I’ve been making this easy appetizer recipe since I was a new-ish college grad with minimal culinary skill and maximum desire to make friends. I discovered quickly that having people over to your house for appetizers and Mulled Wine fast-tracked friendship. While I have expanded my appetizer game to include impressive crowd-pleasers like Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms and Spinach Puffs, I still love to make this crostini recipe. It brings me tender memories, is a snap to make, and hits the spot with guests every single time....

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This is such a quick side dish to make and requires just a handful of ingredients. In about 10 minutes this a healthy side dish will be ready to set on your dinner table and eat. BROCCOLI AND CAULIFLOWER IN THE AIR FRYER You will love this recipe because these cruciferous vegetables make the perfect side dish. Take these crunchy vegetables to a fall potluck, pack them in school lunches or enjoy them as a simple, healthy afternoon snack....

Why You’ll Love This Air Fryer Carrot Cake Recipe This classic carrot cake recipe makes a flavorful and moist cake, in just 25 minutes in the air fryer. You can have delicious carrot cake in no time, without heating up the kitchen! Ingredients: All Purpose FlourBaking SodaGround CinnamonNutmegGranulated SugarBrown SugarVanillaEggsVegetable or Canola OilOrange Juice-I use Simply Orange JuiceMedium Carrots-about 2-3 carrots make enough grated carrots for this recipeChopped Pecans or Walnuts- you can omit nuts in carrot cake Tub of cream cheese or homemade frosting...

Homemade Chicken Fried Steak Recipe This recipe will surely become a family favorite that you can add to your meal rotation when you want to switch things up. You’ll love this easy recipe because it’s super easy to make, making it a great beginner recipe for novice cooks. In addition, the cut of steak makes this meal juicy and tender without using a deep fryer. It’s my favorite air fryer country fried steak....

Why you’ll love this recipe… Turn leftover bread into croutons easily.Very quick and easy to make.Fun way to use the air fryer. New to air frying? Be sure to get your free printable Air Fryer Cooking Chart filled with cooking times & temperatures for all your favourite foods, plus tips and tricks on how to get the most out of your air fryer. I love to keep my croutons simple, but feel free to mix it up with some extra seasonings....

Making this dish takes very little hands-on time and is ready to eat quickly. In less than 15 minutes you will have an amazing fish dinner that will become a family favorite meal. Fish and Chips in the Air Fryer You will love this recipe because who doesn’t love crispy foods and a dipping sauce. This is one of my father’s favorite foods that he immensely enjoys, and he likes it even better when the method of cooking is air frying....

Hesitant about okra? You need to give this air fryer okra a try! Cooking okra in the air fryer makes it nice and crunchy (not slimy), yet the ingredients are common and simple — much like air fryer broccoli! Best of all, it’s flexible. Use fresh okra if you have it, or make this air fryer frozen okra instead. If you love making entire meals in the air fryer (who doesn’t?...

(This post is sponsored by SweeTango.) Helloooo, rustic pie! And calling it “rustic” is a way of making myself feel better about not having those magnificent pie decorating skills. Braids, lattice, leaves…Oh, they look so gorgeous on Pinterest! But in my kitchen? They usually look like a 5 year old attempted to play with pie dough. Just kidding! A 5 year old would do a much better job! And that’s why “perfecting pie crust” is high up on my list of things I want to get better at....

Recently, for health reasons, one of my neighbors switched to a gluten free diet and mentioned that the thing she missed eating most was bread. A deep appreciator of bread in all forms, be it slathered in almond butter, topped with avocado, or dunked into a bowl of soup (or big plate of olive oil), I imagined how sad I would be to bid bread good-bye. I know that you can purchase gluten free bread, but it’s often pricey or—there is no delicate way to put this—tastes terrible....

This healthy recipe for apple oatmeal cookies is coming to you from the Big Apple as I eat my way through New York City. Right before we left, I baked a final batch of apple oatmeal cookies, responsibly sent it to work with Ben…then called his desk two hours later to ask him to steal back a few for the plane. I called too late. By 9:15 a.m. the entire container of fluffy, cinnamon-spiced, and chewy apple oatmeal cookies had vanished....

