Here at Dessert for Two headquarters, we (me, myself, and I) have a lot of strategy meetings. We throw around a lot of corporate jargon (‘synergy’, ’end-game’, ‘big picture thinking’) in these meetings to discuss what exactly constitutes a serving size. The synergy between chocolate and cream cheese gets me to the ultimate end-game of cheesecake without forgetting big picture thinking: easily scaled up to serve more than two. Is everyone on board?...

If you love the flavor of Italian sausage, try this Italian Sausage Soup recipe, The BEST Sausage Tortellini Soup, my new Creamy Italian Sausage Pasta or my Baked Gnocchi with Sausage next! I originally shared this recipe 6 years ago, when life was crazy and I was a high school teacher, food blogger, and mom of a toddler. I can’t say that things have calmed down any, it’s just a different kind of crazy!...

Back when Camille was a wee babe (which somehow simultaneously feels like forever ago and yesterday), I ate a lot of cookies. To be specific, these cookies by Mel. I loved them. While I should have been napping when the baby was napping, I was in the kitchen making these cookies. I just couldn’t get enough. At 8 weeks old, Camille was waking at 2am and 6am. The only thing keeping my eyes open during those feedings was thick, chewy cookies with lots o’ stuff....

Hooray for rhubarb season! I can’t think of a better way to celebrate than with a sweet rhubarb crisp recipe. Stewed diced rhubarb spiced with rose water, orange zest and allspice topped with crispy oats–hold the strawberries, we don’t need them here! This is my plea to make a rhubarb dessert without strawberries once in your life! I know rhubarb and strawberries go great together, but I think we can find the sweetness rhubarb needs in other ways–less expected ways....

I have a quick love letter to write today, and I hope you’ll indulge me. It’s part love letter, but really, I want to let you know which cookbooks I use in my kitchen several times a week. If you reach for a cookbook on a weeknight, or if you reach for a cookbook more than once a week, it’s a good sign. I have a coffee nook in my kitchen, well, I’m a tea drinker, so I should call it a tea nook, but it was clearly designed as a coffee station....

More baby food? I know. But I’m on a roll in the kitchen, passion is flowing, and Camille is happy, too. Why make any changes? Also: to be perfectly honest, we gave up sugar for Lent in this house, so baking is hard right now. I have to make everything on Saturday, save 2 bites for Sunday (we are soooo those Catholics that cheat on Sundays during Lent), and give the rest to the neighbors....

Strawberry season is one of my favorite times of the year. Taking the first bite of a perfectly ripe, plump, sweet strawberry is one of those simple moments of joy I look forward to every year. We can’t get enough strawberry desserts — and these Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Bars are one we can make year round! I know you strawberry lovers out there will understand. 😉 These Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Bars have the perfect combination of classic flavors as well as textures!...

It’s pretty hard to make my family eat healthy. With the exception of Tangy Lentil Oats, and now these Skewers, I have to improvise every frikkin time I want them to eat better. But skewers, my family loves! Like my chicken shashlik skewers are a top family favorite for low-carb nights. Things we do for love I swear. I loveeeee that this recipe works with literally any hard veggie I like....

What is s’mores dip? Ok, you know what s’mores are, and you know what a dip is, so you’re wondering how you turn the campfire treat into a dip? Smores dip is a layer of chocolate that is baked in the oven until melted, then topped with marshmallows that toast at the same time as the chocolate melts. Do you follow me on this? Everything goes in the oven at the same time!...

My only aim in life this year has been to be the mom in the neighborhood that makes the best cookies. I want to have the best snack box by the pool, and I want to have a plate of the best after school snacks. The way to win all of these silly mom contests is to make the best cookies, right? Back to talking about white chocolate chip cookies, shall we?...

