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These 12 NaNoWriMo snacks will help keep you fueled and energized all the way to 50k. Today is a very important day. One, it’s the day after Halloween, which means we are one holiday closer to my favorite holiday, Christmas, and two, it’s the first day of National Novel Writing Month!! Image courtesy of National Novel Writing Month. I’ve participated in NaNoWriMo on and off since I was a kid, but last year was the first year I hit my 50k (that’s right, Baking for Two wasn’t the only book I wrote last year </shameless self promotion> 😉 )....

This homemade hot chocolate float is a dreamy and indulgent dessert perfect for chilly evenings. I have a TON of hot chocolate recipes on this site because I fully believe that there’s a hot chocolate for every occasion. Need an everyday walking around sort of hot chocolate? Go make my quick and easy classic hot chocolate . Serving a crowd and need something hands-off? That’s a job for my favorite crockpot hot chocolate ....

This balsamic chicken recipe requires almost no cutting and only about 5 minutes of prep time. The boneless skinless chicken breasts cook in a sauce of tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, and onions, so they come out deliciously moist and packed with flavor. Friends, I’m really excited about sharing this one with you today. You all are always asking me for easy chicken recipes, and balsamic chicken might just be my new ideal easy chicken dinner....

Roasted green beans are simple, delicious, and one of the easiest vegetable sides to make. One of the early popular recipes on this site was my Butter and Garlic Green Beans , and for the longest time, that has been my go-to green bean recipe. I love it. It’s so easy. And I make it constantly. But over the last few months, another even easier green been recipe has been creeping up my green bean rankings and just might unseat that recipe as number one in my heart: Roasted Green Beans....

This Naan Chicken Alfredo Pizza is super easy, so good, and just a bit classier than your usual delivery pizza. You guys know I love pizza. I’ve made it quite a few ways for the blog, classic Margherita Pizza , Hawaiian Naan Pizza (with The Best Homemade Pizza Sauce in existence ), even turned pizza into Pizza Tarts ! But what I haven’t had on the blog is a pizza with white sauce....

The best recipes using Thanksgiving Leftovers for the day after Thanksgiving and beyond. Happy Wednesday! I’ve been convalescing from the cold I picked up weeks ago, so we haven’t chatted since last Monday. How was your Halloween? How was your weekend? Did you enjoy your extra hour of sleep this Sunday? (My answers to those questions are: great, fabulous, and YES!) Now that October is in the rear-view mirror, we start saying goodbye to pumpkin and pumpkin spice everything ( 🙁 ) and looking forward to Thanksgiving (yay!...

These small-batch pumpkin snickerdoodles are ready to eat in less than 30 minutes. They’re chewy, pumpkin-y, and full of cinnamon snickerdoodle flavor. Heya, friends. It’s that glorious time of year when we use fall as an excuse to stuff pumpkin into everything. Why yes, I would like some pumpkin in my lattes , my donuts , my pancakes , and my cake . And today, let’s put some pumpkin in snickerdoodles....

Homemade peanut butter cups are super easy to throw together and perfect for days when you’re craving something sweet but have an empty baking cupboard. These can be made with just three ingredients and 15 minutes. Hey, you ever have one of those lazy afternoons where you’re CRAVING sugar but there’s nothing sweet in your entire house/apartment/illegally zoned yurt except a half-full bag of chocolate chips, and you’re not quite that desperate—yet?...

This American goulash recipe is an easy one-pot meal made with ground beef and macaroni pasta in a tangy red sauce and covered with cheddar cheese. It’s classic American comfort food. Did you eat American goulash growing up? I didn’t, but I got completely obsessed with it a while back when I was working on my Hungarian goulash recipe . This American version has total grown-up Hamburger Helper vibes and feels like such a nostalgic treat every time you make it....

You’re going to love these BBQ chicken sandwiches with tangy shredded BBQ chicken and crunchy coleslaw on a toasted bun. Yesterday I shared my favorite BBQ shredded chicken recipe , and today I’m sharing my very favorite thing to make with that BBQ chicken, BBQ chicken sandwiches. These sandwiches are pretty much my ideal sandwich. They’re built on a lightly toasted brioche bun with tender smokey sweet shredded chicken and a tangy crunchy coleslaw that brings everything together....

