Making Boston baked beans has never been easier! This baked beans recipe uses canned beans to speed up the cooking time, but the homemade baked beans still pack in the delicious flavors using bacon, molasses, and cloves. When I worked at Martha Stewart Living magazine I helped create a Boston ...
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Mozzarella Bites (Air Fried Mozzarella Balls)
This make-at-home recipe for mozzarella bites is easy to make. They are the perfect party appetizer, or game day snack. Using store-bought pizza dough and mozzarella string cheese, these easy cheese bites are cooked in the air fryer! If you love Farm Rich or other branded Mozzarella Bites from ...
Favorite Apple Crisp Recipe With Oats
The only apple crisp recipe with oats you'll ever need! The buttery oatmeal topping is baked on top of juicy apples in the perfect proportion. Top with ice cream for an oatmeal apple crisp that is truly restaurant quality. Creating this apple crisp with oatmeal recipe When I'm at home ...
The Ultimate Chewy Brownie Recipe
This is the BEST chewy brownie recipe. These brownies are both fudgy and gooey! With just 10 pantry ingredients, they have double the chocolate and a classic crinkle top. Made easier by melting ingredients in the microwave, and they fit perfectly in a standard 9-by-13 inch baking pan. Homemade ...
A 7 Layer Dip Recipe That Looks Beautiful
This beautiful way of making a 7 Layer Dip recipe takes the quintessential party food and creates the most impressive restaurant worthy appetizer you'll ever serve. With one new, simple plating tip, this Mexican layer dip is completely transformed. Try my Oven Baked Nachos Recipe, Grilled ...
Oven Baked Nachos Party
For gatherings, game days, movie night, and even dinner these oven baked nachos for a party are easy to make on just a sheet pan. Layer your favorite fixings and bake until the cheese has melted. You'll make the best nachos recipe that isn't soggy. When I entertain at home I take a step away ...
Lemon Royal Icing
Lemon royal icing is a citrus-flavored decorating frosting made with powdered egg whites. It is the best flavored royal icing recipe you'll ever taste too! This lemon icing that hardens after piping, gives a shiny, professional finish to a cookie. This truly delicious lemon royal ...
Authentic Creamy Cuban Black Beans
Creamy and flavorful, Cuban-style creamy black beans are easy to make on the stove or in the Instant Pot. Serve them in burritos, on 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 ...
The Best Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie
This chocolate chip skillet cookie recipe is baking made simple! An ingenious recipe (mixed right in the pan on the stove!) takes your favorite cookies and turns them into a one-pan spectacular, sharable dessert. Creating this skillet chocolate chip cookie recipe I turned my Best ...
Easy Peach Tarts
These mini peach tarts with fresh fruit, creamy topping, and a flaky crust are what dessert should be. They are simple to make with only a few ingredients and assembled in less than 30 minutes. These peach bites are perfect for a party or gathering. Super easy peach tarts recipe: All you ...
Shredded Carrot Salad with Apple and Lime
Shredded carrot salad with apple and lime has a touch of honey, and parsley to make for a fresh, healthy salad. It's the perfect make-ahead vegetable side dish using raw carrots. I was introduced to grated carrot salad when I worked at Martha Stewart. Most days in the test kitchen, everyone ...
Classic Homemade Lemonade for Summer
Nothing beats a glass of homemade summer lemonade on a hot day. Here's the best way to sip into the perfect sunshine drink of the season. You know the phrase, "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade." Well I think it's "when summer comes to town, make lemonade!" It's the quintessential ...
Coconut Key Lime Bars
If you love Key Lime Pie then these Coconut Key Lime Bars are just for you! A toasted coconut graham cracker crust is filled with a tangy and sweet lime filling and topped with whipped cream. If you have an affinity for Key Lime Pie, you know what I'm talking about. That smooth, creamy and ...
Tart Cherry Lime Granita
Tart Cherry Lime Granita is an easy frozen summer dessert for beautiful hot days. It makes your taste buds happy and your mouth pucker. Use frozen tart cherries or fresh ones from the farmers market. It's the middle of summer and it's hotter than ever! Take a break, cool down, and enjoy one of ...
