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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Valentine's Day Strawberry Cake Roll
Filled with strawberry jam and sweet cream cheese, this strawberry roll cake is the way to anyone's heart. Decorate the cake with hearts as I have for a Valentine's treat, or omit to make a classic strawberry jelly roll. I recreated my Pumpkin Cake Roll for another holiday! The pumpkin ...
Swiss Meringue Buttercream
Swiss meringue buttercream is a silky icing that's made with egg whites, sugar, and butter. It's not too sweet and is perfect for piping and frosting cakes and cupcakes. In this post, you'll learn how to make Swiss buttercream, which involves heating egg whites and sugar in a double boiler, ...
Indian Biryani with Chicken
Chicken biryani is a delicious Indian casserole that calls for a paste of spices, herbs and chilies. I made it easy by using a prepared curry paste and other fresh ingredients. We all have our favorite comfort foods. In this country, most people will list something cheesy, chocolatey, or ...
Simple Butternut Squash Carrot Soup
This versatile butternut squash carrot soup is delicious on its own, but it can also be customized with many different flavor variations. Make it vegan, stir in coconut milk, try it with apples or curry powder — the options are almost endless! I love simple, seasonal butternut squash soup. ...
Sheet Pan Chicken and Cauliflower Roast
Sheet pan chicken and cauliflower roast is an easy dinner that takes just 10 minutes to prepare before tossing it into the oven. No extra sides required, it's a meal in itself! Creating This Sheet Pan Chicken and Cauliflower Roast "Family meals" were one of my favorite things about ...
Seared Strip Loin with Linguini with Fennel and Olives
This seared strip loin steak pasta takes just 30 minutes to prepare! It's a simple yet impressive dish that's perfect for date nights in or dinner parties. If you just read the title of this recipe and thought, "There's no way I can cook a strip loin steak on my own," think again! Strip ...
One-Pot Thai Shrimp Soup
Thai shrimp soup features a rich coconut milk broth, juicy shrimp, crisp-tender green beans, and spicy curry paste. Make it with just a few ingredients in one pot! You can swap the shrimp for chicken if you'd like. With all the many great jarred curry pastes available (typically in the Asian ...
Pomegranate Wild Rice and Roasted Squash Salad
This isn't your average wild rice salad! For added flavor, the wild rice is cooked with pomegranate Juice before being tossed with roasted squash, sliced scallions, crunchy hazelnuts, and pomegranate arils. As much as I love classic holiday side dishes like mashed potatoes and bread ...
Mac and Cheese with Ham and Pearl Onions
Stovetop mac and cheese with ham and pearl onions is an elevated take on the classic dish. If you're looking for ways to use up leftover ham from the holidays, look no further! Rich and creamy, with a hint of sweet and savory flavor, this stovetop white cheddar mac and cheese is the perfect ...
Santa Face Sugar Cookies
These Santa cookies are the cutest cookies you've ever seen! They're decorated with royal icing and are great for cookie swaps and gifting. I dare you to nibble on one of these darling Santa face cookies. They are almost too cute to eat! Made with a simple raindrop-shaped cookie cutter, it's ...
Super Soft Cinnamon Rolls (Tangzhong Method)
These ultra soft cinnamon rolls are made using the tangzhong method. Don't worry if you're unfamiliar with this baking method, it's easy to master and I walk you through it step by step! These squishy soft cinnamon rolls will truly make your heart happy with their gooey brown sugar and spice ...
Peanut Butter Rudolph Reindeer Cookies
Peanut butter Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer cookies are bound to be the cutest cookie you'll bake this season! Get the kids involved for a fun way to spend a school-break day. I think if Rudolph had started out as a delicious cookie instead of a reindeer, he would have been accepted ...
Magnificent and Easy Coconut Macaroons (with Variations!)
Chewy, flavorful, and easy coconut macaroon cookies are made with sweetened condensed milk and coconut and are naturally gluten-free. Add tasty ingredients to make variations like chocolate chip macaroons, chocolate-dipped, cherry, apricot with almond, and more. I love shredded coconut so ...
Christmas Tree Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
These Christmas tree cookies have a spiced sugar cookie base and are topped with a fluffy ginger cream cheese frosting. They're easy to decorate but look phenomenal on a cookie tray! As seen on my appearance in The Food Network Christmas Cookie Challenge! Creating This Recipe for ...
Pistachio Lace Cookies
Pistachio lace cookies are a nutty take on a classic and are surprisingly easy to make. Buttery flavor melts in your mouth with every light, flaky bite. Crunchy pistachios add extra deliciousness. Named for the lacey holes that form as they bake, most lace cookie recipes call for cooking the ...
Cream Cheese Frosting
This is simple cream cheese frosting that's versatile and delicious. Use it on cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and cinnamon rolls! As a bonus, it can be made with or without butter! In this post, I'm sharing my go-to simple cream cheese frosting recipe, as well as all my tips and tricks for ...
Savory Ricotta and Three Bean Tarts
This elegant, but comfort food-worthy bean and ricotta tart is perfect as a side dish to soup, salad, or as a snack with drinks at Girl's Night! The buttery puff pastry crust is filled with seasoned ricotta and three bean salad. Add some crisped prosciutto and you're done! Raise your hand ...
