Chocolate Chip Banana Bread By Maria Lichty Published on February 22, 2024 Quick Summary This Chocolate Chip Banana Bread is moist and tender, with gooey pieces of chocolate melting throughout. It’s a straightforward, fast recipe, and the perfect way to use up those browning bananas on your counter! I LOVE baking banana bread . I make it all the time! I love classic banana bread, but I also love my chocolate banana bread , peanut butter banana bread , healthy banana bread , and MORE!...

Cinnamon Toast Crunch Rice Krispie Treats By Maria Lichty Published on June 22, 2022 Quick Summary Cinnamon Toast Crunch Rice Krispie Treats- Rice Krispie Treats made with browned butter and everyone’s favorite cereal, Cinnamon Toast Crunch! You are going to LOVE these easy no-bake treats! Pin this now to find it later Classic Rice Krispie Treats are a classic dessert and our recipe is the VERY best. We make them all of the time, but I also like to play around with different versions....

Cranberry Orange Cake By Maria Lichty Published on December 15, 2025 Quick Summary This Cranberry Orange Cake is soft, moist, and bursting with bright citrus flavor and tart pops of fresh cranberries. Finished with a sweet orange glaze, it’s the perfect holiday dessert, easy to make, beautiful to serve, and always a crowd favorite. Pin this now to find it later This Easy Cranberry Orange Cake Is the Perfect Holiday Dessert Cranberry and orange are one of my favorite flavor combinations during the holidays....

Creamy Goat Cheese Pasta with Spinach & Roasted Mushrooms By Maria Lichty Updated March 26, 2019 The temperatures are dropping which means it’s time for comfort food. I guess there is really never a bad time for comfort food, but when it’s dark and cold outside I think comfort food is a must. Pasta is one of my favorite comfort foods and this Creamy Goat Cheese Pasta with Spinach and Roasted Mushrooms is comforting to the very last bite....

Crispy Butterfinger Cookies By Maria Lichty Updated March 26, 2019 This week I have been sharing recipes to help you use up your leftover Halloween candy. So far we’ve played around with Snickers and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. I made Peanut Butter Snickers Brownies and a Peanut Butter Banana Bundt Cake with Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Today Butterfinger candy bars are the star, so dig through your candy and pull out the Butterfingers....

Crispy Southwestern Salad Tostadas By Maria Lichty Published on May 12, 2025 Quick Summary These Crispy Southwestern Salad Tostadas are the perfect fresh, vibrant meal for lunch or dinner! Made with baked corn tortillas topped with a colorful, crunchy cabbage salad, beans, avocado, and a creamy cilantro-lime dressing. This dish is easy to make, vegetarian, and fully customizable. It’s light yet filling, and packed with flavor. Plus, it’s a breeze to prepare in under 30 minutes!...

Easy Honey Butter By Maria Lichty Updated March 26, 2019 Honey Butter-you only need two ingredients and five minutes to make this light and fluffy homemade honey butter! Bread and butter, the perfect pair. An every day classic. I mean, what would life be without bread and butter? And just when you think butter can’t get any better, you try my Easy Honey Butter and fall madly in love. You love it so much that you put it on anything and everything....

Espresso Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies By Maria Lichty Published on November 29, 2021 Quick Summary Soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies with dark chocolate chunks, toffee, and a kick of espresso. Coffee and cookies? Pure heaven! Pin this now to find it later I love creating cookie recipes. I have dreamed up some good ones over the years, like my brown butter salted caramel snickerdoodles and salted pretzel peanut butter cup cookies ....

Favorite Recipes of 2009 By Maria Lichty Updated April 28, 2011 I can’t believe it is almost time to say goodbye to 2009. I always enjoy looking back-we had a busy year filled with fun, laughs, travels, work, hard times, the best of times, and of course tasty food:) We did more than our fair share of cooking and baking. Here are a few of our favorite recipes from 2009....

Grilled Avocado and Vegetable Tacos By Maria Lichty Updated July 05, 2019 Grilled Avocado and Vegetable Tacos- get out your grill and make these healthy and easy vegetarian tacos! They are a summer favorite! It is warming up outside and that means our grill is heating up! I love grilling season! Cooking and eating outside is so much fun…and with a house of boys, the clean up is nice too. If they spill, I don’t stress about it....

