*This post is generously sponsored by Tenderflake — thank you for supporting the brands that help me bring you these tasty, holiday treats! I have to admit, I was a little shocked with the popularity of this Cranberry Apple Cider from last fall. I can’t blame you for loving it — the cranberry apple combo is one of my favorites! For me, as a self-professed tea hater, apple cider is like everything good about tea without the actual tea....

These mini lemon cheesecakes are so quick to make because they have a secret, simple crust method. Instead of crushing graham crackers or other cookies, mixing with melted butter and more sugar, we’re just going to drop the whole cookie right in! I use this crust method for my mini strawberry cheesecakes, too! My cookie of choice for the crust on these mini lemon cheesecakes is a vanilla wafer. You know the ones in the yellow box that says ‘Nilla Wafers,’ right?...

Remember how I get into food ruts? This is one of them: banana split. (Maybe you remember those Banana Split Trifles?) And it’s not like I’ve ever been all about the banana splits in the past. I think part of it is just coming up with different ways to recreate old favorites. What can I “banana split” this week. I realized that I didn’t have a proper cheesecake recipe on the blog yet, and it felt wrong....

Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream really is the way to go, but it can often be time-consuming and complicated. As much as we love this Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream made from frozen custard or this Easy Homemade Ice Cream from the ice cream maker, sometimes we don’t have an ice cream maker handy. This No Churn Ice Cream recipe doesn’t require any special equipment or ingredients. It is creamy, sweet, and utterly indulgent, and only requires 10 minutes of hands-on prep!...

Imagine me, getting the idea to use my homemade pumpkin pie spice mix in a small batch of rice crispy treats, and then grabbing my keys and excitedly heading to the store to gather ingredients. I’m making my way to the baking aisle in the store, and right before I pick up a bag of mini marshmallows, I see it: pumpkin spice marshmallows. Whoosh–that sound was the wind leaving my sails....

I’m gonna admit, this feels weird. PUMPKIN?! But over the last year I feel like I’ve done a better job of accepting the fact that for me, now, holidays start at least a month in advance. Thanksgiving and Christmas?? 2+ months in advance! But let’s be real, Canadian Thanksgiving is just over a month away, so I’m going to call this perfect holiday planning timing. American friends, you can just continue thinking that I am really, impressively, on the ball....

I don’t drink for religious reasons. But I like the idea of something bubbly, fancy, and classy, (so of course cola didn’t make the cut). Iced teas, like my peach iced tea and other low-cal drinks, are my faaaaavorite guilty pleasure! So naturally I was intrigued, nay, OBSSESSED with Saudi Champagne the moment I had it and naturally the next step in my obsession was recreating it at home (and nitpicking all possible soda-to-apple-juice ratio because that’s just who I am)....

If you’re looking for more crockpot chicken breast recipes, check out this Crockpot Creamy Garlic Chicken, Italian Crockpot Chicken and Potatoes or this Crockpot Tuscan Chicken! Life is busy and I’m busting out all the easy slow cooker, one pot and Instant Pot recipes to keep us sane! This Crockpot Creamy Tomato Basil Chicken is well-loved here around the dinner table. Chicken is such a versatile protein so we always have a stash in the freezer!...

*This recipe has received some new photos since its original publish date but is still the same recipe we love! I don’t make a lot of pies. So when I do, it has to be good. And this Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie did not disappoint. This dessert looks and tastes fancy, but is surprisingly simple to make. It’s made with a buttery homemade pie crust, a 4-ingredient cream cheese filling, a simple strawberry jam layer, and of course a light and sweet whipped cream topping....

This recipe feels like a long time coming, but here we are. Last year I made 3 or 4 angel food cake rolls alone, because you just loved them! Angel food cake rolls are seriously so easy, and you can fill them with almost anything. So far we have: Triple Berry Angel Food Cake Roll Cherry Cheesecake Angel Food Cake Roll Pineapple Lush Angel Food Cake Roll Pumpkin Angel Food Cake Roll...

