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Thumbprint cookies are typically a Christmas tradition. But they can be made at any time of the year, right? Easy to make and always a welcome treat. Try our bread pudding recipe with bourbon sauce! Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two baking sheet with parchment paper. In a medium-size bowl whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together. Set aside. In a large bowl cream the room temperature butter and sugar together using an electric stand mixer or handheld mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy, 4 – 6 minutes....

Guest Post by Lily Nichols, RDN, CDE, CLT Hey everybody! Today we’re taking a break from our regularly scheduled recipes to talk about the best foods for growing new humans. Whether you’re pregnant, planning to be pregnant or just need to improve your nutrition a bit – this article promises to offer up some valuable nutrition nuggets. About Lily: Lily Nichols is a long-time friend and fellow real food Registered Dietitian....

So, about that canned pumpkin you buy every year… It’s not actually pumpkin. Well, probably not anyway. The truth is most canned pumpkin is actually squash. Legally, the FDA makes no distinction between pumpkin and squash when it comes to food labels, and so most canned foods companies opt to process the more flavorful and space-efficient squash instead of pumpkin and figure we’ll be none the wiser. I’m ok with that, simply because squash makes for a better pumpkin pie than pumpkin does....

Like all recipes this yoghurt, mint and Zucchini Dip came about from a simple thought process. I have waaaaaay too many lovely zucchinis (courgettes) – tick. I have tons of mint – tick. As for coconut yoghurt……….. you kinda get the gist. This great thing about this Courgette Dip is that it requires on 5 main ingredients (Zucchini, mint, lemon, olive oil and coconut yoghurt). The others are completely optional but add that little extra something to the dip that take it from good to WOAH....

2 cups white sugar 3 tbsp all-purpose flour ½ tsp salt 4 cups milk 12 oz evaporated milk 6 eggs, beaten 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 qt chocolate milk 10 oz strawberries,, thawed 3 bananas, peeled and diced 15 oz pineapple juice, crushed In a heavy saucepan over medium heat, combine sugar, flour, salt, milk, and evaporated milk. Cook, stirring, until bubbles form at edges and mixture is slightly thickened....

Then I get creative with frozen yogurt combinations. Mini chefs definitely have their own ideas too which somehow always seem to involve raspberry. This year I was determined to beat all my previous frozen yoghurt creations. I literally went into the pantry and looked though all the things that I would not automatically pair with cool sweet treats. And there they were – those rather loveable black sesame seeds. OH had a rather incredulous looks on his face when he saw ingredients on the counter top....

2 cup onion, sliced into rings 1 skinless boneless chicken breast, pounded 1 cup Worcestershire sauce 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour 2 cup panko 2 eggs, beaten 1 sesame burger bun ½ cup lettuce, shredded 1 onion slice 1 cup milk salt pepper cayenne pepper olive oil Vegetable Oil , for frying Preheat the oven to 400 Fahrenheit. Prepare a baking tray lined with tin foil. Place the chicken piece into the prepared baking tray....

6 eggs ¼ cup sugar ¼ tsp salt, optional 1 quart milk, divided 1 tsp vanilla ¼ tsp nutmeg ¼ tsp cinnamon Beat together eggs, sugar, and salt in a large saucepan. Stir in two cups of milk. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until the mixture is thick enough to coat a metal spoon with a thin film and reaches at least 160 degrees F. Remove from heat. Stir in the remaining two cups of milk and vanilla....

Ingredients 1 oz olive oil 1 tbsp garlic, fresh, minced 4 oz button mushrooms, washed, dried and quartered 3 oz yellow onions, diced 2 lb cherry tomatoes , halved ½ cup black olives, pitted ½ cup green olives, pitted 2 tsp capers, rinsed ¼ cup basil, fresh, chopped 1 tbsp parsley, fresh, minced ¼ tsp chili flakes ¼ cup white wine 1 lb spaghetti pasta, cooked and cooled 1 tsp parmesan cheese , grated or powdered...

Meatballs in Marinara – The EASY Way! Ground beef can be boring, but this easy recipe transforms it in to something effortlessly delicious. It gets better though, because it is a recipe that is super kid-friendly and the whole family can enjoy equally! This method takes those classic ground beef meatballs that are already easy to make, and makes it even more simple by adjusting the recipe to cook perfectly in the crock pot....

