Chocolate cottage cheese ice cream may sound bizarre, but you’ll need to trust me here. It’s delightfully creamy, tangy, rich and chocolatey, and positively packed with protein! Chocolate Cottage Cheese Ice Cream This ice cream was a surprise hit with the whole family. It is just barely tangy and a little bit reminiscent of chocolate cheesecake in flavor. I really enjoyed it, but my youngest son claimed the remaining ice cream after we’d all tasted it and happily kept it for himself....

Rich chocolate and peanut butter ice cream with chocolate and peanut butter chunks mixed throughout is a dream come true for any ice cream lover. The candy pieces are just the right amount of dark chocolate and peanut butter to mix into the ice cream. Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream The first time I made this chocolate ice cream and filled it with peanut butter cups, I stashed it in the freezer for a few days before sharing it with my boys....

These coconut chocolate chip cookies are loaded with both white and dark chocolate, in addition to a good amount of coconut. They are delicious warm from the oven and every bit as fantastic two days later. Chewy Coconut Cookies These are chewy cookies with crunchy edges, filled to the max with almost all of my favorite cookie flavors. I’ve made them three times in the past month! It clearly takes very little excuse for me to stir together a batch of these cookies....

Soft, slightly sweet and buttery; this bread is perfect for sandwiches and toast. I loved it. I served this bread for dessert tonight, warm from the oven and topped with honey butter. Truly delicious! The best part about this bread is the cool rise. Not sure what that means? 20 minutes from start to the fridge in the morning and then you can forget about it. I took the pan out of the refrigerator tonight, preheated the oven and baked it....

Loaded with robust garlic, zesty lemon, and a kick of red pepper flakes, Cowboy Butter is absolutely crave-worthy on steak, vegetables, or fresh bread. What is Cowboy Butter? My brother Karl first told me about this spread. I had never even heard of cowboy butter. He assured me that this spicy, garlic herb compound butter was indeed a real thing. So, you can imagine my excitement when I was visiting my friend Sandra and she mentioned making cowboy butter for our steaks that night....

Cranberry Christmas Cookies are filled with an abundance of fresh tart cranberries balanced by a buttery sweet cookie. This is not a classically crisp or chewy cookie. I created this cookie specifically to mimic everyone’s favorite Cranberry Christmas Cake . I’ve been making these cookies regularly since last Christmas and I am so very excited to finally be sharing the recipe with you! With or without the glaze, eaten warm from the oven or three days later, these cookies are everything I love about the much-loved Cranberry Cake wrapped into a perfectly sweet, slightly tart cookie....

Recipes are born all the time. But, recipes that are born in hard times? They’re special, like this depression-era Crazy Spice Eggless Cake. Creative bakers figured out how to put a tasty dessert on the table, even without the eggs and butter we so easily take for granted. One of my readers shared this cake with me, straight from her family’s recipe card. And, I’m so glad she did! The crumb is wonderfully moist, and the spices are warm enough for the coldest winter night....

Creamy cheesy polenta is love at first bite! Buttery, soul-satisfying, and creamy, this cheese-laden polenta is perfect served alone or topped with any braised meat, vegetables, or stew. Cheesy Polenta Hands down, my favorite way to serve polenta is with chile verde. This Mexican Pork and Tomato Chile Verde is what my comfort food dreams are made of these days. If you’ve never had chile verde, or even if you have a classic recipe you love, you need to try this version....

Crispy onions, tender potatoes, fresh bell peppers, and mushrooms create a mouthwatering hash that is hearty and filling for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. I made this skillet with bacon, but that could be skipped for a vegetarian option; just use a tablespoon or so of oil in its place. Topped with an egg, this was a delicious meal that the whole family enjoyed. The leftovers keep well in the refrigerator as well....

Crispy, crunchy, wafer thin brownies are spectacularly tasty for snacking on their own or alongside a dish of ice cream. (They are also delicious as ice cream sandwiches !) I tried the original version of this snack for the first time while I was in Miami, and from the very first bite, it was one of the most addictive store-bought snacks I’ve ever tried. We were all hooked. Each brownie crisp tastes like the very best corner bite of a traditional pan of brownies....

