Got extra bananas? You might also like this Healthy Banana Bread recipe, this Cinnamon Banana Bread or this Banana Pancakes recipe! There are plenty of ways to use overripe bananas: a Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie for breakfast (or maybe this Strawberry Smoothie is more your style?), Banana Cream Pie for dessert and of course (everyone’s favorite), this moist and flavorful Banana Nut Bread! Now, in my opinion, you can never have too many variations of banana bread....

Check out all of my instant pot recipes here. This Beef Stroganoff Recipe is a family favorite! This creamy comforting pot of pasta that my whole family adores is your go-to cold weather weeknight dinner. Regular beef stroganoff involves searing the meat in a separate skillet, and a subsequent de-greasing cleaning session after dinner, of course. Plus, don’t forget about a separate pot to cook the pasta. But we do not have time for that!...

Summer is in full swing and we are loving our milkshakes! Last summer we talked about How to Make a Milkshake, with the perfect ratios, ingredients, and all the tips and tricks you could ever need. Today, we’re jumping off on that topic again with this Strawberry Milkshake recipe. If you are loving all the cold drinks (who doesn’t when the sun is shining??), you’ll want to check out this Homemade Lemonade recipe, this fun Strawberry Milk and this Cold Brew coffee recipe, too!...

At this point, I probably owe Rachael Ray a drink. Or at least a very nice bottle of Tuscan wine. In every issue of her magazine, I find at least one gem to post here. I’ve shared her Raspberry Sorbet Watermelon Sandwiches and my all time favorite easy dinner: Charred Corn Tilapia lately. The woman can cook. I also owe my entire private chef business to her. I hijacked her model of ‘week in a day’ and it’s exactly how I cook for my clients....

Turkey for two! Turkey for me, and turkey for you! The best way to celebrate Thanksgiving for two is to make a boneless turkey breast. That’s right; while you guys are planning your gigantic Thanksgiving dinner menus, I’ll be over here in my little ‘for two’ world making you a small Thanksgiving dinner. I mean, not too small because we want leftovers. We definitely want leftovers. But we’re not going to be wrestling a 20-pound turkey into a half-nelson with buttery hands, cleaning collard greens in the washing machine, or shucking corn until our fingers bleed....

Yes, I need two titles. Because I think not everybody knows what to expect when they hear the words “Brownie Mountain”. And because this is really just the most fun you’ve ever had making an ice cream cake, even if it looks like your young child put it together. I was tempted to name this “Hot Mess Cake”, but I decided that ugly food needs to be loved to. And sprinkles can make almost any cake feel good about itself, am I right?...

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe We are gathered here today because of your love for my eggless banana bread, my double chocolate banana muffins, and my chocolate CHIP banana muffins. We all have ripe bananas, and we all enjoy new ways to put them to use! Every family needs a great go-to chocolate chip banana bread recipe, and this one is ours. It’s special because it contains honey, which keeps the bread super moist and sweet....

Love chocolate and peanut butter? Try this Puppy Chow, these Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Candies or these Peanut Butter Balls next! Chocolate Peanut Butter Pinwheel Fudge is mouthwateringly delicious, but it’s also a total showstopper. Usually, this blog focuses on making easy and healthy weeknight dinner solutions for you busy folks. But, by the time December rolls around, I always have visions of chocolate and peanut butter, mint and white chocolate, cranberry, caramel, and nuts!...

First things first: yes, those are chocolate cupcakes topped with pudding and THEN coated in chocolate cake crumbs. This recipe comes out of Kathleen King’s book Baking for Friends. You know Kathleen King, she’s the mastermind behind Tate’s Bake Shop in the Hamptons. I first heard about Tate’s Bake Shop while watching an episode of Barefoot Contessa on Food Network. Once Tate’s was on my radar, I knew I had to try these Tate’s famous chocolate chip cookies....

In the first few seconds of the video, you will hear some big news… Yes, I’m working on my first cookbook! The release date will be May 2015. I apologize for making y’all wait so long, but I really want to put my entire heart and soul into this book. It will have over 80 new dessert for two recipes never seen before on the site! I will, of course, include 20 or so favorite recipes from the site, because I just can’t imagine my book without my classic 1 dozen chocolate chip cookies....