It’s not that my Valentine didn’t help me eat this mini cake for two…he just prefers the Chocolate Sour Cream Cake for two that I made a few years ago. Or, the fudge-bottom mini cake. He’s kind of a chocolate guy. And me? I’m very into vanilla, and I love my mini cake recipe, especially. I’m also very into roses right now. Rose essential oil, rose petals in my tea, rose water in my smoothies, and edible rose buds from the Persian market....

See the step by step recipe video in the recipe card below. This post is generously sponsored by Canola Eat Well and I was compensated for my time in creating this recipe. Thank you for supporting those that make The Recipe Rebel possible! While I spend a lot of time here sharing easy dinner ideas, homemade bread one of those things that I just love to make. It is a somewhat slow process, but watching the progress in each step is so rewarding....

I’ve always kind of loved the post-Christmas lull. We don’t normally do anything exciting on New Years (I mean, not since we had kids anyway!), so there’s nothing big to get ready for. But we’re also still kind of recovering from Christmas madness and not quite ready to really get back to the grind. The chaos is over, but there’s still plenty of leftover turkey and holiday baking. But after eating allthethings between Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, if you’re anything like me (and 90% of the world) you’re starting to think back over those countless feasts and try to figure out how you let things get so out of control....

I’m a brunch fanatic, so when Easter rolls around, it’s time to shine! I always found it a pity that more holidays aren’t associated with a giant brunch spread. Normalize brunch at Christmas! Brunch at Thanksgiving! Who’s with me? Needless to say, I’ve waited all year for the big brunch buffet, and I love nothing more than a long table full of breakfast food. For that reason, I came up with the ultimate list of Easter brunch ideas....

This house needs an intervention. We (Mr & Mrs Dessert For Two) are addicted to work. We lack the ability to sit still, relax and take it easy. After working hard Monday through Friday at our day jobs, we tackle to-do lists on the weekend that are often the length of a Southern poet’s musings on forbidden fruit and the opposite sex. If I told you everything we did this past weekend, you would faint....

Check out more of my favorite creamy alfredo recipes like Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo, Chicken Broccoli Alfredo and Chicken Alfredo Bake. Chicken Tortellini Alfredo might just be my new favorite tortellini pasta recipe, and that’s really saying something! This quick and easy cheese tortellini recipe checks all the right boxes. It’s creamy, garlicky, loaded with chicken and has just the right amount of tender tortellini in each bite. Oh, and the best part?...

I conveniently realized that a cake baked in a 9" square pan becomes two large pieces of cake once stacked and sliced. How many life occasions do you need just two slices of cake? On Mondays? On Fridays for celebrating? Everyday? Let’s stick with everyday. Baking a 9" cake from a cake mix requires 2 cups of cake mix. (To use the remaining 1 cup of cake mix from the box, try my Frosted Eggnog Cookies)....

So I was digging through my freezer last week and discovered I had two packages of pork tenderloins down in the bottom. I was thrilled! Pork tenderloin is one of those things that cooks so quickly and easily that it can easily be supper on a crazy weeknight when you have a million other things going on, or it can be dressed up as Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. This Crock Pot Pork Tenderloin with Cranberry Sauce?...

This Crockpot Pineapple Chicken is the first in a new month of Six Ingredient Slow Cooker Suppers (see all of my Six Ingredient Suppers here). We love pineapple on and in everything (I know there are those who feel differently!), and this pineapple chicken made with just a few ingredients is a new favorite. It’s so easy I’m sure my 8 year old could prep it by herself! How to get perfect slow cooker chicken breasts: If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the past 5 or so years that I’ve been testing and fine tuning recipes, it’s that chicken breasts do not need to cook more than 2 or 3 hours on low....

This Crockpot Stuffing recipe is perfect for Thanksgiving dinner, saving your oven space for the turkey and saving you time with only 15 minutes of prep! This slow cooker stuffing is filled with all the classic flavors of traditional stuffing but with the added convenience of being able to set it and forget it. With just a few simple ingredients and a bit of cooking time in the crockpot, you’ll have a delicious and comforting side dish that your whole family will love....