Love sun dried tomatoes? Try this Tuscan Chicken Pasta Bake, this One Pan Tuscan Orzo with Chicken or this Sun Dried Tomato and Spinach Orzo recipe! Any 20 minute pasta recipe is one I can get behind, and this Sun Dried Tomato Pasta is a new favorite (along with this Creamy Gemelli Pasta!). This recipe is made with whatever pasta shape your heart desires tossed in a rich, perfectly seasoned creamy parmesan cheese sauce....

I’ll admit, I don’t eat a lot of zucchini that’s not in baking. These Banana Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins are a favorite, but this rich and indulgent Chocolate Zucchini Cake is at the top of our list. The texture is light and soft but incredibly moist, and it’s loaded with chocolatey flavor. It’s also loaded with shredded zucchini (a whopping 3 cups!) but you’d never know, and you’ll probably never even see it....

There are plenty of White Chicken Chili recipes out there, but this one takes the cake. It’s rated 5 stars for a reason! The fact that this White Chicken Chili recipe is ready in 30 minutes or less with mostly pantry ingredients means that I can actually get it on the table while chasing 3 kids around the house, which is pretty much how things happen these days. Don’t want to stand at the stove?...

The holiday seasoning is one of my favorites times to cook, bake, and just generally eat all the food. It’s the most wonderful time of the year, right?! So, to get into the holiday spirit, I decided to gather up all of our favorite Christmas dessert recipes (along with a few from our friends) to create the ultimate list of Christmas treats. What Desserts Do You Have on Christmas? There are probably too many classic holiday sweet treats to even name....

Got extra cabbage? Try this Cabbage Roll Soup, this Homemade Coleslaw Recipe or swap it for the coleslaw mix in this easy Chicken Chow Mein recipe. This Cabbage Soup is part of my 6 Ingredient Suppers series! Click here for all of my 6 Ingredient Suppers. I know, I know. Maybe Cabbage Soup isn’t as exciting for you as it is for me, but once you make it, I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised how incredibly flavorful it is!...

We’re making a gift! A gift for ourselves and some to share, too. My chai obsession is pretty well-documented at this point. I drink it hot daily– yes, even in the summer. When given complete creative freedom on my next cookbook, it suddenly filled up with so many chai-flavored desserts that even I was embarrassed. (But only mildly). But there’s one thing that didn’t make the book: the jars of chai sugar that get made in my kitchen, stacked on my counter nearest the tea mugs, and sprinkled on almost everything....

When I came up with these brownies, I thought I was a complete genius. I ate a lot of cheesecake in my University days. When we lived in the city while I attended, we had a weekly “tradition”, if you will, with friends of ours: the guys went for wings and the girls went for cheesecake. Kind of the best tradition ever, right?!? Now that we have kids and don’t live in the city anymore, we don’t eat nearly as much cheesecake....

About 9 months out of the year, I make my chocolate banana muffins. My kids love them, because they think they’re getting chocolate chips for breakfast. And while they definitely are, I love the incredible reduced amount of sugar in that recipe because of the sweetness of the banana. Today, we’re using pumpkin, pumpkin spice, and an extra tablespoon of sugar to make up for the missing overripe banana. If you’re never tried chocolate and pumpkin together (like in my chocolate pumpkin cupcakes), you are in for a fall treat!...

I hope you guys are having a fabulous 3-day weekend. Truth be told, it’s like any other weekend for us. Life with a newborn is different, as you know. I’m making homemade pizza for dinner…kind of the exact opposite of grilling outdoors, but these days, I’m just proud of anything homemade that I can manage to produce. My parents are coming into town tomorrow to meet Camille, so I’ll keep this short and sweet....

I’ve been keeping a secret from you. I’m sorry. I know how to make buttercream that tastes exactly like the inside of an Oreo, and I haven’t shared it with you, until now. Part of the reason is that we eat this cookies and cream cupcakes frosting straight out of the bowl, and then go back to our normal lives like it never happened. It’s best not to dwell on such moments....