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Jul 30, 2025

Pasta and Pea Soup

This pasta and pea soup, with an onion and celery base, is both fresh and hearty. Plus, it only takes about 30 minutes to make. 

Pasta and Pea Soup in two white bowls.


Along with the pasta, peas, celery, and onions, this soup includes diced pancetta, an Italian salt cured meat from pork belly, which adds a tasty rich flavor. This soup makes a wonderful light lunch. It's just filling enough to satisfy your hunger without weighing you down. 

Jul 27, 2025

Funfetti Muffins

Both kids and grown-ups love these funfetti muffins. They are flavored with vanilla and are totally fun to make. 

Funfetti Muffin on a small plate with the paper partially removed.


These muffins are sweet, moist, and super easy to make. You can pretty much have warm fresh muffins on the table within 35 to 40 minutes whenever you need a special treat. 

Jul 26, 2025

Sriracha-Honey Chicken Wings (Air Fryer)

These Air Fryer Sriracha-Honey Wings are super crispy, spicy sweet, and ready in 30 minutes. Let's just say, These wings are outstanding. 

Sriracha-Honey Chicken Wings (Air Fryer) on a blue rimmed platter.


I'm so happy with these Air Fryer Sriracha-Honey Chicken Wings! It was really difficult to not keep them all to myself. 

Milk Chocolate Ice Cream

This Milk Chocolate Ice Cream is dense and creamy and has a super chocolate flavor that is both intense but still captures the essence of milk chocolate. 

Milk Chocolate Ice Cream in blue bowl.


The texture of this ice cream is almost like a cold, creamy candy bar, if you can imagine. 

Jul 22, 2025

Homemade Drumstick Ice Cream Cones

These homemade drumstick ice cream cones will take you back to your childhood... chasing the ice cream truck to buy your favorite frozen treat. 

Homemade Drumstick Ice Cream Cones with a bite removed from one.


Ice Cream Drumsticks were one of my favorite things from the ice cream truck. I love everything about this old school treat... the sweet crunchy cone filled with ice cream and topped with a chocolate shell and sprinkled with chopped peanuts. And don't forget the chocolate surprise at the bottom of the cone. 

Jul 21, 2025

Homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches

These homemade ice cream sandwiches, with vanilla ice cream tucked between two brownie-style cookies, are a fun way to beat the heat. 

Homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches stacked on a white plate.

 

Ice cream sandwiches have always been one of my favorite desserts. They are so portable and versatile. In fact, you can think of this recipe as a base that you can play with to customize and make it your own. 

Jul 20, 2025

Crunch Bars (copycat)

These homemade Chocolate Crunch Bars capture the nostalgic flavors of the milk chocolate and puffed rice cereal candy bar we all love. 

Crunch Bars (copycat) in foil wrapper.


With just three ingredients, you can recreate the flavor of one America's favorite chocolate candy bars. 

Jul 15, 2025

Cranberry Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies

These cranberry pumpkin oatmeal cookies are soft, moist, and perfect for an afternoon snack or dessert. 

Cranberry Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies in a white bowl.


These cookies stay soft and moist and full of flavor. The flavors may be reminiscent of fall, but these cookies are wonderful any time of year. 

Jul 12, 2025

Pain de Pecan (Toasted Pecan Sourdough Bread)

This pain de pecan begins with a combination of white and whole wheat flours, and is studded with toasted whole pecans. 

Pain de Pecan Slices in a basket.


This bread, loaded with toasted pecans, is tasty with just butter or toasted with butter. It also makes nice cinnamon toast or grilled cheese.

Jul 9, 2025

Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream (No Churn)

Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream was always one of my favorite scoops whenever I had a chance to go out for an ice cream cone. 

Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream in a white bowl.


This mint chocolate chip ice cream brings back the memories of that creamy rich ice cream and the joy of going out for an ice cream treat in the summer after dinner! 

Jul 7, 2025

Sausage, Egg, and Cheese Buns {Sheng Jian Bao)

These sheng jian bao are filled with breakfast sausage, eggs, and cheddar cheese. They are then both pan fried and then steamed all in the same pan to produce juicy little buns that are crispy on one side and soft on the other. 

Sausage, Egg, and Cheese Buns in a blue flowered bowl.


Typically filled with pork, scallions, and seasonings, Sheng Jian Bao are often served for breakfast in street stalls in Shanghai. They are similar in preparation to potstickers, except they are wrapped in a yeasted dough that rises as the buns cook in the steam. 

Jul 5, 2025

Cornmeal Sablés | Sweet Corn Cookies

Sablés are are French shortbread cookie (pronounced "SAB-blay"). They are sweet, buttery, and crumbly. They're very hard to resist. 

Cornmeal cookies stacked on a white cake plate.



The flavor of these cookies is reminiscent of a mildly sweet cornbread but with the crunchiness of a butter cookie. From what I understand, the difference between shortbread cookies and French sablés is the inclusion of eggs or egg yolks in the French version. 

Fusilli with Green Beans, Pancetta, and Parmesan

Combine fresh green beans, Parmesan, and pasta, along with tasty pancetta to create a creamy and cheesy dish. 

Fusilli with Green Beans, Pancetta, and Parmesan in a red rimmed bowl.


Combining the hot pasta water with the Parmesan cheese creates a light and flavorful sauce that clings to the fusilli and beans and ties the whole dish together. 

Jul 1, 2025

Singapore Noodles

These Singapore noodles, tossed with shrimp, Chinese barbecue pork, and vegetables, are a popular dish traditional to Cantonese and Chinese American takeout restaurants. 

Singapore Noodles in two red rimmed bowls.


These noodles are rich in flavor from chicken broth, soy sauce and other seasonings, along with Madras curry powder, and are tossed with Chinese barbecue pork, shrimp, scallions, and red bell peppers.