If you love one-pot meals, try my Braised Short Ribs, Jambalaya, or Baked Ziti. A tender and juicy Pot Roast is comfort food at its finest! It couldn’t be easier to make with only 15 minutes of prep, and let the oven, slow cooker or instant pot do the cooking! We love to serve roast over mashed potatoes, with homemade rolls on the side! You can make it a well-rounded meal by adding veggies to the pot while it cooks....

Do you love pumpkin recipes? You have to try Pumpkin Cupcakes, Pumpkin Cheesecake, Pumpkin Waffles, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies, or Dinner in a Pumpkin! How to make Pumpkin Puree: Prep Pumpkin: Wash pumpkins then cut the stem off, slicing in half lengthwise. Scoop the seeds out from the inside of each pumpkin and discard or use to make roasted pumpkin seeds! Bake: Place pumpkin halves cut side down on baking sheet and bake at 375°F for 35-45 minutes, or until pumpkin is tender when pierced with a fork....

We have done a few walks and runs but have ended up in torrential downpours and soaked beyond works. Drowned rat would be more like it. So until the rain clears and there are no black clouds overhead, I will be sticking with 20 Minute At Home Workouts doing a combo of yoga moves + core moves on my yoga mat Here is a very random assortment of island food: Lot of coffee....

As summer gears up into full swing, there’s nothing better than a cold, refreshing cocktail. Specifically, a beer-garita, or beer margarita. They’re made with a combo of Mexican beer such as Corona, tequila triple sec, lime juice, and agave. Not sweet, not too intense, just crisp, cold, and refreshing. I make them by the pitcher, which conveniently serves a group. If you’re making these for a backyard get-together or event, it’s so convenient because you don’t need to get up every time someone needs a refill to make another drink....

comment icon 93 more comments And isn’t Roasted Garlic White Bean Lasagna Soup absolutely one of them? It’s the most fun and inspiring time of year in some ways, right? – NEW YEAR! NEW THINGS! NEW YOU! – and then right around week two of January, the low-energy winter blues show up and all we want to do is eat carbs and chocolate (maybe even together, if it’s been an especially meh day) and settle in for a Netflix binge and just never ever ever take off our fuzzy pajamas....

comment icon 90 more comments In This Post: Everything You Need For Roasted Peanut Kale Crunch Salad Watch How To Make This Kale Crunch Salad Lindsay’s Notes Holy moly, I’ve lost count of how many times we’ve eaten this salad in the last few weeks! First of all, let it be known that roasted peanut vinaigrette is the only way I want to live from here on out. It gives all the flavor of a peanut dressing but none of the heaviness; it’s much lighter and saucier, getting into every nook and cranny of this salad the way a regular peanut dressing wouldn’t be able to....

Hi! Hi. I’ve missed this. I have been here, there, and everywhere on POY lately – in recipe mode, planning, scheduling, development, etc. But it’s been so long since I wrote one of these coffee date posts. Do I say that every time? Does it get a little longer between every time? I don’t know. I don’t know. I’m very tired. But I’m really glad to be here and to (finally) be giving a little update on our personal lives....

They never tasted as good as this homemade 80 calorie version though. I wasn’t trying to create a skinny or lower calorie treat. I was just trying to create something tasty with what I had in my hot little kitchen in Aruba. But after I made them, I realized that they were probably fairly healthy. As healthy as peanut butter and chocolate are. I inputted the major ingredients into this recipe calculator and it said 80 calories each....

The day started off with a fruit-n-raw-veggies smoothie. Into the Vita-Mix went: 1 banana, 2 small oranges, 1/2 of a yellow summer squash (I know, kinda like huh would that work?…but honestly, not even notice-able), handful of baby carrots, 1/2 inch of ginger, dash of agave About 1 minute later Skylar and I had an orange creamsicle-colored Smoothie Fest Goin’ On It was good. Sweet, zingy from the ginger, and filling....

Best Ever Cookies … with Chocolate Chunks! I’ve been on the quest to find the perfect end-all be-all chocolate chip cookie recipe. And this recipe is as close as I’ve come. These chunky chocolate chip cookies are so soft, similar to Keebler Soft-Batch Cookies, minus the store-bought taste. And they bake up with the perfect height; not too thick or overly domed and not too thin like flat pancakes. I stuffed these cookies to the max with both chocolate chips and chocolate chunks....

