I don’t know about you, but we have been so excited to see the sun shining and feel the weather warming! After a couple months of being home, working on homework with the kids, and not having a lot of places to go, these sunny days are making all the difference! We’ve been grilling a lot more, which is giving us more time to test out the MiniMax from Big Green Egg — a small ceramic charcoal grill that adds big time flavor!...

If you’re the type of person to break a cookie in half and try to only eat half of it, this recipe is for you. I know that you go back later and eat the remaining half, but I don’t judge you for this. I do the same thing. It’s just because the soft, chewy center of a cookie is so good, and when broken in half, you get the perfect center to edge ratio....

Mummy cupcakes for Halloween: You’re looking at a last-minute Halloween treat that doesn’t require a trip to the store. Yes, I’m the answer to your dreams, especially your child’s class party dreams, hah! I knew my daughter’s class was having a Halloween party, but I wrongly assumed that I would find out that we needed to bring something in advance. I feel like she’s too young to start telling me the night before something is due for school, right?...

So today is my husband’s birthday. Not only is it my husband’s birthday, but it’s his “Champagne Birthday” (or Grand Birthday or Golden Birthday or Star Birthday according to Wikipedia), which means he is 31 on the 31st. So let’s eat cake! Chocolate and cherry is one of his (and one of my!) favorite combinations, so I knew this would be a hit just like my Black Forest Icebox Cake!...

I feel like I say this a lot, but this is truly one of our favorite dinners for two. Pillow-soft dumplings coated in a slightly tangy blue cheese sauce with crunchy walnuts on top is a restaurant meal that you can absolutely make it home! Gnocchi can be finicky to make, but by using ricotta, we’re making them so much easier. What are gnocchi? Gnocchi, if you’ve never had them, are soft bite-size dumplings typically made from boiled potatoes....

Love your slow cooker as much as we do? Check out my 15 Best Crockpot Recipes, these Easy Crockpot Meals or these quick-to-prep Dump ‘n’ Go Slow Cooker Meals! I know. I’m not even 50 words in and I’ve cheated already. This Crock Pot Baked Ziti is obviously NOT baked. Though I suppose if you were really set on it you could stir in an egg and some ricotta (although Serious Eats isn’t upset my recipe’s lack of it), spread it into a baking dish and bake it....

Check out more of the very best tomato soup recipes like 20 Minute Creamy Tomato Soup, Easy Roasted Tomato Soup and Tomato Tortellini Soup. If you have a picky eater at the table who refuses to eat their veggies, I’ve got you covered with this Slow Cooker Creamy Tomato Soup recipe! Now, it’s worth noting that this soup is actually incredibly delicious, and the added vegetables are just a bonus that adds to all of the flavor....

Looking for more cozy crockpot meals? Check out my 15 Best Crockpot Meals or these easy Dump ‘n’ Go Slow Cooker recipes that are quick to prep but the whole family will love! You guys. I love hearty, creamy, winter comfort food. I can’t get enough. I’ll eat soup and stew all year round, but there is just something so perfectly cozy about a big bowl of stew on a cold day....

So this was the first time a bottle of Sriracha sauce ever made it into my house. Am I crazy? Have you guys been loving on this stuff for a while now? I have to admit, I still find it craaaaaazy spicy. I’m not putting the stuff undiluted onto anything that’s going into my mouth. But after I saw a recipe for Grilled Honey Sriracha Chicken, the wheels started turning....

See the full step by step recipe video down in the recipe card. This post is generously sponsored by The Little Potato Company and I was compensated for my time in creating this recipe. Thank you for supporting the brands that make The Recipe Rebel possible! Potato salad is a barbecue season favorite, and this Southwest Potato Salad is a fun way to take your potato salad to the next level!...

I can feel spring coming, can’t you? Granted, I live near the coast and the distinction between the seasons is much more nuanced than I’m used to. However, we know the seasons by the fruit and vegetables that are ripe and ready! I’m looking forward to springtime fresh berries, because I have a feeling they’re going to be so good this year. And I’m not just talking about strawberries–I’m here for the blackberries, too!...

Because sugar free week can’t be all cold and creamy ice cream, I made us miniature sugar free carrot cake bites! They’re naturally sweetened, which, in my book, means: no funky sugars, chemicals, or trips to the health food store required—not that I dislike going to the health food store. Actually, I love love love it. Some women shop for shoes, I shop for food. I’m in a constant struggle to keep a reasonable amount of food in my pantry versus buying one of everything that looks good....

I love Sweet and Sour sauce. It’s delicious as a dipping sauce with egg rolls, as part of my sweet and sour meatballs or crockpot sweet and sour chicken, on rice, you name it! Now, store-bought sweet and sour sauce is great in a pinch, but homemade is better! Why? Because store bought sauce is often loaded with ingredients I don’t recognize. So I thought it was about time I came up with a homemade Sweet and Sour Sauce recipe!...

‘Imli’ or Tamarind is a super sour flavoring ingredient. This recipe uses a LOT of it and balances that sourness out with some heat from spices and sweetness from dates (or other sweeteners). The overall hit of flavor is definitely sweet and tangy with a bit of heat in there. No Pakistani/Indian Chaat is complete without imli chutney, oh and neither is the ever-so-popular dahi bhalley (or baray). It can last for months in the fridge and more so in the freezer!...

This recipe comes to you from my second book, Comfort and Joy: Cooking for Two. While the cover features my famous (well, internet famous!) 15-minute puff pastry, it does in fact have 15 dessert for two recipes in the back. I just couldn’t resist sharing more small-batch sweets with you! You know how I am. This warm carrot cake with melted cream cheese frosting almost didn’t enter into my life....

I just kind of love this time of year. There’s something just so magical about September – December, with the back-to-school and back-to-routine excitement, October with Thanksgiving and Halloween, and I’ll be honest from October to December is all about Christmas for me. I love Christmas, probably because there are so many reasons and opportunities to gather around a table of good food with friends and family. Because really — what is great food without great people to share it with?...

I make these cookies for a several reasons. One, I love baking with almond flour because it brings a chewiness to a cookie that just can’t be done with regular flour. This is why my gluten free chocolate chocolate chip cookies are so incredibly chewy and crave-worthy. Two, I like sneaking in higher protein flours for my kids after school snack plates. My kids love these almond flour peanut butter cookies in their snack bags!...

I just don’t know if I can call this baby food if the adults gobbled up these baby meatballs with mango glaze just as fast as the babe. Camille has now entered the phase of ‘I only wanna eat what’s on Mama’s plate.’ So, it looks like Mama’s diet just got a whole lot less mini chocolate cake and a whole lot more veggies. Ugh. If you need me, I’ll be stuffing chocolate in my face during nap time....

You know, I actually can’t remember the last time I made a baked cheesecake. I make No-Bake Cheesecake, and Mini Baked Cheesecakes, but a whole baked cheesecake?! Seems like a lot of work, right? But when I saw The Ultimate Cheesecake in the April edition of Canadian Living, I was intrigued. The recipe promised a perfect, crackless baked cheesecake with no water bath. What?! And so The Best Vanilla Cheesecake was born!...

Definitely not a typo. I put freshly cracked black pepper in a rich cream scone and topped it with a maple glaze. Stay with me here. I dreamt up this breakfast combo one night when a friend said that he ‘just didn’t get the whole chicken and waffles thing.’ I quietly died a little inside. What’s not to love? Salty fried chicken + maple syrup. It really got me thinking....