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These Raspberry Muffins join the ranks of dozens of other favorite muffin recipes! You can make them any time of year, but I love to make them with leftover raspberries from a big batch of Raspberry Jam. How to Make Raspberry Muffins: Mix Wet ingredients: Mix together lemon juice and milk (this will make “buttermilk”. In another bowl, mix eggs, oil, lemon zest, and the milk/lemon mixture.Mix Dry Ingredients: flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt....

An instant deal-breaker is gloppy, mayo-heavy egg salad that just screams empty calories. I’ve created this easy recipe that largely uses 0% fat plain Greek yogurt and just a smidge of fat-free mayo. For crunch there’s a bit of celery while green onions, dill, and Dijon mustard add classic egg salad flavors. You can doctor it up by adding diced red peppers, Roma tomatoes, dill relish, but I kept this version more traditional, minus the fat and calories....

Mexican food is quite possibly my favorite type of food. After spending several months living in Mexico and learning from true Mexican chefs, I developed an even greater love of the food. My favorite Mexican recipes include 5-Minute Homemade Salsa, Authentic Mexican Rice, and Tres Leches Cake! I have a host of other Mexican recipes you might also enjoy! Mexican enchiladas are one of those EASY recipes that I am always happy to make because I know that not one of my children will put up a fight when it comes to eating them!...

Fudgy Halloween Brownies Recipe I used my favorite brownie base for these easy layered Halloween brownies that will put everyone into the Halloween spirit. It’s an easy, no-mixer cream cheese brownie recipe that’s as fast as using a boxed mix. It’s a brownie base I’ve fallen in love with because it’s easy, I don’t have to break out my mixer, and it always delivers amazing results. First, you simply melt chocolate and butter together, add sugar, eggs, flour, and stir everything together....

Oh how I love a delicious cookie bar! If you like these, don’t miss my Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars, Sugar Cookie Bars, and Magic Bars. There’s nothing you wont LOVE about these M&M Cookie Bars but you’ll especially love how easy they are to make! No rolling or chilling the dough or baking several batches–just press everything into a 9×13 pan and bake! They feed a crowd and everyone always raves about them!...

If you love dessert bars, don’t miss our Peanut Butter Brownies, Scotcheroos, and Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars! This magic bars recipe goes by many names depending on your location. You may hear them called, hello dolly bars, magic cookie bars, coconut dream bars, or 7 layer bars. Each name means basically the same thing; a delicious cookie bar made without eggs or flour, and with layers of chocolate, butterscotch and coconut bliss....

Looking for more pasta recipes? Try my Shrimp Alfredo, Sun-dried Tomato Pasta, or American Goulash! Why I love this meal: Family Friendly – The perfect marriage between my favorite Spaghetti Pie and a classic Lasagna. The entire family enjoys this easy casserole. Budget Friendly – Feeds a big group with inexpensive ingredients. What else could you want? Delicious – It truly tastes like a million bucks! The homemade meat sauce takes the flavor to the next level....

Moist Zucchini Bread Recipe … with Banana! This easy zucchini bread requires no mixer and goes from bowl to oven in minutes! I used liquid-state coconut oil so there’s no butter to cream and no mixer to dirty. Baking with zucchini and bananas adds so much moisture that it’s impossible to have a dry loaf! It is so flavorful and moist that it doesn’t even need butter. Although I wouldn’t say no to a cream cheese glaze or browned butter glaze....

comment icon 165 more comments If I just saw that picture and post title on someone else’s blog, I would think two things: If this is any comfort to how you might be feeling, Bjork was watching me take pictures of this green mess and he said with a crinkled nose, “What is that again?” So no, you’re not the only one wondering what this craziness is all about. PS....

comment icon 62 more comments That’s because You guys? Even if you don’t love scones, just try these. Because something about the texture of these is so perfect. Look at that first picture again —> hello perfect scone crack. I mean literally, the crack through the middle. Isn’t that some sort of prerequisite for awesome scones? I wouldn’t know because I don’t make awesome scones, but Kristin does, and hers have a scone crack, and I couldn’t love it more....

comment icon 56 more comments Today we say, Zoodles, quit it with the watery grossness. We do not accept your sad and limp and vegetable-y tendencies. We fully expect you to be filling and saucy and a little crispy in that happy-cooked-vegetable way. And we are helping the cause by wrapping you up in a supremely sweet and savory creamy corn sauce that is starchy, thick, and worth storing in your fridge on its own as a little treat for toast, veggies, or just plain eating....