Chocolate Snowman Cookies
These cut-out chocolate snowman cookies will make everyone swoon. Little mango noses and licorice buttons make them extra cute! If you are attending a cookie swap this year, and want to win, these snowman cookies are the ones to take. Wait, what was that? Cookie swaps aren't ...
Honey Cinnamon Cut Out Cookies | Tara Teaspoon
These honey cinnamon cut out cookies are my new go-to holiday treat. They're a take on classic gingerbread but with a lighter flavor. Don't worry, they still pack a festive punch! • • • AS SEEN ON FOOD NETWORK CHRISTMAS COOKIE CHALLENGE • • • Creating This Cut Out Cookie Recipe Roll ...
Baked Sweet Potato Cubes With Cinnamon Meringue
Baked sweet potato cubes with cinnamon meringue is my decadent improvement on the classic Thanksgiving side dish. I replaced the typical marshmallow topping with a fluffy, smooth, spiced meringue. Side dishes at Thanksgiving are the best! As a kid I would meticulously spoon gravy into the ...
35 Delicious Bacon Breakfast Recipes
Adding bacon to recipes for breakfast is the best way to start the first meal of the day. Find a great selection of my favorite ways to cook bacon for breakfast. No one I know would pass up bacon for breakfast. And when mixed into hash browns, cheddar biscuits, or cinnamon rolls, bacon is even ...
Classic Iced Oatmeal Cookies
Classic Iced Oatmeal Cookies are my take on those perfectly crunchy, slightly spicy and sweet grocery store treats from childhood. Make your own at home, they taste even better! Creating This Iced Oatmeal Cookie Recipe I loved store-bought packages of oatmeal cookies when I was a kid. ...
Growing Herbs Indoors
Use a smart garden for your indoor gardening to keep herbs and vegetables handy in the kitchen. The Véritable smart garden is beautiful and easy to use, so you'll have fresh produce all year round. There's no need for a sunny window, this electric garden has lights. It's the best indoor garden ...
Maple Caramel Pie with Hazelnuts
Like a pecan pie filling, this impressive caramel pie is loaded with hazelnuts. I use some maple syrup as a corn syrup substitute too! Caramel nut pies are one of my favorite desserts. The buttery crust with the rich nuts and gooey, soft filling can't be beat. I really can't decide ...
Roast Parsnips With Sage Butter
Roast parsnips with sage butter is an easy yet sophisticated side dish, flavorful and versatile. A quintessential fall dish that's perfect for everyday or the holidays with ham, chicken, turkey, and more! Truth be told, I didn't try a parsnip until I was in college. My mom does not have ...
101 Best Bacon Recipes
Oh, bacon! How do I love thee? Let me count the ways! No really, let's count them. Just when you thought you couldn't love bacon any more than you already do, here are 101 of the best bacon recipes so you can enjoy this delicious meaty treat. You are bound to find some new favorite ...
Marshmallow Ghost Cookies
If you're in need of a cute Halloween cookie decorating idea, look no further! Made with just 5 basic ingredients, these marshmallow ghost cookies are sure to be a standout at your next ghoulish gathering! Sometimes, after eating a lot of Halloween candy, I think I look like these ...
The Best Recipe for Turkey Pot Pie with Gravy
This is an easy turkey pot pie with gravy, potatoes, carrots, and peas topped off with a buttery crust. It's the best way to use Thanksgiving leftovers and happens to be my dad's all-time favorite turkey pot pie. See why! Dad's Favorite Leftover Turkey Pot Pie Inevitably, you ate way too ...
Homemade Turkey Stock
Using fresh or leftover turkey, you can make a rich and flavorful Instant Pot turkey stock to use for gravy, soups and more! Making turkey stock is a great way to use up your Thanksgiving leftovers or take advantage of turkey sale prices after the holidays. If making homemade stock of any ...
Kitchen Help: Best Silicone Food Storage Containers
Streamlining the food storage in your kitchen makes cooking and meal prep a breeze, prevents waste, and saves money. Silicone food storage containers make it easy. Do you sometimes feel like your job is being a full-time cook? Breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks–it’s never-ending. And grocery ...
Blossom Cookies with Cashew Butter and Chai Spice (Chai Cookies)
These chai cookies feature a spiced cashew butter dough topped with a dark chocolate disc. They're an elevated take on classic peanut butter blossoms! Also, incredibly easy to make. This recipe is my take on peanut butter blossoms. As much as I love the classic cookie, I couldn't resist taking ...
Sage and Pumpkin Hummus Dip
This pumpkin hummus is ultra creamy and packed with fall flavors. Optionally top with crispy sage and garlic and serve with za'atar spiced pita chips for the ultimate fall snack! This pumpkin hummus recipe is a fall spin on my all-time favorite creamy hummus. I swapped out half of the ...
Classic Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies
Homemade peanut butter blossom cookies are my favorite childhood cookie. They are quintessential Christmas cookie-swap fare, classically delicious, and easy for kids to make. I've created the perfectly soft, peanutty cookie for your recipe box. This is an easy recipe for peanut butter ...