Tips for Sehri It’s always better to be prepared in advance so that you are not spending most of your time in the kitchen during Ramadan. Here are a couple of pointers to keep in mind for Sehri, along with some great recipe recommendations. Jot down a rough menu list in advance for Sehri and Iftar. This way you know exactly what you are going to have and you can work on freezing as much food as you can beforehand so that the actual Sehri time is not a crazy “running around the house” scenario....

PIN THIS RECIPE FOR LATER So I stumbled upon the recipe for these Sour Cream Sugar Cookies in the cookbook my Grandma made for me last fall. I never would have guessed how popular it would become! The problem is, some people loved it and some people hated it. The issue was that those who didn’t like the recipe really didn’t know what to expect — the cookies are soft and cakey....

When left to my own devices, I default to my perfect 1 person dinner plan: I put a ½ cup of dry beans in a bowl of water to soak til suppertime. I truly adore beans and legumes more than most other foods. I do a quick peek to see if I have a bottle of sparkling wine chilling, all the better if it’s pink. I desperately try to make up my mind between corn bread or corn muffins as a side dish....

Recipe posted first on The Recipe Critic. These muffins have been on my To-Make list for a long time now. I wanted to come up with a Fruit Explosion Muffin recipe that would rival that of Tim Horton’s, but maybe be a little healthier and made from scratch. The problem is, I rarely experiment with muffin recipes. I have a couple that I like and make all the time: these Double Chocolate Banana Bran Muffins and these Banana Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins....

We love to serve this with this Pork Tenderloin Recipe and this Orzo Pasta! So, this is actually my first time experimenting with making my own “baked” beans. Is that crazy? Growing up, we’d have canned beans occasionally, with a cold summer meal or sandwich, and I actually always enjoyed them. I think there are a lot of kids who don’t (or think they don’t), but I was never one of them....

It’s a bit of an obsession I have. An obsession I indulge in…. exactly never. Not because I don’t want to, or I have killer willpower, but because I have no choice. We used to have a soft pretzel shop in the mall we usually shop in, and every time I was there I’d buy a salted pretzel with warm caramel sauce. The combination is one of the most incredible I’ve ever put in my mouth....

One thing you may already know about me is that I love honey garlic everything. Baked Honey Garlic Chicken, Honey Garlic Salmon, Honey Garlic Turkey Sloppy Joes…and the list goes on. Well, this Honey Garlic Pork Tenderloin Recipe is another delicious way to use honey garlic sauce. It’s made with juicy pork tenderloins that are doused in a sweet, savory, and tangy honey garlic sauce, then baked until tender, moist, and insanely flavorful....

Honey Mustard Chicken Thighs You’re looking at a recipe that I dreamt up while my daughter begged to go out for dinner after her gymnastics class. I’m convinced we’re given children that challenge us in the deepest ways, and having a kid who loves restaurant food while I love nothing more than cooking at home is my proof. I’m trying to ‘get to the root of it’ with her, and I don’t really think it’s about the food–I think she likes going out for the extra attention....

We are all big pizza fans around here (who isn’t?!), and we’ve never hated having leftover pizza. But with this month being Pizza Month on The Recipe Rebel (this Quick and Easy Pizza Dough is our 6 Ingredient Staple this month!), I wanted to dive deeper into the different ways to reheat pizza and discover which give the best results. I have to confess that we used to just microwave our leftover pizza, and yes it was soggy and not anything like fresh pizza, but we still ate it....

Would you be surprised if I told you that Santa brought me an Instant Pot for Christmas? Did you know they make a mini Instant Pot? It’s called the Instant Pot Duo Mini, and I feel like it was made just for me! The Instant Pot Duo Mini holds just 3 quarts, and is specifically for smaller households looking to serve 3-4 people. Basically, I heard the phrase ‘small batch’ and jumped all over it....

