These chocolate chip pumpkin muffins mix up quickly for the perfect fall breakfast or snack! The whole family will love them! We love pumpkin things around here. Well, the kids and I do. My husband....not so much. He'll occasionally eat the pumpkin muffins I make, but besides that he's not really down with pumpkin spice everything. He has been known to say that pumpkin spice lattes taste like a candle. I'm not sure why he's eating candles and knows this, but he's wrong. Pumpkin ... read more
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Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice
Homemade pumpkin pie spice takes just minutes to mix up, and you probably have all the ingredients you need already. Five ingredients and five minutes is all you need! Isn't it annoying when you're halfway through a recipe and you realize you're missing a key ingredient? Or am I the only one that happens to? Do most people actually check these things before they start baking? Probably. That would be the logical thing to do. But, well, I often just start making my chocolate chip ... read more
Pumpkin Peanut Butter Cookies
These pumpkin peanut butter cookies are soft and chewy with lots of cinnamon flavour. They make the perfect treat for enjoying pumpkin flavour in the fall! I will start this by saying that these pumpkin peanut butter cookies are not for everyone. It's just a fact. My husband, for one, does not like them at all. He was wildly disappointed when he saw peanut butter cookies sitting on the counter cooling, and then was told they had pumpkin in them. Sorry. I'm one of those people ... read more
Pumpkin Spice Muffins with Crumb Topping
These bakery style pumpkin spice muffins are delicious on their own - but add that crumb topping and drizzle them with a maple glaze and they're amazing! These apple muffins with a crumb topping are one of the most popular recipes on my website. They're also one of our favourites. When I want a sweet, bakery style muffin, those muffins are often the ones I make! So clearly I needed a pumpkin spice version. Pumpkin spice muffins are one of my favourites in the fall. Adding a tasty ... read more
Cranberry, Pumpkin Seed and Salted Caramel Bark
This cranberry, pumpkin seed and salted caramel bark is a super quick and easy homemade treat to make - and everyone will love it! Isn't this cranberry, pumpkin seed and salted caramel bark so pretty? I love how colourful it is with the red cranberries, green pumpkin seeds and orange (brown?) caramel all over a dark chocolate background. It's food art. My kind of art - there's chocolate involved. This bark is seriously so simple to make. All you have to do is melt some dark ... read more
Pumpkin Spice Granola
This homemade pumpkin spice granola is so easy to make - pair it with some yogurt for the perfect healthy breakfast or snack! Homemade granola is a favourite snack at my house. I love it, my kids love it … and my husband will occasionally eat it. It's all right that he isn’t a huge fan of granola though, because the rest of us make up for it. When I make granola my kids are always suddenly starving as soon as they discover it. It can be minutes after a meal, but if they realize there’s ... read more
Whole Wheat Pumpkin Dinner Rolls
These whole wheat pumpkin dinner rolls are soft and fluffy and so easy to make. Plus they are amazing piled with turkey or ham for lunch! Do you like making homemade bread and dinner rolls? I really do, but I'll admit that I definitely go through phases where I make all of our bread, and then other times where I won't make it at all. My kids actually get all complain-y when that happens. Questions of "when are you going to make bread again, mom?" start to be heard every time I pick ... read more
Pumpkin Snack Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
This pumpkin snack cake with cream cheese frosting is the perfect easy dessert or afternoon snack - an easy to make, sweet treat for the fall! I don't actually make a lot of cake around here. Birthdays, of course, but that's really about it. I'm not sure why, because we do enjoy our dessert, but I guess I lean towards brownies or cookies when I decide we need a sweet treat for after dinner or for a mid-afternoon pick me up! But....just because I'm not a huge cake or cupcake fan, ... read more
Apple Pumpkin Bread
The best pumpkin bread I've ever made, this apple pumpkin bread is super soft on the inside, has a crunchy cinnamon topping, and is full of pumpkin flavour. I've made a lot of pumpkin bread. As one of my favorite treats I make at least two or three new recipes every year. I love to try different variations of it, and literally always have a loaf of it in my freezer throughout the fall months. So it's saying something when I tell you that this is the best pumpkin bread ever. Don't take ... read more
Pumpkin Pie
This pumpkin pie is my Grandma's recipe - it's so much better then the store-bought pumpkin pie. If you've never made homemade pumpkin pie, try it today! I know there's a million recipes out there (especially this time of year!) for pumpkin pie. But I'm going to add mine to the list. Because it's the best. And yes, I may be a bit biased here. But this is my Grandma's recipe, and I think we can all agree that grandmas always make the best pie. Mine ... read more
