How to make Fresh Spring Rolls: Consider serving these with other Thai inspired recipes: Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps Thai Quinoa Salad Thai Peanut Chicken Pasta Thai Peanut Chicken Tacos You can also FOLLOW ME on FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM and PINTEREST for more great recipes! *I originally shared this recipe March 2013. Updated February 2020. This post contains affiliate links. I love sharing my favorite products with you! This post contains affiliate links....

Mine was good, as you might have noticed by the jumbo cheeseburger and malt pictured above. The main event of the weekend was Bjork and my – mine’s? I’s? – first ever outing with kids from the orphanage. We decided that in honor of my students filling up their sticker charts (oh, stickers, you powerful little things), we would hit up the big mall in Cebu for some games and food....

Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookie Bars “Let’s see how much butter I can cram into an 8×8-inch pan” was what I was thinking when I made the bars. The more butter, the merrier. Just a half pound, no biggie. These gooey chocolate chip cookie bars have a buttery soft shortbread crust and are topped with a gooey, creamy, buttery topping that’s studded with chocolate chips. It’s soft, luscious, and just melts in your mouth....

comment icon 78 more comments Smooshed into the middle layer of that piece of “cake”. And now I’ll give you a minute to catch your breath and for me to wipe the warm chocolate and drippy caramel off my forehead. Things got crazy. In general, I try not to make really obnoxiously lofty claims around here, like “best recipe that ever existed”, “the only recipe you’ll ever need”, “the recipe that will change your life”....

comment icon 72 more comments In This Post: Everything You Need For Grilled Chicken with Pepperoncini Garlic Butter Watch How To Make This Grilled Chicken with Pepperoncini How To Make This Chicken Step 1: Marinate the Chicken Paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and olive oil. Let it hang out while you prep the other stuff. Step 2: Make a Cucumber Tomato Salad Cucumbers, tomatoes, red onion, and a tiny bit of olive oil, salt, and vinegar....

Spicy-Sweet Chili Peach Chicken Chicken on the grill is always a winner. Tender, so juicy, and full of flavor that you can only achieve on the grill. With summer grilling season in full swing, this grilled chicken recipe will come in handy when you need an easy, healthy dinner, with zero cleanup, that’s ready in 10 minutes. It reminds me a bit of this Sweet Chili Grilled Chicken! I made this peach chicken with peach preserves, but you could easily amp up that delicious peach flavor by grilling peaches alongside it....

comment icon 92 more comments This meatless meal is a real beauty. Portobellos get a nice soak in quick, vibrant, and very punchy chimichurri before heading to the grill, where they become both tender and flavorful and kind of meaty in a mushroom way. Those grill marks, I’m telling you. And because we like to keep things extra, these chimichurri portobellos should 100% absolutely be served on top of a mountain creamy goat cheese mashed potatoes....

Summer means grilling season, and I am always looking for new and interesting marinades that pack a ton of flavor but are super easy to whisk together with ingredients you have on hand. And this is exactly that type of marinade and recipe. I used the recipe for Spicy Garlic Mustard Marinade that I recently made because it helps keep the chicken so tender, juicy, delivers so much flavor, and you whisk the ingredients together in a flash....

Right in the driver’s line of sight as you’re looking out the windshield. Nice. Not sure what I’m going to do yet if I will file a claim with my insurance company or just eat it and pay for it out of pocket. Sigh. Not cool. Karma’s a bee-otch but not sure why the Universe threw a rock at me today, literally and figuratively. Hmmmm. Maybe I shouldn’t look for deeper meaning....

And Chocolate Mexican Wedding Cookies for dessert And I really loved your great comments about Blogger Honesty. And if you Fear Being Too Honest or Fear What Others’ Think. I really relished your thoughts and perspective about how much you choose to reveal, or not, about yourself in your posts and why. If you still want to chime in, feel free to let me know about just how honest you are and how much you care what people think, or not....

In the afternoon, I went to Skylar’s school for their Halloween party and mingled with the other parents and kids. It was so much fun seeing all the kiddos decked out in their costumes. And then it was off to the local Mall for Trick or Treating which is what we did last year. Our neighborhood is urban and although there are some single-family homes, there are lots of apartments, condos, and high rise buildings which aren’t conducive to running up driveways and ringing doorbells for trick-or-treating like I grew up with....