Chai sugar cookies with eggnog glaze might just be the perfect Christmas cookie. (11/5/16 Update) Hey all, this post is one of the very earliest posts on Baking Mischief, so I gave it a little face lift. I updated the photos, cleaned up the text, and edited the recipe for clarity. I also upped the amount of eggnog glaze on the chai sugar cookies by 50 percent, because I always felt it got a little thin by the time you finished decorating....

Cilantro lime rice is the perfect simple side for taco night and any time you want to give your rice a seriously delicious boost of flavor. A good cilantro lime rice recipe is one of those dishes everyone should have in their cooking arsenal because it is endlessly useful. It can be used as a filling in burritos , a base to build rice bowls , or serve it as a side to complete a meal....

My favorite hearty chicken salad, loaded with garlic chicken, tomatoes, bacon, and feta. So good, you won’t mind eating your greens! How is everyone doing after the holidays? Feeling a little heavier, a little slower? Did you have to loosen your belt buckle a notch or two? No? Just me. Okay. That’s fine. December was a glorious, sweet-filled extravaganza, but we’re in January now. It’s time for salads. Luckily, I have some great ones for you....

This super simple Mini Pumpkin Cake with cream cheese frosting and homemade candied walnuts is the perfect easy fall dessert to share with a couple friends. It’s technically still summer, but I don’t care. I’m in full-on pumpkin mode now. Can’t stop this pumpkin train. I shared a small batch of Pumpkin Cupcakes a couple weeks ago, Cinnamon Sugar Baked Pumpkin Donuts last week, and today, I have a Mini Pumpkin Cake for you because you can never ever ever have enough pumpkin....

Pink Hot Chocolate is the cutest hot chocolate ever with homemade whipped cream you can make in a mason jar! Photos have been updated. Don’t worry. You’re in the right place. 😉 Well, Valentine’s Day is just a few days away. Where do you come down on our national hearts and flowers day? Love it? Hate it? Sort of tolerate it? I’m totally split. On one hand, it’s a holiday that places undue stress and expectations on people in and out of relationships....

This Hot Fudge Sauce takes only 15 minutes to make and requires only 5 ingredients. It is gooey, fudgy, and the perfect topping for ice cream sundaes, cakes, and waffles. I’m so happy you found your way here today because it means I get to share my absolute favorite hot fudge sauce with you. This sauce is the best combo of easy to make and exceptionally delicious. It’s perfect for hot summer days drizzled over frozen treats or indulgent brunches topping waffles and pancakes....

A light and healthy Asian chicken salad. Simple, delicious, yum. We’re in week two of our January salad series, (did you try last week’s Garlic Chicken Cobb Salad ? It’s sooooo good!) and I’ve got to say, I have a good one for you today. This is the salad that taught me to appreciate a little sweetness with my greens. Most of my life, every time I saw sweet dressing on a menu, I would ask the universe, WHY WOULD YOU PUT SUGAR ON YOUR LETTUCE?...

These rich and amazing Buckeye Brownie Cookies have a fudgy chocolate cookie base, sweet peanut butter center, and are topped with melted chocolate. Looking for a truly decadent and ridiculously good cookie recipe to try out this weekend? You should definitely make these Buckeye Brownie Cookies. The cookie base might look familiar. It’s the same one I use for my Miniature Hot Chocolate Cookies . It’s made with pure melted chocolate and just a tiny bit of cocoa powder....

These small-batch chocolate cookies stuffed full of crushed Oreos and Andes are a little crunchy, a little minty, and completely delicious. We made it to Friday! What are you doing for the long weekend? Do you have any fun Easter plans? I plan on enjoying the spring sunshine with some long, rambling walks, testing a few new recipes, and eating far too much Easter candy on Sunday morning. Today’s recipe is another decadent chocolate dessert (because after last Friday’s Small-batch Chocolate Cupcakes , of course we needed even more chocolate), Small-batch Chocolate Cookies With Oreos and Andes....

Six of my favorite (non food-related) podcasts to cook to. I had a recipe planned for today, but after much fiddling, the thing never quite came together. So rather than share a sub-par recipe on the blog, I’m writing about something else I love, podcasts! I’m a total podcast and audio book junkie. I listen to them while I work out, while I drive, and thanks so a handy dandy water resistant bluetooth speaker (best Christmas present ever!...