Tender and juicy boneless thighs are coated with a sweet, savory, and smoky BBQ sauce, and cooked in the oven until they’re wonderfully sticky and delicious. BBQ Chicken is a family favorite, and simple to bake in the oven using this easy recipe! Use your favorite BBQ sauce, and the perfect blend of seasonings to make baked chicken thighs that are juicy and flavorful and ready in under an hour....

I always get asked what is the best way to cook rice in the Instant Pot, and since so many of my Instant Pot recipes are served with rice. I figured that it’s time to share my Instant Pot rice recipe with you, aka the best and easiest way to cook rice in the IP! Cooking rice in the Instant Pot is so easy. In fact, that’s the only way my husband cooks rice now....

A spicy wing marinade gives these chicken wings so much flavor, and they are cooked in the oven or air fryer, perfectly crispy and juicy inside. The flavor of peri peri wings is out-of-this world perfect! A simple marinade made from fresh hot chili peppers, lime juice, garlic, and herbs gives them just the right amount of heat, plus tangy and savory notes. You definitely won’t be able to eat just one!...

It is so easy in the kids to overbook your family with camps and extracurriculars. We have totally been guilty of this in the past. Which means that, just like during the school year, we need fast and easy dinner ideas. This Philly Cheesesteak Mac and Cheese will be one more strike against me from the good people of Philadelphia, but I think it’s worth it. (They still haven’t forgiven me for the Philly Cheesesteak Casserole or the Philly Cheesesteak Baked Tacos....

The last time I was in Italy, I had pistachio pesto twice. Once with pasta in Lake Como and again on pizza in Bologna. I’ve been perfecting my recipe ever since and this recipe is just how I had it in Italy. Simple, yet delicious. There is very little green in this pistachio pesto pasta recipe because it is pistachio pesto (or pistacchio as they spell it in Italy) with very little green....

Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram “I just caught Hyrum [6 years old] in the kitchen eating brown sugar out of the jar. When I told him to stop, he said, laughing hysterically, “Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?” This is a DIRECT QUOTE from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. No, I am not making this up. Sarah is one of those wonder woman moms who homeschools her kids, and right now they are learning Shakespeare....

You guys, I’ve been SUCH a mush ball mom lately (unless it is the hours of 4 to 5 pm in which case I am a scarier version of that horrible creature in the movie Alien). I’ve just been thinking a lot about what great kids I have. I mean, they for sure have their moments . . . . Like the other day when Gavin farted on Piper. On purpose....

Tips/Variations Sweeten your coffee with Simple Syrup to have a sweeter drink without as much pumpkin spice flavor.Combine pumpkin spice seasoning with your coffee grounds when making your cold brew for pumpkin spice flavored coffee. You can also serve this cold foam over an iced Americano, or espresso combined with water. Let me just say this. There is a reason she is my right hand woman. She has amazing taste. This delicious Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew is the perfect fall drink....

This year, Natalia and I got invited on a press trip to visit Bucharest, Romania. It was our first time visiting Romania and as we’re big foodies we were very interested in trying their cuisine. We have tried so many amazing dishes, including stuffed vine leaves, stuffed cabbage leaves, and this garlic soup. Natalia also wrote a wonderful post about the top 10 things you will love about Bucharest....

My kids have the day off today in honor of the amazing Martin Luther King Jr. They are eager to go off and do something fun, so I will keep this short and sweet. A friend of mine posted on FB yesterday that meal planning makes her want to give up on adulating. Hello! Me too. That’s really saying something because I pretty much meal plan for a living. But for some reason, Sundays roll around and it’s like I’ve never made a dinner ever and have no idea where to start....

This past weekend Gavin and Nathan went on a Boy Scout campout, leaving me home with the two little girls. And I got a record amount of work done. Seriously. A big round up post for Nikki, and six recipes made and photographed . . . all while taking care of a nine month old and a three year old. And shockingly, I also got in a work out, kept the house relatively clean (minus 82 giant puzzles that I was forced to keep in tact on the floor ....

Bruschetta is one of the best foods to come out of Italy. The toppings on delicious crusty bread are really endless, from savory to sweet and even seafood like my popular Shrimp & Cherry Tomato Bruschetta. Simply sautéed mushrooms get a delicious flavor boost from fresh rosemary, then taken to the next level being cooked in a good red wine. If you don’t want to use wine, substitute vegetable or beef stock....

What is Shirazi Salad Shirazi salad or salad-e Shirazi is a traditional cucumber and tomato Persian salad that comes from Shiraz; a city in the South West of Iran. It has a similar flavor profile to Greek salad, but it’s naturally vegan without the addition of feta or any other cheese. The dressing is so simple and couldn’t be any easier to make! It uses extra virgin olive oil and lemon juice seasoned with a pinch of salt and ground black pepper....

I do love a no-cook sauce! This type of sauce can be used in a multitude of ways that pairs with all proteins. If you are a Culinary Ginger follower, you’ll know that I have a few go-to sauces like my Everyday Herb Sauce, Miso Sauce Dressing and Marinade and Meyer Lemon Dressing and Marinade. If you haven’t tried making these, you simply must. They’re all so easy and oh, so delicious!...

Looking for another great spinach salad dressing recipe? Find a great one with my Strawberry Spinach Salad. I am about to introduce you to a salad dressing that is so good, it might make you tear up. It might on the other hand, just taste really good to you if you aren’t as obsessed with food as I am. This salad dressing is part of a family recipe for Spinach Bacon Salad that my mom passed down to me....

One of our favorite things to eat is an easy chicken stir fry with a delicious sauce, over rice. They are usually so quick and easy to make with tons of great flavor. This Sticky Chicken is just like that. It reminds you of something you would get from an Asian inspired food stall at the mall, only a million times better. What is Sticky Chicken This Sticky Chicken recipe is an Asian inspired stir fry that everyone will love....

My mom and I were eating this salad together when she mused, “Cucumbers are one of those things I only started eating a few years ago.” After I picked my jaw up off the floor, she also broke the news to me that she had never tried cumin in her cooking until she was an adult. That’s when I finally knew there was truth all along in the teasing I got from my brother as a kid (him telling me I was adopted....

As much as I enjoy cooking elaborate meals and spending precious time creating culinary art, there are times when I just want to come home and not take more than a few minutes to whip up a delicious yet wholesome dinner for my family. It is always at these times when I find retreat in my over-stocked pantry. I love my pantry, and I honestly believe that if I happen to have an unexpected emergency at hand, I’ll most probably be very well prepared to cook up a meal for 10 people using just its contents....

This is really and truly my favorite soup recipe! I have lots of soup recipes here for you to make, and they’re all very good, but creamy Chicken Enchilada Soup is the one recipe that I make over and over again at home. It’s rich and flavorful, easy to make, and everyone at my house loves it! This is not a 7-can chicken enchilada soup recipe, but canned beans, tomatoes, and corn are included because they’re easy....

Think of the health benefits, these fish burgers are a better for you filet-o-fish because they are low carb and gluten-free. This is not a heavy breaded, crispy fish burger recipe because you wont find any breading anywhere, not even for filler. These tilapia burgers stay together beautifully with the help of finely chopped fish and Dijon mustard that is blended in a food processor, then mixed with herbs and larger pieces of fish....