These tips for baking with yeast will help you feel more confident in the kitchen and yield more successful results. Be sure to check out a few of my favorite recipes if you’re wondering what to make with yeast – they’re all tried and true family favorites that even my picky eater approves of.  Save …

While these tender Sweet Potato Dinner Rolls will make an excellent addition to any Thanksgiving menu, they’re also a great way to use up leftover baked sweet potatoes for a post-Thanksgiving treat. Use these Sweet Potato Rolls as buns for turkey sandwiches, too! Learn everything you need to know about how to make different shaped …

A lot of times in my cooking, I tend to get into a comfort zone and I don’t like to venture outside of that. Actually, I am like this almost always when I eat. I order the same sandwiches at the same delis; the same flavor of pasta at this certain restaurant and so on. …

A few weeks ago I was really craving a BBQ hamburger. I had everything to make them for dinner, except the buns. And I don’t really like a burger without the bun to go with it. I thought – I’ve got some time to spare and I’m totally capable. I’ll just make the my own …

When I saw this recipe for Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Calzones I knew I wanted to make a version of them as a recipe for using leftover Easter ham. I love gooey cheddar cheese with ham. Even better stuffed inside a crust. Growing up eating ham for Easter was a tradition that I always looked forward …

I recently made these Spinach Calzones with Ricotta, Mozzarella, and Sun-Dried Tomatoes and was surprised with how simple they actually were to make. I made the full batch which makes 8 individual sized calzones (meaning you only need 1 per person) and froze most of them for use another time, either lunches or dinner. Now, …

At 15 months we learned that Logan had a severe peanut allergy, and we learned it the hard way: allergic reaction. Almost immediately we saw his predispositions toward being a picky eater turn into something much more. Imagine your child being on guard all the time. And over time that fear of unknown foods turning …

I don’t know a single person (besides Logan – because he’s Mr. Particular) that doesn’t enjoy biting into a big slice of pizza. Pizza seems like universal comfort food, yet it’s often tricky to make it just right at home. With these five easy tips you can improve your homemade pizza making skills. In no …

Three of my favorite things: Black Beans, Mexican, and Pizza all in one recipe. I knew from the start that this was going to be a quick favorite around here. There’s nothing gourmet about it. But sometimes that’s not what I’m craving. In fact, I’d been craving ooey, gooey, cheesy Mexican all week and this …

One of the things I’ve learned in the past few years since beginning this blog is how much I enjoy making Breads. Baguettes have been on my list to make for quite sometime. After reading about the time-consuming and extremely fussy (at least in my opinion) method for making a baguette, I was a bit …

My absolute favorite flavor to pair with chocolate is orange. It always has been. Maybe that comes from receiving a chocolate orange in my stocking each Christmas as a child. Whatever the reason, that flavor combination has stuck with me as a favorite through my childhood and into my adult years. I knew for this …

I had sandwiches on the menu for dinner last week (Friday), but I never specified what kind we were making. That was just because I didn’t know yet. What I ended up making was an open face vegetable sandwich on this delicious Rustic Rosemary Garlic Bread. I’ll share the sandwich recipe with you later, it’s …

Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls are the perfect fall treat! Pumpkin spice dough is rolled with plenty of cinnamon and sugar, and then slathered with cream cheese frosting. Save this recipe for Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls to Pinterest! Creating This Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls Recipe It’s fall now, I’m all about the pumpkin recipes, and these pumpkin cinnamon rolls …

Focaccia bread is a wonderful side to any meal, but add your favorite toppings to this garlic focaccia and you have the best pizza I’ve tasted with this recipe for Pizza Caprese with Garlic Focaccia Crust! I have been struggling to make a pizza crust at home that I really, really love. I’ve seen a …

Change up your Friday night pizza routine with this Barbecue Chicken Pizza. The crust is slathered in BBQ sauce and topped with sliced chicken, red onion, cilantro, and gouda cheese. It’s been quite a while since I’ve made homemade pizza for dinner. I was making it a lot in the summer and grilling it outside …

I’ve been wanting to start incorporating more whole grains into my baking. Especially since Logan is such a picky eater, but he will eat lots of baked goodies, I thought that would be a great way to get some extra nutrition in him. Enter the Nutrimill Grain Mill. I had heard about this mill from …

I got this recipe from my friend Tracye at our MOMS Club Bake-Off last fall. She took first place in breads. These rolls are so delicious, buttery, and easy. They’ve become my go-to recipe for dinner rolls. We had them again recently with our Easter Dinner and I realized that I’ve never posted them here. …

“Mama makes hot buns!” is what Eric announced the other night – referring, I’m assuming, to all the yummy, fresh, hot bread I’ve been baking lately. I’ve rediscovered my love for the bread machine an old neighbor gave me because she’d rather not be hassled with storing it. I, on the other hand, will gladly …

Merry Christmas! This year I decided it would be fun to have an Italian Feast for our Christmas dinner. We’ve done something different every year (stuffed chicken breasts, beef tenderloin, pork tenderloin to name a few), but I think this one might stick as our tradition. It was such a nice dinner! I was planning …