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My grandmother’s breakfast fried rice, stuffed with bacon and eggs for a quick and hearty meal. The recipe I’m posting today is one of those family-favorite, special-occasions recipes. Growing up, we always served this fried rice for birthdays and New Year’s day breakfast. It’s white rice, fried up in bacon drippings, with chopped bacon, mushrooms, and scrambled eggs throughout. Top it with some shoyu or, like my father, slather it in ketchup, and you are starting this year off right!...

Choose your own adventure with these easy baked donuts that you can make three ways: Maple Bacon Donuts, Milk and Cereal Donuts, or Coffee and Chocolate Donuts! Spring is here in Southern California and that always makes me want to enjoy lazy mornings, stay in my pajamas, throw open all the windows to let in the morning breeze, and make something indulgent for breakfast. And today I’m partnering with Safeway to do just that....

Simple but impressive homemade margherita pizza with dough and sauce from scratch! Welcome to another week and another Monday. How was everyone’s weekend? I had the most lazy, self-indulgent couple of days and did nothing but lie on the couch, and do a massive Netflix binge of Daredevil and Happy Valley . It was delightful. Almost as delightful as today’s recipe. Segue! Today’s Meatless Monday recipe (number 3 for this month after my Slow Cooker Baked Potatoes With Broccoli and Cheese Sauce and Mexican Vegan Vegetable Stew ) is one of my absolute favorites, Homemade Margherita Pizza....

Strawberry shortcake sundaes for two, crumbly buttermilk shortcake with vanilla ice cream and an easy and delicious homemade strawberry ice cream topping. Add some whipped cream, grab a spoon, and dive right in. Oh hey, it’s a recipe post! It’s been a little while since we’ve had one of these. I’ve been MIA the last couple of weeks finishing up a big life-consuming project (more on that very soon), but I am now officially done and happy to be back, catching up with you lovely readers and making yummy food....

This Strawberry Milkshake is beautifully pink, rich and frosty, and bursting with sweet-tart strawberry flavor. What is your go-to milkshake flavor? I’m usually an Oreo Shake or Chocolate Milkshake fan, but there are days where it feels like nothing in the world would be better than a strawberry milkshake. Is today one of those days? If so, let’s make the very best strawberry milkshake. The Very Best Strawberry Milkshake with Strawberries IMHO, the best strawberry shake is made with vanilla ice cream and real strawberries....

These Chicken Fajita Sandwiches are made with chicken fajita fixings piled on bread, with a slightly spicy chipotle aioli and pepper jack cheese, and then baked until toasty, melty, and perfect. I posted a quick and easy Chicken Fajita recipe a few weeks ago, and today, I have a little variation on that recipe for you: Chicken Fajita Sandwiches. If you’re a fajita lover and a hot sandwich fan like I am, you’re going to like this recipe, because you take chicken fajita fixings, pile them on bread, add a slightly spicy chipotle aioli and pepper jack cheese, and then bake it all together until it’s toasty, melty, and perfect....

This easy pumpkin bread recipe makes a soft and fluffy loaf of pumpkin bread with a crumbly crunchy streusel topping and maple glaze. The number one request was for pumpkin bread (an excellent choice), so I’m here today with the recipe for my very favorite pumpkin bread. This is a classic recipe. It’s the one I grew up with, and over the years, I’ve found that when people tell me they have an old family recipe for pumpkin bread, written in their grandmother’s handwriting on a well-used recipe card, it’s usually this one....

Rich and cr eamy, with a hint of chocolate flavor, this coffee milkshake makes the perfect sweet afternoon pick-me-up. If you’ve ever sipped a mocha and thought I wonder what would happen if I added ice cream to this , one, I like the way you think, and two, today’s recipe is for you. Also, the answer to that question is magic. Magic is what happens with you mix ice cream and coffee....

Hungarian goulash is the ultimate stick-to-your-bones comfort food. Beef chuck simmered with onions and tomatoes until tender and mixed with sour cream for an ultra-creamy and rich stew you can serve over noodles, potatoes, or spaetzle. If your standard comfort food rotation is starting to feel a little stale, please, please, please try making Hungarian goulash this weekend. The flavors in this stew feel interesting and fresh, but utterly satisfying and warming....

This Homemade Strawberry Milk is a million times better than the powdered stuff but almost as easy to make. Rich and creamy, with the best sweet and barely tart strawberry flavor, you’re going to love it. A couple weeks ago, I shared my Strawberry Milk for One or Two for everyone looking for a way to use up those early summer strawberries, and I promised that I’d share a larger recipe for everyone who went really crazy with the strawberry buying....

