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Skillet Enchilada Meatballs

Skillet Enchilada Meatballs

A while back I made these Chicken Tikka Masala Meatballs and y'all went crazy for them. I don't blame you though because they're delicious chicken meatballs cooked in a homemade flavorful tikka masala sauce, what's not to like?! And because they were such a hit, I decided to give you another meatball skillet recipe to obsess over. I'm obsessing over it, and so I'll just feel better if I weren't the only one. These Skillet Enchilada Meatballs are cooked in a thickened enchilada sauce with sliced ...

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Sheet Pan Turkey Caprese Meatballs

Sheet Pan Turkey Caprese Meatballs

I, just like everyone else out there in the universe, am obsessed with sheet pan dinners. They're so easy to make and require practically no cooking (from you) at all. Just dump it all onto a sturdy baking sheet and let the oven do all the work for you. It really doesn't get any better than that, especially if you hate cooking or simply don't have much time for it during the week. If you recall, I'm no stranger to a sheet pan supper on this here blog. It all started with this Mediterranean ...

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Stuffed Cabbage Roll Stew

I have two stories to share with you today. Two stories that have pretty much inspired this particular recipe I'm sharing with you all today. The first is that my mom doesn't really like to cook. She'll be the first to admit this. When we were growing up—and before I started cooking at 13 and took over making dinner to help her out—she really just cooked for my sisters and I because she had to. With that being said, she had a certain amount of dishes that she makes very well. They are dishes she ...

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Chicken Spinach Artichoke Skillet Lasagna

I love me some lasagna but the truth is that I hate going through the entire process of actually making it at home. You have to make the meat filling, then the ricotta filling, then the sauce and then shred a bunch of cheese and then boil the noodles and THEN go about layering the thing and it's not even cooked yet. Then it finally goes into the oven and you still have to wait for it to cool down after it's cooked, before you slice and serve it. It's a whole ordeal, and I'm tired just typing and ...

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Breakfasts To Start Your Day

Slow-Roasted Poblanos with Sweet Potatoes

Slow-Roasted Poblanos with Sweet Potatoes + GIVEAWAY

Today I’m sharing a simple and yet, super delicious recipe from Ashley Rodriguez’s (Not Without Salt) new cookbook “Let’s Stay In.” As I flipped through the pages of this beautiful book, many of the recipes called out to me, but one in particular just kept staring me right in the face, wanting me to make…

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Kimchi Chilaquiles

I grew up eating chilaquiles all the time! It was one of my favorite things my mom made us on the weekends. I still go to her house and request them. She’d serve them with chorizo scrambled eggs and black beans and some breakfast potatoes. Talk about heaven on earth. They always remind me of…

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Cheers to the Weekend: Blackberry Lemon Coffee Cake

It’s not like I need an excuse to eat cake in the morning, because I’m an adult and I can do what I want, but I just feel so much better when I have a legitimate reason to eat sweets for breakfast. Does that make sense? I feel like this Blackberry Lemon Coffee Cake is…

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Shakshuka Bread Bowls

I just recently got into making (and eating) shakshuka. I’ve been seeing it all over the internets and social medias for a while now, and definitely all of last year, and yet I never tried it because I’m the type of person that goes against the things that seem like they’re being pushed down my…

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The Classics: Sour Cream Coffee Cake

My thought is that you can never have too many coffee cake recipes. It’s that ultimate breakfast cake that you can get away with eating first thing in the morning. It always reminds me of elementary school. Getting a giant square slice of crumb cake with a carton of milk. It’s what dreams are made…

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Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth

Double Crust Pumpkin Chocolate Pie

Double Crust Pumpkin Chocolate Pie

Thanksgiving Day is right around the corner and what kind of Thanksgiving would it be without a pumpkin pie? A table without this beloved pie is the most blasphemous idea I can think of on such an important day. It comes but once a year and so we need to make sure we do it…

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Butter Pecan Mini Cakes

Butter Pecan Mini Cakes

Last year I made this Banana Split Bundt Cake that turned my childhood love of banana splits into a delicious cake, and so I thought I was long overdue for another ice cream turned cake situation on the blog. It just seems like the appropriate time for this, and the right thing to do. These…

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Birthday Coffee Cake Muffins

Birthday Coffee Cake Muffins

It’s my sister’s birthday today and so in honor of her and her special day, I’ve decided to share this recipe for Birthday Coffee Cake Muffins. They’re basically like classic bakery-style coffee cake muffins, minus the cinnamon, and with lots of sprinkles instead. It’s the best way I know how to celebrate a birthday. The…

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Butterscotch Meringue Pie

Butterscotch Meringue Pie

My husband has the biggest sweet tooth in the world, which sounds like a loaded statement, but it’s actually true. You’ll never find a bigger sweet tooth anywhere around. He specifically has a weakness for butterscotch— anything from pudding, ice cream, cookies, whatever it is it doesn’t matter as long as it’s butterscotch flavored. This…

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Pumpkin Sticky Bun Monkey Bread

Pumpkin Sticky Bun Monkey Bread

I’ve decided to fully give into Autumn this week because there’s no use in fighting it any more. I’d say today was the first chilly day here in Los Angeles (in a long time), which means it was really the first day where I actually felt like Fall has arrived. So it’s time to officially…

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Baked Neapolitan Doughnuts

I know that technically summer is over and we shouldn’t be thinking of or making anything with fresh strawberries at this point of the year, but I just can’t help it. In my defense though, California has some of the best strawberries around and they’re in season all year round, so it makes it a…

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Let’s Cheers to the Weekend!

Cheers to the Weekend: Roasted Sheet Pan Lomo Saltado

It’s time for another installment of my favorite ongoing series on the blog, Cheers to the Weekend! A) because it’s the weekend (finally) and B) because it’s been a while since the last one went up and that just won’t do. It’s also time for another much needed sheet pan dinner recipe. If you recall,…

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Cheers to the Weekend: Chocolate Walnut Tart

Everyone is always going on and on about pecans and chocolate or peanuts and chocolate or almonds and chocolate, but I think it’s high time we give walnuts their time to shine in the spotlight with chocolate. I’ve always been a fan of that combination, and I’ll admit it’s because my all-time favorite thing at…

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Cheers to the Weekend: Black Forest Fudge

It’s been a hot minute since I’ve made and shared a fudge recipe on here, and quite honestly I think this is my biggest regret in life. I figured the only respectable thing I can do to remedy this tragic situation is to share another decadent and delicious fudge recipe ASAP. If you recall, the…

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Cheers to the Weekend: One Skillet Cuban Chicken and Rice

Do you know how sometimes you just really don’t feel like washing dishes? Mostly because you’ve been working all day, but also because you’ve just slaved away for hours cooking dinner, and so the last thing you want to do is stand in front of the sink scrubbing away at the mess you just made….

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Cheers to the Weekend: Caramel Apple Slab Pie

The last slab pie I made on the blog, S’mores Slab Pie, was such a big hit that I decided I needed to try my hand on another variation. It just had to be done (but I’m most definitely not complaining about it). If there’s one thing I’ve learned through the years of blogging, it’s…

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Cheers to the Weekend: Cinnamon Roll Coffee Cake

I’m always so adamant and a firm believer that we all need a weekend cooking and/or baking project that’s a bit more labor intensive. Something that we wouldn’t really try during the week because we don’t have the time or patience after a long day’s work. The weekend is for trying out those new recipes…

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