Try more of my favorite creamy chicken dinners like Tomato Basil Chicken, Chicken and Rice Soup, or this Instant Pot version of Creamy Italian Chicken. This creamy Crockpot Italian Chicken is an incredibly flavorful, hearty, and comforting meal of lean chicken breasts and little potatoes in a creamy sauce made with roasted red peppers, finely chopped spinach, and basil pesto. It comes together so easily in the slow cooker! We’ve got a few weeks left of “fall” and then we’re full on winter mode for the next several months....

Lemon does wonderful things in the kitchen. Sweet and tangy lemon can brighten up lemon cupcakes with tangy cream cheese frosting, and it can combine forces with herby rosemary to make rosemary lemon chicken thighs for dinner. If we try hard, I bet we could put lemon in all 3 meals in a day and have a super delicious day. I’m so prone to fits of lemon, that I make my microwave lemon curd weekly....

A great no-fail roasted chicken recipe is the little black dress of the kitchen. You keep it on standby for any occasion when you know you need to look fabulous. Rosemary chicken is gorgeous (look at those roasted lemon slices—so fancy!) and delicious. We have to talk about how chicken thigh recipes are my absolute favorite cut of chicken to use in the kitchen because the meat is so tender!...

Check out more of the best one pot recipes like One Pan Chicken and Rice, One Pot Lemon Orzo and One Pot BBQ Chicken and Bacon Pasta. I’m a sucker for homemade mac and cheese! And when you add some green chiles into it for added flavor? Swoon! Green Chile Mac and Cheese is exactly as amazing as it sounds. Creamy, rich homemade macaroni and cheese has just the right amount of bold green chiles for that extra something special....

Looking for more fall breakfasts? Try my Pumpkin French Toast Casserole, these fluffy Pumpkin Muffins or this Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread. Okay, fine, I admit it! This Overnight Apple Crisp French Toast is really just an excuse to eat dessert for breakfast. Since making my French Toast Casserole and my Overnight Caramel French Toast, I’ve been so excited to put together another delicious breakfast. I got to thinking, “why couldn’t I build an apple crisp on top of baked French toast?...

If you have a true surplus of cranberries, make my crockpot cranberry butter to enjoy all winter. I love these recipes so much that I recommend buying a few extra bags of fresh cranberries for storing in the freezer. They keep for several months frozen, and they’re ready for any time you want to bake cranberry orange bread. Cranberries and white chocolate were meant for each other. If you haven’t had my cranberry white chocolate chip cookies, you’re missing out!...

Love peppermint? Try this Peppermint Bark Fudge or these Chocolate Peppermint Icebox Cookies next! Peppermint Bark Cheesecake Dip is a perfect dessert dip for the holiday season. This easy recipe combines the bold peppermint flavor with the creaminess of cheesecake and promises to be a hit at your next holiday party! It’s similar to my No Bake Peppermint Bark Cheesecake in dip form, and that’s one of our favorite holiday desserts....

PIN IT FOR LATER You guys, I am just not at a point in my life where I have the time or energy to cook a meal that involves 17 ingredients and 3 different pots. (Please pass me all the one pot meals and slow cooker recipes) And besides, sometimes simple is insanely delicious. These Pepperoni Pizza Cupcakes are so good. And if you want to make them good for you, you can always increase the veggie content....

Where has all the tiramisu gone? Did 1995 take it all, or did the Olive Garden serve the last slice left in this world? I feel like it used to be so prevalent on dessert menus, but not anymore, and I think that’s a shame. Pumpkin tiramisu is one of the easiest, most impressive desserts I can pull together in a flash. If you can dip cookies in coffee, beat together a mousse filling, and layer the two together—you’ve got a fancy dessert in no time!...

Camille’s 3rd birthday is coming up, and the theme is RAINBOWS! All the rainbows, all the sprinkles. It’s times like these when I’m so glad I have a daughter, because making a cake look like a super hero or a truck seems WAY harder than a tub of sprinkles and some rainbow frosting. If you’re thinking that these rainbow cookies look suspiciously similar to my Christmas Lights cookies, that is because cookie decorating is not one of the talents I was not blessed with, unfortunately....