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Celebrate fall by making these gourmet homemade caramel apples! They are the perfect blend of tart and sweet, topped with layers of indulgent caramel. Need to satisfy a caramel craving? Check out salted caramel popcorn, caramel apple pie, and carmelitas recipes for a more rich, irresistible flavor. The BEST Homemade Caramel Apple Recipe I am a serial caramel apple eater. Whether I’m passing a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory or at Disneyland, they are too hard to resist....

An Antipasto salad is filled with sliced meats, soft cheeses, green and black olives with bright red cherry tomatoes that is simple to toss together and enjoy in a homemade light lemon olive oil dressing. This is an Italian salad that everyone loves! Another Italian favorite is a Farro Caprese Salad or Italian Avocado Cucumber Tomato Salad that is loaded with cheese and vegetables with a sweet and savory dressing drizzled over top....

Just in time for Thanksgiving, this perfect smoked turkey is juicy and tender with a subtle smoky flavor. Start with a simple brine and fresh herbs to make each bite burst with flavor! No Thanksgiving is complete without a turkey! Looking to switch things up this year? Try my oven-baked herb, air fryer, or slow cooker turkeys! Amazing Garlic Herb Smoked Turkey Recipe We have smoked a turkey now for the past two Thanksgivings in a row and I don’t think we will ever go back!...

Use for all things Thai – and anything really. It’s just a really great rice! How to cook Jasmine Rice Jasmine rice is a lovely, subtly perfumed rice used across South East Asia. It’s strongly associated with Thai food, and used for serving with everything from Thai marinated chicken to Chilli Basil Stir Fry, Satay Skewers and the many Thai curries out there. It’s also used to make Thai fried rice and Pineapple Fried Rice which is the other recipe I’m sharing today!...

This corned beef sandwich is packed with so much flavor from the thick slices of corned beef layered with all the favorite toppings making this sandwich irresistible. Leftover corned beef for the WIN! St. Patrick’s day is a fun holiday to enjoy corned beef on and other fun and festive ideas to feel lucky all year long. If you love celebrating St. Patrick’s Day try this traditional corned beef and cabbage recipe with a side of Irish soda bread for a delicious holiday meal....

Loaded Creamy Ranch Dip is packed with so many delicious flavors that friends and family won’t be able to get enough of it. Perfect for the pool or potlucks! This dip is a great way to snack and enjoy the sun! Try these ranch-flavored appetizers like this Bacon Ranch Cheese Ball Bites. Creamy Ranch Dip The temperatures are so hot this week we have been loving our neighborhood pool and have been there every single day!...

Complete your meal with your favourite yum-cha dishes! Mango pancakes Mango pancakes are thin yellow crepes rolled up like a spring roll with whipped cream and a big juicy piece of mango stuffed inside. They are a highlight for many at yum cha here in Australia (that’s dim-sum in the US), with both kids and grown ups deeming them to be the perfect ending to a lunch of too many steamed dumplings....

Delicious and soft pumpkin cookies that just melt in your mouth! These are the BEST pumpkin cookies and the cream cheese frosting on top is fantastic! Can you even believe that we are in October? Wasn’t it just summer time and we were having barbecues and swimming outside? I swear the older that you get, the time just flies by. My oldest is turning 12 tomorrow and I feel like he was born yesterday....

I hope you all had an enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday! We had a great time at my Grandma’s and spending time with family. It was nice to sit and relax this weekend. But I am pretty excited to get started with the Christmas baking and recipes. Especially recipes with mint! I wanted to start it off right with this pretty amazing mint cheesecake bars. I absolutely love my recipe here for Cookies and Cream Cheesecake Bars....

I’m apologising for sharing these for a number of reasons. I’m sorry to all those trying to be healthy. (Me, me!) I’m sorry to everyone trying to cut down of their carb intake. (Me, me!) I’m sorry to everyone who makes these once and are harassed to make them again and again….. I actually wasn’t sure if I would ever share this. I had quite an astonishing number of messages here and on Facebook asking if the No Knead Dinner Rolls could be used to make cinnamon rolls....

We are so excited to be guest posting for Alyssa! We absolutely love her and her blog! We are the Six Sisters at Six Sisters Stuff . . . that’s right, six girls and no boys! Growing up, we had our share of petty fights over clothes, make-up, and even boys . . . but thankfully we have grown up and are now best friends. We LOVE to be together but life, jobs, school, marriage, and babies have taken us pretty far apart from each other so we use our blog to share ideas and stay in touch....

