These Baked Coconut Panko Chicken Tenders are a great option for weeknight dinners. Kids love dipping baked chicken strips into the honey mustard sauce. You’ll love how the coconut and panko breading stays crisp on these oven-baked chicken tenders. Start to finish, they’re ready in 30 minutes. But that’s just the icing on the proverbial…
Introducing the best Dutch Oven Pulled Chicken, a simple and versatile recipe that hinges on slowly poached boneless chicken breasts. This cooking strategy, similar to the sous vide cooking method, creates the most succulent shredded chicken for all your favorite dishes. Combine your Dutch oven pulled chicken with a homemade barbecue sauce for mouthwatering barbecue…
These Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies are a smaller version of my favorite soft and chewy chocolate chip cookie recipe. They’re made with brown butter and mostly dark brown sugar to give you a rich, butterscotch cookie flavor. Mini desserts like mini blueberry pies, mini banana bread muffins, and these mini chocolate chip cookies are the…
This Nutella Banana Bread recipe is not your everyday banana bread. It’s rich and decadent and packed with chocolate chips and ribbons of Nutella swirl. And yet it’s still an easy banana break to make when you’re craving something sweet. Enjoy a slice of your Nutella banana bread as an afternoon snack or a late-night…
Imagine your favorite Chocolate Chip Banana Bread. Now imagine your favorite chocolate chip banana bread pan-fried in butter. Use your own recipe or follow my super easy banana bread recipe that gets into the oven in 15 minutes. But don’t miss out on a warm, melting chocolatey slice of pan fried banana bread, whether you…
This Cast Iron Chicken Breast recipe makes perfectly cooked, juicy pan-roasted chicken breasts in under 30 minutes with only five ingredients! It’s easy, it’s reliable, and you don’t need fancy kitchen cookware or gadgets. But the best thing about these cast iron skillet chicken breasts is the infinite number of ways to mix it up…
This blackberry strawberry banana smoothie bowl is for those of you looking for a simple, beautiful, fruit-filled breakfast bowl. Or keep it as a blackberry strawberry banana smoothie and drink it on the go. Making smoothies and smoothie bowls isn’t challenging. All you need is a blender.
If you thought banana bread couldn’t get any better than Nutella Banana Bread, prepare to be blown away by Mini Banana Bread Muffins. I’ve taken my one bowl chocolate chip banana bread, dropped the chocolate chips, and added dark rum and some West Indies spices. Just like with mini chocolate chip cookies, making banana bread…
These Spinach and Feta Muffins are easy to make and come together in well under an hour. Plus they’re packed with spinach, making them a great option if you have picky eaters at home. So read on to learn all the tips and tricks for savory baking with spinach and other greens. Or grab your…
These Ube Macaroons came about when a friend gave me this can of ube flavored condensed milk she had purchased because she had never seen it before. She thought, given my purple cow bread and my purple velvet cake, that I might like to make another purple baked good. Read on to learn all about…
This Pasta al Forno, or oven-baked pasta, combines tender eggplant, penne pasta, marinara sauce, and all your favorite cheeses, all baked to perfection without the fussiness of layering. It’s comfort food at its best and a great way to sneak extra veggies into your diet. If you’re into the cheese but the pots and two…
This list of my favorite cookbooks was inspired by Pi day. March 14th, you know, 3.14. Pi? All I can ever remember of the most famous irrational number is 3.1415927 (rounded). What I remember more clearly is the person who sat behind me in multivariable calculus who used to finish his tests early and then…
This Cheesy Kale Bread is a savory quick bread packed with kale and two kinds of cheese, making it the perfect treat for any time of day. Plus, it’s a great way to sneak some extra greens into your diet. The kale and cheddar cheese quick bread recipe was developed for the reddit 52 weeks…
I made macarons this week for the reddit 52 weeks of baking challenge. The task? Bake for an allergy or dietary restriction. I knew I needed to get better at making macarons. But wait. Is it macaron or macaroon? Lots of people get confused about the two. While both are flourless cookies, the macaroons I…
This Cast Iron Cornbread is made with brown butter and honey in a cast iron skillet. It’s an easy-to-make, slightly sweet cornbread that will be your go-to whether you’re making chili, braised country style ribs for pulled pork, or cornbread stuffing. Read on to learn all about the best type of corn meal to use…
This Swimming Rama tofu bowl is an everything-in-a-bowl meal that you can put together in less than 15 minutes. This mouth-watering dish uses a mixture of textures, with fresh greens and crunchy vegetables, soft savory noodles, and crispy baked tofu, topped with a peanut sauce that adds a sweet and savory flavor burst to every…
This Homemade Gourmet Granola is one of those things everyone should make at least once. Homemade granola is so simple to make, there’s not much too it. Pick your favorite nut, mix and bake. But you can read on to follow along step by step and learn all the tips and tricks to making the…
I am always on the hunt for weeknight dinner recipes that are delicious and can get to the table in 30 minutes or so. I rave about Dinner, by Melissa Clark, which has many recipes that meet those criteria. Milk Street Tuesday Nights is my newest cookbook and is supposed to be the same. The…
