Warm berry sauce poured over cold ice cream is one of my favorite desserts. I make this sauce year-round and every time I serve it, it gets raves. Berry Sauce from Frozen Berries This fruit sauce might be the simplest recipe I keep in my dessert recipe notebook. I scribbled it out on a scrap of paper almost 25 years ago while I was visiting a friend. We were dishing up bowls of ice cream and her husband told us to wait a minute....

Chocolate Candy Cane Cake is an intense chocolate cake with a hint of peppermint flavor in each bite. Drizzled with a light peppermint glaze and sprinkled with crushed candy canes, I love how festive this chocolate candy cane bundt cake looks with barely any effort. My family went nuts over this cake and I have to admit that I was hard pressed to stop snacking on it each time I was in the kitchen....

Creamy ranch dressing with a bit of heat and plenty of green chile flavor has become a family favorite over the past couple of years. Ranch dressing is delicious on salads and as a dip for fresh vegetables. We love dipping pizza in ranch and these spicy chicken bites are awesome with a side of green chile ranch too. Dion’s Green Chile Ranch If you grew up in the 505 or have ever lived in NM, you likely understand the near-obsession we all have with Dion’s Pizza....

My love for pattypan squash has reached an all new level. You might think I’d be tired of these squash by now, but I am still thrilled to have so many from our garden. We grilled these pattypan squash with the Ono and they were wonderful together. The squash texture was absolutely perfect. My only advice is to make sure that your slices are as even as possible. If your slices are not even, then the thinner portions will be overcooked while the thicker ones are still finishing....

I’ve been making this stew for so many years now, I’ve lost count. The original recipe is mostly my mother’s and I’ve tweaked this version slightly for the freezer. Instead of referring back to my scribbled notes each time, I’m posting an update here just for me. If you have need of a HUGE recipe for a fantastic Italian Soup, this is for you too! If you have no need for a ginormous batch of this soup, I recommend making no more than half of this recipe, possibly even reducing it to a quarter of this size....

Savory deli meats are piled high on a toasted hoagie roll, then topped with an unforgettable tangy slaw and gooey provolone cheese to make this Italian Grinder Sandwich your new favorite lunch. Italian Grinder Sandwich The slight crunch and crackle of toasted bread, soft and warm meats topped with gooey, melted cheese, crisp onions and peppers in an incredible slaw. What’s not to love? Put them all together and it’s pure lunch heaven....

Lemon Crinkle Cookies with crisp edges and a chewy center are one of my favorite lemon treats. Lemon desserts are always a great thing in my world, but these cookies are truly sublime. (I don’t use that word lightly either!) Perfectly crisp around the edges, with a soft center, even three days later. Just a heads up, these cookies are even better after a day or two. (Can you believe I managed to make them last that long, to test this?...

Pumpkin butter is a thick, richly spiced spread that is perfect on top of toast or muffins. It is also delicious swirled into oatmeal or yogurt, dolloped onto crackers, or spooned over ice cream. Pumpkin butter is one of the most versatile fruit spreads I make. If you are a pumpkin lover, this recipe is for you. Easily adaptable to use what you have on hand and to suit your preferences, I swapped out some of the brown sugar for maple this time and I really liked the hint of maple in the end....

Tender, caramelized meat that clings to the bone and requires just a gentle tug to pull it off makes for the perfect grilled spare rib. Mixing up an easy and flavorful dry rub for ribs makes them even more delicious. Dry Ribs Would you believe that a week ago I had never cooked bone-in ribs? I assumed that they would be more difficult and complicated than the country style boneless ribs I’ve always purchased....

This Old Fashioned Potato Soup is a journey back to grandma’s kitchen where hearty food is made with common ingredients, and every bite tells a story. Old Fashioned Potato Soup This recipe for old fashioned potato soup takes me right back to my childhood. My mom often made this “milk and potatoes only” soup on Sunday nights. Eating potato soup after church is a tradition that all of my siblings remember....