No more compromising texture for the sake of making baked French fries healthy. Pull out the spuds and get your dip ready! While I’m no stranger to oven fries, up until now I hadn’t found a from-scratch recipe that I considered a legitimate alternative to the real-deal, deep-fried French fries you’d find at a restaurant. Most baked fries I made at home became soggy quickly after emerging from the oven, a problem I assumed was unavoidable…and that I easily mitigated by smothering the fries in all manners of cheesy deliciousness (reference: Mexican Chicken Enchilada Fries; Chicken Bacon Ranch Fries)....

Are you on the hunt for a no sugar frozen yogurt recipe?! Look. No. Further. Because this keto frozen yogurt is it. It’s tart and sweet, and 5 grams net carbs. You’ll probably want to keep a stash of this frozen Greek yogurt in your freezer alllllll summer long. This sugar-free frozen yogurt has a fruity taste similar to sugar-free sorbet, made from just four ingredients, and two simple steps!...

While I love a good, old-fashioned buttermilk biscuit, some mornings there just isn’t time to hassle with the extra step of rolling and cutting. Enter drop biscuits—blueberry drop biscuits, to be precise. With a cloud-like texture and endless versatility (see this classic Drop Biscuit recipe for a savory option), drop biscuits are a dream come true when you’re looking for a shortcut to melt-in-your-mouth biscuit nirvana. Simply mix, scoop, and bake....

This idea that simple is often better in cooking is a lesson I know I’m going to keep learning over and over. I might even have to eat a few extra blueberry oat bars to continually refresh my memory. It’s a hard order, but life lessons are life lessons, and it’s important that I stay sharp. I adapted these Blueberry Oatmeal Bars from one of the all-time most popular recipes on my site, these healthy Strawberry Oatmeal Bars....

Who doesn’t love the smell of freshly baked bread??? I think it’s one of the best smells in the whole world! Everyone should get to have fresh baked bread, even those on specialty diets. Well, now you can in the comfort of your own home! This is the same type of bread maker Tim gave me for Valentine’s Day last year. It is the best machine on the market and I’m very excited to give it to one of my beloved readers....

This healthy broccoli cranberry salad is a play on the one my aunt used to bring every year to our Christmas dinner. Like this Broccoli Cauliflower Salad, it’s a little bit naughty (ahem, bacon), a little bit nice (the recipe contains no mayo; also bacon is pretty nice), and the festive red-and-green colors make it fit for a holiday spread. My aunt’s original broccoli salad recipe called for a creamy mayo-based dressing, but I opted for a lighter vinaigrette-style dressing instead....

This post is sponsored by Danish Creamery. All opinions are my own and I only share products I personally love. Thanks for supporting the brands that make this site possible! This chicken Divan casserole recipe (a.k.a. chicken broccoli Divan) is the ultimate cozy comfort food! With a few simple ingredients and no “cream-of” soups, you can make this healthy chicken broccoli casserole recipe with only 10 minutes of hands-on prep time....

This post is sponsored by FAGE, but all opinions are my own. Cozying up with a bowl of a creamy chicken stew is one of my favorite things to do. From this rich Chicken Paprikash to my Brazilian Paprika Chicken Stew with White Beans and Chicken Cacciatore, you will find a plethora of recipes for you to try tonight. Chicken Paprikash, Chicken Paprikas, Paprika Chicken – you will find lots of variations of this dish, with slightly different names....

I considered titling this recipe “chocolatier red velvet cake” and keeping the “b” word out, for fear that you would be completely offended by it, but this seemed unfair to beets. After all, carrot cake (like the Kitchen Sink Carrot Cake in my cookbook and this Gluten Free Carrot) enjoys love and esteem. Why not a beet cake? Both root vegetables are naturally sweet, making them ideal for baking desserts....