We are gathered here today to talk about how it only takes 5 ingredients to have a fantastic dessert. And no one knows this better than my friend Phi who just wrote a cookbook called Fast and Easy Five-Ingredient Recipes: A cookbook for Busy People. Her book is absolutely incredible, and I want to make just about everything in it. I skipped to the dessert section first (duh), and when I saw this gem of a recipe, I knew I had to make it....

(avoids eye contact) Yeah….. so… I like chocolate. I feel like this is an embarrassing amount of chocolate, but even so — I’m not sorry about it. This is one of those things you make on a special occasion. Correction: this is one of those things you should only make on a special occasion, but you’re bound to be finding a lot more “special occasions” with this in your back pocket....

Chickpea curry is a mildly spiced thick curry made to be eaten in breakfast with naan, parathas or puris. It is also a part of a big Desi Brunch set up which includes: Sooji ka halwa (semolina pudding)Puris (fried flat breads)Aloo ki tarkari (potato curry) It’s the BEST vegetarian brunch from the lands of South Asia and if you aren’t sold yet, you can also just try the chickpea curry on its own with a paratha....

Welcome to the second-only recipe using a slow cooker on this site! You didn’t miss my first one, Creme Brûlée in the Slow Cooker, did you? Because that would be sad. So, I love this crockpot cranberry sauce for a few reasons. One: using the slow cooker is hands-off Turkey Day. Two: it’s so dang easy, your drunk uncle could make it. Three: it has many uses! I want to see this cranberry butter snuggling up next to your sliced turkey....

There is so much to love about this Crockpot Whole Chicken. It’s so easy to make — literally 5 minutes prep and you’re on your way! So flavorful and juicy, with no babysitting the oven and worrying about drying out your chicken. The leftovers are just as great as the day you made it — and they can be enjoyed in so many ways. I love having a stash of whole chickens in the freezer for quick meals when we have a busy week....

What are your weekend plans? If you’re like me, the first thing on your list is a trip to the farmer’s market. The bright colors of our farmer’s market right now are pulling me in. If you’re even more like me, you over-buy. I buy more vegetables than two people can eat. I just can’t help it—I must have every color of squash, pepper, and onion! I also must buy radishes because who knows how much longer their season will last?...

Love dumplings? Try these Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings or this Chicken Dumpling Soup recipe! Bisquick Dumplings are an awesome hack for adding a little something special to your favorite soup or stew — they’re easy to make and make dinnertime extra hearty! Around here, we cook from scratch, using whole foods and our most trusted store-bought ingredients, most of the time. But there are times when you need a quick and easy dinner idea, and these easy soup dumplings is definitely that....

This Minestrone Soup is one of my favorite ways to get a healthy meal on the table! It is absolutely loaded with vegetables (which, I’ll be honest, I don’t get a lot of otherwise!). I’ve come up with a few other recipes for our favorite comfort foods that load up the veggies—Healthier One-Pot Skillet Lasagna, Healthier Slow Cooker Hamburger Helper, BBQ Chili Cheese Biscuit Casserole, One-Pot Turkey Chili Mac and Cheese—but this Easy Minestrone Soup may just be one of my favorites!...

Figgy Piggy Pizza! Piggy Figgy Pizza! Now that’s just fun to say! Remember my apple pie pizza recipe where I perfected a small batch of pizza dough made entirely in a measuring cup? I promised you a savory variation, and today I’m delivering. Well, sweet and savory. The figs are sweet, but the bacon and feta are anything but. You know this. We all love bacon and dates together, but why have we not combined bacon with figs?...

Check out the step-by-step recipe video down below! There are so many reasons to love these easy Roasted Potatoes and Carrots! They are a hands-off, oven-baked side dish that you can serve with just about anything, from a busy weeknight dinner on the fly, to your holiday dinner main course. They are tossed with homemade garlic butter before baking, which gives them incredible flavor and keeps them from drying out (and helps them develop that golden color!...

The first time I made Camille meat puree, I wasn’t sure if I should feed it to her or the cat. I poached a chicken breast, and pureed it in the Vitamix. One look, one smell, one reluctant taste, and I was done. Surely I can do better for my sweet babe than cat food fare! My journey of making meat purees for baby food starts here: Camille didn’t start eating meat until around 7 months....

Creamed corn brings me right back to the Sunday dinners of my childhood. The only difference here is that this here Creamed Corn is completely homemade with the freshest ingredients. I don’t have a problem with a can of cream corn here and there, but we all know that once you get the homemade stuff it’s hard to go back — especially when something is as easy to make as this!...

Fig Bar Recipe Words can hardly describe how much I love these. And I can sit here and tell you that they are approximately 1-million times better than the store-bought ones, but you won’t believe me until you try them. I get it. It’s my job to bake things and tell you how amazing they are. I do my best to convince you to bake what I bake. It probably falls on deaf ears after 718 recipes on this site....

These chocolate caramel cookie bars taste exactly like a copycat Twix bar, and people flip over them. In fact, saying that you’re bringing homemade candy to any party is the equivalent of walking into a crowd cheering your name and going home with a sash that says ‘MVP of the party.’ We’re baking these homemade Twix bars in a bread loaf pan so that they can be cut into perfect sticks....

This Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream, also know as Frozen Custard, is a slightly richer version of my Easy Homemade Ice Cream. Like the easy ice cream, it’s made with a base of cream, milk, sugar, and vanilla. It does include one secret ingredient, though: egg yolks! The egg yolks in this recipe help stabilize the ice cream, which results in an even richer flavor! The fat in the egg yolks also helps prevent the formation of ice crystals, so it lasts longer too and won’t melt as quickly....

Mango mousse is a creamy, sweet, tropical little dessert that my daughter loves. I used frozen mango in her baby food recipes quite often when she was little, and now, I’ve got a big girl who still loves mango! In our house, we go through dried mango strips, frozen mango cubes, and fresh mangos at record pace. I love how much vitamin A and vitamin C they have, so I let the kids eat them as much as they want....

Look, there’s a lot going on in this world, but I just want to talk about the berries. Mainly, the blueberries–they are amazing this year. It’s almost making up for the fact that the strawberries are not what they should be (not that it stopped me from putting them in this strawberry cake for two, a small batch strawberry jam , or this strawberry pretzel parfait). Also, don’t even get me started on the disappointment that is cherries this year....

This Mango Salsa Chicken and Rice is pretty much all of my favorite things in one skillet, and it’s my newest addition to my 6 Ingredient Suppers series! March is all about 6 Ingredient Skillets and I think it might be my favorite month so far (though I don’t want to hurt January and February’s feelings). There’s just something about having a back pocket full of 6 ingredient meals that are mostly ready in one pan and 30 minutes that makes me so happy!...

I love, love, love (love, love, love, love) comfort food. And I love twice baked potatoes. We don’t have mashed potatoes very often (mostly because I’m too lazy to mash perfectly tasty potatoes!), but when we do it’s a treat. Twice baked potatoes are even more of a treat! And everything little is better than the original, right? I also love potatoes. They’re so creamy and comforting and they also offer great nutritional value at the same time....

I love breakfast. And I love eggs. We have actually tossed around the idea of getting some chickens for eggs, just because we love them so much. I am totally game as long as I don’t have to be responsible for actually dealing with the chickens. Or chicken poop. Growing up, people always assumed that since I didn’t live in town, I lived on a farm. I always had to explain to people that we had a dog and a cat, but I didn’t actually live on a farm....