Pumpkin Scones
Light and fluffy pumpkin scones topped with a sweet maple glaze. These scones are the perfect breakfast treat to enjoy with your morning coffee! I love all the pumpkin things this time of year. I know I'm not alone on that, judging by the barrage of pumpkin stuff that hits us for a couple months every fall! But even with the 8 million recipes out there involving pumpkin, plain old pumpkin scones are still my favourite. I make these pumpkin scones drizzled ... read more
Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread
Easy, moist, delicious, and healthy, this chocolate chip pumpkin bread is perfect for a snack, or even for breakfast! Low fat, low sugar, and whole grain. Well. This is not what I was making for you. It was supposed to be cheesecake pumpkin muffins, a variation of these carrot ones in fact. And they were good, very good. We ate them all with no problem whatsoever. The problem was the cheesecake. It kind of looked like cheesecake icing on top of the muffins - just a thin layer of ... read more
Baked Pumpkin Spice Doughnuts
Quick and easy baked pumpkin spice doughnuts coated with either a sweet maple glaze or cinnamon sugar. Either way - they're absolutely amazing! I have not made doughnuts for entirely too long. I bought a doughnut pan eons ago (or about a year) and have only used it once. To make these wonderful banana bread doughnuts that we really, really loved. And then I forgot all about the doughnut pan as it sat in the cupboard and never got used. It's sad really. Because we've been missing ... read more
Slow Cooker Thai Pumpkin Soup
This easy to make, slow cooker Thai pumpkin soup is a bit spicy, a bit creamy, and absolutely amazing. The perfect meal for a cold fall day! Watch how easy this Slow Cooker Thai Pumpkin Soup is to make here: Now I'll just start by saying that I know next to nothing about Thai food. So don't tell me this soup is inauthentic - I know that. Or maybe it is authentic. I have no idea. What I do know is that this Thai pumpkin soup is fantastic. After having it for either lunch or ... read more
Pumpkin Pie Dip
A quick and easy pumpkin pie dip that tastes just like pumpkin pie, but in dip form! The perfect light dessert! Watch how easy this Pumpkin Pie Dip is to make here: I finally have something for you involving pumpkin! I'm so excited for my first pumpkin filled recipe. I love, love, love pumpkin and bake with it all year long - it's definitely not just a fall thing in my house. Pumpkin, pumpkin spice, all the pumpkin things are amazing as far as I'm concerned. My husband ... read more
Pumpkin Cheesecake Swirled Brownies
Well, I thought I was done with pumpkin for the season, but not quite. The idea of pumpkin cheesecake swirled brownies has been floating around in my mind for a couple of months, basically as soon as pumpkin season started! But it took me a while to actually get around to working on them. And then it took a few tries to get it right. But these brownies are amazing. If you like pumpkin that is. My husband was really not a fan, but then he doesn't like pumpkin in anything. I ... read more
Whole Wheat Pumpkin Bread with a Maple Pecan Glaze
It's fall!! I love fall, especially all the pumpkin things. And the changing leaves. And the cooler days. But mostly, all the pumpkin things. I'm still waiting for my first Starbucks pumpkin spice latte though. I've tried to get one and they were all out. I really don't think they should let that be a possibility when they make us wait all year for them, do you?! I guess I'll just have to learn how to make them at home, it would actually probably be better anyways! But for now, it's ... read more
Vanilla Scones
These easy to make vanilla scones are tender, buttery, and filled with vanilla flavour. The perfect treat to have with your morning coffee or tea! I think scones are my favourite kind of breakfast. Although really, how did scones ever become a normal thing to eat for breakfast? Let's start our day with a buttery pastry covered in a sugary glaze. That's super healthy. But you know what? I'm kind of on board with it. Have some yogurt or a hard boiled egg with your vanilla scone. It's ... read more
21 Christmas Treats That Aren’t Cookies
Christmas cookies are amazing during the holidays, but some of our favourites aren't even cookies. Here's the best 21 Christmas treats that aren't cookies! I have nothing against Christmas cookies. Clearly. There are more than enough Christmas cookies on this site. Not that that will stop me from sharing even more cookie recipes this year. I try new Christmas cookie recipes every year, because, well, I like Christmas baking. The one time of year I can bake all the things, and it's ... read more
Caramel Apple Blondies
These caramel apple blondies are soft and chewy and filled with apples, cinnamon and salted caramel sauce. They mix up quickly and disappear just as fast! Fall just screams for caramel apple treats, doesn't it? Or maybe it does at my house because I always buy giant boxes of apples in the fall because they’re so good. I then have more apples than I know what to do with. So of course I bake with them. When I'm not eating them that is, and maybe dipping them in some homemade salted ... read more
