PIN THIS RECIPE FOR LATER I love birthdays. I love hanging streamers and balloons in the girls’ favourite colours (obviously, there’s a lot of pink). I love making their favorite foods to share with family. I love picking out the perfect gift or planning a fun day to make them feel extra special. I love having most of our family around to gather around a table of good food and celebrate together....

If your grocery delivery hasn’t come with 6 bunches of bananas instead of just 6 bananas, are you even living? I don’t sweat leftover bananas, because I store them in the freezer for smoothies, my one banana bread, or for making pancakes with just eggs and mashed bananas. But recently, with a freezer full of bananas and vanilla bean ice cream staring back at me, I decided to make the best banana milkshake ever....

I partnered with ALDI to bring you these incredible banana oat pancakes. I absolutely love shopping at ALDI for the low prices, high quality, and total ease of shopping. I found all of the ingredients for these pancakes (and so many other grocery staples) in just minutes, so I could get back home and cook with my kids. I have fully mastered one-armed recipes. All of the parents out there who do the majority of the cooking in their house know what I mean....

I just can’t help it, I’ve got the Big Easy on my brain. And if the past few weeks’ baking is any sign (which, um, is totally is), y’all have a lot of purple, green, and yellow sprinkles headed your way. Mardi Gras reminds me of our honeymoon in New Orleans, and although it’s been one year, I’m still thinking about the food we ate while there. I was so desperate to fit in all the food I wanted to eat, that I even ate Bananas Foster for breakfast one day....

Enjoy more of the very best chili recipes like Instant Pot Chili, Easy Vegetarian Chili and The BEST White Chicken Chili recipe! For more than a decade now I’ve been creating ways to load up all of our family dinners with protein, fibre and nutritious veggies, and this BBQ Chili Cheese Biscuit Casserole is no exception! The magic starts with the beefy BBQ chili that’s loaded with lots of hidden veggies....

I used to be a leftover hater. Then again, I also used to be a childless, married woman working a .75 high school teaching position. It’s funny how being a mother changes everything. Though even when I was at home on maternity leave, I’d still complain to my husband when we had so many leftovers that I had no reason to cook supper. Such is my absolute obsession with food....

I know this is no surprise. With all the cheesecake recipes on The Recipe Rebel, I hadn’t yet shared the perfect easy no bake cheesecake recipe — the recipe that serves as the basis for so many of my no bake cheesecake recipes! As fun as White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake, No Bake Chocolate Cheesecake and Key Lime Cheesecake are, sometimes you just want good old vanilla. Simply sweetened, with just a handful of ingredients....

This is the best broccoli cheese soup recipe I have come across, and I have tried a few! You don’t need any fancy kitchen gadgets for this one, just a dutch oven or large pot, and your stovetop. It’s made with simple ingredients, and only takes 30 minutes to make, so it ticks all of my boxes. Broccoli and cheese are perfect together for making comfort food that also counts as healthy eating....

Food blogging is so weird. There are so many things that go into running a food blog; so many pieces of advice that get thrown around here and there. One of the pieces of advice I received last week was to celebrate Christmas in July and make Christmas cookies for my blog right now. I immediately thought it was so silly and I wrote it off. But then, Christmas cookies won’t leave my head....

There are so many times in my life when I need a small chocolate cake–is that true for you, too? We should be able to have chocolate cake without making a layer cake! While I do have plenty of small 6-inch cake recipes on this site that are very adorable, I’m sharing a variation of a slightly bigger cake today. The best news about this recipe is that you can use an 8-inch square pan or an 8-inch round pan!...

Another way I love experimenting in the kitchen is trying a recipe for something that I don’t usually use a recipe for. Like tacos. When I make tacos for dinner, it’s usually just some meat, taco seasoning or a combination of spices, cheese, salsa, tortillas. Honestly? I don’t even add lettuce or sour cream. And I’m not sure if a taco in a soft tortilla counts as a taco. What do you guys think?...

Does anyone else dream up all of the ways you can take something that’s already cheesy and make it…even cheesier?! Well, get ready for your dreams to come true. This Creamy Cheese Tortellini is made with cheese tortellini that’s tossed in a rich, decadent sauce made up of heavy cream, melted parmesan, pasta water, and seasonings! It’s the an easy dinner recipe that’s ready in 15 minutes! Serve this pasta dish as a delicious vegetarian entree or as a side with this Baked Chicken Breast or Slow Cooker Pork Tenderloin....

Your love for my crepes for two recipe reminds me to make crêpes at least once a month. I love them so much, and I love how simple they are to make. Just a blender, a hot pan, and you have something sweet to roll up or stuff with deliciousness. Crepes make their way into my kids’ lunchboxes as a sweet treat with Nutella, or as a savory sandwich alternative with grated Swiss and thin slices of ham....

This isn’t particularly flattering about me, but I have to confess: I used to live near a crêperie and never ordered crêpes! I lived near Crepeville for almost a decade, went there often during farmer’s market breakfast dates (yes, those are a thing in California), but I always ordered bagels. But let me defend myself: the bagel came smeared (schmeared?) thick with cream cheese, a pile of artichoke hearts, and niçoise olives....

You know those recipes that look (and taste!) like you spent forever on them, but that are actually super easy to make? Air Fryer Salmon, Baked Chicken Caprese, Chicken Gnocchi Soup,Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake, Perfect Instant Pot Pot Roast Recipe… you get the idea. For a long time, Crème Brûlée felt like one of those desserts you only ever get at fancy restaurants and that you definitely never attempt to make at home....

Easy fudge recipe: I buy exactly one can of sweetened condensed milk each year. Just one. And sometimes I buy it as early as September, yet I save it for December. I make fudge once a year. In December. With sweetened condensed milk. Was that not clear? But, since I bake small batch recipes, one can of sweetened condensed milk makes two batches of fudge. Yessssss. Two flavors! I made you Chocolate Amaretto Fudge and Orange Creamsicle fudge....

Saucy Sweet and Sour Chicken Sweet ‘n Sour chicken is a classic restaurant style Asian main. The chicken is lightly coated tossed into a classic sweet and tangy sauce along with some veggies to balance the flavors. I love making fake-outs at home! It gives me so much more control over the taste. Here’s why making this recipe is MORE NUTRITIOUS than ordering it in! It is more nutritious because you are skipping the MSG (Chinese Salt) that restaurants use....

A classic Icebox Cake is made with layers of cookies and homemade whipped cream, covered in whipped cream and topped with crushed cookies. This easy dessert has a cake-like texture as the cookie layers absorb some moisture from the cream filling, but there’s no baking required! It’s one of my favorite desserts when I want something that looks impressive but took no time to make. Plus, there are so many different ways to make an icebox cake!...

Enjoy the take-out experience from your very own kitchen with recipes like Slow Cooker Mongolian Beef, One Pot Teriyaki Chicken and Noodles and Sweet and Sour Pork. Orange Chicken is pretty much the pinnacle of Chinese take-out cuisine. Tender, golden bites of chicken served in a thick, sweet orange sauce? Yes please! While I’ve ordered Orange Chicken a time or twenty, nothing I’ve had from a take-out restaurant can compare to this easy skillet recipe....

I’m just gonna come out and say it: I think this is the best chicken I’ve ever made in the slow cooker. I’m going to avoid saying it is the best ever, but I don’t think I’ve ever had chicken breasts come out of the slow cooker this moist before. They are just totally, unbelievably juicy and delicious. The trick? Thai Kitchen coconut milk. Maybe you think that’s weird and you’d never cook chicken in coconut milk, but I’m telling you that you should....