Healthy Oatmeal Cookie Recipe Why are these healthy oatmeal cookies miraculous? Allow me to rattle off the selling points: Vegan oatmeal cookies — No Eggs and No Butter No Oil No Flour No White or Brown Sugar Added No Added Salt Gluten-Free and Soy-Free No Mixer Required — Stir Together in One Bowl in 5 Minutes Soft, Chewy, Not Cakey, Loaded with Texture High Fiber Dense, Rich, and Satisfying Modest Batch Size (about 15 small cookies) They taste good — I don’t care how healthy something is, if it doesn’t taste good, why bother....

Want to try more cake recipes? Try this Blueberry Coffee Cake, Tres Leches Cake, or Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting. Why I love this cake: Unique – This delicious cake is a little unique and everyone always loves it! It’s basically a homemade yellow cake with a hint of rum flavor, and amazing glaze on top.Rum Cake Glaze – We pour a delicious rum glaze over the top of the cake when it’s hot from the oven, which makes it extra moist and yummy inside and adds a delicious glaze layer to the outside....

This product combines 3 faves of mine: Horseradish: I have a Horseradish Relish Dressing recipe which I use on salads or as a veggie dipper Dill: I have a Vegan Creamy Lemon, Dill & Herb Dressing recipe too that is great on spiralized raw noodles or as a veggie dip Mustard: I use it on everything from salads to crackers to recipes. Recently, I found a certain type of mustard I had been looking for for 10 years....

Watch How To Make Hummus: Step 1: Get your chickpeas ready. You can use canned chickpeas or dried chickpeas that you have cooked ahead of time (see notes below for Instant Pot chickpea instructions). Rinse and drain your chickpeas thoroughly. You can reserve the liquid from the canned chickpeas (called aquafaba) to use in variety of vegan recipes. For one batch of hummus you will want to use two cans or about 3 cups of cooked chickpeas....

In August of 2011, Lindsay and I decided to start “The Food Blog Money Making Experiment.” We made a total of $21.97 that first month. Every month since then we’ve put together a post detailing the things we’re doing to increase Pinch of Yum’s traffic and income. So, without further adieu, here’s our 18th income report. The Income Breakdown: Grand Total: $5,686.90 Income As Percentages If you’re interested in learning more about some of the ways that you can monetize a food blog, we encourage you to download this free ebook, “16 Ways to Monetize Your Food Blog,” from our sister site, Food Blogger Pro!...

You couldn’t replicate the randomness of it if you tried a hundred times. She and Scott were locked out of the house until I made it back home and could let them in. Total fluke and it will probably never happen again, but I definitely wanted a backup key for those just-in-case moments. Or just-in-case elevator shafts. Other things that have me keyed up: Our Trip. Next week. Can’t wait!...

Easy Baked Salmon in Parchment Paper My family loves salmon and I love an easy, healthy dinner with virtually no cleanup that’s ready in 20 minutes. A win on every level. This easy baked salmon recipe is tender, juicy, and boldly flavored with lemon and dill. My secret to achieve perfectly cooked salmon is Reynolds® Parchment Paper. Cooking fish en papillote (in parchment) is such a classically French technique that’s foolproof and so easy....

This recipe is sponsored by Wholesome!®. comment icon 215 more comments Guys. I am so digging the bowl lifestyle! You probably had no idea though because I hardly ever post bowls. (I always post bowls.) Today’s meatball bowl is inspired by a banh mi (traditional sandwich style), which I’ve only ever eaten once, which makes me a banh mi loser. I acknowledge this fully. But I loved it so much that I needed it even more....

I decided to change the background and color scheme on my bloggie. In case you can’t remember what it was because I know some of you, like VeggieGirl, subscribe to like 10 million blogs and always is the first commenter no less, I love ya girl! Anyway, the former bloggie background was an orangey, coral middle section with a semi-bright floral patten on the side. Think cantelope, sunny days, and summer....