Want to know how to cook shredded chicken the best and easiest way possible? Look no further! This method is so quick and simple, and your chicken will come out moist and flavorful every time. This is the quickest, easiest, BEST way to cook shredded chicken. Whether you need a batch for soup , a sandwich, or are filling something delicious like shredded chicken enchiladas , this method works wonderfully and will save you a ton of time and trouble in the process....

Learn how to shred cabbage the quickest and easiest way possible. If you’ve never shredded cabbage before, it can be a little confusing to know where to start when faced with a whole head of cabbage on your cutting board. No worries! Shredding cabbage is super quick and easy. Here’s how to do it… How to Shred Cabbage Peel any loose or discolored leaves from the outside of the cabbage and rinse and dry it well....

This single-serve rice krispie treat you can make in the microwave is insanely easy to throw together and just as good as the ones you remember from childhood. I have a few microwave recipes on the site ( Broccoli in the Microwave , Green Beans in the Microwave , and Cauliflower in the Microwave ) and judging by their popularity, you guys really seem to like them. So I have another microwave recipe for you today, but this one’s a little more dangerous than broccoli, a Single-serve Rice Krispie Treat in the Microwave....

Small-batch Oreo Cupcakes, moist chocolate cupcakes with an Oreo baked right into them and the best Oreo frosting on top! Looking for more Small-batch Cupcakes? Try these Small-batch Vanilla Cupcakes , Small-batch Hostess Cupcakes , and Small-batch Pumpkin Cupcakes ! Hey, friends. How was your week? Did you ever recover from having Monday off? Like I said in Wednesday’s post ( Cinnamon Sugar Baked Pumpkin Donuts go make them now!!), I worked through the long weekend trying to get ahead on the blog....

This is the best homemade pizza sauce. It’s bright and tangy and so easy to make with just 5 ingredients! Today I’m sharing my favorite homemade pizza sauce, AKA The Best Homemade Pizza Sauce. I almost never use the phrase “the best” in my recipe titles because how do you decide which version of a recipe is best? Is it the perfectly delicious recipe you use all the time, or is it the slightly better-tasting version that has so many extra steps that you made it once and never again, or is it the version you grab pre-made at the store that gives you a night off cooking?...

This cheesy Baked Parmesan Zucchini is quick, easy, and an incredibly satisfying veggie side. If you’re looking for an easy, crowd-pleasing veggie side dish, you won’t find better than this. Even if you’re not usually a fan of zucchini, roasting it in olive oil with toasty parmesan over the top makes it feel like a treat and just might change your mind. Ingredients You need just a handful of ingredients for this dish:...

These barbacoa burrito bowls are loaded with tender and tangy homemade barbacoa and all your favorite burrito toppings layered over a bed of cilantro lime rice. Sometimes there’s nothing quite as satisfying as digging into a big bowl of rice and meat and beans. You could run out for takeout and buy a burrito bowl, but they’re pretty delicious and easy to make at home. Make these with leftover barbacoa if you have it or follow my easy barbacoa recipe for tender fall-apart meat with hardly any hands-on cooking time....

Crispy and tender, with tons of flavor, these easy Slow Cooker Carnitas will knock your socks off. Hey you, yes you. Have you ever made carnitas at home? If yes, good job. Gold star for you. Never stop. If no, you should definitely start today. Right now. Drop everything. Why should you be making carnitas this very second? Because they are SO GOOD, and you deserve good things. Crispy AND tender, with tons of flavor, they’ll knock your socks off....

These Individual Chicken Pot Pies are easy to make, stuffed with chicken, carrots, and celery, and topped with a delicious flaky buttermilk crust. Chicken pot pie is one of my favorite meals. It’s everything warm and comforting about food all wrapped up in a flaky pie crust. The thing is though, they’re kind of big. And messy. And did I mention big? When you’re not cooking for a family, there’s no way you are finishing one off unless you are eating leftovers for days, which is just not my thing....

Roasted carrots are a super easy and simple crowd-pleasing side dish that you can prep in just a few minutes. We all know that roasting improves almost any vegetable, and that absolutely holds true for carrots. Give your carrots 30 to 40 minutes in the oven, tossed with a little butter, salt, and pepper, and they will come out tender, buttery, and perfect every time. Ingredient Notes Carrots: Try to chop your carrots into pieces roughly the same size so they cook evenly....