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Homemade Mall-Style Soft Pretzels

Homemade Mall-Style Soft Pretzels. If you love those golden, buttery mall pretzels, you have to check out this recipe and step-by-step video! I suppose there must come a time in every food blogger’s career when she realizes she’s overlooked posting a recipe that is so obviously meant to be shared, it hurts. For most, I…

15 Minute Thai Basil Chicken

15 Minute Thai Basil Chicken. When it comes to Thai recipes, this stir fry is one of the most popular and easiest to make. It’s flavorful, fast, and is going to become one of your favorite quick dinners. If you ask my old college roommate, Jackie, whether or not she would personally make a recipe…

Apple Fritter Pull-Apart Bread

Apple Fritter Pull-Apart Bread. This is one of my most popular easy recipes, and for good reason. With sweet, fall-spiced apples, fluffy biscuit layers, and a delicious vanilla glaze, this pull-apart bread is always a hit. After making Buffalo Chicken Pull-Apart Bread a few years back (don’t tease me for the bad pictures, that post needs to…

Bacon-Wrapped Figs with Blue Cheese and Bourbon Caramel

Bacon-Wrapped Figs with Blue Cheese and Bourbon Caramel. This impressive appetizer recipe has the perfect balance of sweet, salty, and tangy flavors, and only requires 6 ingredients. This recipe for Bacon-Wrapped Figs with Blue Cheese and Bourbon Caramel was also featured on Serious Eats. I’m not a superstitious person, nor am I someone who takes…

Sweet Potato Chorizo Chili with Poblano-Avocado Crema

Sweet Potato Chorizo Chili with Poblano-Avocado Crema. If you’ve never added potatoes to chili before, prepare to be wowed by the heartiness of this intensely flavor-packed chili. There’s a reason I’ve been making this recipe for years! Every fall, my house goes absolutely soup-crazy. The second the slightest chill can be detected in the air,…

Grilled Tandoori Chicken Patties with Jalapeno-Mint Yogurt Sauce

Grilled Tandoori Chicken Patties with Jalapeno-Mint Yogurt Sauce. These Indian-inspired grilled chicken patties are a welcome switch-up from burgers. This recipe for Grilled Tandoori Chicken Patties with Jalapeno-Mint Yogurt Sauce was also featured on Serious Eats. I promise that pumpkin recipes are just around the corner and I’m just as excited for them as the…