Hello again! I hope y’all had a wonderful Valentine’s Day. In case you’re wondering, my surprise destination for Valentine’s Day weekend was Half Moon Bay—a sleepy little beach town in the heart of artichoke country. We had a fantastic time! Can you say ‘private jacuzzi’? Anyway, would y’all like to know what I made for my sweetie on Valentine’s Day? Would you be surprised if I told you it was none of my own creations?...

Dairy Queen Ice Cream Cake is the ultimate Ice Cream dessert, and it’s perfect for summertime. With a little bit of hands-on time, you can leave your freezer to do the hard work of turning these simple ingredients into a wonderfully presented frozen cake! A DQ Ice Cream cake is perfect for any special occasion! It’s versatile as you can use your favorite ice cream flavors or any kind of sandwich cookie you like....

It’s not often that I experiment with muffin recipes. I have a few favorites that I make over and over (and over and over) — like these Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins and these Double Chocolate Banana Bran Muffins. But when we were on our Carnival cruise this past December (see my full recap here!), I became obsessed with the chocolate muffins at the breakfast buffet every morning. They were so moist and perfectly sweet, and I ate my fair share every day (at breakfast, and sneaking a few down into my room for snacks later in the day…....

PIN IT FOR LATER YOU GUYS. You know when you have those moments and you’re kind of in disbelief about how utterly brilliant you are? This was one of those moments. I had seen way back when on Facebook a video of someone making whipped cream in a mason jar, just put shaking up some cream. And all of a sudden it hit me: you can make chocolate whipped cream by melting chocolate in cream, and then whipping it, and this is how a lot of people make mousse....

See the step by step recipe video down in the recipe card. Summer is on its way and there is no better way to use those summer blueberries than this Blueberry Pie! With a golden, buttery crust (my favorite homemade pie crust!) and sweet, thick blueberry filling, it’s perfect with a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream slowly melting over the top. Fruit pies are one of my favorite desserts for summer (and all year!...

PIN THIS RECIPE FOR LATER Recipe posted first on The Recipe Critic. It has probably been about 6 months since I got started on the baked oatmeal trend and I just can’t give it up. First I made these super simplified, easy peasy 4 Ingredient Baked Oatmeal Cups in November (and while you weren’t going to trade them for your Christmas chocolates, they took off like crazy come January!). That recipe is really the perfect base recipe — you can add anything you want to it!...

Try them in this Italian Meatball Soup, Albondigas Soup, or this Swedish Meatballs recipe! We are meatball-obsessed, and this is my perfect homemade Meatball recipe — we use this recipe in so many ways! It’s now our first choice when we’re making these Slow Cooker Swedish Meatballs, this Spaghetti and Meatballs and these Slow Cooker Cranberry Meatballs. I’ve tested this meatballs recipe with different ingredients, different cooking methods, different sauces, to be sure that they are worthy of being your go-to!...

Garlic is an essential in the kitchen! Whether it’s added to Garlic Parmesan Orzo Pasta, Garlic Bread, Slow Cooker Garlic Butter Chicken, or Garlic Herb Instant Pot Potatoes…it just has a way of taking any flavor up at least a few notches. But have you ever roasted your garlic first? This Roasted Garlic recipe takes the intense, pungent flavor of raw garlic and turns it into something soft, buttery, nutty, rich, caramel-y, and spreadable....

It’s been a pretty zucchini-light year. Between the squirrels, chipmunks, and heavy summer rains, I’ve barely had more than 5 from the garden. I suppose it’s better than having excess and pawning them off on complete strangers. I have this friend named Martin (he’s the one that I made the wedding cake for), and he loves to give flowers to strangers on the street. The morning after his wedding, we were brunching at Upper Crust Bakery, and someone brought all of the extra sunflowers from the wedding to brunch....

PIN IT FOR LATER Growing up, I used to love those Treatzza Pizzas from Dairy Queen! As I was writing this post though, I was wondering if my American friends have Treatzza Pizzas? I tried searching on the Canadian and American DQ web sites and I didn’t find much on the American sites. What a shame it would be if you had to live your lives without the Treatzza Pizza!...