Grilled Sweet Potatoes By Maria Lichty Published on June 08, 2022 Quick Summary Grilled Sweet Potatoes- an easy and healthy side dish that goes great with any meal. Fire up the grill and enjoy grilled sweet potatoes with your favorite sauces and condiments! Pin this now to find it later Sweet potatoes are very versatile. I love them in salads , tacos , hash , roasted , mashed , stuffed , and of course we can’t forget about sweet potato fries ....

Key Lime Tart By Maria Lichty Updated March 26, 2019 Cinco de Mayo is on Saturday. Who is having a party? Even if you aren’t throwing a big bash, you still need to celebrate with good food. I am going to party all day long. It is the perfect excuse to eat chips , salsa , and guacamole from sun up to sun down:) To balance things out, I think I will eat a slice of this Key Lime Tart....

No-Bake Berry Energy Bites By Maria Lichty Updated March 26, 2019 No-Bake Berry Energy Bites-these easy berry energy bites only take 10 minutes to make and are great for breakfast on the go, snack time, or even dessert. I try to keep our kitchen stocked with healthy snacks for the boys at all times. They may be little, but they have big appetites. One of my favorite snacks to have on hand are energy bites....

Our Favorite Recipes from 2016 By Maria Lichty Published on December 28, 2016 At the end of every year, we share the most popular recipes on our site and our personal favorite recipes from the year. We shared the Top 10 Recipes on Monday and now it is our turn! Josh picked five recipes, I picked five recipes, and we let the boys pick five recipes. It was hard to pick only five because we all had A LOT of favorites, but we finally narrowed it down and here are our picks!...

Pancake Recipes for Shrove Tuesday & National Pancake Week By Maria Lichty Published on February 21, 2012 Happy Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Day. Shrove Tuesday (Fat Tuesday) is the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. It is tradition to eat pancakes on this day because it is the last day to indulge before giving up foods that aren’t allowed during Lent. Pancakes are the perfect food to eat because they contain butter, eggs, flour, and sugar-foods most people give up for Lent....

Raspberry Bread Pudding By Maria Lichty Updated March 26, 2019 We are still “vacationing” at our family friend’s house while we finish our kitchen remodel. We miss our neighborhood, own bed, and kitchen, but we are extremely grateful to have a nice place to stay while our house is under construction. One of the best parts of staying with our family friends is Sunday dinner. It is quite the event-yesterday there were 18 people at the table....

Recipe for S’mores Cookies By Maria Lichty Updated March 26, 2019 On Sunday we hosted a dessert party for our neighborhood. The tradition is to serve root beer floats, but since we were hosting, I put my foot down. I don’t drink soda and I have never liked root beer floats, so I asked if I could bake treats instead. Of course they gave me the green light. Cookies S’mores Cookies Ingredients1x2x3x 2 cups all purpose flour 1 cup graham cracker crumbs 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup butter softened 3/4 cup granulated sugar 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 eggs 2 cups miniature chocolate chips 1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows 2 Hershey bars chopped Instructions Preheat oven to 375 degrees....

Roasted Butternut Squash Orzo Salad By Maria Lichty Published on November 17, 2021 Quick Summary Roasted Butternut Squash Orzo Salad with spinach, dried cranberries, red onion, pepitas, and goat cheese. The perfect hearty salad for fall! Pin this now to find it later I love roasted butternut squash, it is one of my favorite fall vegetables. I could eat it plain all day long, but I also love it in this Roasted Butternut Squash Orzo Salad ....

Roasted Butternut Squash Pizza with Caramelized Onions and Rosemary By Maria Lichty Updated October 27, 2011 It’s Friday! My favorite day of the week. Not only because I have the day off, but because I get to team up with Gaby, from What’s Gaby Cooking! Today for Fall Friday, we are sharing a pizza and pasta recipe. I made Roasted Butternut Squash Pizza with Caramelized Onions and Fresh Rosemary. Gaby created a festive squid ink pasta dish with tomatoes, I can’t wait to try it....

Roasted Red Onion and Pear Salad By Maria Lichty Updated March 26, 2019 My dear friend, Carrie Vitt , just came out with a fabulous cookbook, Deliciously Organic . I’ve only had it for a few weeks, but it is already one of my favorites. It is filled with healthy and wholesome recipes that are simple to prepare. The book includes recipes for breakfast/brunch, salads, entrees, and yes, even desserts! Today, I am sharing Carrie’s Roasted Red Onion and Pear Salad recipe, which is definitely delicious....