Whether you’re looking for a quick weeknight meal or a beefy vegetable-forward meal, this green bean beef stir fry checks all your boxes and comes together in no time! This green bean and beef stir fry is identical to my green bean chicken stir fry except it’s made with tender beef slices for more of a denser meal than with the chicken. Same thick, savory-sweet (and slightly spicy) sauce and fresh green beans! It’s for those that are craving something more beefy and rich and honestly, who doesn’t love beef stir frys? Don’t forget to serve with a side of white rice for a well-balanced meal. R ..read more

Decadent chocolate cream cheese cupcakes (also known as black bottom cupcakes) are a fudgy, moist chocolate cake base filled with a chocolate chip cream cheese filling. Every bite is filled with chocolatey and creamy, tangy delight! Celebrate with Me: Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes I made and posted this chocolate cream cheese cupcake recipe on my 25th birthday 12 years ago. I feel like that was a lifetime ago, and it honestly was. It had just been a year of starting the blog and I was recalling a specific black bottom cupcake recipe my friend had given me a few years back. These were it! Th ..read more

This nostalgic creamed corn and egg soup is sweet, eggy, and savory. With only a 20 minute cook time, you’ll love enjoying this with your favorite main dish! As an adult looking back to my childhood days, there is one thing that consistently stands out and it is my mom’s ability to come up with dinner and dinner ideas in a blink of an eye. Even more impressive is her ability to make it so that dishes take less than 30 minutes, and more often than not, less than 20 minutes. This creamed corn and egg soup is one of those recipes and so nostalgic for me. This easy corn soup can be a main or sid ..read more

Green bean and chicken stir fry is an easy dish to serve up with a side of white rice on a busy day. Green beans and lean chicken are tossed in a flavorful savory sauce to make for a protein-packed, veggie-forward meal for any weeknight! Classic Chinese Combo: Green Bean Chicken Stir Fry Garlic, green beans, and a thick savory sauce is such a classic Taiwanese/Chinese combo. My mom would make green bean stir fry often when we were growing up because it is a very easy side dish to serve with rice. On top of that, she would make these cold green beans and garlic in the warmer months. It’s hones ..read more

Ready to teleport back to your childhood? The first bite of these fluffernutter cookies will do just that! A peanut butter cookie base loaded with gooey, melty marshmallows throughout for that indulgent childhood memory. Childhood-Inspired Throwback: Fluffernutter Cookies Who remembers eating peanut butter and marshmallow fluff sandwiches as a kid? Wasn’t that like the best thing in the world? Whenever you opened your lunchbox and saw that your mom had made you fluffernutter sandwiches, I bet you didn’t want to trade that sandwich with the kid sitting next to you! These fluffernutter cookies ..read more

This spicy sausage tortellini soup is chock-full of healthy veggies, spicy pork sausage, and cheesy tortellini. When the craving hits, this easy soup recipe will warm you right up for a cozy night! Satisfying Sausage Tortellini Soup Recipe You seriously need to get this hearty, warm, and comforting spicy tortellini soup on your stovetop and into multiple bowls! It’s the perfect way to warm up and it’s chock-full of veggies and deliciously cheesy tortellini. This sausage tortellini soup recipe is so easy to make, and it comes together on the stovetop in just under an hour. The flavors are next ..read more

Salted chocolate chip pistachio cookies have puddles of dark chocolate throughout the soft and crispy cookie base. They’re loaded with rich and nutty pistachios and a surprise ingredient that takes the flavor of these cookies to another universe! Don’t you just want to reach into the screen and grab one of these chocolate chip pistachio cookies? They’re crispy, incredibly soft and tender, chewy, and just everything you’d want in a cookie. The base of the cookie is what you would call your standard cookie base but it’s speckled with coffee grounds to give a rich depth of flavor that one could ..read more

Crockpot corn chowder features sweet corn, chunks of tender potatoes, and smokey bacon slow cooked to perfection in a cream-based soup that is so cozy for anytime of year! An Alliteration: Crockpot Corn Chowder I’m a huge fan of thick, hearty soups. I absolutely love my corn and pumpkin chowder that I make on the stovetop (and if you haven’t tried it yet, I encourage you to get it on your list!), however, I don’t always have time for a stovetop soup so this crockpot corn chowder is super convenient. I can have this crockpot corn chowder in the slow cooker all day to allow it to develop flavor ..read more

A cozy, one-pot recipe, this ground beef and orzo takes less than 30 minutes to put together and it’s comforting, beefy, and full of flavor! Don’t Sleep On This: Ground Beef and Orzo I will forever say that orzo is a pasta that is overlooked. I have cooked with orzo as my pasta of choice in many one-pot dishes for years because it’s so easy to work with. It’s kind of like a risotto texture but it is much simpler and it doesn’t take nearly as much effort nor time. This ground beef and orzo features a rich and creamy tomato base and hearty ground beef combined together with the orzo in a one-pot ..read more

Shrimp noodle stir fry is packed with flavor! Rice noodles, along with shrimp and stir fry vegetables are tossed in a thick savory sauce that coats everything just right! Shrimp Noodle Stir Fry: Saucy, Speedy, and Satisfying When you need something speedy and satisfying, shrimp stir fry with noodles is the way to go. All the ingredients in this dish comes together quickly. From the rice noodles to the shrimp to the stir fry vegetables, you can get this on the dinner table in less than an hour and that is my kind of meal! I love the texture of the snow peas and bell peppers to give that fresh ..read more