These peppermint meltaways literally melt in your mouth with each and every bite. The combination of butter, powdered sugar, and cornstarch creates a fluffy and delicious cookie that everyone will LOVE! Christmas time is the best time for delicious holiday treats, and these peppermint meltaways are always a hit! I love bringing these cookies to Christmas parties or to cookie exchanges. My other favorite cookies to bring to cookie exchanges are cream cheese snickerdoodles, Italian Christmas cookies, or these easy no-bake cookies....

Pork Chops with an Apple Bacon Sauce are the answer to what’s for dinner! Savory pork is smothered in a sweet and salty sauce that is going to wow your tastebuds! Pork is a protein-packed powerhouse food. Try pork in these tried and true favorites, Sweet and Sour, Easy Pork Schnitzel, and Juicy Air Fryer Pork Chops. Skillet Pork Chops with Apples Recipe I love a good pork dish, including my Fall of the Bone Ribs, Ham and Cheese Sliders, and my Mushroom Smothered Pork Chops....

This is a reader-favourite recipe included by popular demand in my debut cookbook “Dinner”! Pumpkin soup Some recipes should be kept simple as nature intended them to be, and in my opinion, Pumpkin Soup is one of those dishes. The natural flavour of pumpkin is good enough that you need very little to make a beautiful, creamy, full flavoured soup. And while sometimes it’s nice to have a dolled up version with all the bells and whistles, 99% of the time, this simple recipe is how I make it....

All nutritional information is based on third party calculations and is only an estimate. Each recipe and nutritional value will vary depending on the brands you use, measuring methods and portion sizes per household. The Best Homemade Alfredo Sauce Recipe Ever! Insanely Delicious Prime Rib Recipe Lemon Garlic Parmesan Shrimp Pasta

Welcome to Day 11 of the inaugural Holiday Salad Marathon, where I’m sharing 30 salads in a row through to Christmas Eve – just for something different to the usual sugar-loaded baking countdowns!! Today, something quick and easy for when asparagus is abundant and cheap: Roasted Asparagus Roasting is an excellent way to make any cook-able vegetable tastier with very little effort. All you need is a drizzle of oil, salt and pepper, then enough time in the oven so the vegetable cooks through to your taste (tender-crisp is the case for me, most of the time), and gets a bit of colour on it....

Delicious eaten plain. Magical used in this Ottolenghi Cauliflower Salad! Welcome to Day 15 of the inaugural Holiday Salad Marathon, where I’m sharing 30 salads in a row through to Christmas Eve. Something different to the usual sugar-loaded baking countdowns!! Though not technically a salad as such, this is a good life skill to have and a precursor to a wonderful cauliflower recipe I’m sharing tomorrow: Roasted Cauliflower I’ve always said that cauliflower is one of the greatest vegetables to roast, transforming from dry and tasteless to soft, sweet and juicy with terrific caramelised edges....

AN IRRESISTIBLE SWEET POTATO SALAD! This is a terrific “meaty” salad that’s loaded with fantastic textures and flavours, and is filling enough to serve as a main. The combination of peppery fresh rocket / arugula leaves, the sweet potato with the caramelised edges, the soft crunch of pecans with the salty feta then finished with lemony honey dressing is irresistible. One bite, and you’ll go back for more and more!...

Sheet Pan Teriyaki Chicken with Vegetables is made with tender chicken, crispy veggies with a flavorful sweet and tangy Asian sauce. A delicious dinner recipe that is super easy to throw together. This sweet and tangy Teriyaki glaze is a favorite in our home. It goes well with several different recipes too. Try these Teriyaki Beef Skewers, Grilled Hawaiian Teriyaki Chicken Skewers, or Easy 20 Minutes Beef Teriyaki. Sheet Pan Teriyaki Chicken and Vegetables Sheet pan meals are the ones I turn to the most when I don’t have a ton of time to prep before dinner starts....

If you think a sloppy Joe grilled cheese sounds good, then just wait until you taste it! Tender, juicy, and filled with flavor inside cheesy, crisped bread. Well, it doesn’t get much better than that! This mash-up of flavors is just about the best thing ever! I love a good hot sandwich and this one does not disappoint! If you love sandwiches as I do then go ahead and try this Meatloaf Sandwich, Grilled Cheese, and this yummy Corned Beef Sandwich!...