This Easy Chicken Curry is one of my family’s favorite quick weeknight meals. Just a bit spicy, with a fragrant, slightly sweet tomato base and big chunks of tender chicken breast throughout, it’s made with pantry staples and can be on your table in about 35 minutes. Hey, friends. Today’s recipe is a fun one because it’s both an old family favorite and something I just learned to cook myself: super easy Chicken Curry....

One pot and twenty minutes are all you need to make this quick and easy chicken noodle soup for one. Heya, I have another recipe for one for you today. When I started posting these single-serving recipes with my Scalloped Potatoes for One , I wasn’t sure how much of a demand there would be for them because I know lots of people don’t like cooking for just themselves, but that post has been pretty popular, and so has my Mac and Cheese for One , so clearly I’m not the only one who doesn’t mind cooking for just myself!...

My favorite popsicle tips and tricks plus some of the best popsicle recipes on the internet! Hey folks, I’ve been a little obsessed with popsicle recipes this summer. On the blog these last couple of months, I’ve shared Cookies and Cream Popsicles , Homemade Pudding Pops , and even some Frozen Pupsicles for our four-legged friends. I don’t have any more popsicle recipes to share with you this summer, but before I completely put away the popsicle mold, I wanted to share a few of my favorite tips and tricks for popsicle making....

Make your very own Game of Thrones Frey Pie, with carrots, parsnips, turnips, mushrooms, bacon, and ground PORK wrapped in a delicious buttermilk pie crust. Have you been following my Creepy Recipes From Fiction series this month? So far I’ve posted Sanguinaccio Dolce from Hannibal , Spectre Apple Pie (Cupcakes) from Big Fish , and Crimson Peak- inspired Red Velvet Lava Cakes . For the final recipe, I figured I’d go big: Frey Pie from Game of Thrones!...

Quick and easy homemade strawberry syrup, perfect for serving over waffles, pancakes, or ice cream. Here on the blog, I have a recipe for (the best) homemade waffles and whipped cream (made three ways), and today I’m adding the recipe for strawberry syrup so you have all the tools needed to make the breakfast waffle stack of your dreams. If you’ve never made strawberry syrup at home before, you’ll be shocked at how easy and good it is....

Quick and easy instructions for cooking perfectly juicy and tender chicken breasts for salads and sandwiches. Boneless skinless chicken breasts are a great cut of meat. They’re lean, healthy, versatile, but they can be surprisingly tricky to cook. If you’ve ever struggled with cooking chicken breasts on the stove, maybe your chicken always comes out dry or the outside burns before the inside is cooked through, friend, this is the recipe for you....

This creamy Keto Chicken Soup, AKA Low-carb Chicken and “Rice” Soup is pure comfort food and so fast and easy to throw together. If you have shredded chicken on hand, this soup will take you less than 15 minutes to make. Hey, friends, I’m switching things up a little today and sharing one of my favorite keto recipes: Creamy Keto Chicken and Rice Soup, the rice being cauliflower rice of course....

This Light and Healthy BLT Salad is a delicious twist on a favorite diner classic. We’re officially halfway through January. Are your resolutions holding up? I hope yours are going better than mine! I’m finding it pretty difficult to limit the sugar right now, because while it may be healthy January, I’m eyeballs deep in Valentine’s Day recipe testing (spoiler: I’ve got some really good ones coming up for you)....

This quick and easy Fettuccine Alfredo for one can be made in less than twenty minutes and makes a fabulously cheesy lunch or dinner. Hey, you know what’s great? Fettuccine Alfredo. You know what’s not great? Fettuccine Alfredo leftovers. Don’t get me wrong. I’ll eat them (oh I’ll eat them), but the sauce always gets a little funny looking on day two, and the noodles end up too hot or too cold or too soft after microwaving....

With this recipe for Small-batch Homemade Hostess Cupcakes, you can make a childhood favorite at home! Moist chocolate cake, creamy marshmallow filling, and luscious chocolate topping. What could be better? Looking for more small-batch cupcakes? Try my Small-batch Vanilla Cupcakes. I originally had these cupcakes scheduled for a couple of weeks down the road, BUT then I realized that with back-to-school season happening right now, this was the perfect time to share them....

