This delicious honey glazed 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! A holiday ham, perfectly seasoned and glazed is perfect for Easter, Christmas or a Sunday dinner. You'll love using ...
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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. These lamb lollipops, with frenched bones for handles and ...
Smoked Gouda Mac and Cheese with Breadcrumbs
Creamy Gouda cheese, caramelized onions, and fun shell pasta are baked to golden perfection with breadcrumbs on top. This smoked Gouda mac and cheese recipe will be your new go-to side dish–it's a crowd-pleaser! THIS COMFORT FOOD perfection will be the most popular dish on the table. I’m ...
Delicious Easy Side Dishes for Ham Dinner
Choose a few classic and creative ham dinner sides. Scroll through the veggies, potatoes, salads, and cornbread recipes to find the perfect side dishes for ham for Easter dinner or Christmas. Classic And Creative Ham Dinner Sides Ham is an easy and savory main dish to make for dinner. It's ...
Browned Butter Green Beans with Almonds
Buttery garlic green beans with almonds make a great side dish. This one pan green beans with brown butter are perfect for weeknights or holiday meals, and takes under 20 minutes to make! Green Beans With Almonds This dish is also called green beans almondine, and I've added mint for a ...
Earl Grey Tea Cocktail
Inspired by the classic Lady Grey cocktail, an Earl Grey cocktail is the ultimate choice of tea cocktails. This sip gives you a sophisticated taste with a slightly sweet finish. Make it with simple, fresh ingredients. Tea is a perfect ingredient for creating new cocktails. And Earl Grey tea is ...
Favorite Thai Chicken Meatballs
Thai chicken meatballs are packed with authentic Thai flavors like fragrant fresh ginger, garlic, umami fish sauce, and fresh herbs. Serve them with rice and your favorite dipping sauce for a complete meal, or as a fun appetizer. Authentic Thai meals typically have a balance between salty, ...
The Best Easter Dinner Sides
Here you'll find a great collection of Easter dinner sides, including make-ahead recipes, cold side dishes, cheesy potatoes and veggies. Even gluten-free and healthy sides. This list is a MUST for bookmarking. You'll find new favorite sides, and vegetables for Easter dinner. Spring will be more ...
Homemade BBQ Baked Beans with Molasses
BBQ baked beans from scratch in under 2 hours! They are are purely addicting–and you can't believe how easy it is to get rich BBQ-joint flavor in your own kitchen. The perfect side dish to summer cookouts, picnics, or game day parties, you'll want to keep this recipe handy. My BBQ recipe ...
Lemony Quinoa Chickpea Salad
Lemony quinoa chickpea salad is fresh and bright with herbs, lemon juice, and zest. It's a perfect make-ahead recipe that marinates in a delicious lemon and olive oil dressing that gets better as it sits. This quinoa chickpea salad is a delightful Mediterranean side dish or green salad topper. ...
Chocolate Marshmallow Surprise Cookies
I loved watching mom frost these chocolate marshmallow cookies! She would hide that marshmallow under a swirl of frosting on a soft, brownie-like cookie. I'll tell you how easy it is to make these tasty treats! Classic chocolate covered marshmallow cookies are just like mom used to make when I ...
Classic Oven Pot Roast With Vegetables
This oven pot roast with vegetables like potatoes and carrots is — dare I say it? — better than mom used to make. It's easy, comfort-food-goodness that's simple enough to cook any night of the week! Traditional Roast and Potatoes It's a Sunday dinner go-to, but I can never wait for ...
Make Store Bought BBQ Sauce Better
I'm going to tell you how easy it is to make store bought BBQ sauce taste better with a few simple ingredients. You can use this spruced-up sauce on your favorite BBQ recipes like ribs and chicken! I love this hack for making store bought BBQ sauce taste like a complex, homemade condiment! ...
Homemade Spice Cake With Caramel Icing
A homemade spice cake with creamy caramel icing is light and flavorful. I'll tell you about the high-ratio baking method used to make an easy spice cake recipe, and what frosting goes with this old fashioned spice cake recipe. The cake is perfectly balanced, and the cooked caramel frosting is ...
Creamy Caramel Icing Recipe For Cake
This old-fashioned caramel icing recipe is a homemade cooked frosting. Here you'll learn how to make caramel frosting that has the creamy texture of brown sugar fudge! Use this caramel icing recipe for cake, like classic spice cake or chocolate cake, and cupcakes. You'll find lots of uses for ...
Chocolate Marshmallow Valentine's Cookies
These chocolate marshmallow cookies have a Valentine's surprise right inside. Use your favorite Valentine's sprinkles to make them the cutest treat of the day. Valentine's Day cookies are a chocolate-lover's dream, and make kids and adults super happy! I called them chocolate surprise ...
Chicken Parmesan Cups
Chicken Parmesan cups are a great after-school snack, Game Day appetizer, or a fun dinner for kids. Use frozen chicken bites to make this easy muffin tin recipe! I'm sharing this recipe in partnership with FarmRich snacks. I love using their frozen snacks to create epic gatherings! Try some of ...
Peppermint Hot Chocolate Cookies
These hot chocolate cookies with marshmallows and peppermint sprinkles taste like a mix between a cup of peppermint cocoa and chewy frosted brownies. How can you pass them up for a winter treat? Peppermint Hot Chocolate Cookies These festive cookies are my holiday variation on my classic ...
No-Fail Neapolitan Pizza Recipe
With a classic long ferment, and simple ingredients, this authentic Neapolitan pizza dough recipe is make-ahead and no-fail! Perfect for beginners and experts, you can make that chewy, soft, quick-cooking dough just like the Italian pizzerias. I'm giving you all the simple notes and tricks ...
Real Neapolitan Pizza At Home
Can you make Neapolitan pizza at home? Yes! I love my Ooni Pizza Oven to make delicious homemade pizza right in my backyard. Here's why they are worth the hype and my tips for success. Backyard pizza nights will never be the same when you have an outdoor pizza oven. The second you fire it up ...
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 ...
Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies
These chocolate chip walnut cookies are thick, gooey and have the perfect balance of chocolate nuttiness. Find more of my chocolate chip cookies on the blog! My classic Award Winning Chocolate Chip Cookies, unique Black Sesame Chocolate Chip Cookies, or delicious Small Batch Chocolate Chip ...
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 ...
Small Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies
This small batch recipe is a downsized version of my award-winning chocolate chip cookies, and makes just one dozen classic cookies or 6 bakery-style cookies. Make just one dozen classic chocolate chip cookies (or 6 bakery-size) with this small batch recipe. No chilling required for soft and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Sweet and Sour Chicken
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 ...
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 off ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...