Candied Lemon Zest
Glossy, sweet candied lemon zest is the perfect topper to a citrusy cake. Learning how to make candied lemon peel is so easy. Candied citrus zest is simply the rind of citrus simmered in a sugar syrup. But the results are far from ordinary. The rind gets shiny and the bitter flavor ...
Mango Pie with Coconut Graham Cracker Crust
This Mango Pie wins contests! It's that good. It's a year-round dessert that touts crazy delicious mango flavor and coconut crust. Picture it: That moment when you bite into the most perfectly ripe mango and it blows your mind. There's really no fruit like it. This pie gives you that same ...
Tropical Chicken with Grilled Pineapple
Tropical Grilled Pineapple Chicken is heaven from the BBQ! Make it for an easy dinner or cook it at the game or barbecue. I love grilled pineapple. It's pretty dreamy — the juicy, smokey flavor and the caramelized bits. It's so versatile as well, great for savory meals like this ...
Sweet Chili Spicy Popcorn
A sweet and spicy popcorn seasoning recipe with a hint of cinnamon and hot chili powder. Make this easy Sweet Chili Spicy Popcorn snack with homemade or microwave popcorn! You'll never want just butter again. You nailed the party invites. Now score on the snacks! This sweet and spicy popcorn ...
Summer Snack Ideas and Must Haves
You'll be ready for the season with these summer must haves under $50, plus 15 delicious summer snack ideas and party tips for making the most of this glorious time of year. I've collaborated with some savvy friends to bring you a great variety of must haves for summer entertaining and outdoor ...
Summer Melon Dessert with Coconut Sauce
This easy summer melon dessert with coconut sauce, brings the juicy, sweet flavors of watermelon, cantaloupe, and honeydew together with a creamy coconut sauce. Is there anything better than a refreshing melon on a hot summer day? I don’t think so either! This summer melon ball recipe is ...
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 ...
No-Bake Lemon Icebox Pie Recipe
No-Bake Lemon Icebox Pie is for lemon lovers and summer days. A puckery citrus mousse is chilled in a wafer crust and topped with mounds of sweet whipped cream. Growing up, Mom made this awesome summer dessert called Lemon Fluff. According to the wise world of Google its origins may have come ...
North Carolina Pulled Pork Recipe
This is the best smoked pulled pork recipe you'll ever make. Traditionally made, in North Carolina style, I use tangy mop sauce for basting and wood chips for smoking on the grill. You can't get better than slow cooked, smoked pulled pork. Savory, tender and versatile, this BBQ smoked ...
Fancy Hot Dogs & Sausages
Forget plain hot dogs and up your game with these fancy hot dogs! In this guide, I'm sharing my go-to gourmet hot dogs plus my favorite hot dog toppings. I'm excited to share some crowd-favorite hot dog recipes I've created. Bonus: Mix things up and use delicious sausages too. Grown Up ...
15 Stunning Summer Desserts for a Crowd
Favorite party cake recipes, refreshing icebox desserts, and delicious flavors of ice cream. Make one of these beautiful summer treats for your next showstopper dessert. Find the perfect ending to a meal with these fun dessert recipes. These insanely easy summer desserts for a crowd range ...
Easy Cashew Chicken Recipe
This easy and authentic cashew chicken recipe is made with a simple but flavorful cashew brown sauce. Serve with rice and steamed veggies for an easy weeknight dinner! In this post, I'll be dishing all my secrets for making the best chicken cashew stir-fry. It's an easy recipe that take less ...
BBQ Mop Sauce Recipe
Homemade BBQ mop sauce is brushed onto your meat during a low and slow cook on the grill, or smoker. The tangy, spiced mixture enhances the flavor, and keeps your meat from drying out. No one really loves to mop their kitchen floor, but this homemade BBQ mop sauce recipe is so tasty it will ...
Sweet and Super Moist Gluten-Free Cornbread
This gluten-free, sweet cornbread recipe is thick and soft, with a hint of honey. Each square is mile-high, delicious, and moist with a tender crumb. Easy, and gluten-free! Make it for a mixed crowd: gluten-eaters won't know the difference! This is the best gluten free cornbread recipe. It's ...
