugar Cookies I love crème brûlée. It’s hard to beat soft, rich, creamy custard topped with caramelized sugar. There is something so satisfying about breaking the caramelized sugar ‘seal,’ as I like to call it, with my spoon in search of the luscious custard that lies beneath. But rather than make crème brûlée again, I made crème brûlée cookies. They’re elegant, fancy-tasting, rich, and decadent. They’re perfect cookies for holiday parties and events....
Do you love seafood recipes? Try Seafood Pasta, Shrimp and Grits, Lobster Roll, or Fish and Chips! Why I love this recipe: My Personal Favorites – Crawfish étouffée is up there on the list of my favorite dishes of all time. I’ve never wanted to post a recipe until I got it just right–at at least, just the way I like it! There are so many variations of these types of dishes, so I’m so thrilled to share my version with you!...
How to Make Brown Rice Pudding: Bring the water and brown rice to a boil in a saucepan. Add salt, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 35 minutes. Remove from heat (keep covered) and allow to rest for 10 minutes before fluffing with a fork. Stir in the milk, evaporated milk, sugar, and cinnamon. Simmer uncovered, stirring often, for 40-50 minutes, or until the dish is pudding consistency....
comment icon 79 more comments But there’s so much else to say today. This life is some kinda crazy. It’s complicated, busy, hard, and then the clouds clear and the sun comes out, until it swings back the other way again. It’s always a balance, but it seems to come in seasons, right? And I have to tell you. This has just been a really hard season for so many of our people....
comment icon 57 more comments Good news, friends! We are looking at creamy-but-not-overly-creamy FALL PASTA on the menu tonight. This can be filed under the category of fall bliss – little bites of whole wheat orecchiette with roasted butternut squash and broccolini, tossed with a light Parmesan cream / thyme / garlic sauce and sprinkled generously with pumpkin seeds and Parmesan. Not too heavy, not too light, just total pasta perfection that is everything October should be, all in one big bowl....
Cream Cheese Ranch Dip in a Bread Bowl! I love dips and this cream cheese ranch dip hits all the elements. Fast, easy, no-bake, creamy, cheesy, and loaded with ranch flavor. It’s the type of dip you just want to babysit with a fistful of chips so you can keep on dipping. One after the next. And after your chips run low, you can move on to nibbling the bread bowl....
My Favorite Crockpot Dessert This is only the second dessert I’ve made in my slow cooker and it certainly won’t be the last. It’s an easy, no-mixer Crockpot lava cake that’s super soft, gooey, moist, rich, and fudgy. It’s a unique cake in that there’s no butter or eggs (an accidentally vegan cake) and you pour boiling water over the cake batter before turning on the slow cooker. It’s the boiling water that creates rich hot fudge while the Crockpot cake bakes....
comment icon 3 more comments But the true mastermind here is my husband. His specialty is more commonly known as: The Big Cookie. (Click here to watch the incredible process of making a Big Cookie.) I was a Big Cookie skeptic, until I realized that people actually like The Big Cookie. At which point I said to myself: you need to make a less embarrassing form of The Big Cookie....
Serve marinated chicken with a Fresh Corn Salad, Cowboy Caviar, Tuna Pasta Salad, or any BBQ side dishes. If I were one of those recipe snobs who kept their favorite recipes under lock and key, then this recipe would definitely be declared TOP SECRET. But the fact that it’s such a special family recipe makes me want to share it here even more! I can say with total confidence that it’s my favorite chicken marinade recipe of all time!...
This chicken parm recipe ranks right up there with some of my other favorite American-Italian foods including: Tuscan Garlic Chicken, and homemade Manicotti. Don’t forget to serve it with the easiest homemade marinara sauce and tiramisu for dessert! Why I love this meal: My husbands favorite thing to order from an Italian restaurant is chicken parm which may be why this recipe is one of the very first recipes I ever shared on my blog, back in 2010!...
