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Appetizers

Burrata Caprese and toasted bread in a white bowl .

Burrata Caprese

Whipped Feta Dip in a bowl surrounded by pita chips.

Whipped Feta Dip

A stack of sweet corn and black bean fritters in a mini cast iron skillet with fresh sweet corn in the background.

Sweet Corn & Black Bean Fritters

Overhead shot of 4-ingredient guacamole in a molcajete with scattered tortilla chips beside it.

4-Ingredient Guacamole

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Beverages

A smoothie in a tall glass garnished with strawberry & cantaloupe with cantaloupe in the background.

Cantaloupe Smoothie

Blueberry-Ginger Cobbler Smoothie

Mint Julep in a silver julep cup with a sprig of mint.

Classic Mint Julep Recipe

Dublin Fog Tea Latte in a glass mug with tea package in background.

"Dublin Fog" Irish Breakfast Tea Latte

Breads & Muffins

Close up of pumpkin shaped Gluten Free Pumpkin Cornbread on a black serving plate.

Gluten Free Pumpkin Cornbread

A sliced loaf of Double Chocolate Banana Bread on a wood cutting board surrounded by chocolate chips with bananas in the background.

Double Chocolate Banana Bread

Close up shot of sliced Zucchini Bread with butter in a small bowl in background.

Zucchini Bread

Close up of Banana-Coconut Bread with lime glaze on a cooling rack surrounded by a bowl of shredded coconut, sliced and whole limes and a kitchen towel.

Banana-Coconut Bread with Lime Glaze

More Bread Recipes

Breakfast & Brunch

A smoothie in a tall glass garnished with strawberry & cantaloupe with cantaloupe in the background.

Cantaloupe Smoothie

Blueberry Toast on a wooden serving board with a blue cloth napkin under it.

Blueberry Toast

Blueberry-Ginger Cobbler Smoothie

Puff pastry danish mummies on a black serving platter.

Berry & Cheese Danish Mummies

More Breakfast & Brunch Recipes

Brownies & Bars

Bourbon Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars stacked on top of a red and white striped napkin.

Bourbon Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars

Image of a Football Pie Cookie Cup on a mini white cake plate surrounded by football party supplies.

Football Pie Cookie Cups

Apple Custard Bars! The autumnal answer to lemon bars, these Apple Custard bars consist of sweet and creamy apple cider-infused custard atop a brown sugar shortcrust, then smothered in a spiced apple topping.

Apple Custard Bars

Vanilla Bean Citrus Bars! A crisp, shortbread crust is topped with a layer of sweet, citrusy filling speckled with fragrant vanilla beans. These are the stuff of potluck dreams!

Vanilla Bean Citrus Bars

More Brownies and Bars

Candy

Strawberry tangulu with grapes on a skewer.

Tanghulu

Holiday hot chocolate bomb on a small white pedestal.

Christmas Hot Cocoa Bombs

A close-up of a Brazilian Coconut Brigadeiro candy in a white wrapper with a decorative green pennant toothpick.

Easy Coconut Brigadeiros

Caramel Apple Dipped Pretzel Bites! Crunchy mini pretzels dipped in sweet caramel and rolled in crushed apple chips will be the highlight of your fall dessert table! These irresistible, easy-to-make bites make fantastic game day snacks for tailgates and fall parties; they also make a great treat to package and gift for any autumn occasion.

Caramel Apple Dipped Pretzel Bites

More Candy Recipes

Cakes

Honey Apple Bundt Cake on a white cake plate with fall leaves and apple in background.

Honey Apple Bundt Cake with Honey Caramel Sauce

A sliced loaf of Double Chocolate Banana Bread on a wood cutting board surrounded by chocolate chips with bananas in the background.

Double Chocolate Banana Bread

Close up shot of sliced Zucchini Bread with butter in a small bowl in background.

Zucchini Bread

Close up of Banana-Coconut Bread with lime glaze on a cooling rack surrounded by a bowl of shredded coconut, sliced and whole limes and a kitchen towel.

Banana-Coconut Bread with Lime Glaze

More Cake Recipes

Chicken

Walnut Chicken Stir Fry in a turquoise bowl with chopsticks.

Walnut Chicken Stir Fry

Healthy Chicken Wraps cut in half and placed on a bed of arugula on a white plate.

Healthy Chicken Wraps

Grilled Chicken Wraps with Peach Ginger Chutney on a white plate.