Carrot Soup
This carrot soup with dill is quick and easy to make, can be served hot or cold, and can be made in the slow cooker, Instant Pot, or on the stove! Anyone looking for a super quick and easy meal? Because that's what this carrot soup is. So fast, so easy, and there are several options for cooking it - which always makes me happy. I like having options. If you need to get the soup going in the morning and have it ready when you get home, you can use the slow cooker. If you want to eat ... read more
Easy Apple Pie
This easy apple pie is a classic dessert that is so much better when it's homemade! Easy, tasty, and filled with cinnamon apples - it's always a favourite! Homemade apple pie might be one of my favourite desserts. Flaky, buttery pastry wrapped around cinnamon, sugar, and apples and topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream - that's dessert heaven. We've all had those slices of apple pie that just aren't worth the calories though. You know the ones I mean. The pastry is kind of like ... read more
Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread
This chocolate chip zucchini bread is moist and flavourful, and filled with chocolate chips. Easy to make, it mixes up in minutes and everyone will love it! I used up that last of the zucchini sitting on my counter with several loaves of this tasty chocolate chip zucchini bread. I was really tempted to just make batch after batch of these chocolate zucchini muffins that I shared last week, just so I could have a little stockpile of them in my freezer. They were just so tasty - if you ... read more
Drop Biscuits
These drop biscuits are buttery and flaky without any effort at all - mix everything together, drop the dough on a cookie sheet and bake. So easy! We love biscuits. Clearly. This is the third recipe I've posted for regular old biscuits - not even cheese biscuits or something to change things up - just biscuits. It's necessary to have this many recipes for biscuits. Really. They're all a bit different, I promise - and having options just makes it easier to always be able to make ... read more
Instant Pot Chicken Taco Soup
This Instant Pot chicken taco soup is so fast and easy to make and everyone loves it! It's one of our favourite meals - just throw everything in the Instant Pot, hit start, and dinner is ready in half an hour! I've been making this chicken taco soup for years now, but in the past it's always been slow cooker chicken taco soup. And while we love that version, after getting an Instant Pot, I clearly needed to adapt the recipe for the pressure cooker as well. It's our absolute favourite ... read more
Cherry Pop Tarts
These cherry pop tarts are easy to make, and make the best dessert or snack. Flaky homemade pastry wrapped around a sweet cherry filling - so good! So these cherry pop tarts might just be one of the best things to come out of my kitchen in a while. But then, it's flaky pastry wrapped around a sweet cherry pie filling and topped with vanilla icing. Obviously they were good. I didn't even really need to tell you that, I'm sure. Anything in pie form is always gonna be good. I think ... read more
Double Chocolate Scones
These double chocolate scones are easy to make and are decadent enough to be dessert, but since they're scones you can probably justify having them for breakfast! Buttery and flaky chocolate scones, filled with chocolate chips, and topped with a chocolate glaze - in short, they're amazing. Anyone else like having chocolate for breakfast? I have to admit that I justify that decision whenever possible. Chocolate in my muffins, my banana bread, my pancakes, wherever I can add some ... read more
Coconut Granola
This homemade coconut granola is so fast and easy to make and is easily customizable. Healthy and delicious, it's the perfect breakfast or snack! Homemade granola - it is definitely one of our favourite things. The store bought kind just doesn't compare. Homemade granola is just so quick and easy to make, it almost seems silly to buy it. Not that that stops me from buying it occasionally - when I get lazy and see it and think, yeah, that'll be just as good, and way faster then homemade. ... read more
Caramel Apple Crisp Pie
This caramel apple crisp pie is the perfect dessert when you can't decide between apple pie and apple crisp - just make both! Do you ever have a problem deciding which dessert to make? I definitely do. There are far too many delicious dessert recipes out there waiting to be made so sometimes it's hard to choose. We should probably just start having dessert every night of the week so I can try all those recipes calling my name! Or....maybe not. That could be a bad plan. I ... read more
Apple Cinnamon Scones
These fluffy apple cinnamon scones, filled with diced apple and mini cinnamon chips, are the perfect sweet treat for breakfast or a snack! I debate every fall between apples and pumpkin. Which fall flavour do I love more? I really don't think I can choose though. They're both amazing and I really just want to make (and eat) all of the apple and pumpkin things every single year. I'll be honest though, I make apple and pumpkin things all year long. I see no reason to relegate them ... read more
