Shortbread cookies are something you can enjoy all year long, but they’re particularly perfect this as the weather turns colder because they go so well with a hot cup of tea or coffee. A warm drink and classic shortbread is the ideal pairing for those dark, gloomy winter afternoons when you need a little pick-me-up to get you through the last bit of the day. A Small-batch Shortbread Recipe As per usual, this is a small-batch recipe....

On Monday, I posted the last entry in my March Meatless Monday series. I love doing these monthly themes on the blog because it gives me a bit of structure for my posting schedule, and I get the chance to dig a little deeper into a food category than I might otherwise in such a short period of time. So since it looks like these series are going to be a permanent fixture on the blog for the time being, I thought I would start finishing the month with a roundup of related recipes from some of my lovely fellow bloggers....

Baileys hot chocolate is the perfect cozy drink for a night in. This recipe makes just one cup, so you can sip it on a solo evening, or double the recipe to share. It’s easy, creamy, and will warm you right up on a chilly evening. Ingredients Sugar, cocoa powder, and water: Instead of using hot chocolate mix or syrup, we’ll make our own chocolate syrup with just these three ingredients....

This time of year, it’s not unusual to have extra whipped cream sitting around. And whether you made a big batch for pumpkin pie, to serve over hot chocolate, or spoon over waffles, if you have leftovers you don’t want to waste (or eat with a spoon), you should absolutely take that leftover whipped cream and freeze it. Can you freeze whipped cream? Yes. Instead of throwing it out, you can easily freeze extra whipped cream in individual servings for later use....

How is everyone doing this fine Friday morning? Have any fun weekend plans? I have a ton of recipe testing to do so I will be up to my eyeballs in sugar. If you never hear from me again, it’s because I’ve slipped into a sugar coma and drifted away happily… And speaking of sugar, today, we are moving on to Girl Scout cupcake recipe number 2. (To see the first cupcake in this series, check out my Tagalong Cupcakes post....

Sometimes you feel like pie, but you don’t feel like actually making pie. Sometimes you feel like eating a slice of pie, but you don’t feel like eating pie leftovers for a week. Sometimes a galette for two might be just the thing you are looking for. Guys, I love galettes. They have all the trappings of pie without the all the fussy bits. No one’s spending 45 minutes creating a perfectly braided lattice top for a galette....

A while back I posted an epic guide to making Roasted Chicken (which you should definitely go read if you haven’t already!). And as a follow-up, I have another guide for you: How to make chicken stock (from the leftover chicken carcass). If you’ve never made homemade chicken stock before, friend, you are in for such a treat. Why You Should Make Chicken Stock at Home There’s a richness and depth of flavor to homemade chicken stock that you just can’t get from stock that comes from a box....

Last week I shared this Iced Mocha recipe and told you that since I’ve been getting a lot of requests for different iced coffee recipes recently, there’d be a bunch more of them hitting the site soon(ish). As promised, today, I have another one for you, an Iced White Chocolate Mocha. A Quick and Easy Iced White Chocolate Mocha Like my (hot) White Chocolate Mocha, this recipe is a cinch to throw together and only requires a few ingredients....

Hey folks, I’ve been a little obsessed with popsicle recipes this summer. On the blog these last couple of months, I’ve shared Cookies and Cream Popsicles, Homemade Pudding Pops, and even some Frozen Pupsicles for our four-legged friends. I don’t have any more popsicle recipes to share with you this summer, but before I completely put away the popsicle mold, I wanted to share a few of my favorite tips and tricks for popsicle making....

I have more cookies for you today. Really good cookies. Really good Small-batch M&M Cookies. After all this time of running a food blog, I’ve gotten pretty good at not gorging myself on the food I make for the site. One of my best tricks is just freezing leftovers immediately after shooting them. I TRIED that with these M&M Cookies. They went straight into the freezer after I finished taking photos....

