I’m sure the first thing many of you are wondering is why is this called Amish pasta salad? Since I am not Amish, I really don’t know. But this creamy mayo-based pasta salad is not my creation. In fact, there are a couple million other versions of it if you Google it. Although I have read that this type of pasta salad is common in Amish country such as Pennsylvania or Ohio....
Easy Creme de Menthe Bars Recipe These bars are what the Christmas season means to me and conjure up wonderful childhood memories. I grew up eating them and if there’s one thing that represents holiday baking, Christmas, and Santa is coming, this is it. It’s my mom’s recipe from the 1970s, and she got it from a woman in rural Minnesota. I didn’t grow up in sunny San Diego. I grew up where it was freezing cold and making Christmas candy with two and a half sticks of butter and liqueur in it just to stay warm is a requirement....
comment icon 74 more comments And Gluten Free May! So here’s the deal. I am not gluten free. I am not an expert on gluten free. I acknowledge that gluten free diets aren’t just trendy but really important for some people, and I also acknowledge that gluten is not the food of the devil. All that being said, there was some nice things happened when I opted to dip my toes in the gluten-free waters a few weeks ago....
About 6 months ago I started trying to make “ice cream” for Scott because he was severely addicted to ice cream. I don’t use that word lightly and here’s why…When we digest milk protein, a protein fragment called casomorphin results. Casomorphins have a morphine-like effect on the brain, which actually addicts someone to milk and dairy products. I wanted to break the dairy addiction in this house. Aside from Skylar who eats a little yogurt, we’re dairy free in this crib....
… Or get another slice. Cause coherent thoughts might not be happening. This pizza, and by pizza I mean subtly sweet thick crust topped with a heavy sprinkling of cinnamon streusel crumbs and drizzled with a warm maple glaze, is so distractingly good. And much like yesterday’s awesome chili was inspired by my hoarding of those blue corn and flax tortilla chips from Target, today’s dreamy cinnamon sugar greatness was brought on by a summer trip to the Wisconsin Dells and a fine dining experience at the one and only: Pizza Ranch....
I thought this “dress me up” felt basket was cute Nice shades, chick. I went a bit unique this year and went for a brown, more life-like rather than the cartoony white ones. Socks and a sparkly Dora pretend cell phone. Hopefully no one steals her phone. After I came home, I realized I didn’t buy her any candy! Craft-making gifts took a front seat to candy and I skipped the jelly beans and Peeps....
Healthy Mushroom Soup Recipe I love mushrooms but don’t often cook with them when I’m cooking for my family because they’re not mushroom fans. Good. More of this soup for me. A few weeks back I caught a winter cold, was feeling miserable, and wanted something comforting but light and with plenty of green. That’s how this soup was born. It’s made from common fridge and pantry items and ready in less than 30 minutes....
Want more of my brunch favorites? Try these Strawberry Crepes, French Toast Casserole, Banana Bundt Cake, or Easy Homemade Scones! Anytime is a good time for Blueberry Coffee Cake and this recipe is so good that it’s my go-to for entertaining and I especially love it served at a brunch event, like a bridal or baby shower. The berries add a delicious and bright component, but I also love this apple coffee cake and sour cream coffee cake!...
If you love bread recipes, make sure to try the Best Homemade Rolls, Garlic Knots, Buttermilk Cornbread, Cinnamon Roll Biscuits. How to make Breadsticks: Make the Dough: Combine warm water, sugar, and yeast in the bowl of a stand mixer and stir. Let it rest for 5 minutes until it starts to foam on top. (If using Instant yeast, skip this step and add all of the ingredients to the bowl....
If you love appetizers, try Cowboy Caviar, Stromboli, Potato Skins, or an Easy Shrimp Cocktail! How to make Poutine: Cook Fries: I love my homemade French Fries recipe (includes instructions for frying, baking or air-frying french fries) but frozen store-bought fries will work great. Make the gravy while the fries are cooking. Make Gravy: Place butter in a pan over medium heat until melted. Add flour and stir constantly for 1-2 minutes....
This easy, one-bowl, no-mixer orange cake with olive oil is a huge eye-opening kind of cake for me. After blogging for nearly 10 years and making hundreds of cakes, this was my first ever cake made with olive oil. But it won’t be my last because it was supremely soft, tender, and exceedingly moist without being too heavy or dense. You can literally almost see the moistness oozing from the olive oil cake, but it doesn’t taste greasy and it stays moist for days....