English Muffin Bread? Oh, yes. Everything you love about English muffins is waiting for you in this loaf of perfectly toastable English muffin bread. Those nooks and crannies? Those little crevices that hold melting pools of butter ? It’s all here. Toasted and slathered with Honey Butter , Everything Butter , Whipped Strawberry Butter , or Homemade Peach Jam , this is the breakfast of my dreams. English Muffin Bread This bread is so easy to make, you’re not going to believe it....

Making your own Homemade Italian Seasoning is as easy as combining a few spoonfuls of dried Italian herbs. It takes just a couple of minutes to stir together this seasoning mix! This blend of oregano, basil, thyme, rosemary, sage, and marjoram enhances so many dishes from soups and salads to pasta and meats. Once you start making your own Homemade Italian Seasoning, I guarantee you will never buy the pre-packaged seasoning blends from the grocery store ever again!...

Fresh vegetables and chicken, quickly cooked in a hot stir fry is one of my favorite meals to make and serve. This dish is a fun twist on the usual Asian or Mexican flavors that I would typically think of for skillet meals. I added corn as a base for this stir fry, because I had fresh corn waiting to be used. If you don’t have corn, simply serve it over rice and enjoy it that way....

How cool is it that this quick chicken recipe is the easiest chicken we make, and it is also some of the tastiest chicken we make? Seasoned with plenty of terrific flavors and quickly cooked in any number of ways, this chicken is the weeknight main dish that the whole family enjoys. Last minute chicken is a great recipe title! I had a package of chicken tenderloins in the fridge without a plan a ended up making this with roasted potatoes and sauteed yellow squash on the side....

Monster Cookie Chocolate Cheesecake Bars are the ultimate combination of my grandmother’s Monster Cookies , turned into Monster Cookie Bars , and married to these Cheesecake Cookie Bars ! One bite of these cheesecake cookie bars will have you hooked and this recipe is likely to earn top ten dessert status in your house as well. This recipe is from my friend Jocelyn’s beautiful cookbook, Cheesecake Love . There are so many fantastic cheesecake flavor combinations in this book, the cheesecake lover in your life will never grow tired of these desserts....

Cheesy, saucy, pizza quesadillas are as flavorful as you imagine they might be. They’re a messy, super fun, lightning-fast way to satisfy your next pizza craving. Pizza Quesadilla I am not sure there is a more craveable combination than pizza and quesadillas. Cheesy, buttery, crispy, salty I could go on and on. Sometimes these are a meal at our house. Other times just a snack or late-night kitchen raid. That being said I like to think I have perfected my quesadilla-making and have a few secrets....

Shrimp and sausage fried rice has officially been added to the list of our favorite dinners. This easy recipe is a “two thumbs up,” kid-approved, hearty-as-can-be skillet meal; perfect for a quick and easy weeknight dinner! Shrimp and Sausage Rice Okay, let’s just admit it. I’m fried rice obsessed. Ever since I tried my friend Julie’s tips for perfect fried rice, I’ve been making different versions at least once a week....

Slow Cooker Mexican Pork is some of the best pulled pork you can make at home. On its own, stuffed into tacos or burritos, or served over rice, the pork is slightly spicy, with just enough heat to keep it interesting. Slow Cooker Mexican Pork The Mexican spices infuse the pork roast as it simmers in the crock-pot; meaning that with very little effort you can have dinner on the table....

Three different kinds of beans simmer in the crockpot with plenty of seasonings and hot sauce to make one of the easiest side dishes you can put on the table. These Spicy Baked Beans come together with barely five minutes of effort. The first time I made these beans, my family devoured them in one meal. Serve them with Beer and Garlic Chicken and Memphis Coleslaw for an easy and tasty weeknight dinner....

You know that moment when you walk into a kitchen, and the air itself feels thick with flavor? The smell of onions caramelizing, peppers softening, and sausage browning until it’s just shy of crisp on the edges? Roasting sausage with peppers and onions isn’t complicated. It’s not trendy. But, it is 100% absolutely that dish. Sausage and Peppers If you haven’t tried it before, roasting onions and peppers brings out additional sweetness that is much more flavorful than their raw counterparts....