FavoritePinShare This lemon vinaigrette salad dressing is bright, zesty, and packed with flavor. It will elevate any salad that you put it on, and you will never go back to any other dressing! Homemade dressings are the best of the best! I use them on everything, and they are always my first choice. Try out this homemade ranch dressing, this Olive Garden salad dressing, or this fantastic Greek salad dressing!...

FavoritePinShare Everyone loves a good rice Krispie treat. Sweet, soft, and extra ooey gooey, these Perfect Rice Krispie Treats will become your new favorite! They are beyond quick and easy to put together but taste AMAZING! For other super easy cereal desserts that are sure to please, try out turtle and brown butter rice krispies and scotcharoos! The Best Rice Krispie Treat Recipe There are so many rice krispie treat recipes out there, but not all are created equal....

They’re thick and fudgy, moist and ooey-gooey, and with crisp and crackly exteriors. They’re like brownies, but better because they melt in your mouth. How incredible is that? The best part? You won’t need to make the cookie dough from scratch. All it takes is a cake mix. So, if you’re looking for a dessert that’s mind-blowingly delicious but a cinch to make at the same time, you’ve just found it....

FavoritePinShare Rating: 4 stars Difficulty of Recipe: 1 star Review: I always have a problem with taking my banana bread out too early. So the second time around making this, I checked with a toothpick and cooked it for about 50 minutes. This bread lasted a total of 5 minutes with my family and I will be making it again! All nutritional information is based on third party calculations and is only an estimate....

FavoritePinShare Hey Recipe Critic readers! I’m Kristy and I blog over at Sweet Treats & More, where I share a lot of indulgent treats balanced with healthy meals, because I believe we can have the best of both worlds. I’d love for to come say hi! I’m slightly jealous Alyssa is off basking in the sun while I freeze here in the winter snow, but I’m happy to be guest posting while she’s gone....

Busy days call for meals with quick prep, simple ingredients, and major crowd-pleasing abilities. It’s even better when those meals are also nutritious, filling, and completely delicious. This healthy garlic shrimp recipe checks all the boxes and is here to help keep the stress down and good habits up. ONE PAN. Everything cooks in the same skillet, including the quinoa. Fewer dishes = happy chef. Quick and Easy. This simple shrimp dish is ready in 30 minutes....

Every year, the first loaf of zucchini bread I bake feels like a mini milestone. Knowing it is the first of many zucchini loaves and zucchini muffins to come, I baker-nerd out, wondering what subtle, fun twist I can add. In years past, my annual abundance of zucchini has led us down many delicious zucchini bread roads together: Paleo Zucchini Bread with Chocolate Chips. A gluten free zucchini bread with coconut flour....

FavoritePinShare Today I am sharing Grasshopper Popcorn my friend Something Swanky’s new cookbook Party Popcorn! I have know Ashton for a couple of years now and we met through blogging. I always looked up to her blog and would drool over all of the delicious treats she would create. I got to meet her in real life last year at a blog conference and she was just as awesome and sweet in real life....

As someone who strives to eat balanced meals, I often feel like I get cheated when we’re grabbing lunch on the go. At many chains, the only healthy option is a grilled chicken sandwich. You know as soon as you order it, it’s probably going to be bland and dry, a sacrifice to be made in the name of nutrition. This grilled chicken sandwich is the redemption. It is everything I wish the grilled chicken sandwiches at cookouts and restaurant pitstops could be!...

FavoritePinShare Grilled Mexican Street Corn is the perfect grilled corn slathered with an amazing mayonnaise blend and topped with parmesan cheese and chili powder. This is one of the best corn recipes you will eat! Try my Easy Grilled Corn recipe for another great reason to fire up your grill! Grilled Mexican Street Corn Grilling season is in full force over here at our house. We love to grill! One of our favorite sides to grill is corn....

FavoritePinShare Hey Recipe Critic readers! It’s Chelsea back from Chelsea’s Messy Apron with a perfect summer dessert – a nectarine sundae. But first, how was your Memorial Day? I hope you all had a wonderful day and enjoyed good weather! Although summer is still a couple of weeks away, we have already been grilling like crazy. To be honest though, my family tends to grill year round. The husband and I love grilled food!...

