This Apple Chicken stir fry is a combination of perfectly shallow fried chicken cubes, caramelized apples and onions, coated with a sweet and rich dark sauce made with apple juice and various spices, topped off with sesame seeds. I served it with steamed rice but man, fried rice would be sooooo perfect with it. If you’ve tried and liked pineapple chicken, or dragon chicken, or are a fan of Asian fusion flavors, this is the recipe for you....

PIN THIS RECIPE FOR LATER I was so determined to share more grilling recipes this summer (especially considering how popular these Cheesy Grilled Potatoes were!), and I feel like the summer is just slipping away on me! These Fajita Steak Kabobs are long overdue, but I know you’re going to love them as much as we do! Steak can be a tricky thing to cook (unless you are a lean, mean, steak grilling machine, but that is not me!...

The blazing sun, the whirring of the fans, and that itchy feeling you get with each sweat drop, NEEDS a cooler! Not only does an iced tea cool you down, this one is sugar free! Iced teas have been a SAVIOUR for my soda addiction. Quitting fizzy drinks cold turkey never works cz the sugar addiction is REAL you guys. I shifted to packaged juices for a while but of course they have a truck load of sugar too....

I haven’t talked much about living in St Louis, have I? After living in 3 different states in the last 3 years, we struggle to put roots down and get ’too comfortable’ in any one place. As I write this, we never know where the future will take us. Most likely, St Louis isn’t home. We tell ourselves we’re close to family here, but, really, ‘close’ means a 9-10 hour car drive....

I don’t know about you, but firing up the grill and making some chicken burgers gets me so excited for summer! Especially when there’s grilled pineapple involved. I feel like March is the time we really start to get excited about summer coming. The sun starts shining brighter, the days get longer, we switch (hopefully!) from snow boots to rubber boots, and start splashing in puddles instead of making snowmen....

PIN IT FOR LATER Happy Monday friends! If you’ve been following me here for any length of time, you might find this post here a little odd. You might be thinking to yourself, “but, um — Ashley doesn’t do pie.” And it’s true, in a sense. I am not a pie fanatic like a lot of people are. It’s not that I dislike pie, it’s just that I would probably take a cookie, brownie, piece of cake, bowl of ice cream, or slab of cheesecake before I would go for the pie....

It only took me 6 months to perfect this recipe. A lot of blood and sweat, some tantrums, and NUMEROUS trials later, I have finally given my quest to the best WHITE biryani a rest. There may or may not have been an awkward celebratory dance ritual. Let’s dive right in! What is White Biryani? If you’ve had the regular colorful biryani, the White biryani is just as the name suggests, biryani with no food coloring....

No Instant Pot? Check out my oven Baked Potato Recipe or my Air Fryer Baked Potato! PIN THIS RECIPE FOR LATER So here we are — right smack in the middle of an Instant Pot craze. I’ll be the first to admit that I haven’t always been on board with the thing, but I’ve given it a good shot and there are some things that I definitely love to cook in there....

This Instant Pot Sweet and Sour Chicken recipe is a new favorite dinner. It’s based off of my classic Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe, but designed for one of my favorite kitchen appliances: the instant pot! This recipe takes just 10 minutes to prep, is packed with juicy chicken and veggies tossed in a homemade sweet and sour sauce. We love to serve it over Instant Pot Jasmine Rice or with Roasted Red Potatoes and a side of Air Fryer Broccoli for a hearty, wholesome meal....

Mango Banana Smoothie Without being too obvious, we go through a lot of mangos in our house. I keep the giant 4 pound bags of frozen mango chunks in my freezer nearly all the time. When the kids want something cold and creamy for dessert, but I accidentally finished the ice cream the night before in a Below Deck binge, it’s frozen mango to the rescue! I let the chunks defrost for a few minutes, and the kids enjoy the slushy texture and believe they’re eating ice cream....