Super Creamy Eggless Vanilla Ice Cream
The best vanilla ice cream is easy to make at home. A foolproof eggless vanilla ice cream recipe with luscious flavor. The richness comes from adding cream cheese! I wouldn't have believed it before I tried it. Adding cornstarch and cream cheese to my ice cream base actually makes it better ...
Cilantro Salsa Recipe with Lime and Jalapeño
This cilantro salsa is a fantastic taco bar topping, and a fresh green salsa for any Southwest, or Mexican meal. Bright herbs, green onions, spicy jalapeño, and lime make this recipe versatile and tasty. This green salsa with cilantro and onions is one of the best taco toppings, with all the ...
Best Panzanella Salad Recipe with Artichokes
This take on Italian Panzanella, or bread salad, is brimming with olives, artichokes, and tomatoes. The croutons soak up the juices from the vegetables and white wine vinaigrette, but retain delicious texture. Make tomato and artichoke summer panzanella with your garden-grown produce or ...
Baba Ganoush Recipe Loaded with Roasted Veggies
The best baba ganoush recipe here! Also called baba ghanouj, this roasted eggplant dip gets its flavor from the smokey char of cooked eggplant, sesame tahini, and garlic. I've swapped some of the tahini for creamy yogurt, then loaded the top with roasted vegetables for a dip, so awesome it could be ...
Chocolate Peanut Butter Marshmallow Cookies
These chocolate peanut butter marshmallow cookies have a delicious chocolate cookie base with a peanut butter frosting on top. Surprise! There's a marshmallow hidden inside. You can't resist a soft, brownie-like cookie base, with a peanut butter frosting that covers a soft, surprise ...
How to Make a Fresh Watermelon Cake
Make a fresh watermelon cake that will be the centerpiece of your summer party. Chic, tasty, and easy, this cake is made completely of fruit! Making A Fresh Fruit Cake I wanted to create my own, unique, chic and appetizing watermelon cake. You've seen all kinds of fresh fruit cakes around ...
Super Soft Classic Dinner Rolls
This Classic Dinner Rolls recipe makes the softest and fluffiest rolls that you'll ever make. These dinner rolls are silky, flavorful, and the perfect side to holiday meals or Sunday suppers. There are thousands of dinner roll recipes online, but I'm convinced that this one makes the greatest ...
Baked Lemon Butter Fish
Bake this lemon butter fish in the oven then finish it with a flavorful lemon butter sauce and fresh herbs. You’ll be delighted by this delicious 20 minute dinner. This oven baked halibut has a lemon butter sauce everyone will love. Cooked right in the oven it's an easy baked lemon fish recipe ...
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 ...
Oven-Baked Baby Back Ribs Recipe
This oven-baked baby back ribs recipe makes fall-off-the-bone, finger-licking ribs in a fraction of the time. BBQ ribs in the oven are easy and crowd-pleasing–no smoker or grill needed! I'm a BBQ fanatic. Truly! I start grilling outside when the weather is just warm enough to tolerate being ...
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 prepare and 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 ...
Southwestern Salad with Spicy Breaded Pork Cutlets
Crispy and spicy breaded pork cutlets with a Southwestern salad makes a delightful meal. Drizzle my irresistible creamy chipotle dressing over the charred corn and avocado salad to enjoy with the fried pork cutlets. A pork cutlets recipe is a weeknight easy go-to dinner. Not to mention, ...
Simple No-Bake Cheesecake
With all the creaminess of the cooked version, this easy no-bake cheesecake is a simple dessert that's ready in a fraction of the time. Top with fresh fruit for a flavorful twist! This easy no-bake cheesecake tart has got to be one of my favorite things. You get all the creaminess of ...
Ham and Pea Pasta with Parmesan Cream
This quick and easy pasta with ham and peas is a great use for leftover ham. Glossed with a Parmesan cream sauce even the kids will love, it's just like the classic Italian Pasta alla Papalina! One of my favorite ways to use leftover holiday ham is making a quick pasta. And not just any pasta, ...