If you love homemade cereal bars but avoid making them because they are such a pain, your life is about to change forever. Say goodbye to the rush of stuffing sticky cereal pieces into a baking dish before it cools. No longer will you need to soak away a 1/4…
Preheat oven to 350 4 servings Make the sauce first:In a medium sauce pan, melt 1 stick butter, which in 5 tablespoons flour and cook for a couple minutes. Over medium heat, whisk in 3 cups of milk. Stir constantly until sauce starts to thicken. Add salt and pepper to…
Ingredients: About a sleeve and a half of graham crackers2 sticks (1 cup) butter1 cup brown sugar8 ounces semisweet chocolate chips (about 1 1/3 cups) Directions: Preheat oven to 425FLine a half sheet pan with parchment paper and arrange the crackers in a single layer. In a small saucepan, melt…
Ingredients: 1 large chicken breast 12 ounce jar of salsa verde (I use cholula brand) 2 1/2 tablespoons butter 1/4 cup AP flour 1 1/2 cups chicken broth 1/8 teaspoon celery seed, salt, or powder 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/8 teaspoon pepper 1 teaspoon cumin 1/2 teaspoon chili powder 1/2…
Mix together and store in an airtight jar in your spice cupboard. Makes 6 tablespoons. To Make Ranch Dip 3/4 cup plain greek yogurt 1/4 cup sour cream 1-1/2 tablespoons Ranch Seasoning Mix To Make Ranch Dressing 1/2 cup plain greek yogurt 1/2 cup buttermilk 1-1/2 tablespoons Ranch Seasoning Mix
This slow cooker Cream of Broccoli soup only takes 4 ingredients. Add to your slow cooker: 1 lb frozen broccoli 4 cups chicken broth 1/3 lb spaghetti pasta, uncooked Cook on HIGH for 2 hours, or LOW for 4 hours. Stir in 1 cup sour cream before serving.
The trick to making fried rice at home is in the technique: To keep the rice from sticking together in a big clump, you have to use leftover rice. You’ll also want to add the egg into the vegetable/meat mixture BEFORE you add the leftover rice. There’s a chemical change…
This is a last minute meal you can make with frozen ground beef for those nights when you don’t have a dinner plan and everyone’s hungry. You’ll have ⅓ pound of cooked ground beef left over for lunch tomorrow as a topping on a pizza, add it to mac and…
I accidentally made these cookies. I didn’t have my glasses on, so what I thought said ¼ was actually ¾ and I made a batch of chocolate chip cookies with 1 cup less sugar than the recipe called for. I knew as soon as I opened the oven to pull…
This is a super easy recipe. If you like sopping up sauce with bread, this might be the best thing you’ll find all day. Ingredients 1 ¾ cups warm water 1 package (2¼ teaspoons) active dry yeast 1 tablespoon sugar 5 cups all-purpose flour, plus additional for kneading 1 tablespoon…
This recipe will make 2 loaf pan lasagnas. Ingredients: No Boil Lasagna Pasta Roasted Vegetables Alfredo Sauce16 oz Mozzarella cheese, shredded 8 oz Ricotta cheese 1 tsp Parsley ¼ tsp pepper 1 ½ cups Parmesan cheese, finely shredded or grated Start by roasting the vegetables. While they are in the…
It took me a long time to come to terms with cooking food on the grill. Mostly because I like to keep it on the “Dude Stuff” list. Once something migrates to the “Ladies’ Work” list, it never leaves. Also could be underlying PTSD from stepping on a loose hot…
I have been obsessed with this Alfredo Sauce and I really can’t believe how easy it is. I’ve tried a lot of Alfredo Sauce recipes, and they usually start out great, but the leftovers are too thick and gummy. I would add milk to thin it out, but it washed…
The drama a had over making bagels from scratch was completely unnecessary. This is beginner-level baking. Five stars-highly recommend. Ingredients Instructions Whisk 1 and 1/2 cups lukewarm water, 1 tsp sugar, and 2 ¼ tsp yeast together in your stand mixer bowl.. Let it sit uncovered for 10 minutes. With…
12-cups whole milk 3-cups heavy cream 2-14oz cans condensed milk 1-tablespoon vanilla 24 oz chocolate syrup Wisk together in crock pot, warm through (couple hours) OR pour into an empty milk jug to transport/store and microwave by the cup. Serve As a Hot Chocolate Bar With: -mini chocolate chips -sugar…