Creamy Ham and Corn Chowder
This creamy ham and corn chowder is quick and easy to make, and is a great way to use up leftover ham. Make it either in the slow cooker or on the stove! This creamy slow cooker ham and corn chowder is one of the best soups to come out of my kitchen. Ever. I have been making it for about 4 years now and I'm not sick of it yet. Either is the rest of the family, which I suppose is also important! Whenever we have leftover ham sitting in the fridge, this is the soup that starts calling ... read more
Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken
This slow cooker teriyaki chicken is a quick and easy meal that takes just minutes to get into the slow cooker. Perfect meal for those busy weeknights! This slow cooker teriyaki chicken has made an appearance at our dinner table at least 3 times in the last month - and we're not sick of it yet. I think that's a pretty good indicator of how tasty this teriyaki chicken is! Also - it's a super easy meal. One of those dump and go slow cooker meals that take absolutely no ... read more
Apple Pie Bars
These easy to make apple pie bars have a shortbread crust, a cinnamon crumb topping and an amazing apple pie filling - the perfect fall dessert! It's fall - the best time of the year for baking! Ok, that's not really true. Mostly because I love to bake any time of the year. But also because Christmas is definitely the best time for baking. I do really love baking all the apple and pumpkin things in the fall though. My family probably gets quite tired of all the apple and pumpkin ... read more
Peanut Chicken Stir Fry
A quick and easy weeknight meal, this peanut chicken stir fry is filled with veggies and an amazing homemade peanut sauce - plus it's ready in 30 minutes! I have tried many, many different recipes for peanut sauce over the last few years. I knew it could be good, amazing even, but for some reason couldn't find that perfect recipe. They were always too sweet, too thick, too peanut buttery - too something. But this recipe may finally be it. Perfectly peanut buttery, not too sweet ... read more
Shrimp Quesadillas with Avocado Cream
Shrimp quesadillas filled with corn, black beans and cheese, and an avocado cilantro lime cream dipping sauce. Quick and easy and everyone loves them! These shrimp quesadillas with corn, black beans, cheese and an avocado cilantro lime cream sauce for dipping are amazing. In fact, one child here was heard to say that they were fancy. I'm not totally sure that that's true, but hey, I'll take it. Evidently I'm running a fancy restaurant. He's probably going to be so disappointed the ... read more
Slow Cooker Butter Chicken
Homemade butter chicken cooked in the slow cooker with an easy to make sauce. It's the perfect weeknight meal with very little hands on cooking time! Have you ever made butter chicken at home? I actually hadn't even eaten butter chicken until probably about 5 years ago. Clearly I was not a very adventurous eater up until getting married. I didn't try Pad Thai until my husband informed me I needed to, and it was the same with butter chicken. He couldn't believe it when he found ... read more
Blackened Fish Taco Bowls with Corn Salsa
These blackened fish taco bowls with corn salsa are quickly becoming a family favourite! Spicy fish, fresh avocado, and corn salsa served on hot rice. So good! Blackened fish might be my favourite meal of all time. Actually blackened anything - spicy food is good. But blackened fish is really the best. Add it to a taco bowl and cover it in corn salsa, fresh avocado, and avocado cream and I'm in my happy place. If you enjoy fish and Mexican food, I can pretty much guarantee ... read more
21 Shredded Chicken Recipes
21 shredded chicken recipes to use up leftover cooked, shredded chicken, or store-bought rotisserie chicken. Making dinner time a little bit easier! So after sharing my absolute favourite way to cook chicken for easy as can be slow cooker shredded chicken earlier this week, clearly I needed to give you a bunch of ways to use all that cooked, shredded chicken you now have in your freezer. I love to cook up a bunch of chicken (double or triple this recipe), shred it, and portion it out ... read more
One Pot Sausage and Asparagus Pesto Pasta
This quick and easy one pot pesto pasta with chicken sausage, asparagus and red peppers is an easy weeknight meal that the whole family will love! So that pesto pasta I mentioned on Monday that I've been making incessantly? This is it. I have made this one pot sausage and asparagus pesto pasta no less then 4 times in the last three weeks. Which is a little ridiculous even for me. But it's so easy! And the kids love it. And they're eating a bunch of spinach ... read more
30 Minute Pad Thai
Skip the takeout and make your Pad Thai at home instead! This easy to make chicken and shrimp Pad Thai will be on the table in 30 minutes! Fast, easy, delicious. I had never actually eaten Pad Thai until about a year ago. That's kind of crazy, right? Isn't it a super popular takeout option? I feel like it is. I think I had never had it because: we have only ever ordered Thai food once (which is when I tried it the first time) I don't really like ... read more
