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Easy Apple Galette Recipe If you love apple pie but don’t love all the work that goes into making one, this easy apple galette recipe is for you!  It’s everything you love about homemade apple pie, but without the fuss of making a perfect pie crust or worrying about crimping the edges just right. A galette is basically a rustic, free form pie, and that’s...

Long John Silver’s Hush Puppies Recipe (Easy Copycat) If you grew up eating at Long John Silver’s, chances are you remember their hush puppies!  Those little golden nuggets of deliciousness were always one of my favorite parts of the meal.  Crispy on the outside, soft and fluffy on the inside, and just a little bit sweet.  What’s not to love?!  The good news is that...

Mini Banana Bread Bundt Cakes While I do enjoy a nice loaf of banana bread, these mini banana bread bundt cakes are just too cute!  My twin sister Jennifer gave me these silicon molds for Christmas last year, and I can’t believe its taken me 11 months to use them.  Sorry Jenn! Recipe Notes Use ripe bananas:  The riper the bananas, the sweeter and more...

Honeynut Squash Tomato Soup If you love tomato soup but want to change things up a bit, this honeynut squash tomato soup is going to be your new favorite.  It’s creamy, slightly sweet, slightly smoky, and has just the right amount of heat from chipotle peppers.  You don’t need any heavy cream to get this delicious, velvety texture. Roasting the honeynut squash and cherry tomatoes...

Homemade Chicago Style Pizza Puffs If you grew up in Chicago, or Chicagoland, chances are you know exactly what a pizza puff is.  And if you’ve never had one, you are in for a treat! A Chicago-style pizza puff is basically everything you love about pizza, but wrapped in a crispy, deep fried pocket of deliciousness.  Think seasoned Italian sausage, gooey mozzarella cheese, and pizza...

Panang Curry Noodle Soup This Panang curry noodle soup is so packed with flavor, yet comes together in less than 15 minutes.  While I can eat soup 365 days a year, this is the perfect cozy bowl of noodles on a cool crispy fall or wintery day.  Panang curry paste can be found in most grocery stores on the Asian aisle.  Even Walmart! Ingredients After...

Easy Cake Donut Holes If you think you have to run to the donut shop to get delicious cake donut holes, think again!  These homemade cake donut holes are crispy on the outside, soft and tender on the inside, and made with simply pantry ingredients you probably already have on hand.  This recipe made 32 donut holes in 25 minutes from start to finish. Feel...

Extra Crispy Fries (Homemade) These extra crispy fries (homemade) are hands down THE BEST FRIES I’VE EVER MADE.  And I’ve made a lot over the years.  One problem I was always running into is that the fries would be crisp within the first five minutes of them coming out of the fryer, only to get soggy and limp minutes later. These extra crispy homemade French...

Easy Chinese Cabbage Stir Fry This easy Chinese cabbage stir fry is a great side dish that I think the whole family will enjoy.  Recently I was at an event where I met a woman named Ting (you can check out her two Instagram pages HERE and HERE), and I started following her.  She posted this recipe and said if you think cabbage if boring,...

Easy Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe This easy chicken tortilla soup recipe is ready in about 30 minutes.  There is nothing better than a soup recipe that comes together mostly with pantry ingredients you already have in your pantry.  Fire roasted tomatoes, jarred salsa, pinto beans, hominy, corn and chicken broth do most of the heavy lifting. My trick is blending the fire roasted tomatoes, salsa...