So, I know you think I’m pretty much perfect in every day (I saw that eye roll!), but in fact, it hasn’t always been this way. Occasionally — don’t tell my husband — I even make mistakes (though these Mexican Wonton Quiche were not one of them!). I have learned a lot though, in my few years of existence, and I think overall it’s made me a better person, daughter, sister, friend, cook… and gift giver....

This No Bake Chocolate Cheesecake is pure perfection You’re looking at the dessert I am most known for in my group of friends. If I show up anywhere without a cheesecake in my (oversized) purse, it’s rare. I love love love a good loaf pan cheesecake. I love that the loaf pan makes a cheesecake that makes 5 generous of cheesecake, perfect for sharing with a small group. There’s hardly an occasion where a small cheesecake isn’t welcome....

So you probably know how much I love a good No Bake Cheesecake — especially when the recipe calls for only a few ingredients like this No Bake Raspberry Cheesecake. Let’s dive into this deliciousness a little further 😉 Why we love this no bake cheesecake: Let me tell you! First, we are a family of cheesecake lovers. This fresh raspberry take is one of our favorites for summer! Some of our other favorites?...

What’s better than Oreo Ice Cream? Homemade Oreo Ice Cream! The beauty of this homemade Oreo ice cream recipe is that there’s no ice cream maker required (it’s based on this vanilla No Churn Ice Cream), and it comes together in just 5 minutes. It’s super simple to make: just whip the cream, fold in everything else, and let the freezer do its thing. We love this no churn cookies and cream ice cream for a sweet treat on hot summer days, but it’s great all year round with hot desserts too (I love a scoop with a warm Homemade Brownie or a scoop of Grandma’s Hot Fudge Sundae Cake)....

I’ll admit it: I’m a sucker for Christmas candy. We love it all: the chocolate oranges, these Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Candies, the toffee, the almond roca, the turtles and don’t forget these White Chocolate Peppermint Oreo Truffles. Really everything except the candy canes. Am I alone in this? As festive as they are, candy canes aren’t really a big deal here. But a batch of this easy Peppermint Bark?...

A one-handed side dish: I feel like I’m cooking with one hand a lot these days. I’ve either got a baby in one hand, or I’m using one hand to break up little brother and sister fighting over a toy while I attempt to drizzle olive oil in a pan to get dinner started. You feel me, parents? Enter a side dish that I can make with one hand that everyone loves: pesto roasted potatoes....

Hand to God, these baked donut holes taste like fried donut holes. I don’t know how I did it. There were several versions, but the last one just popped. I sent the recipe to my Mom to try, and she agreed. It’s not just the cinnamon-sugar coating (which all donuts should have, am I right?); there’s a creaminess to the muffins. It’s unbelievable, until you try it! If I had to guess, I would say that it’s the high amount of baking powder in such a small recipe....

What’s the Rose and Honey milk cake? This Honey cake has all the rustic Persian flavors of nuts, rose water and honey. All the flavors are subtle and not overpowering at all. It’s made similar to three milk cakes or tres leches cakes. We first bake the honey cake, which has a nice golden color on top. Then we poke holes in it and drown it in some warm rose honey milk for an added layer of flavor and moisture....

See the step by step recipe video down in the recipe card. You’ll also love these Easy Crockpot Chicken Breast Recipes! To be totally honest, I didn’t think I liked lemon chicken until I stumbled across the recipe for this Baked Honey Lemon Chicken in one of my Grandma’s old recipe books. It sounded interesting, so I thought I’d give it a try and I became obsessed. It is the perfect combination of sweet, tangy, and savory and I think it’s even better than what I’ve had in restaurants!...

Chicken Chili Garlic Noodles One of our favorite stir fry noodle recipes this year has been this! I always end up making chili garlic noodles when all I have are some chicken and bellpeppers in the fridge. Another version of this recipe uses chili oil and garlic. This version comes under the broad banner of “Indo Chinese” which is fusion style Chinese food originating from Chinese immigrants in South Asia. Indo-Chinese food is comparitively spicier and uses some combination of Indian and Chinese spices and cooking techniques....