Creamy Pumpkin Ice Cream Pie Recipe When I was writing Cooking With Pumpkin, the recipe that stressed me out the most was pumpkin pie. From making the crust to creating the perfect filling, I was obsessed with making the perfect pumpkin pie. After all, a pumpkin cookbook needs to nail the pumpkin pie. Thankfully this pie is stress-free. It has a buttery, graham cracker crust that’s fast, easy, and the crunchy crumbs are the perfect contrast to the creamy filling....
These enchiladas are the kind that are saucy, cheesy, filling, and just so cozy when pulled hot and bubbling straight out of the oven. Also, the kind that are actually easy to make, and they have, like, a haul of ACTUAL veggies and authentic Mexican cheese tucked into those warm, soft, sauce-soaked tortillas. comment icon 84 more comments These are enchiladas, yes, but really, mostly, this is a thing that you make to celebrate the fact that eating really good, cozy food can also mean eating lots of healthy vegetables and that all of it can come into existence with one snap of your veggie-loving fingers....
Ordering this white Hemnes Cabinet fom Ikea. I have run out of storage space in my kitchen-living-dining room (it’s all just one big connected room) to store anything. Urban living and no storage at its finest. I literally have cereal boxes, nice dishes, yoga mats, camera lenses, and spatulas crammed into nooks and crannies, random drawers, stuffed in various closets and things are a big disorganized hodge-podge. Not to mention, things are getting smooshed and could break (gasp, Anthro dishes) and more storage is needed....
Easy Lemon Bars with Lemon Pie Filling My daughter adores lemon desserts and I wanted to make something she’d love. However, I’ve made umpteen lemon desserts over the years — including a Better-Than-Starbucks Copycat Lemon Bread, Lmon Cookies, multiple lemon bars, lemon cakes — and was trying to think of a new and unique lemon dessert. Then I remembered that the Glazed Cherry Pie Bars I recently made would be great with a lemon filling....
Easiest Vanilla Pound Cake From Scratch I almost never make pound cake. With all my other baking, we don’t need a pound of cake. But two little mini cakes is a different story. I’m not sure who eats traditional pound cake that’s made with a pound each of flour, butter, eggs, and sugar. That’s one heavy cake. They must have super-human metabolism. For my version, I added cream cheese in addition to the butter....
Strawberry Rhubarb Bread Recipe If you’re looking for the perfect way to incorporate spring and summer flavors into a homemade treat, this strawberry rhubarb quick bread is absolutely perfect! It’s a little bit sweet, a little bit tart, and there are chunks of buttery crumble topping that really add not only another layer of flavor but also a nice texture contrast. Finally, a touch of glaze on top of the bread helps bump up the sweetness just a touch although you could omit it if you’d like....
Ahh, summer. The season couldn’t come fast enough this year, at least in my book! Now that it’s finally here, we’ve been taking good advantage of two of the best things of the season: the garden, and the grill. There’s not much better than walking outside to grab a few handfuls of fresh basil or cilantro to add to your meal. (And even if you don’t have space for a garden, try planting a few herbs in pots in a sunny place – you won’t regret it!...
Halloween Mummy Hand Pies Recipe The magic and thrill of Halloween is what I remember most as a kid about the holiday. I was excited every year for months before the big deal, carefully debating and planning out what my costume was going to be that year. My dress-up days are behind me, but that won’t stop me from getting in the Halloween spirit with these festive little mummy hand pies....
The week of CRAY HOLIDAY SHOPPING?! Wowz. This season has gone especially fast for me, maybe because of that whole being pregnant thing, I don’t know. Does having an actual baby inside you make time go faster? It has to. But here we are, getting ready to celebrate the holidays with our friends and family, and dreaming of all the gifts we want to buy for ourselves our people. For today’s post, rather than give you suggestions for Thanksgiving recipes (although, may I quickly recommend SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE and BRUSSELS SPROUT SALAD), I thought I would share with you some of my all-time favorite things just so happen to make for great gifts, whether you yourself are the Modern Girl or you are gifting to the Modern Girl or you have nothing to do with Modern Girls....