It’s pie season, AKA the best time of year, so I thought it would be the perfect time to do a Waste Not post for leftover pie dough (you can read more about my Waste Not Series in my What to Do With Leftover Buttermilk post). I’d been meaning to write this post since I posted my Favorite Buttermilk Pie Crust recipe, because pie crust is one of those things you always have leftovers for, and you can make so many easy and delicious things with the scraps....

Honey roasted carrots are a fantastic way to dress up classic roasted carrots. Roasting carrots already brings out their natural sweetness, and tossing them with a sticky-sweet honey butter sauce makes them completely irresistible. You can prep them in just a few minutes, and unlike honey carrots cooked on the stovetop, these carrots are pretty much hands-off once they go into the oven. Give the pan a shake halfway through, but other than that, they roast up tender and beautiful with next to no babysitting....

Good homemade mashed potatoes are something I think everyone should know how to make, because they’re such a reliable side dish. They’re a pretty universal crowd pleaser, and they pair so well with so many things. Serve them alongside chicken, under pot roast, or with creamed turkey. Almost anything tastes better with mashed potatoes on the side. Plus, fresh, homemade mashed potatoes are SO easy to make there’s really no reason they ever need to come from a box....

I have two questions for you today: Do you have one sad browning banana sitting on your counter? Do you have a bowl and basic kitchen staples? Yes and yes? Then you can and absolutely should make these small-batch banana muffins (or if you feel like chocolate, try these Small-batch Chocolate Banana Muffins)! I’m all about recipes that solve problems, and this recipe solves two. It gets rid of that piece of fruit rotting on your counter and makes sure you won’t overindulge in a sweet treat because it only makes four muffins....

I have another quick and easy vegetable side dish for you today. Like I mentioned in my No-fail Butter and Garlic Green Beans post, I have some strict requirements when it comes to the veggie sides that I cook regularly. They have to be easy. They have to be quick. And they have to taste good while still being healthy. Long, complicated, heavy sides are fine for the weekend, but on busy weeknights, I know myself well enough to know that I’ll just skip my veggies if it takes too much work to make them....

Looking for more Small-batch Muffins? Try my Small-batch Banana Muffins, Small-batch Chocolate Chocolate Chip Muffins, Small-batch Chocolate Banana Muffins, and Small-batch Apple Crumb Muffins. Hey, folks. I hope you’re having a lovely Saturday. I sat down to write a lengthy post about how much I love today’s recipe, these cute little Small-batch Orange Muffins, but the sun is shining, the birds are singing, and there’s a new book sitting next to me calling my name, so I’m keeping it pretty short and sweet today....

Today I’m sharing my favorite homemade pizza sauce, AKA The Best Homemade Pizza Sauce. I almost never use the phrase “the best” in my recipe titles because how do you decide which version of a recipe is best? Is it the perfectly delicious recipe you use all the time, or is it the slightly better-tasting version that has so many extra steps that you made it once and never again, or is it the version you grab pre-made at the store that gives you a night off cooking?...

Craving spaghetti bolognese but don’t have all afternoon to let it simmer low and slow? Make this easy 20-minute version. I’m so excited for you guys to try this one. It’s adapted from the NYT’s Fast Spaghetti Bolognese, and when we were all first stuck at home, this was one of my go-to recipe for days I was craving comfort food but didn’t really have the bandwidth for anything too complicated or time-consuming....

Looking for more indulgent treats? Check out my No-churn Peanut Butter Oreo Ice Cream, Homemade Pudding Pops, and Salted Caramel Snickerdoodle Milkshake. Hey, so you know those times when you find yourself desperately reaching for that pint of ice cream in the freezer, but it’s been A Day, and you really need something more than just ice cream? Like, ice cream’s a great healer of many things, but some days call for the big guns....

Hey, is it date night? A birthday? A special occasion? Need something a little special for dinner tonight? I have two words for you: Feta and bacon Okay a couple more: Chicken Garlic Peanut butter –JK on that last one. Throw all (most of) those things together, and you have a recipe for one of my very favorite slightly special dinners, Bacon and Feta Stuffed Chicken Breast. This is the best dinner when you need something a little above and beyond because:...