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Want more Italian recipes? Try Chicken Parmesan, Homemade Lasagna, or Manicotti! We can thank the Italian’s for the culinary masterpiece of Calzones! A Calzone is like a folded over pizza, baked with any number of pizza-style toppings inside including meats, cheeses, or veggies. Calzones are hand held like a sandwich, and often dipped in sauces like our easy pizza sauce or marinara. Calzones are similar to Stromboli, the biggest difference is in the way the dough is sealed around the filling; Stromboli are rolled and calzones are folded....

Looking for more healthy snacks? Try my Energy Bites, Homemade Applesauce, or No Bake Granola Bars! What I love about this recipe: Healthy: Made with real ingredients, lower sugar, 4 grams of protein, and 2 grams of fiber per muffin!Pumpkin Puree: This secret ingredient gives these easy carrot muffins added moistness and natural coloring.Freezer Friendly: I am a huge fan of freezing muffins. I keep a stock of healthy muffins in my freezer for my kids (and I) to enjoy for quick breakfasts, snacks, or lunches....

Looking for more kid-friendly recipes? Try Calzones, Cottage Cheese Pancakes, Spaghetti Pie, or Crispy Bean and Cheese Burritos! My husband’s favorite meal from his childhood was this Chicken and rice casserole recipe. My Mother-in-law is well know for her recipe, and my kids love it just as much as my husband. You can make it ahead of time, so it’s great for a quick weeknight, or bringing dinner to someone in need....

Looking for more candy recipes? Try my Homemade Caramels, Homemade Chocolate Turtles, or Chocolate Covered Pretzel Rods. Why this is the BEST fudge recipe: Quick – With just 7 ingredients and 15 minute cook time, this is one of the fastest candy recipes to make. Versatile – It’s easy to adapt this fudge recipe to make other flavors or add-ins. Check out my variation suggestions below. Make Ahead – You can make fudge weeks ahead of time and store it in the fridge or freezer....

Christmas Roll Cake Recipe This homemade Christmas cake roll is as soft, tender, and moist as it is festive and fun. You know those desserts that look really pretty and look pretty on a dessert table, but don’t actually taste too great? You don’t have to worry about that here! It’s a sweet and simple vanilla cake that’s filled with homemade cream cheese frosting, decorated with Christmas themed sprinkles, and rolled up....

Don’t miss all of my favorite cake recipes, including Yellow Cake, Coconut Cake with Pineapple Filling, Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake, or this Berry Cake! How to Make Lemon Cake: Prep Cake Pans: Line the bottom of two 9” round baking pans with a piece of parchment paper and lightly spray all over the inside of the pan with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside. Either way you prepare the cake, pair it with an amazing homemade lemon buttercream frosting and it will be your favorite summery cake of all time!...

Classic Lemon Cupcakes I had so many lemons in my crisper drawer and needed to find a way to use lots of them up at once. Lemon cupcakes with lemon frosting was the answer. Lemon seems to be one of those ingredients that when people like it, they really like it. They’re super into it and have recipes for lemon pound cakes, lemon muffins, lemon pies, and lemon bars. Name a lemon thing, and they love it....

Slow Cooker Beef Stew Recipe For all you meat-and-potatoes people, you’re going to absolutely be in comfort food heaven with my slow cooker beef stew. However, this isn’t just any meat and potatoes recipe. Slow cooker beef stew has thick chunks of tender beef, buttery soft potatoes, mixed vegetables, and the stew broth is absolutely exquisite. If one can call stew broth upscale, this stew is just that courtesy of the beef broth, red wine, Worcestershire, and soy sauces....

Looking for more drink recipes? Try this Homemade Eggnog, Creamy Hot Cocoa, Christmas Punch, or Slow Cooker Caramel Apple Cider! Why I love this drink: Tradition – This is a treasured family recipe that will always remind me of the holidays. We love to make a batch to enjoy with neighbors as we pass out treats on Halloween to the trick-or-treaters. We always enjoy it on Christmas morning as well....