Ever since learning to make Grilled Cauliflower Steaks, I’ve been completely enamored by the delicious simplicity of grilled veggies. It’s the same way I feel about roasted vegetables in the winter—10 minutes of effort for a plate piled high with scrumptious, healthy satisfaction. Grilled portobello mushrooms have a mega advantage over baked portobellos mushroom recipes: NO clean up at the end! Simple Grilled Portobello Mushrooms To make these delicious marinated grilled mushrooms, you’ll need one main ingredient (ahem, the portobellos) and a few simple ingredients for the marinade....

In about 10 days, the streets of NYC will be filled with drunk people wearing green clothing and shamrocks. Me? I’ll be hiding at home, putting my booze into good use: food. Oh yeah, a few bottles of Guinness go a long way: beef stew, chili, bread, onion rings, soup and, wait for it, chocolate cake! ? And, okay, I admit it. Maybe we will drink a glass or two....

This easy pan seared halibut recipe with lemon butter sauce will show you how to cook halibut perfectly every time! Just like baked Chilean sea bass, this pan fried halibut could pass for a special meal at a fancy restaurant — but it’s surprisingly fast and easy to make. Cooking halibut this way tastes decadent, thanks to the butter lemon sauce for halibut, but it’s healthy, too! If you have any hesitations about fish, halibut recipes (like this one) taste mild and just might turn you into a fan....

Move over Mozzarella Sticks because there’s a new gooey cheese appetizer in my life and her name is grilled halloumi cheese. What’s halloumi cheese? Let me introduce you. Halloumi is a firm cheese that originated in Cyprus. It’s made with some mixture of goat’s, sheep’s, and cow’s milk and is popular throughout the Mediterranean.A unique trait of halloumi cheese is its high melting point which allows it to be cooked directly on the hot grill plates without melting into total oblivion....

FavoritePinShare Ham and Cheddar Sliders are soft and buttery baked rolls filled with sliced ham and ooey gooey cheese. They are the perfect quick and easy crowd-pleasing meal! The combination of smokey ham with a melty cheese is undeniably good! Try Easy Ham and Swiss Stromboli or Hot Ham and Swiss Pinwheels for more of this great ham and cheese pairing. Delicious Ham and Cheddar Sliders My life has been crazy lately!...

FavoritePinShare Healthy Chicken Pasta Salad is a spinach salad with penne pasta, grilled chicken, cherry tomatoes, toasted slivered almonds, and a fresh citrus vinaigrette. Hey everyone! It’s Chelsea from Chelsea’s Messy Apron. I’m bringing a healthier spinach and chicken salad with pasta today and I hope you all love it! Instead of the typical mayo or cream-laden based dressing, this dressing is very light and citrus-y making this salad so much healthier than most pasta salads....

Whether you like desserts with fruity flavors, chocolatey flavor, or a mixture of both, there’s a recipe here for you. Along with my full list of healthy desserts, the recipes you’ll find here use healthy swaps that don’t compromise on flavor. Instead of looking for healthy desserts to buy, these homemade recipes taste delicious and are better for you. And, that’s great news for those of us who love to dabble in desserts on the daily (ME)....

FavoritePinShare Baked to a buttery golden brown, these blueberry-filled scones are a soft, flaky treat bursting with tart and juicy flavor. Drizzled with a perfectly sweet, homemade icing, this mouthwatering pastry is going to be your new favorite way to start your day! There isn’t anything better than a warm, flaky pastry. For breakfast, with coffee, or just to satisfy a sweet craving danishes, muffins, and rolls are other pastry recipes sure to deliver!...

FavoritePinShare Super easy and better than store bought, Italian Seasoning is a MUST have in your pantry! One of the best seasonings there is, this Italian Seasoning is used on most everything! Making your own seasoning is cheap, easy and just smart! You will know exactly what is and isn’t in your spice rack. Try my homemade ranch, taco and fajita seasonings for more homemade goodness, with optimal flavor! Italian Seasoning Recipe Making your own seasonings just make sense....