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If you love cranberries and white chocolate, check out this Cranberry White Chocolate Fudge and these White Chocolate Cranberry Sweet Rolls! Does anyone else get fixated on one flavor combination, then that’s all you want to eat for a while? That’s me right now with these White Chocolate Cranberry Sweet Rolls. Turns out, I love white chocolate and cranberry together. The tangy cranberry and luscious white chocolate just complement each other insanely well....

Usually, when it comes to desserts, I’m not very picky. Mint, chocolate, ginger and spice, cranberry…. I’ll take them all. And some combinations of those flavors are pretty wonderful, too. I was thinking about gingersnaps — because they’re some of my favourite Christmas cookies — and some White Chocolate Hazelnut Truffle Stuffed Gingersnaps I made for a cookie contest some time ago (yes — they won!), and I realized I’ve never made gingerbread....

There’s hardly an occasion where a small celebratory cake isn’t welcome. This 6 inch cheesecake recipe makes 6 perfect slices of rich, dense (but not too thick) cheesecake. It has been the center of many parties and celebrations in my life, and I hope you bookmark it for yours! What makes this 6 inch cheesecake recipe better than any other one is that the rich, buttery crust goes all the way up the sides of the pan....

While potatoes are technically permissible on the Whole30 diet, French fries are definitely not. Even if they’re fried in Whole30-approved oils. It’s something about the act of eating-slash-gorging on something fried and salty. I’m not guilty of this, you are. And it isn’t me googling a million ways to make Whole30-approved French fries; that is definitely you. Hah, it is most definitely me, all day long! So standing in French fries’ place is these bacon wrapped asparagus spears....

Now that you are armed with a 15-minute puff pastry recipe, you are considered dangerous. You are capable of whipping up an apple turnover recipe, flaky ham and cheese appetizers, and French pastries at any time of day. Please, use this information carefully and to your advantage during the whole holiday season. What is an Apple Turnover? An apple turnover is similar to apple pie in that it contains diced apples cooked in a sweet spice mixture until soft, and encapsulated in dough....

This handheld meal is kid-approved, freezer-friendly, and perfectly portable for road trips, picnics, or school lunches! When I was brainstorming new recipes to make, I thought back to my pizza buns, which have always been one of my favorite grab-and-go lunches when I’m out and about with the kiddos. I thought it might be fun to make another freezer-friendly, kid-approved, handheld meal but base it off of another classic comfort food…cheeseburgers!...

Pizza night is my favourite night. We love making a double or even triple batch of this Easy Pizza Dough and doing up a bunch of pizza! Since our kids love it in their lunches, I just wrap the leftover slices individually and we can pull them out for crazy mornings. As much as we love your typical Hawaiian Pizza (the kids fave), this Chicken Alfredo Pizza, or this Taco Pizza, we love to mix things up every now and then!...

Enjoy more of my favorite pot pie recipes like Chicken Pot Pie Soup, Classic Chicken Pot Pie and Turkey Pot Pie. Chicken Pot Pie Casserole is made up of a rich and creamy filling that’s packed full of veggies and chicken, then layered with buttery, fluffy biscuits made completely from scratch. Don’t let the homemade biscuits scare you off. This easy chicken casserole recipe takes just 20 minutes to prep, is a total crowd pleaser and makes the best leftovers!...

Brace yourselves. I am NOT a cute cookie decorator. However, I pushed through and made these Christmas Lights Cookies to impress my kid. Another thing I do to impress my kid every year is host a cookie decorating party. It’s such a huge event, but I made a How to Host a Cookie Decorating Party for Kids post so that you can do it, too. I saw a fuzzy photo of some cupcakes on Pinterest where they turned mini M&Ms sideways to look like Christmas lights on a string....

I finally feel vindicated for the insanely high number of food magazines to which I subscribe. I read an article last month about a chef who makes the best meatballs. I wish I could tell you which chef, but if you saw my magazine collection from this month alone, you would understand. Anyway, this chef accredited his incredibly tender and perfect meatballs to powdered gelatin. Since I always have some gelatin in my pantry for my next small batch homemade marshmallows fix, I was immediately interested....