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F I R E C R A C K E R No actual firecrackers will be launched by me today. That was my past life. F is for Freedom. Words cannot express my gratitude toward the men and women who have served our country in the past, present and future; who have fought to defend our country and our freedoms. Thank you for doing what you do; for giving your lives in service to others, to our country, to your fellow Americans....

Fluffer = Marshmallows Nutter = Peanut Butter Add bananas, and you’ve got yourself a fabulous treat. This borders on dessert-in-a-cup and that’s just fine by me on this hot holiday weekend. I almost added cocoa powder but would have had to crack the seal on a new container and figured it wasn’t necessary and as it turned out, not adding cocoa powder allowed me to concentrate more fully on marshmallows without chocolate clouding my judgment....

Make sure to try all of my apple recipes this season, including Baked Apples, Caramel Apples, Apple Pie, or this yummy Caramel Apple Dip to eat with your fresh apples! How to make Apple Cake: Make Caramel Sauce: Combine sauce ingredients in a glass bowl and place on top of a saucepan with simmering water. Let it simmer while the cake cooks. Grate Apples: Keep the peels on the apples and grate them with a box grater or the grating attachment on a food processor....

Fudgiest Brownies with Peanut Butter Frosting If you’re a fan of fudgy, rich, dense brownies, these are for you. And if you’re a peanut butter fan, even better. If you like cakey or dry brownies, move on. These moist fudge bombs won’t be your thing. The brownies are beyond rich and moist. Dark, intense, and they’re uber-fudgy with zero cakiness. I like cakes, and I like brownies. But no cake in my brownies....

comment icon 31 more comments It’s a textural wonder: a gentle layering of juicy and slippery, flexible and foldy. We’ve got fresh cucumber, bitey shallots, cooling mint, and sweet fleshy peaches coming together in serious flavor harmony. The lime juice in there wakes it up and makes it feel extra summery, and the flecks of lime zest, salt, and pepper make it feel like something you’d eat at a nice restaurant....

At the risk of sounding annoyingly excited about a Monday morning, I have to say – I love a good fresh start. Especially after weekend eating that includes sushi takeout with an emphasis on the shrimp tempura rolls, BBQ eatings from a friend’s wedding, and a smorgasbord of good ol’ potluck food including this SLOW COOKED MEXICAN GRILLED CORN DIP from my friend Steph at our Sunday dinner club party yesterday....

When you’re looking for a change-up to grilled chicken recipes and you’re craving grilled pork chops instead, this easy recipe is just the ticket! I am all about grilling as much as possible, especially during the summer, because the flavor of grilled food is simply the best! Plus, no house to heat up and no stovetop to clean. These bone-in pork chops marinate for an hour in a simple homemade honey garlic marinade that adds a ton of flavor to ‘the other white meat’ and keeps the chops nice and moist....

comment icon 251 more comments Knock on wood, but when you have a head cold, this will feel like an extremely delicious medical miracle. (not a doctor, prone to exaggeration.) I am convinced that it’s healing and happy for the body, and the soul, and people who like a lot of flavor in their life. Prefer To Watch Instead Of Read? So Many Fresh and Healing Ingredients It starts with the standard comforts of chicken and rice, but also includes:...

Healthy Mediterranean Salad Recipe Rather than just another Cobb salad, I wanted to make one that’s more unique so I infused it with Mediterranean flavors and ingredients. This Mediterranean salad easy, healthy, accidentally vegetarian, ready in 10 minutes, and you can easily size the recipe up if you’re making it for a larger group. I grabbed Kalamata olives, marinated red peppers, and rather than selecting marinated artichoke hearts, I used frozen to keep things a little healthier, but snag some marinated artichoke hearts if you’re so inclined....

One in five children in America lives in a household without consistent access to adequate food. As a mom this breaks my heart and the irony is that as a food blogger I have so much food in my house at all times and am donating food daily to friends, neighbors, teachers, coaches, and anyone who wants it! I can’t imagine sending my daughter off to school hungry or not having the ability to feed my family dinner which is why I’m partnering with Albertsons Safeway on this campaign to bring awareness to childhood hunger....