A big bowlful of the coziest Creamy Chicken Gnocchi Soup will have you welcoming chilly winter nights with open arms. Loaded with tender chicken thighs, pillowy gnocchi, a rich delicious broth, and fresh, flavorful vegetables, there’s plenty of comfort to go around.
Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate
Make a big batch of hot cocoa right in your crock pot, where it will stay warm for hours! This Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate is perfect for parties, and only requires 5 ingredients (not including the toppings, of course). Serve as is, or set up a hot chocolate bar with your favorite flavored liqueurs for…
Harira (Moroccan Chickpea and Lentil Soup)
Harira is a comforting Moroccan soup that features chickpeas, lentils, and plenty of deep flavors from harissa paste and toasted spices. Typically, Harira soup includes ground meat, but this easy version is vegetarian (and vegan) friendly! Even better– it mostly makes use of pantry staples, so it’s easy to stock up ahead of time and…
Amaretto-Matcha Christmas Surprise Cake
This delicious pound cake has been sponsored by Aiya America, who inspires my matcha Christmas creations year after year. I used to be firmly in the cookie camp, but this year I’ve got to say that my new favorite Christmas dessert is actually pound cake. Specifically, a dense, moist, and sweet pound cake that’s drizzled…
Matcha Christmas Wreath Pavlova
This post is sponsored by Aiya America, who likes to encourage my love of seasonal baked goods. Because come on, with all of the grinchy, piney, mistletoey color around this time of the year, who wouldn’t love a little green in their Christmas dessert? This winter, can we take some time to celebrate the fact…
Saucy Spanish Chicken, Chorizo, and Potato Pot
I don’t know what I’ve enjoyed more: soaking up all of the compliments I’ve gotten about this Saucy Spanish Chicken, Chorizo, and Potato Pot, or soaking up all of that sauce with slice after slice of crusty bread. On second thought, I’m totally lying. It’s the sauce, hands down, no contest. I’m in love with it, I want…
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
While scrolling down my facebook feed earlier this week, I noticed a post from my cousin Jamie that made me laugh as I waited for my Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars to come out of the oven. She announced, I’ve noticed a big backlash lately against pumpkin spice and I just wanted to make my…
Pomegranate Mojito
Am I the only one who is completely blown away by how close to Christmas it is? Where did the time go? What have I been doing for the past month? I feel like Anchorman 2 has gotten more attention than the holidays this year, or maybe I just have selective hearing. Either way, I’m…
Boozy Raspberry Hot Chocolate
I’ve never been a huge fan of hot chocolate, but I also never realized that real hot chocolate doesn’t come from a powder packet.  In real hot chocolate, you actually melt chocolate and add milk and cream, which probably should be obvious but I never even considered it.  It tastes like liquid happiness.  Or at least…
Tomato Bacon Bisque
Many years of disliking tomatoes and an unfortunate encounter with Campbell’s canned tomato soup had me thinking all this time that any variation of the stuff wasn’t for me. However, this year I decided that I was going to push myself to try things I usually wouldn’t, because taste buds change and yadda yadda, so…
Roasted Honey Balsamic Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Pomegranate Seeds
Seeing as it’s getting to be “that time of the year”, I feel like I should let you know about one thing I’m particularly thankful for: the fact that I never was served brussels sprouts as a kid. Â I don’t know what it is about parents, but they seem to go through a phase once…
Roasted Garlic Gnocchi with Bacon, Spinach, and Smoked Gouda Cream Sauce
Since I started experimenting in the kitchen a few years ago, there hasn’t been much that I’ve been too scared to attempt. Â Most of the time, my eagerness to jump right in to a new technique or use a new ingredient has proved well worth it, although I have to admit that I’ve had more…
Buffalo Chicken Corn Chowder
Depending on how long you’ve been hangin’ ’round here, you may or may not remember my Buffalo Chicken Extravaganza last year. Basically, when the Super Bowl was drawing near, I went absolutely balls-to-the-wall, full-speed-ahead into buffalo chicken territory. Afterwards, I vowed to lay off of the buffalo chicken for about a year, and I almost…