It just hits right every time. There’s just enough texture to be interesting, with a naturally amazing sweetness, and the old-school, comforting feeling you get from sitting down with a warm – or cold – bowl of this is unrivaled. We’ve made this so many this fall, and exactly no one is sick of it yet! My girls are still asking to make it every single week. Speaking of which, this is hands-down one of my favorite recipes to make with my kids....
Eggs Florentine is a little bit of a healthier twist to traditional Eggs Benedict! Instead of Canadian bacon, we rest the poached egg on a bed of cooked spinach. I also like to add a slice of tomato. It still has a delicious homemade hollandaise sauce on top. Eggs Florentine in 5 simple steps: How to poach an egg: Heat water. Fill the pot with about 3 inches of water....
It was about 78F and perfect. Perfect, meaning the pumpkin recipes I was dreaming up in my brain that I can’t wait to cook because I’m craving pumpkin. I came inside organized what I call my Appliance Closet, which is the place that appliances go when they’re not being used. I have a couple mixers, cake pop makers, coffee makers, juicers, espresso makers, three blenders, toasters, waffle makers, and more....
The weather has been spectacular the past few days. High 70s, almost 80 during the day, in January. Gotta love San Diego. Blue skies by day, golden sunsets in the evening. These golden-colored $1 dollar coins. I paid to exit a parking lot using a self-pay machine and this is how it gave me my change. I’d actually never seen these coins before. I used them to buy a pack of gum at the gas station and then to pay for part of my groceries and the clerks said they had never seen them, either....
If you enjoy sandwiches and burgers, I highly recmomend our French Onion Burger, Sloppy Joes, and Cuban Sandwich. How to make Greek Burgers: Make Burger Patties: Combine meat, parsley, basil, oregano, garlic, roasted red peppers, breadcrumbs, feta, egg, salt and pepper. Squish together with your hands (or lightly with a meat chopped) until combined. Divide into 5 equal portions and form into patties, pressing a thumb imprint into the center of each....
When we first came to the Philippines to work at this orphanage one year ago, I was totally enthralled with the babies. And some things do not change, in a year, orrr in a hundred years. I am still totally enthralled with the babies. The other day I was standing in the yard and I saw one of my most adored babies – one of the ones that actually liked me back right from the beginning – walking around holding an auntie’s hand....
I rarely drink soda but if I do, I love ginger ale. There’s something about it that just makes me feel better and more settled if I’m feeling a little off. On airplanes, it’s a must-have. And when I was pregnant, I lived on it, along with saltines. When I saw Lindsay’s May Kitchen Challenge to make your own, I jumped on board. I love a good DIY challenge and make everything from homemade peanut butter to vanilla extract to mustard to hot fudge, and figured why not ginger ale....
Looking for more peach recipes? Try my Peach Jam, Peach Crumb Cake, or Peach Pie! My love for homemade scones started at a young age, and these Peach Scones just may be my favorite variation! They are fast and easy to make, use simple pantry ingredients, and easy to customize with a variety of mix-ins! How to make Peach Scones: Dry Ingredients: Stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt....
comment icon 306 more comments I’m not even sure where to start. This curry is cozy beyond cozy. There’s just enough curry paste to make your tastebuds perk up, and the texture is creamy, but still with some tender veggie pieces intact, and it’s all just so yummy. Also: it is totally vegan, gluten free, dairy free, full of vegetables, all the things. And somehow it was still the container of leftovers that I found myself reaching for all week amidst cheesy pastas and meaty leftovers....
And this week won’t be letting you down either. Spicy-sweet, silky peanut tofu bowls, chicken meatballs with roasty peppers and fluffy orzo, sheet pan chicken pitas with big ol’ thwaps of cool tzatziki. Are you excited?! We sure are. Also the easiest, cozy most wholesome apple muffins to start or boost your days. Oh week 4, you have our hearts. Recipes This Week Meal 1: Chicken Meatballs with Peppers and Orzo A commenter said, “I rate this a 20 out of 10....