Grilled Chicken Wraps with Peach-Ginger Chutney

Blue bowl containing Tuscan Sheet Pan Sausage & Vegetables.

Tuscan Sheet Pan Chicken Sausage & Vegetables

More Chicken Recipes

Condiments and Sauces

San Marzano Tomato Sauce

Bacon aioli in a small white ceramic ramekin atop an orange and white striped napkin.

Bacon Aioli

Honey Sriracha Sauce in a white ramekin with sriracha in the background.

Honey Sriracha Sauce

Grilled Chicken Wraps with Peach Ginger Chutney on a white plate.

Grilled Chicken Wraps with Peach-Ginger Chutney

More Condiments and Sauces

Cookies

A variety of No Spread Sugar Cookies on a cooling rack, with one being lifted by a cookie spatula.

No Spread Sugar Cookies

Chocolate Covered Graham Crackers piled on top of each other on a marble background.

Chocolate Covered Graham Crackers

Chocolate chip cookies that were baked in the air fryer on a pan lined with parchment paper.

Air Fryer Cookies

Raspberry Cheesecake Thumbprint Cookies on a white plate with holiday ornament in background.

Raspberry Cheesecake Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies

More Cookie Recipes

Desserts

Strawberry tangulu with grapes on a skewer.

Tanghulu

A variety of No Spread Sugar Cookies on a cooling rack, with one being lifted by a cookie spatula.

No Spread Sugar Cookies

Chocolate Covered Graham Crackers piled on top of each other on a marble background.

Chocolate Covered Graham Crackers

Chocolate chip cookies that were baked in the air fryer on a pan lined with parchment paper.

Air Fryer Cookies

Entertaining

Jam Cellars Cabernet

Watermelon & Whipped Feta Bruschetta

Car tailgate decorated with football decor for Super Bowl.

Big Game Drive-In Watch Party

How to Host a Summer Party with a New England Vibe

How to Host a Summer Party with a New England Vibe

Turkey and Chickpea Sliders with Dill Havarti. Game day burgers take a "Healthyish" turn with these tender protein-packed sliders. The chickpeas are undetectable, but melted Dill Havarti shines as a flavorful topping.

Turkey and Chickpea Sliders with Dill Havarti

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Meat

Cuban Picadillo in a blue ceramic bowl with Versaille Restaurant Cookbook in the background.

Cuban Picadillo

Asian-Inspired Stuffed Peppers in a white baking dish.

Asian-Inspired Stuffed Peppers

Peach-Dijon Glazed Turkey Meatballs

Cider Glazed Turkey Apple Meatballs! Shredded apple keeps these easy meatballs juicy & flavorful. Tossed in a sweet cider glaze, they make a great fall party appetizer or accompaniment to rice or quinoa for a quick dinner.

Cider Glazed Turkey Apple Meatballs

More Meat Recipes

Pasta

Pesto Gnocchi in a white bowl with a black and white striped kitchen towel underneath.

Pesto Gnocchi

Close up of avocado pasta in a bowl with a fork in the center.

Avocado Pasta

Two pasta cups on a white plate with salad .

Easy Pasta Cups

Butternut Squash & Apple Chicken Sausage Rigatoni

More Pasta Recipes

Salads

Overhead shot of Asian-Inspired Orange Salad with Shrimp with oranges next to it.

Asian-Inspired Orange Salad with Shrimp

Overhead shot of Crab Cake Salad in a turquoise dish on a picnic table with a napkin, fork, water glass and product box.