This post also coincides with National Apple Dumpling Day, which is September 17. I’m also participating in Apple Week with a dozen other bloggers this week. We’re all posting at least one new apple recipe this week on our blogs and this is my contribution for the week. The cake also does double duty for my Banana Bread Fest series, my fourth banana bread recipe. Technically though, it’s not really banana bread....

I am going to be taking the little precious one to a Mommy & Me Pottery Class. Admittedly, I kinda burned out on the peppy soccer moms & “Mommy & Me” type scene by the time Skylar was about a year old, but this event looked too cute to pass up so we’re going to make some pottery handprints and whatever else the teacher wants to do to keep a roomful of 2-3 year olds engaged....

comment icon 37 more comments Avocado Shrimp Salad, comin boldly on through. This Avo Shrimp Salad is reminding me of three other things: avocado egg salad (another swap-mayo-for-avocado salad situation), goddess curry chicken salad (another cold, creamy, healthy summer lunch), and a standard shrimp roll. Like, you know, the kind of shrimp roll you’d imagine getting on a boardwalk or something? I mean, I’ve never ACTUALLY eaten a shrimp roll on a boardwalk....

The BEST Fudgy Brownies In a word, these are my new favorite brownies. That’s super high praise because I just checked and I have forty different brownie recipes on my site. Forty. I would say that these salted brownies are tied with Loaded Cream Cheese Oreo Brownies, Turtle Brownies, and a couple others that use the same brownie base those two use. I don’t want to kick anyone out that has served me super well over the years....

comment icon 30 more comments It’s healthy-ish but not too healthy, like all the best salads. We’ve got fresh tomatoes and lettuce and radicchio setting the stage, but salami and chickpeas and two types of cheese filling it out into something of a hungry person’s lunch dream, and super thin slices of red onion, pepperoncini, and a punchy lemon vinaigrette zipping it all together at the end. It has a name: The LA Chop....

I can promise you that all the veggies are blitzed up in the food processor so we have zero watery veggie chunks, and instead they really resemble something more like ground meat (but with better flavor, IMHO)? I can point out the layer of mascarpone cheese with the grated fresh garlic for a creamy little bite? I can mention that not only did Bjork and I really, really enjoy this vegetarian lasagna, but our two-year-old also gave it her rare seal of approval and asked for, um, thirds?...

The BEST Chocolate Zucchini Muffins These chocolate zucchini muffins are wonderfully chocolaty, and anytime I can eat chocolate for breakfast, I’m happy. And when a recipe is on the healthier side, even better. There’s no dairy, no butter, and only 1/4 cup oil in the entire batch! These zucchini bread muffins are easy to make and you don’t need a mixer. They’re extremely soft, tender, and moist all thanks to zucchini....

Moving along…. I love this stuff and I know you will too if you give it a try. [print_this] Chocolate & Peanut Butter Chex Mix (Vegan, Gluten & Soy Free) Melt Together: 1 c dark chocolate chips 1/2 c Peanut Butter 1/3 c Earth Balance (or butter, other margarine, etc.) After melting, add 1.5 Tbsp Vanilla Extractto the mixture Pour Mixture over 7-8 cups of Rice Chex Transfer to a Plastic Baggie & Add 2....

I like to keep my freezer stocked with frozen vegetables and tortellini so that I can make this Vegetable Tortellini Soup on a whim, any time of year! You can also customize it to use any fresh seasonal vegetables you like or have on hand. The thing I love most about this soup is that it’s FLAVORFUL (often times vegetable soup can be really bland!). My trick for adding flavor to vegetable soup is an extra spoonful of Better then Bouillon Vegetable Base, and seasonings like bay leaves, rosemary, Italian seasoning and parsley....

It was awesome seeing Jenny today and here’s a few pictures of Skylar and I from today. Thanks, Jenny for the chat sesh, and I can’t wait to see you soon! For Girls Night Out. Kids and Husbands at home..WooHoo two blonds on the loose…haha! Last week in the mail, I received a package from Kroeger Herb The package contained 3 Bottles of Supplements: 400 mg whole Pomegranate fruit extract (standardized to 10% ellagic acid) in an active base of 400 mg Pomegranate fruit and flower....