This Sweet Kale Salad recipe is hearty, delicious, and truly a must-try. I’m a big fan of the Sweet Kale Salad Kits that are found at stores like Costco, Aldi, Trader Joe’s, and most mainstream grocery stores. They’re delicious and make the perfect side to really any meal (like our Instant Pot Baby Back Ribs), any time of the year. And while I love the convenience of the bagged salad kits you can buy, I set out on a mission to create an option that was made with real food and better-for-you ingredients....

Post includes Weight Watchers points. That’s right folks, no flipping needed. Pancake Bites Instant Pot Style is great for when you want to make a delicious quick breakfast or brunch for everyone with a little pop of fruit in each bite. Think busy school mornings and packed weekends on the go and these bite size pancakes are a great thing. Like with these Instant Pot Egg Bites, you’ll use your Instant Pot Egg molds to make these bite sized pancakes....

I’ll do just about anything to avoid eating a ground-beef burger (with a few exceptions – like In-N-Out!). And so when Emily sent us her summertime burger creation, I knew we had to give it a go (be sure to visit her lovely blog for many more delicious recipes.) The verdict on these burgers – they have a very good flavor. The texture needs a little work though, they lean towards the mushy side of the spectrum....

I know things have been pretty drink-heavy around here, what with all the fruity margaritas, classic gin and tonics, and homemade limoncello gracing these pages. What can I say, summer’s bounty makes me want to muddle and steep and drink all the things. And this drink is no exception: it’s like sipping on a glass of liquid summertime, despite the fact that it looks more like Harry Potter’s favorite pumpkin juice....

Ingredients 6 oz Greek yogurt ½ cup whole wheat flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 egg Preparation In a bowl, mix together the Greek yogurt and egg. In a separate bowl, sift the flour and baking soda. Whisk well. Gradually add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Ladle the batter into a well-oiled pan over medium-heat. Cook the pancakes for 2 to 4 minutes until it starts to bubble....

6 oz white chocolate, cut up ¾ cup sugar 1 stick butter 2 eggs 1½ tsp vanilla extract 1 cup flour ½ tsp baking powder dash of salt ½ cup walnuts, chopped Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a glass bowl, combine white chocolate pieces and butter. Heat in microwave oven on high in 15-second increments for about 3 times or until melted and smooth when stirred. Add in the sugar....

Ingredients 1lbground beef 4hamburger buns 8slicestomato 1white onion,finely chopped 8slicespickle 8lettuce leaves 2tspsalt 2tspground pepper 4tbspmayonnaise ½tsplemon juice 1tsponion powder ⅛tspsugar Preparation Simply mix all of the sauce ingredients into a bowl. Cover the bowl and place it in the refrigerator at least one hour before serving. First, preheat an electric griddle to 400 degrees F. Toast buns by laying them face down on the griddle for about a minute, and set aside....

While I wouldn’t call this bad, it wasn’t jaw-dropping good. Taylor liked it more than I did. I love basil, asparagus, garlic, shrimp, and lemon… but this didn’t quite do such fantastic ingredients justice. Maybe I’m just not a huge fan of white wine sauces, and in that case I’m biased. It’s still worth a try. Maybe we just had some bad shrimp. On a better note: at Farmer’s market this week, they had something we had never seen before....

Ingredients 1 lb butter, softened 3 cups sugar 6 large eggs 4 cups all-purpose flour ¾ cup milk 1 tsp almond extract 1 tsp vanilla extract Preparation Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer for 7 minutes or until creamy. The butter will become a lighter yellow color. Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until yellow yolk disappears....

It all started with a doughnut. A milk-chocolate and passionfruit doughnut, to be exact. I’d had passionfruit before, but it never really crossed my mind. Maybe I knew it would be so hard to find and unconsciously avoided it. But after one bite of that doughnut, I was madly, obsessively, in love. The infatuation held steady at a tolerable level of interest. It crossed my mind, I would casually look around in the frozen fruit and Latino foods aisles in the grocery stores, hoping I might get lucky and find some passionfruit puree or nectar....