Scott left for a business trip and is gone until Saturday so I am alone with Skylar. Scott took her for a little bit this morning before he left and she got her Daddy Time in, and Scott picked me up this card with a super sweet note from him inside. As well as a lovely picture from Skylar. She just turned 3 in February for new readers. Reminds me of These Flowers they recently surprised me with!...

To make something more along the lines of, say, Deep Dish Double Chocolate Golden Graham Smores Bars (no bake) But came out with this Not sure how that happened Ok, I know. Because man cannot live on desserts alone. But woman can. Ahem. I needed to make something hearty, savory, easy, and that I could get some planned leftovers from It turned out really well. And easy. <– Name of the game....

Four months ago Lindsay and I decided to experiment with making money from her blog. We thought it would be fun (and maybe helpful to others) to write a monthly post detailing the money we made from the blog and pass along any information we learned along the way. After our first month (August) we reported back with a grand total of $21.97. We’re excited to say that November’s total was 10 times more than our first month of creating an income from the blog!...

How many pictures can a person take of orange and red trees? How many pumpkin spice lattes is too many? How many chicken pot pies is crossing the line? How many chunky sweaters does a person need to own before being considered certifiably obsessed? These are questions I don’t want to know the answers to. Stats from this month (and last? I’m losing track): DRINKS: Pumpkin spice lattes, half sweet, decaf, from Starbucks I’m sorry Caribou you just cannot win this one....

I’m obsessed with one pan meals like this Skillet Lasagna for their easy preparation and clean up. They make the perfect weeknight meal as this recipe is family friendly and ready to eat in about 30 minutes! How to Make Skillet Lasagna: Brown beef: Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add ground beef and season with salt and pepper. Brown meat and remove some of the grease....

comment icon 70 more comments This chickpea and couscous skillet is the exact right kind of SOS cozy winter-is-getting-long recipe that I’ve been needing in my life this month. What month is it, anyway? In This Post: Everything You Need For This Couscous Skillet This whole thing eats almost like a casserole – big scoops of steaming, saucy goodness going onto each plate – with the couscous bringing the chewy bite, the chickpeas giving it some oomph, and the canned tomatoes and herbs bringing the happy illusion of sunshine in the middle of winter....

Remember last week how I said I was recognized because of my blog at Marshall’s? Well, it happened again yesterday! I was recognized in the supermarket parking lot as I was throwing my cloth grocery bag into my trunk. A woman asked me from her car with the window rolled down, “Are you Averie? Averie from the blog?“ I said yes. And she said, Oh I love your blog! I said to her that it’s too funny because I just got recognized last week from my blog and she said she read that post....

Looking for more Thai recipes? Try Drunken Noodles, Yellow Curry, Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps, or my popular Pad Thai! Why I love this recipe: Veggie Packed: I modeled this red curry after one I had in Oregon at a fantastic little restaurant called Buttercup Ice Creams and Chowders. It was packed with veggies, and I wanted the same here, using leeks, yam, cabbage, bell pepper and snap peas. It’s easy to serve as a Vegetarian red curry, or add shrimp or chicken for extra protein....

And her eyes really lit up when she saw these. Soft, fluffy muffins with cream cheese swirled into the batter. It adds a subtle tanginess and provides extra moisture. The muffins are made with buttermilk, oil, and with the cream cheese, it’s impossible to have dry muffins. The crumb topping adds texture and an extra pop of sweetness. I can’t resist crumb toppings and wanted to pick those sandy, slightly crunchy crumbs right off....