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What Goes in Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Brownies? The ingredient list might seem long, but don’t let that bother you. I bet you already have everything in your kitchen. Using simple pantry staples to create the best and most delicious dessert is a great feeling. Chocolate Chip Brownies Brown Sugar: Not only does this add sweetness to the bars, but it also adds moisture and a deep, rich caramel flavor. Granulated Sugar: Provides sweetness and gives the bars a slightly crispy caramelized texture to the top layer....

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and you can’t go wrong by making all of the chocolate-covered desserts! Chocolate covered strawberries are always a must, but these chocolate covered Oreos and pretzels are great, too! Chocolate Covered Banana Bites Chocolate-covered strawberries get a lot of time in the spotlight this time of year, but let me present you with another option… these crazy good chocolate covered bananas! Don’t get me wrong, strawberries covered in chocolate are heavenly, but there’s something about bananas and chocolate that is SO good....

We love all things cinnamon roll at our house! You should also try: Quick 45 minute Cinnamon Rolls, Cinnamon Roll Cupcakes, and Baked Cinnamon Roll Oatmeal! The Best Cinnamon Roll Cake This cinnamon roll cake first made its debut on the blog in 2012. One of the first and BEST recipes here on the blog. But the pictures just weren’t doing it any justice. A soft and gooey Cinnabon cinnamon roll turned into a cake!...

Turn this into an Olive Garden night at home and add some of my other favorite copycat recipes. Have it with Gnocchi, Pasta e Fagioli, or Alfredo Pasta! Copycat Olive Garden Salad Olive Garden has a cult following for good reason. They serve hearty soul satisfying pasta dishes and soups that are absolutely delicious. Everyone loves those breadsticks with the buttery, salty, garlic flavor. And then there is the salad....

We all love a good copycat recipe that we can make from home! Have your soup and salad at home with these Olive Garden favorites, Gnocchi, Pasta e Fagioli, and Zuppa Toscana Soup. Homemade Olive Garden Salad Dressing There are just those restaurants that you go to for specific reasons, and Olive Garden is one I go to for their endless salad. It is fresh and the perfect combination of flavors that are just divine....

Cranberry Chicken Salad on Apple Slices If you love my chicken salad you’re going to love this healthy Cranberry Chicken Salad on Apple Slices! It’s a refreshing take on lunch that’s as nutritious as it is delicious. Made with chicken breast from a roasted chicken or rotisserie chicken, craisins, red onion, celery, a little mayo and just enough chicken broth to make it juicy. Its combination of sweet, tart, and crunchy elements makes it a balanced and satisfying option for anyone looking to eat healthier without sacrificing flavor....

This blog post is sponsored by Barilla® but all opinions are my own. Now that I’m a busy mom, I’m all about quick weeknight meals, and this Creamy Masala Pasta with Barilla® Red Lentil Spaghetti is one that delivers. Barilla® Red Lentil Spaghetti has 23g of protein per 3.5oz and is an excellent source of fiber which helps my Creamy Masala Red Lentil Pasta burst with flavor while being gluten-free, and vegan....

This Creamy Vegan Zucchini Pesto Pasta feels and tastes gourmet, but it’s easy enough for a weeknight dinner and requires less than 10 ingredients. And the leftovers are extremely delicious! Before we get to the recipe, if you are looking for more seasonal recipes to make before summer ends, check out my round up of 45+ seasonal recipes to make this August! This zucchini pesto pasta has been a weeknight staple for us during the last month, and along with my zucchini casserole, it has converted Max from zucchini-skeptic to serious zucchini-appreciator (I might even go as far as to say zucchini-lover)....

Onion rings make the perfect side dish to your favorite meals. Pair them with Chicken, Grilled Cheese, or Burger. Homemade Onion Rings Along with french fries, and tater tots, onion rings are hands down one of my favorite things to get at restaurants. They are always so crispy, the onions are tender and they are so full of flavor. Now you can get the same, if not better, onion rings right in your own home....