Summertime Crab Cake Salad

Butternut Squash Caprese Salad

Pumpkin-Spiced Roasted Squash & Chickpea Salad! Need something a little different to serve alongside your holiday staples? This warm salad dish is sweet, savory and filled with the flavors and aromas of the holiday season! Delicata squash is having a moment. I noticed its popularity on the rise last fall, and I've continued to see more and more people using it lately. I never jumped on the bandwagon last year, but when I started seeing them piled into pretty mounds at Trader Joe's at the start of autumn this year, I figured it couldn't hurt to toss a few in my cart and experiment with them at home. Now that I've cooked with them several times, I don't know why it took me so long to get on board! If you like squash but dread dealing with prepping it, then Delicata is the perfect variety for you. Unlike its tough-skinned counterparts, there is no need to peel Delicata squash which makes it a huge time saver. Since it's typically smaller than butternut squash and not quite as wide as an acorn squash, it's also much easier to chop, which I deeply appreciate since I can't tell you how many times I've feared for my digits. {This is also the reason butternut squash is one of the only vegetables I buy pre-chopped -- unharmed fingers are totally worth the convenience charge, if you ask me.} Anyway, I bought some Delicata squash a few weeks ago to serve as a side dish when I had my family over for dinner, and everyone raved about how I prepared it so much that I decided I'd work on a Thanksgiving-worthy recipe to share here using the gourd-du-jour. This Pumpkin-Spiced Delicata Squash & Chickpea Salad is what I came up with! I know I throw this phrase around a lot, but it is SO EASY to make, especially since that Delicata squash is so much less difficult than the other kinds. You just chop, drop and toss everything with a mixture of oil, maple syrup and seasoning {salt and pumpkin spice blend to be exact} on one sheet pan, and let the oven do the rest of the work. The maple syrup glazes both the squash and the chickpeas, caramelizing everything as it roasts, and makes them taste like candy. The pumpkin spice pairs like a a dream with the naturally sweet and creamy interior of the squash. Ugh. It's so good. If you want to simplify the prepping even further, you don't need to chop the squash into cubes if you don't want to -- it's fairly quick-cooking even when it's sliced in larger pieces. I thought the cubes worked well with the size of the chickpeas to make it easily "poppable", but you can chop it however you'd like. Finish it off by tossing in some pecans or pumpkin seeds, and maybe a handful of chopped greens for color and freshness, and you've got a new side dish for you Thanksgiving table that will be joining Delicata squash in the highest rankings of supermarket superlatives, taking the "Most Requested Side Dish" category every year. ;)

Pumpkin-Spiced Delicata Squash & Chickpea Salad

More Salad Recipes

Seafood

One Pot Jambalaya in a white dish with Mardi Gras beads surrounding it.

One Pot Jambalaya

Close up of flaky texture after cooking salmon in air fryer.

Air Fryer Salmon

Grilled Greek Shrimp Pita on a teal plate.

Grilled Greek Shrimp Pitas

Overhead shot of Asian-Inspired Orange Salad with Shrimp with oranges next to it.

Asian-Inspired Orange Salad with Shrimp

More Seafood Recipes

Seasonal and Holidays

Chocolate Covered Graham Crackers piled on top of each other on a marble background.

Chocolate Covered Graham Crackers

Cranberry Jalapeno Dip in a white serving dish placed on top of a green and red plaid napkin surrounded by cranberries, jalapenos & crackers.

Cranberry Jalapeno Dip

Raspberry Cheesecake Thumbprint Cookies on a white plate with holiday ornament in background.

Raspberry Cheesecake Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies

Ruth's Chris Sweet Potato Casserole in a white casserole dish on a plaid tablecloth.

Ruth's Chris Sweet Potato Casserole

More Seasonal and Holiday posts

Sides

Balsamic Glazed Asparagus

A stack of sweet corn and black bean fritters in a mini cast iron skillet with fresh sweet corn in the background.

Sweet Corn & Black Bean Fritters

Cauliflower with romesco sauce in a white bowl.

Roasted Cauliflower with Romesco Sauce

A white platter of Air Fryer Potato Wedges.

Air Fryer Potato Wedges

More Side Recipes

Soup

White bowl filled with Creamy Cabbage & Potato Soup on top of a green kitchen towel with cabbage, dill and silver pot in the background.

Creamy Cabbage & Potato Soup

Vegetarian Lentil & Farro Chili! This easy vegetarian chili gets an added boost of nutrition from lentils, and a great texture from the addition of farro. The rich flavor and heartiness of this dish is exactly what you need this fall -- you may be surprised when you don't even miss the meat!

Vegetarian Lentil & Farro Chili

10 Simple 5 Ingredient Recipes! It's a myth that cooking has to be complicated. These 10 incredibly easy and flavorful recipes are proof that all you need is a handful of ingredients to create a fantastic meal.

10 Simple 5-Ingredient Recipes

Creamy Carrot Ginger Soup. Rich and creamy, yet completely dairy-free, this nutrient-rich soup is ideal for serving to just about any crowd.

Carrot Ginger Coconut Soup

More Soup Recipes

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Hi! I'm Dianna. I used to think cooking had to be complicated to be good, so I never considered it "my thing." Now I know that's far from true, and my mission is to create & share easy, mouthwatering recipes - from weeknight dinners to simple bites for entertaining - that anyone can make! Join me in my South Florida kitchen and let's get cooking!

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