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This is my favorite homemade peanut butter flavor to date. And that’s saying something because this blend had three very tough tough acts to follow. Plain Homemade Peanut Butter is wonderful. There’s nothing like homemade and once you try it, you’ll never want storebought again. If you’re thinking, well how much of a difference can there be? Trust me, they’re vastly different. But plain peanut butter versus enhanced with butterscotch and white chocolate?...

Don’t forget to use your turkey drippings for Gravy and serve turkey with some of our favorite Thanksgiving sides including Perfect Mashed Potatoes, Classic Stuffing, and everyone’s favorite Cranberry Salad. Whether you’re cooking our hugely popular Oven Roasted Turkey or using your grill or smoker to cook a Smoked Turkey, the end result is only as impressive as your carving skills! Carving a turkey can be intimidating, but I’ve got you covered with the simple steps you need to know to carve a turkey effortlessly!...

Take it from its large, awkward natural state to a nice ready-to-cook state. This is not revolutionary, I know. But that’s ok because I’ve never really claimed to be a food revolutionary. More like I’m always late to the food trend game and I like taking the easy way out when it comes to food prep. So this post is for those of you who are like me and typically avoid things like peeling and cutting your own squash....

Easy Baked Potatoes … in a Crockpot! Growing up I ate so, so, so many oven-baked baked potatoes. They were my dad’s favorite food, and along with being inexpensive and easy, my mom made sure they were served extremely frequently. Although she never made baked potatoes in a slow cooker. However there are times when slow cooking baked potatoes is advantageous. Specifically for a holiday meals when you don’t have room in the oven for potatoes....

Easy Homemade Peanut Butter Recipe Once you make peanut butter at home, it will be very difficult to get excited about store-bought peanut butter ever again. Not that eating peanut butter of any kind would ever be a chore because I love it so much, but homemade peanut butter is a delicacy. And a nearly effortless delicacy at that. It’s akin to savoring a piece of high-end dark chocolate that’s rich and pure, uncomplicated by fillers, additives, or ingredients that have no place being in chocolate; and then grabbing a milk chocolate bar in the checkout line at the grocery store, which is likely tasteless, grainy, and waxy....

comment icon 80 more comments There is so much to love about food that takes 7 minutes to prepare and involves tender shredded beef with a lot of garlic and onion, crusty buttered bread, melted Provolone, salty and tangy giardiniera, and a superluscious and flavorful broth to dunk it all in. Just… you’re going to make a huge mess eating this thing, and you’re going to love every crispy, cheesy, drippy, totally delicious bite....

Or getting a table. Or making cookies to break in the new table. Buying a new mug that holds more coffee and is big enough to wrap my hands around. And wearing an old, comfy high school sports T-shirt from a sport that I didn’t even play while enjoying my new mug. These are the little things. It’s finding diamond in the rough date spots and also finding a fig, caramelized onion, and Fontina pizza....

comment icon 269 more comments Jalapeño Lime Chicken Soup is casually coming to mind. In my book, to be NEXT LEVEL fall soup material, you need to have a few things. really amazing flavor. like, big. flashy. kind of obnoxious in a good way. for example, jalapeño. and lime. unlimited, open-ended, can’t-be-stopped topping options. a little salty, a little crispy, a little cooling, calming, and fresh. a nice long simmer....

In my post the other day about Caribbean Inspired Meals and Recipes, I asked everyone what types of ethic food you like, and also what you’d like to make more of on your own at home. One thing I’d like to try my hand at is making sushi at home and reader Beth mentioned that the raw chef Karen Knowler has a good sushi making video (raw vegan sushi) that does not require a rolling mat....

Yesterday I found some new jeans! I went to the mall on Friday afternoon with not much extra time to dilly dally and I also had Skylar with me, but on a whim, walked through Nordstrom where there was a huge table of Hudson jeans. And that table beckoned me over. I tried on two pairs of Hudson’s: bootleg and skinny opening bootleg and I purchased the original Bootleg. Bam....