The easiest macaroni and cheese you’ll ever make. I love using my pressure cooker because I can throw all of the ingredients in the pot and walk away. When I do that with something on the stove, I usually end up buring something. I always have cheese, cream, and pasta…
If you’re like me, you’re always looking for more make-ahead meals you can shove in the freezer. To freeze these, mix the chicken and shredded cheese and roll up the tortillas. Place in a gallon freezer bag and seal. When you’re ready to bake them, make the sauce and assemble…
My grandpa had to have a slice of white bread with dinner. Fork, spoon, knife, slice of white bread smeared with the most even, yet thin coat of counter butter-that was my grandma’s touch. My love of bread started there, but now I’m a little crunchy and prefer a rustic…
Can you guess what this copycat recipe is? These biscuits are super easy and go from a thought in your head to the table in about 30 minutes.
Potato soup is a reoccuring guest at my family table. This recipe is super simple to throw together, and makes a great main course for lunch or a filling dinner side dish. We like to top ours with crispy fried onions, crackers, shredded cheese, bacon bits, sour cream, and green…
A classic, crumbly coffee cake is perfect as muffins or a cake. This recipe makes 18 muffins plus a small cake.
You’re probably here because you want MY homemade one bowl brownie recipe…but it’s not mine, and it’s perfect so there isn’t any reason for me to try something else. There are few recipes that are just so good they need no tweaking, and the Baker’s Baking Chocolate One Bowl Brownies…
This dish packs a serious wow factor when it comes out of the oven. Its oven rise is impressive, but quickly sinks once it starts to cool down. In the video version of this recipe, I show you how we used to serve this dish at the restaurant that made…
This is one of my family’s favorite soups. It is so simple to make, and inexpensive too. The cauliflower cooks down into a rich savory flavor as it becomes part of the broth and lends to the “chowder” texture of this soup.
Welcome to my kitchen! We all love the convenience and taste of store-bought biscuit mixes and those little tubes of biscuits you can buy are so easy to throw in the oven to round out any meal. Today I’m sharing an easy buttermilk biscuit mix recipe you can keep on…
I’ve made some pretty terrible, tasteless, dry cornbread from scratch over the years. It took me a long time to get this recipe just right.
This dish will make brussels sprouts haters reconsider.
This soup is in a constant meal plan rotation in my house from late October till we get sick of it, or untill the weather warms up-whichever comes first. You could say I heavily embrace soup season with BIG sweater-covered arms, so this recipe is among many family favorite soups…
It’s very mild, friends. If you want it spicier, swap out the paprika for a bigger kick. *recipe updated May 2025 Ingredients:
Makes 2 loaves of Pumpkin Bread Preheat oven to 350F You’ll need 2 large mixing bowls and 2 loaf pans.
After making homemade cream of chicken soup from scratch you'll be able to make cream of "anything" soup from scratch.
As January unfolds and winter wraps its claws around us, there’s something uniquely comforting about the warmth from our kitchens. Grab a cup of something warm, settle into your favorite little nook, and let’s talk about one of the simple joys of a cozy winter in the Midwest: homemade chicken…
I’d write up a recipe for this, but it’s more of an idea for inspiration and less of a recipe to follow because there are so many variations you can make. On this day I bought a flat bread from either Aldi or Trader Joes-I can’t remember which-but you can…
We love homemade buttermilk pancakes in my house. There were quite a few years that I didn’t make pancakes from scratch. When I did try, they weren’t what you would expect buttermilk pancakes to taste like. Every recipe I tried didn’t taste better than what I could get in a…
I use 7-8 apples per gallon bag, and I like using golden delicious for my apple pies and crisps.