This recipe for sweet and sour chicken tastes just like your favorite restaurant, but it's homemade! Skip the takeout and bring this Chinese classic to your own kitchen. I worked for years to create the perfect Chinese sweet and sour chicken recipe — and no, I'm not exaggerating in the ...
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Brown Sugar Glazed Carrots
Made with just six basic ingredients, brown sugar carrots take less than 30 minutes to make. This recipe is made on the stovetop, which is great for when your oven is already full! Brown sugar glazed carrots are one of my favorite spring, Easter, and holiday side dishes. They take less than ...
Ham and Gruyere Mini Turnovers
Ham and Gruyere puff pastry turnovers make any gathering special. Puff pastry stuffed with cheese and salty ham with a mustard dip are the perfect little nibble. Having people over is one of my favorite things. Party!! I like feeding people, it's my thing, so having friends and family ...
Think Outside Of The Box Brownies
Want to know how to make box brownies better? These box brownie hacks make chocolate dreams possible! Try one (or more) of these out-of-this-world flavors to take your baking to the next level! Chocolate lovers, rejoice. I mean sing it out! These box brownie recipe hacks will knock your socks ...
Baby Lamb Chops with Two Dipping Sauces
Baby lamb chops with two types of dipping sauces are as elegant as they are delicious! This easy-to-make dish is perfect as an appetizer or entree for any celebration. A party buffet needs all sorts of delicious, and festive, dishes. Baby lamb chops, with frenched bones for handles and red ...
Asparagus Puff Pastry with Cracked Pepper Cottage Cheese
You'll love this quick asparagus puff pastry tart! Made with a creamy cracked pepper and cottage cheese filling, and pickled red onions and olives on top! I love that I can make this flaky puff pastry asparagus tart in minutes, using store-bought dough. Then fill it with creamy ...
Roast Ham with Spiced Honey Glaze
This delicious honey roast ham is great for a crowd. The simple spice rub and honey glaze is all it takes to make a perfect roast ham for the holidays or a family dinner! Classic Oven Roasted Ham I'm here to say I love a big family dinner with a baked ham as the main dish. It's salty ...
Easy Easter Bunny and Baby Chick Cupcakes
Make these sweet Easter cupcakes for your spring festivities. I've given instructions on how to make Easter bunny cupcakes as well as Easter chick cupcakes! Spring bunnies and chicks make the cutest cupcakes. There's just no comparison! For this Easter cupcake recipe, you can bake ...
One Banana Banana Bread
Do you only have one banana ready for your favorite quick bread? Or, do you just want a small batch? I have the best solution: Make two mini loaves of delicious, customizable one banana banana bread with basic baking ingredients. There's always that one lonely banana on the counter that just ...
The Ultimate Brownie Recipe
They are fudgy, they are gooey, and these are the BEST chewy brownies! They're made with double the chocolate and have a classic crinkle top. Everything a brownie should be. This is a one-bowl brownie recipe that will help minimize the mess while baking. It's a no-nonsense recipe that results ...
Light and Fluffy Vanilla Frosting
This is a basic powdered sugar frosting recipe that comes together with just four ingredients. Use the vanilla frosting for cakes, cupcakes, or cookies! This recipe for homemade vanilla frosting is so versatile and readers love it! It's my most popular frosting recipe. Close seconds are my ...
Warm Salmon and Arugula Pasta Salad
This warm salmon pasta salad features creamy goat cheese, peppery arugula, and al dente linguine. The warmth from the salmon perfectly wilts the greens and melts the goat cheese to make a lovely sauce! Salads with warm ingredients to wilt the greens just slightly, has got to be one of the ...
Classic Pesto
Making pesto is a life-skill! This one is easy. A classic basil pesto sauce is perfect in pastas, sandwiches, dips, and more! Homemade pesto is ready in about 5 minutes and can be enjoyed immediately or frozen for later. When summer hits all I want to do is eat from the garden. I don't have ...
Broccoli Cheddar Soup
Thick, creamy, cheesy – broccoli cheddar soup as it should be! This easy recipe is made with sharp cheddar cheese, fresh broccoli florets, and simple spices you likely have on hand already. This savory, perfectly seasoned soup isn't a copycat recipe. It's just the ultimate broccoli cheese soup, ...
Irish Shamrock Cookies
Cut-out Irish Shamrock Cookies are the sweetest little treats you'll have on St. Patrick's Day! All you need to make the shamrock shape is a mini heart-shaped cookie cutter. In an attempt to make the cutest St. Patrick's Day cookies ever, I simply turned mini hearts into Irish shamrocks. ...
Easy Royal Icing
This is my go-to royal icing recipe! It's a meringue-based decorating icing that dries shiny and hard for perfect cookies. Royal icing is the type of frosting used on many decorated cookies, especially the kind at boutique markets, because it dries hard and can be packaged without ruining the ...
Slice and Bake Spiral Cookies
These chocolate and vanilla spiral cookies look impressive, but are incredibly easy to make. Slice and bake cookies can be prepared in advance, then baked whenever a cookie craving hits! Spiral cookies, pinwheel cookies, swirl cookies — whatever you call them, I'll gladly eat a few! These ...
World's Best Bran Muffins
"World's Best Bran Muffins" is not a title to be taken lightly. Once you taste these All Bran muffins, you'll call them by no other name. You will want to eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner! These moist bran muffins are inspired by a childhood favorite. We would often have them with ...
Spicy Steak Tacos with Pomegranates
Skirt steak is marinated in a homemade pomegranate-lime marinade, then grilled until medium rare for the best skirt steak tacos ever! This is a quick and easy recipe that tastes restaurant-worthy! Homemade steak tacos look impressive, but they're one of the easiest weeknight dinners you can ...
Classic Chili with Beef and Beans
This is a classic chili recipe with ground beef and beans is perfect for a crowd. The large batch lets you throw a dinner party or make a family meal in no time! I even give you a vegetarian version. A Simple, Perfect Chili Recipe Throwing a chili bash, making game day food, or just a ...