Classic New York Cheesecake Recipe If you’re a cheesecake fan, look no further this recipe for the best New York cheesecake of your life! The cheesecake itself is smooth, creamy, rich, sweet yet tangy, and dare I say just the best. This decadent New York cheesecake is set on top of a buttery graham cracker crust. This classic cheesecake recipe is based on my incredible Samoa Cheesecake recipe I recently published....

One of the highlights of my day was that I had a great workout! Do you ever have one of those workouts where the stars seem to align and you just have a killer workout? Yesterday’s workout was one of those days for me. The weather was perfect for a 30 minute run. Sunny and 70F. Everything was green and lush. The flowers are blooming and lining the streets with vibrant colors, making it that much easier to smile when I run....

Kidding. It’s not my birthday. It’s the 100th birthday of Oreo Cookies. I had to jump on the Birthday Cake Oreo Cookie bandwagon, and what better way to eat chocolate-and-frosting sandwich cookies than to stuff them inside chocolate brownies and top the entire chocolatey mess with frosting. Cookies on their own are good, but stuffed inside brownies, they’re even better. I’m not alone in the Birthday Oreo baking bonanza because recently, I’ve seen: Christi made these brownies Bridget made these brownies Liz made cookies Katrina made ice cream cakes The major difference I notice with the Birthday Cake Oreos compared to regular Oreos is that they smell like birthday cake....

700 recipes? 10 go-to whaaa? I know. Just, hold on. I’ll explain. But first, hi again! 👋 It’s been a week, and there went Christmas. And I spy 2016 around the corner! How how how how how? It’s like time is happening so super fast these days. BLINK and done. Things have been pretty standard around here this December – me trying to juggle five too many things (it’s a lifestyle) (no, it’s a problem) and Bjork being 100% even-headed and cool about life....

Looking for more breakfast recipes? Consider trying my French Toast Roll-Ups or Strawberry Crepes! What I love about this breakfast: No mess or work in the morning! Just wake up and pop it in the oven, making it the perfect breakfast for Christmas morning, baby showers, brunch, or even just a regular busy weekday!Leftovers reheat great to enjoy for several days.Easy to adapt based on your own preferences. How to make Overnight Breakfast Casserole: Prepare pan by lining the bottom of a 9×13” pan with slices of white bread....

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Muffins I was never going to make these muffins, but my daughter was so into these Vegan Chocolate Chip Muffins that I posted a couple weeks ago that I just had to. ‘So into them’ translates as she ate the batch in 24 hours. With such a hit on my hands, I wanted to repeat them but with a peanut butter twist. I can never just re-make the same thing twice....

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Toffee Bars Recipe If you’re a fan of rich, dense, decadent desserts, these homemade toffee bars are going to be a new favorite for you! Although I can appreciate light and airy desserts, or those fancy and elegant desserts you may have after dinner in a restaurant where four people share a small ramekin and everyone takes two small spoonfuls and pretends they’re full, those aren’t my favorite types of desserts — these are!...

Like about twenty years, give or take, but who’s counting. The last time I roasted marshmallows over a campfire was when I was a Girl Scout. I have memories of being too impatient to wait for the marshmallows to toast evenly and instead, I would intentionally dip my wooden stick, with splinter-filled marshmallows speared on it, directly into the flames. The marshmallows would ignite, char, and then I’d blow out the flaming charcoal black blobs of hot molten sugar, previously known as marshmallows....

Looking for more kid-friendly recipes? Try a Meatball Sub, Popcorn Chicken, or American Goulash (Beefaroni)! Why I love this recipe: Easy – Pepperoni pizza sliders are simple enough for the most beginner cook, and come together so quickly. Great for a Crowd – This is such a fun appetizer or quick meal for a bunch of people. I love to make it for game day – they are always a hit!...

The only thing I don’t like about granola is how expensive storebought granola can be. I don’t understand how manufacturers can get away with charging so much for so little. One little bag of granola can be $6.99 or more, and it’s so simple to make. I also don’t like how addictive granola is but I can’t help you with that one since I couldn’t keep my hands off this stuff....