This recipe features an easy cheese sauce that is ridiculously creamy and cheesy (and even secretly wholesome…hi, butternut squash!). Once mixed with elbow macaroni, it gets topped with a buttery bread crumb topping and baked until crunchy and browned. The textural contrast of creamy and crispy is irresistible and every bite is packed with flavor, indulgence, and nostalgia. What you need to make the best Vegan Mac and Cheese Butternut Squash....

Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Bark If you’re in the mood to make some holiday treats, and baking is not your thing, this bark recipe is for you! I used Lily’s Dark Chocolate Baking Bar which has no sugar added, so it’s almost sugar free. They are so easy and pretty hard to mess up. Perfect if you’re craving chocolate without the extra sugar! It is so good – I had to hide it from my husband....

You can’t go wrong with a chocolate dessert! Just about everyone loves them, and there are SO MANY out there to choose from! My favorite chocolate desserts are these homemade Reese’s peanut butter cups, this fantastic chocolate pie, or this death by chocolate cheesecake! Chocolate Mousse Chocolate mousse is so good. So good that did you know that there is even a day in April dedicated to it?? Yep, that’s right....

The chewy and delicious flavors of divinity has been a favorite for generations! Everyone is calling their Grandma for this recipe because of their childhood memories. I love old family recipes that are nostalgic like my Grandmas’s pumpkin pie, these Christmas cookies, and the very best fudge! What Is Divinity Candy? The unique texture of divinity candy is a combination of several treats. It’s smooth like fudge, airy like a marshmallow, but chewy like taffy....

Take the healthy twist a bit further and use this incredible whole wheat dough on my other winning favorite recipes. Try it in these Incredible Homemade Calzones, Quick and Easy Stromboli or Homemade Stuffed Pizza Bites. They’ll taste amazing! Perfect Whole Wheat Pizza Dough Pizza! One of life’s greatest food creations! Using whole wheat pizza dough takes your pizza to a whole new level. So many people turn up their noses at whole wheat, claiming it being dense, tough and tasting bland....

Garlic Cheddar Biscuits These made from scratch, Garlic Butter Cheddar Biscuits are the perfect side dish for any meal, whether you’re having a bowl soup, chili, or stew. They taste buttery, with lots of cheese and garlic flavor, and flaky layers. I personally love them with my slow cooker tomato soup, broccoli cheddar soup and my chicken pot pie soup! Biscuits are usually loaded with butter, but I use significantly less, plus some Greek yogurt....

Gnocchi is so flavorful, easy to cook and fun to eat. Try these amazing gnocchi recipes; Spinach, Sausage and Sage , Chicken and Sausage Tomato. Pan Fried Gnocchi You guys! This brown butter garlic fried gnocchi is one of the easiest and tastiest dishes yet! Tender soft pillowy gnocchi is fried in olive oil till it has a golden crisp crust, but still tender inside. Then butter is melted and cooked till it starts to brown giving you that nutty salty flavor that is divine....

Ground Turkey Chorizo Recipe I love eating chorizo in Mexican dishes, but since it’s so high in calories and fat, it’s not something I eat often. I was going to sub turkey chorizo for the classic, but I couldn’t find it in the supermarket. So, I decided to make my own lighter version. Ground turkey is so versatile, if you want more ideas see my Ground Turkey Recipes in the archives....

Hey everyone! Chelsea back from Chelsea’s Messy Apron. 🙂 When the weather heats up I live for icy cold beverages and delicious ice cream treats. Flavored lemonades are my family’s favorite drinks so we have them all summer long — strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, blackberry, and mango lemonades are constantly being made around my home. My husband’s favorite is blueberry lemonade and this recipe has a fun twist — it’s got sparkling water added in....

After a blissful late honeymoon in Phuket, Thailand, life in chilly England resumes. But thankfully I brought a few exotic Thai goodies back in my suitcase. Mango wafers, longan toffees, Thai honey and this gorgeous flaked coconut crowning my loaf cake. Packed with coconut flavour, this eggless cake can be baked in a loaf tin or round cake tin. It’s great sandwiched with raspberry jam and buttercream but today, I wanted an exotic cake that reminded me of the mouth-watering flavours of Thailand....