Easy Stuffing Recipe … with Cornbread! My family goes nuts for stuffing of any kind. It’s more of a star than the turkey for them! This easy cornbread stuffing has the buttery subtle sweetness that comes from freshly baked homemade cornbread that’s cubed and tossed with a mixture onions, celery, sage, thyme, rosemary, broth, and a bit of milk before baking While you’re fussing over who’s going to do the honors of carving the turkey and who is going to sit where at the table, you can breathe easily knowing this homemade cornbread stuffing doesn’t require too much of your attention and is a breeze to make....

There isn’t anything on my Thanksgiving menu that my kids love more than this Cranberry Salad. Let’s be honest, I LOVE it too; almost as much as homemade stuffing and sweet potato casserole. Did your Grandma ever make this Cranberry Salad for Thanksgiving? Or maybe another relative? This is kind of an old-school recipe that I secretly really, really love. I sometimes pretend I’m too good for the fluff marshmallow “salads,” but I absolutely love them....

These days I’m drinking regular coffee with cream, maple syrup, and a pinch of salt in my little Keep Cup thing (affiliate link), which is my go-to in the fall. Or if it’s evening and I’m sitting in front of the TV, I’ve definitely got my hands wrapped around a mug of Good Earth sweet and spicy tea. But please note that I’m also averaging at least 2 if not 3 Starbucks pumpkin spice lattes per week at this point in time, and the budget committee would like to have a word with me about that....

When I say local, I mean local. I am fortunate to live within walking distance to one of the largest farmers markets in all of California, the land of grow-almost-anything. I am blessed to have such amazing produce within walking distance. Here’s one small section of the market. And here’s another section. I didn’t even capture the fresh food vendors from tacos to locally roasted coffee beans to raw vegan food to green smoothie vendors....

comment icon 62 more comments Especially when you are Freezer Meal Lentil Soup! You are delicious, creamy without cream, and full of nutrition that feels good in our bodies with the added benefit of being EXTREMELY convenient to make. Yes, that’s right. This Detox Lentil Soup, which is full of veggies, can indeed be prepped in advance and frozen for later! The beauty of this recipe as a freezer meal is that the texture is supposed to be a little creamy (in fact, the original recipe calls for a little bit of blending) and when using the freezer meal version, you might not even need to blend it up....

Easy French Crullers Recipe If your last Dunkin’ run left you without your favorite French crullers in hand, I have great news for you. You can make this delicate pastry right at home with a few simple steps that are far easier than making a yeast-raised donut. My recipe results in a light donut with a soft and airy texture on the inside, and a crisp golden exterior on the outside....

French Onion Chicken Recipe For those occasions when you want to create an elegant dish that’s layered with richness, this French onion chicken recipe with caramelized onions is exactly the recipe you need! Begin by caramelizing onions to sweet, nutty, luscious perfection. If you’ve never caramelized onions, don’t worry. It’s easy! I have a detailed section below how to do so. After caramelizing the onions, you sear chicken breasts or thighs before simmering them in mixture of the caramelized onions, broth, and dry white wine for about 20 minutes....

comment icon 166 more comments This is exactly how I like to eat my veggies: tossed with sauteed garlic, toasted pine nuts, fresh herbs, and a handful of grated Gruyère cheese. I mean, honestly. The combination of delicate flavors and textures is Must Have More Now. And at the moment, I can’t think of anything more vegetarianly awesome than these things on a plate sitting in front of me today right around lunchtime....

If you also love yummy drinks to start your day, you have to try our Green Smoothie, Strawberry Banana Smoothie, Vanilla Protein Shake, or Chocolate Protein Shake! How to make Ginger Shots: Blend: Add pineapple, ginger, and water to a blender and blend on high speed until smooth. Strain through a fine mesh strainer. Stir in lemon juice, ground turmeric, and add a dash of cayenne, if you like a little kick of heat....

Followed by a trip to the zoo mall to buy waveboards, remote control cars, and watches for the kids at the orphanage. I’ve been asking around with the preteen kids to find out everyone is hoping for this year, and some of their gift ideas just plain old MELT me. Like my girls told me, in all seriousness, that they want math workbooks. For working on MATH. And plain white paper, and stickers, and “ball pens”....