Spice mixes save home cooks a ton of time in the kitchen. But, did you know you can make your own? This pumpkin pie spice mix is a cozy blend of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and allspice. I love using it in so many baked goods and sweet treats. Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix It feels like the old TV public service announcement, but this time for us cooks. “Do you know what’s in your spice mix?...

This potato salad made with roasted potatoes is a whole new world of potato salad awesomeness and you need to try it asap. A tangy creamy dressing coats every bite of this salad along with hard-boiled eggs, olives, and pickles. Roasting the potatoes provides a richer potato flavor for the salad in addition to giving a better texture to the potatoes. Potato Salad with Roasted Potatoes Oh, how I love potato salads....

Oatmeal Butterscotch Bars Ingredients Bar Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 2 cups quick-cooking oatmeal 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 3/4 cup butterscotch chips 1 cup butter, melted 1 cup packed dark brown sugar 1 large egg 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Glaze Ingredients: 1/4 cup butterscotch chips 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar 1 tablespoon water 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt Instructions Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9X13-inch baking pan with aluminum foil, letting the foil hang over the each short edge by one or two inches....

Buttermilk Coffee Cake topped with a heaping layer of buttery cinnamon crumb topping is a cake that any cinnamon-lover is certain to love. I recommend stirring this together today and enjoying a slice after dinner tonight and again tomorrow morning with a cup of coffee or tea. Buttermilk Coffee Cake I absolutely love coffee cake. Given my choice between pretty much any other cake and coffee cake, you can bet that a coffee cake piled with an abundance of cinnamon streusel is likely to be my first choice....

When it comes to classics that you’ll want to make over and over again, this Chocolate Chip Banana Bread is hard to beat. It’s perfect for amateur bakers and experts alike! There aren’t many things that beat a warm slice of banana bread filled with melting chocolate chips. This easy banana bread is a big favorite both with and without the nuts. I know plenty of folks who love a banana bread that’s chock full of nuts while others prefer their banana bread nut free....

Sweet and juicy, loaded with fresh apples, and just the right hint of spices, this apple cobbler is a fall and winter dessert favorite that we enjoy throughout the entire year. Easy Apple Cobbler Cinnamon, sugar, and apples, warm fragrant and bubbling from the oven is one of the most nostalgic aromas for me. I have yet to find a candle that mimics this scent perfectly. So I will just keep making baked apple recipes on repeat to keep the kitchen smelling amazing and feeling cozy....

Creamy, sweet homemade cinnamon ice cream that you can make with about 3 minutes effort? Yes, PLEASE! To make this easy cinnamon ice cream, I played with my best and easiest vanilla ice cream recipe and kicked up the cinnamon enough that you get the hint of spice with the first taste and the lingering cinnamon flavor afterward. Cinnamon Ice Cream I made Cinnamon Ice Cream for the first time a few years ago and it blew me away The flavors were incredible and my whole family loved it....

Plenty of pecans fill these buttery brown sugar Coconut Blondies creating a hand-held dessert that makes a terrific snack or a company dessert when served warm and topped with cold ice cream. NEVER FAIL BLONDIES This recipe is adapted from the Never Fail Blondies in The Weeknight Dinner Cookbook and the flavor combinations are pretty much endless. Coconut Blondies are my current favorite. There’s something awesomely irresistible about that chewy coconut texture....

Freshly churned chocolate ice cream is layered with bite-size chunks of Cosmic Brownies and scattered with miniature M&M candies to create this super fun Cosmic Brownie Ice Cream. Cosmic Brownie Ice Cream I’ve been on a kick lately making Little Debbie copycat ice cream recipes. When I first spied Little Debbie’s line of ice creams in the grocery store, I did a double take. And then I immediately put them all on my must-try-soon list....

Cranberry White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies have become one of my family’s top 5 favorite cookies. That says a lot, considering the fact that there are 74 cookie recipes on this website! And yes, I was surprised by that number myself when I checked a moment ago! Clearly, we really like our cookies. Cranberry White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies I owe my cousin, Hope, a big thank you for suggesting this flavor combination many years ago....