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The Best Frosting for Chocolate Cake

An easy ganache frosting is the best frosting for a chocolate cake. Whether you use a cake mix or homemade recipe, you'll love this combination. I am a huge fan of homemade frosting, so when it comes to icing a chocolate cake, I'm never going to reach for the pre-made stuff. Homemade ...

Whipped Chocolate Ganache Frosting

Whipped chocolate ganache frosting is smooth, rich and melts in your mouth. It's great for spreading and piping on any cake or cupcakes. This silky smooth frosting is easier to make than Swiss meringue buttercream. It's just chocolate ganache (cream and chocolate) melted and blended together ...

Soft and Fluffy White Bread Recipe (Japanese Milk Bread)

If you're searching for a soft and fluffy white bread recipe, this is it! I used the Japanese milk bread technique called Tangzhong. It's super simple, takes only a few hours, and creates a soft sandwich bread that you'll love. This homemade white bread will blow your mind. It's completely ...

Cashew Crunch Salad

This Asian crunch salad has the perfect mix of veggies and a tangy ginger teriyaki dressing. With loads of buttery cashews, it's perfect on its own, or with chicken or steak. I've had this salad on repeat for lunch and dinner for weeks. It's kind of a copycat Costco Asian Cashew Chopped Salad, ...

Favorite Recipes from Tara Teaspoon

I've hand picked favorite recipes from the blog that you will make over and over. These are my absolute go-tos, and some reader favorites, for you to bookmark. They will become the most requested meals and desserts at your house. Try one of my all-time favorite recipes. From the Best ...

The Most Delicious, Just-Rhubarb Crisp

One of the most popular rhubarb desserts! Truly the best rhubarb crisp recipe, with a transcendent sweet and crunchy oat topping. No strawberries! Just pure, vanilla-sweetened rhubarb, thickened with tapioca. I'm a purist! I like my rhubarb desserts with just rhubarb. Don't put strawberries ...

How To Freeze Rhubarb: Use For Cooking and Baking All Year

Rhubarb is the perfect candidate for freezing, simply because of the ways we cook and bake with it. Learn how to to freeze rhubarb the quick and easy way for use all year long! Can You Freeze Rhubarb? Absolutely! Freezing rhubarb is a great way to extend its shelf life and ensure you ...

Orange Glazed Carrots

These stovetop carrots with orange glaze are the perfect side dish for a weeknight dinner or holiday meal. Carrots, orange juice and a touch of sugar make them irresistible. This recipe has been a favorite since childhood. Mom would make orange glazed carrots for special occasions. An Easter ...

The New Wedge Salad

If you love a lettuce wedge salad, you'll love this flavorful take on the classic. Blue cheese crumbles and herby dressing pair with beets and crisped pancetta, all on fresh iceberg lettuce. You know what the Classic Wedge is. Your mind probably goes straight to rich blue cheese ...

Honey Glazed Carrots

This honey glazed carrots recipe, with garlic and lemon for added flavor, is a simple and crowd-pleasing side. Make this carrot side dish for a weeknight meal or special holiday dinner. Glazed carrots are one of the most welcoming side dishes. Everyone from kids to adults love them; and these ...

Chinese Cashew Chicken

This Chinese cashew chicken recipe is made with a simple but flavorful cashew sauce. Serve with rice and steamed veggies for an easy weeknight dinner! I would wager you've had chicken with cashew nuts at a Chinese restaurant. If you haven't, someone you went with did! It's one of the ...

Rhubarb Upside Down Cake

The ultimate rhubarb upside-down cake recipe with flavorful rhubarb syrup and whipped cream. Tender yellow cake and poached rhubarb make this cake the best upside-down cake you'll ever bake! The Best Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake This is the perfect buttery upside-down cake with sweet and ...

Authentic Creamy Black Beans

Creamy and flavorful, Cuban-style black beans are easy to make on the stove or in the Instant Pot. Serve them in burritos, atop nachos or tacos, and more! Soft, creamy Cuban black beans, just like the beans at your favorite restaurant, are easy to make with a few ingredients you probably ...

Mozzarella Bites

This make-at-home recipe for mozzarella bites is easy to make. They are the perfect party appetizer, or game day snack. I'll tell you how to make mozzarella bites in the air fryer too! These pizza dough wrapped cheese bites aren't fried. They are my take on the Farm Rich brand Mozzarella ...

Healthy Slow Cooker Chicken Curry

Healthy slow cooker chicken curry combines classic curry spices, lean chicken, veggies, and nonfat yogurt to make a delicious, creamy curry. An easy, healthy everyday meal! It's easy to tell you how to use a slow cooker to make chicken curry. But what about making it a healthy meal? I left ...

Rosemary Honey Glazed Carrots

Simple roasted honey glazed carrots with a hint of rosemary make a delightful side dish. They are easy to make in the oven and can be made with baby carrots, whole carrots, or cut carrots. Making Glazed Roasted Carrots Making a carrot side dish in the oven is totally hands off and makes ...

Sweet and Spicy Bacon Chicken Sandwich

This sweet and spicy chicken and bacon sandwich is in my top ten of favorite sandwiches! Grilled chicken is layered with salty bacon and a sweet, spicy pepper jelly for the ultimate bite. This is my mom's favorite sandwich. Did you need to know that? Probably not, but if you knew her, ...