Happy January! We’re kicking off a brand new series today — my 6 Ingredient Suppers series, where I’m going to be bringing you easy, totally manageable dinners with 6 ingredients (plus a few very basic “free” ingredients) that my family loves and yours will, too! Every month will have a different theme, and January’s theme is Six Ingredient Slow Cooker Suppers! I’m also running a giveaway every month in my Facebook group, centred around the theme of the series....

I’m pretty sure I just created my new favorite muffin: tart cranberries and dark chocolate with orange. I’m in love. I can’t decide if these are more suited for breakfast or dessert. I sprinkled powdered sugar on them for dessert, but my husband, who insists on dessert at all hours of the day, eats these for breakfast. I love this time of year because I love fresh cranberries. I’ve been eating them pureed into a smoothie with an orange, a scraped vanilla bean, and a splash of water to bring it all together....

See the step by step recipe video down in the recipe card. Let me just say that, yes, I cheated, again. This Instant Pot Baked Ziti is, in fact, not baked — but we have all of that some deliciousness going on in here, minus all the hard work! We are big pasta lovers, and my kids will eat just about anything when it’s hiding under a blanket of cheese 😉 (Some other examples?...

A Simple Potato Salad Recipe Everyone Will Love I know that everyone has their own variation on potato salad, and what makes a potato salad authentic differs for everyone. Some people add celery (no thanks!), while others go for dill pickles or chopped onions to get a crunchy texture. I’ve known people to add pickle juice, bacon bits, creme fraiche, and that’s just for starters! And you can absolutely do that if that’s your thing....

You will love this Easy Apple Pie I did not think there was a way to improve upon apple pie. That is, until a coworker brought in loads of fresh-picked Honeycrisp apples. My apple pie recipe was good, but with Honeycrisp apples, it’s great. The only way to treat apples fresh off the tree with respect is to ensure they are tucked into nothing but a homemade pie crust. I believe that so many people resort to the box because of the quest for the appearance of perfection....

If you didn’t already know this from my baked honey garlic chicken, honey garlic chicken foil packets, honey garlic chicken thighs, instant pot honey garlic chicken, or my Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Pork Tenderloin, we’re big fans of honey garlic anything over here. 😉 This stovetop honey garlic chicken is just another incredible way to enjoy the sweet, tangy, salty, sticky deliciousness that is honey garlic sauce. And bonus: it takes 25 minutes to make!...

Instant pot Cajun chicken pasta I’ve come a long way for a girl who only bought an instant pot to only make beans from scratch and chicken stock. I never thought I would rely on it to make quick and easy dinners! It still shocks me that raw pasta and sauce can cook together in just minutes. I have now seen the light—I see just how easy it is to make one pot meals in it!...

PIN THIS RECIPE FOR LATER Maybe you’ve figured out by now that we are big fans of pulled pork. (Did this Honey Balsamic Pulled Pork or this Pineapple Brown Sugar Pulled Pork give it away?) Maybe you’ve figured out we’re also really big fans of sauce. Dr. Pepper BBQ Sauce, Pineapple BBQ Sauce, Cherry BBQ Sauce — you name it, just let me slather it on everything. The newest addition to the family is this unreal Cranberry BBQ Sauce, made with cranberry juice and cranberry sauce, for loads of fruity, tangy flavor....

I’m a citrus girl, through and through. It’s pretty great to be me, actually. I can breeze right past a display case of fancy chocolates and order the humble lemon tart. I can pass up a triple chocolate something-or-other in favor of a lemon pâte de fruit. And when it comes to cookies, I like a small batch chocolate chip cookie as much as the next girl, but the cookies that keep me coming back, stealing one after another all afternoon long?...

This Lemon Blueberry Angel Food Cake Roll brings to life one of the best fruity combinations of all time: lemon and blueberry. (Hello, Lemon Blueberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake, Baked Lemon Blueberry Donuts, Lemon Blueberry Cake — I’m looking at you). With angel food cake mix, lemon cream cheese filling, blueberry pie filling and homemade Whipped Cream — it’s definitely a showstopper. This cake is a fun new variation of my favorite easy angel food cake roll desserts — check out this Cherry Cheesecake Angel Food Cake Roll, this Pineapple Lush Angel Food Cake Roll, and this Triple Berry Angel Food Cake Roll for more dessert inspiration!...