Cute Frosted Cherry Cookies I’ve always loved maraschino cherries. As a kid in my Shirley Temples, as an adult in my Malibu Sunsets, and they’re front and center in my grandma’s Sweet Cherry Bread. It’s been years since I’ve baked them into cookies or bars, and I was overdue for a new maraschino cherry recipe. The cookies were worth the wait and they’re just so fun. Soft, buttery, pink cookies with the surprise of a juicy, sweet maraschino cherry in the middle that also helps keep the cookies moist....

San Diego is wonderful, too, but Aruba is one-of-a-kind. The pace, the vibe, the energy. The views. Some of my favorite “pretty beach” and “pretty pictures posts” from this trip include: Twas the Day After Christmas Christmas and Santa Cheer Counting My Blessings Just Beautiful Couldn’t Believe My Eyes Pool, Beach, Happy Great Aruba Friday Tropical Breeze Running By This trip to Aruba has been my favorite one to date since we’ve been coming here with Skylar....

No, sorry, I was talking to the healthy sea salt dark chocolate bars. Because a chocolate bar that is made with healthy ingredients (everybody say hiii to the friendly oats, coconut, nuts, and seeds) and wrapped up in peanut butter and deep, fudgy, dark chocolate and sprinkled with sea salt to perk up your mouth with a bang – that’s the kind of chocolate bar that I want to be friends with now and forever more till death do us part....

A great chocolate cake recipe is something everyone needs in their recipe collection (along with a Yellow Cake with Chocolate Frosting of course!). We use this one as the base for fancy variations, like our our popular German Chocolate Cake and Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake. This moist chocolate cake recipe has become my all-time favorite over the years, and it’s also one of the very first recipes I ever shared here on TBFS, way back in 2010!...

Candy Caramel Apples – 🍎🍭😍 A fall favorite dessert featuring crisp apples, sweet, salted caramel, and delicious chocolate candy pieces! Perfect for fall entertaining, afternoon activities, or Halloween parties! The Best Caramel Apples Recipe with Candy Does anything scream fall like the combination of caramel and apples? Making caramel apples was one of my favorite things as a kid. Fall was in the air and Halloween was right around the corner!...

So as long as everyone’s in the cooking, baking, and eating spirit, why not skip the mall and give that someone special on your list the gift of food. I’m pretty sure everyone I know would rather have a dozen cookies than a pair or socks. Here are a few food gift ideas: Cookies Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies (combines my three fave kinds of cookies into one. Super soft ‘n chewy....

Homemade Cosmic Brownies Recipe Growing up, I loved Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies and Cosmic Brownies so much. Show me a box of either, and I could show you a pile of cellophane wrappers minutes later. Although it’s been years since I’ve had a store-bought Cosmic Brownie, I had a craving for them and decided to try my hand at a homemade version. This isn’t the first Little Debbie snack I’ve recreated....

You probably started thinking about your favorite part of the cinnamon roll which is OF COURSE, the center. The gooey, soft, pull-apart, cinnamon-slathered, sweet, perfectly glazed bite. The bite you waited for the whole time or, if you’re like some of us, the only bite you took and then discarded the rest because why botherrrrr?! Well, what if the whole cinnamon roll was like the center? What if every single bite was light and soft and buttery and sweet?...

Easy Chicken Tikka Masala Recipe I think chicken tikka masala is one of the most popular recipes I see in Indian restaurants or in the ethnic section of the freezer section of my grocery store. With this easy recipe you won’t need either the Indian restaurant or the frozen dinner. Whew. And it tastes better than either, I promise. It’s low carb, naturally gluten-free, and new recipes like this will impress your family....

comment icon 123 more comments So yes, meal prep is the best. ….Until it is the weekend. And you need to do meal prep. And Saturday goes by, and then Sunday, and COME ON you’re just trying to relax and live your life a little bit, do you really need to spend hours and hours prepping stuff for the week? And then the weekend is over, and you open the fridge and realize that living your best life on the weekend equals empty fridge shelves on Monday....