Baked Chocolate Mint Doughnuts
Chocolate mint doughnuts that are baked, not fried, and mix up in minutes! Make some dense, chocolate cake doughnuts topped with mint icing for dessert! Watch how easy these Chocolate Mint Doughnuts are to make here: Chocolate and mint. The best combo there is. Well, one of the best. I have lots of favourites. Just a few weeks ago I claimed lemon and cranberry was the best combo, and this couldn't be more different. Yet it's still the best. I'm okay with having many ... read more
18 Amazing Pie Recipes
Everybody loves pie, so I've rounded up 18 amazing pie recipes for you to choose from! So many pies, so little time. It's Pi Day today! I love having an excuse to make (and eat!) pie, and I've always loved math (I'm a bit of a nerd that way) so Pi Day is made for me I think. Even if you don't like math all that much - you can still eat pie (I'll let you), and everyone loves pie. So I've rounded up a whole bunch of amazing looking pie recipes that you could try tonight for dessert. ... read more
Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas
Quick and easy chicken fajitas with just one sheet pan to clean afterwards! This is my new favourite way to make one of my family's favourite meals! Mexican food is a favourite of everyone's in my family. Good thing, since I make it at least weekly. Probably more often. Whenever I'm not sure what to make for supper, it's Mexican food of some sort that ends up on the table more often then not. Even if we feel like pasta, which isn't typically Mexican, I ... read more
30 Minute Chicken Stew
This creamy chicken stew is filled with veggies and is simple to make. Easily on the table in 30 minutes, it's the perfect healthy meal for this month's 30 minute Thursday! It's February already. Can someone please explain to me how on earth that happened? I feel like it was just Christmas and I haven't even really gotten back into the swing of things after the holidays, and yet here we are in February. The last month actually went so fast that we never even thought about what to ... read more
Baked Apple Fritters
These baked apple fritters are easy to make and taste amazing - soft, tender, cinnamon spiced dough studded with apples and drizzled with a vanilla glaze. I haven't really made a lot of doughnuts. I do a lot of baking, but doughnuts just haven't happened in my kitchen all that often. I'm not sure why because I certainly enjoy them. Maybe because I never really knew baked doughnuts were a thing until a couple of years ago. When I thought of doughnuts, my mind would go to fried. And ... read more
Creamy One Pot Turkey and Rice
This 30 minute creamy one pot turkey and rice is filled with flavour and a fantastic way to use up your leftover turkey! Fast, easy, delicious. Do you sometimes get sick of leftovers before you've managed to use up all that leftover turkey after a holiday meal? I'll freely admit that I don't, really. I could easily just have turkey dinner every night until the leftovers are gone. That's probably just laziness on my part though - heating up some leftovers is infinitely easier then ... read more
Apple Muffins with Crumb Topping
Quick and easy apple muffins filled with apples and finished with a crunchy cinnamon crumb topping. The best kind of breakfast. I think fall is my favorite time of year to bake. Apples and pumpkin are two of my favorite things and I just can't get enough of them in the fall. I feel like baking pretty much all the time. It's unfortunate that my family can't survive on muffins and scones and cookies. There's definitely a lot of that stuff around my house these days! Am I the only one? Or ... read more
30 Minute Chicken Noodle Soup
This 30 minute chicken noodle soup is perfect with either chicken or turkey, is super fast and easy to make, and will be a family favourite for sure! Or turkey noodle soup. I'm not picky, I'll make soup out of whichever leftovers I have, it's all good! But the recipe I use for either of them is the same so I'll just go with chicken noodle soup since it's a bit more common (I think). This is the soup I make every single time I cook a whole turkey and end up with never ending ... read more
One Pot Turkey Mushroom Tortellini
Tender cheese tortellini in a creamy white sauce, this one pot turkey mushroom tortellini is a family favourite - plus it's ready in 30 minutes! It's comfort food time here today. Pasta in a creamy sauce with mushrooms involved. That's my definition of comfort food. And this one pot turkey mushroom tortellini is on the table in 30 minutes which makes it even better. Anytime I can make a meal that everyone in the family loves, and only takes 30 minutes to make, it's a winner. Even ... read more
Baked Pork Chops with a Cinnamon Glaze
These baked pork chops with a cinnamon glaze are a simple, 30 minute meal that your whole family will love. Served with baked cinnamon apples and so fast and easy! Do you like pork chops? Okay, maybe that's a strange question, everyone probably likes them. But you know what? I don't, really. Don't get me wrong, I'll eat them. They're not bad. They're just not my favourite. If I'm making pork, I typically go for pork tenderloin because that's just plain fantastic. I don't know ... read more