Macaroni and cheese is always a big hit in my house, especially slow cooker mac and cheese, broccoli mac and cheese and this delectable bacon version. Macaroni and cheese is always a great dish, but when you add bacon to the mix, it elevates this classic to something really special. This bacon mac and cheese is so simple to make, and it only uses one pan which is always a good thing!...

Welcome to Sunday snacks…broccoli rabe edition! If you follow me on instagram, than you know I am a big fan of Sunday appetizer/snacks…it’s kind of become my summer thing! Gotta love good snack food, especially when it’s covered in cheese and wrapped with bacon. Umm, yes and yum! But first, happy Sunday!! Summer Sundays are so fun, I feel like they’re so much more relaxed and easy-going than a Sunday during the colder months....

My kids are big fans of mac and cheese, they’re always requesting slow cooker mac and cheese, stovetop mac and cheese and this ultra decadent baked version. In my opinion, you can never go wrong with mac and cheese! Macaroni and cheese is a timeless recipe for a reason – it’s incredibly delicious! This baked mac and cheese is the ultimate version of this popular comfort food dish. It features hearty corkscrew pasta in a super smooth and creamy sauce, with plenty of melted cheese for good measure....

I don’t mean to offend anyone in any way, but well, this bowl is all about the sauce. The sauce was inspired by the “bitchin’ sauce” that my cousin Abby has been telling me about for months. She buys it from the farmers market in San Diego, CA and she LOVES it. You can read all about it here. Abby’s favorite is the cilantro chili flavor, so I decided to take that flavor and make my own Bitchin’ Sauce, which then turned into this pretty Bitchin’ California Bowl, which I am in love with!...

When I’m celebrating a special occasion, I love to offer beautiful and delicious dessert recipes such as a strawberry lemon cake, pink cake, Nutella cake, heart cake, berry chantilly cake, red velvet brownies and these decadent chocolate cherry cupcakes. I love the flavors of black forest cake, but I don’t always have the time to put together a fancy layer cake. That’s where these black forest cupcakes come in – they have the same great flavor combination of chocolate and cherry, but they’re also easy to make!...

I like to make my own seasoning blends so that it’s easy to prepare effortless dinners that have plenty of bold flavors. I always have fajita seasoning, BBQ rub, taco seasoning and blackened seasoning on hand to sprinkle over different types of proteins for meals that get rave reviews! My local restaurant serves the best blackened salmon, and I knew I had to recreate the recipe at home. I’ve developed my own version of blackened seasoning, and it can be used in so many different ways....

These are purely indulgent. But I promise, every last bite is worth it. All the way down to the final crumb. If I am being completely honest here, you do not even need any of the other stuff that I am showing you to go with these. I mean, Lobster Beignets are obviously the star of the show. We’re talking buttery fired lobster with blue cheese. Oh my gosh, it does not get better....

But, I am pretty sure that is the way most of us are feeling right about now. It’s the very last few days of winter and those can be some of the worst. I am currently looking out the window at a whiteout. So ya, I am so ready for spring. Sunshine, warmth and berries out the yazoo! Unfortunately, I am pretty sure that most berries are summer foods so I still have a few months....

For a lot of us, chillier days and especially nights have finally arrived. I live in a pretty cold environment. It’s been in the mid-20s to low-30s almost every early morning since I returned home from New York. It’s safe to say that our fall weather is here to stay. With the colder temperatures upon us, I immediately got excited about all the fall soup recipes to come. It’s always so fun during the early days of a new season to break out the classics....

It’s officially pasta salad season. My dad would make his broccoli pasta salad at least once a week throughout the summer months, and it was always one of my favorite dinners. I’ve told this story before, but his salad was always very simple. It was just pasta tossed with cubes of cheddar cheese, broccoli, olive oil, salt, pepper, and handfuls of fresh basil from his garden. Ever since I can remember, my dad has had his gardens full of basil....

Broccoli macaroni and cheese is a hearty main course or side dish that always gets rave reviews. If you’re a mac and cheese fan, you also need to try my slow cooker mac and cheese and jalapeno popper mac and cheese. You can never go wrong with macaroni and cheese, am I right? This broccoli mac and cheese is noodles in a creamy cheddar cheese sauce with the addition of broccoli florets....

I know I’m ready. We returned home from Orlando late Tuesday night to super cold temps and a little snow on the ground. It was pretty different from the eighty-eighty degrees we were experiencing for the past three days. As I said I would in Tuesday’s post, I made these pancakes on Wednesday, they were such a nice way to cozy back up to fall, and I have plans to make this fettucine again tonight for dinner....

It’s been a while since our last pizza – and this is our first pizza of the year too! To be honest, this pizza has already made its way to the top of my favorite-pizzas-to-make list. Growing up my dad would make pizza on either Friday or Saturday nights. But the way he made his pizzas was different from the way I make my pizzas. He’d top his pizza pretty simply....

Which by the way, can you believe we are already half way through summer?? They already have all the back to school stuff out at Target, and while I do love back to school supplies, new clothes and all that other stuff, the thought of summer being over is so sad. It will be fall before we know it and I’ll probably be telling you all about apple dishes galore, but until then, I am gonna continue on my peach craze....

You know that saying, “when it rains, it pours”? Yeah, well it is pouring rain over here in my kitchen. The appliances have all failed. Like almost every single one in the last few days. It is actually kind of bizarre. Oh, and the internet was also out all day yesterday, so I guess it is more than just kitchen appliances. But, but, but thankfully, there is this thing called a hotspot on the iPhone and it rules....

When I’m looking for an easy meal, I often turn to pasta. It’s quick, it’s hearty and of course, totally delicious! My family loves pizza pasta, pasta pomodoro, and this cheese tortellini recipe. My kids go crazy over tortellini, and I love that it’s so quick to prepare. This cheese tortellini recipe features an easy homemade meat sauce, and is the perfect comfort food meal at the end of a long day!...

You can never go wrong with garlic and cheese bread, my favorites include garlic knots, cheese bombs, and this super easy pull apart loaf. This one always gets rave reviews! Garlic bread is the perfect side dish to go with almost any meal. This pull apart bread is a unique twist on the classic recipe, with plenty of garlic, herbs and melted cheese. It’s great for game day, or as a side to an Italian dinner....

I love a good pie, and these bar cookies are almost like a handheld pie, but with much less work. They are perfect holiday cookies to serve on a platter with molasses cookies, thumbprint cookies and snowball cookies. Cherry Bars Ingredients To make cherry bars with vanilla glaze you will need butter, sugar, salt, eggs, flour, vanilla extract, almond extract and cherry pie filling. For the glaze you will want to have powdered sugar, vanilla extract, almond extract and milk....

If you’ve never had a brined chicken before, you’re missing out! It takes just minutes to make a chicken brine, but the end result is nothing short of fabulous. Serve your chicken with glazed carrots and rice pilaf for a complete meal. Chicken Brine Ingredients To make this chicken brine recipe you’ll need water, kosher salt, honey, lemons, bay leaves, garlic, peppercorns, rosemary, thyme and parsley. You will also want a chicken to place in the brine!...

In my house, it totally is. But yesterday was a weird one. Highly unexpected. Yesterday we had a family friend show up all the way from Cleveland. And he didn’t fly, he drove the twenty-fours from Rocky River, OH to Silverthorne, CO. And all because he got up on Saturday and decided my brother’s 1996 truck needed to get removed from his driveway, so he drove it out. Yes, he is insane....