These fabulous Small-batch Peanut Butter bars are so easy to make–maybe too easy… I’m not usually big on no-bake desserts. I love baking (I may have even written a whole book on the subject), so aside from some frozen desserts (remember last summer’s red wine popsicles? ), there actually aren’t any no-bake desserts on the entire blog–until today. Guys, have you ever had a Peanut Butter Bar? Oh, these beautiful, terrible things....

This Small Batch of Cut-out Sugar Cookies recipe makes one-dozen sugar cookies and is quick and easy, with no dough chilling time required! Today’s recipe is this sweet little batch of cut-out sugar cookies. It’s the perfect recipe if you love decorating cookies at Christmas but don’t have a lot of people around to feed them to. You still get to decorate some cookies (maybe with some spiked hot chocolate and a fire going in the background to keep you cozy while you work), but you don’t have to find homes for (or accidentally eat) a mountain of cookies when you’re done....

This Bailey’s Cookies and Cream Milkshake is deliciously decadent and boozy but incredibly simple to make. Hey, it’s Saint Patrick’s Day this week, so let’s make something fun and festive. Time to put some Bailey’s in our milkshakes. Creamy Bailey’s Cookies and Cream Milkshake If you’ve never tried a Bailey’s cookies and cream shake before, friend, you’re going to love it. Cookies and cream is such a good combo with a bit of Irish cream....

This pork stroganoff is tender slices of pork tenderloin simmered with mushrooms, onions, and garlic in a creamy and tangy sour cream sauce. We’re deep into comfort food season at this point, and today I have a new version of one of my absolute favorite comfort foods for you, stroganoff! Growing up, we always made stroganoff with beef top sirloin, but in college, I learned that you can make an absolutely killer pork stroganoff with the WAY cheaper and very tender pork tenderloin....

How to make a quick and easy half and half substitute with what you have in your fridge. Half and half is a common enough ingredient in recipes but not something everyone keeps stocked all the time. If you come across a recipe that calls for it, but don’t have any in your fridge, not a problem. There are a few half and half substitutions you can use in a pinch....

These incredibly easy and deliciously indulgent Loaded Mashed Potatoes are quick, nearly foolproof, and perfect for when you need a side that will WOW. Who doesn’t love loaded mashed potatoes? It’s comfort food that combines the creamy richness of mashed potatoes with all the best toppings of a baked potato. Genius!! I apologize in advance if after making these once you find yourself making them a little too often, but they’re just SO good and so easy to throw together....

Everything you need to know about meal planning including do’s and don’ts and step-by-step instructions for creating a system that works for you. In my reader survey from a couple of weeks ago, I asked if there were any specific posts you’d like to see on the blog, and to my delight, one of the most popular requests was for a post on meal planning. Guys, this makes me so happy because I LOVE meal planning....

My mom’s famous red wine pot roast recipe takes a chuck roast and braises it in red wine until tender with carrots, celery, and potatoes. I’ve shared a few of my Mom’s recipes here over the years. Her easy carrot cake is a reader favorite as is her stroganoff recipe . This is the roast my family makes on Christmas almost every year. It’s always a total show-stopper, and it’s my favorite pot roast recipe in the entire world because it is ridiculously good and ridiculously easy to make....

Penne alla vodka for one is the ultimate quick and easy meal if you’re craving something rich and indulgent but really don’t feel like cooking. There are a handful of single-serve pasta recipes on the site: mac and cheese , fettuccine Alfredo , buttered noodles , etc. These recipes have always been pretty popular because sometimes you just want a bowl of carbs for dinner even if you’re flying solo....

This Chai White Hot Chocolate is smooth and creamy with a warming chai flavor that makes it just about the coziest drink ever. Happy Halloween Eve Day, my friends (that’s a thing, right?). As we sit here on the evening of our most chocolate-filled holiday, I hope all of your Halloween plans are falling into alignment. I hope your costume is just the right level of creepy/cute/ironic, your bags of candy are yet unplundered, and your enthusiasm for the night not dimmed by poor weather or obligatory party appearances (<–my worst nightmare)....