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french toast casserole

Mmmmm… French toast! French toast is so good and the perfect addition to weekend brunch. Honestly though, I don’t usually feel like making it first thing it the morning so I hardly ever make it. And then I discovered French toast casserole. French toast casserole is a total game changer. You can make it the…

hot cross buns

Make up a batch of these delicious, perfectly spiced, vegan hot cross buns. Allergen free! Cruelty free! And so, so good! They’re light, fluffy, and the perfect addition to your Easter menu. Unfortunately most bakeries that offer hot cross buns make them with milk and eggs. Which, you will soon discover, is completely unnecessary. And…

sweet pickle tea sandwiches

If you like sweet pickles, and if you like cucumber sandwiches, I’m betting you’ll love these. You can make these with sweet pickle slices or dill pickle slices and they’re great both ways. I made mine with Wickles spicy sweet pickles today for tea time and they were so good. Just use you’re favorite pickles…

summer camp hungry man’s pie

I remember this delicious dish from summer camp when I was younger and wanted to recreate it in my kitchen. It’s so delicious and filling, and reminds me of going to the dining hall with all my friends after a day of hiking, canoeing, and playing Capture The Flag. We’d gather in that rustic hall…

five minute funfetti cake

Five minute funfetti cake! It’s true! You can make a cake in only 5 minutes in your microwave. I know it sounds too good to be true, but I decided to create a recipe for five minute microwave cake yesterday. I knew I didn’t want to use a cake mix, and that I wanted it…

indian eggplant pickle {spicy brinjal}

I’ve had pickled eggplant at different Indian and Italian restaurants. Recently I was reminded about it in this amazing novel I’m reading. The main character says it’s on her list of “desert island” foods. I totally get that. First I thought about just ordering some pickled eggplant from Amazon, and then I thought, “Hey! Why…

copycat white castle sliders

I’ve been wanting to do a copycat White Castle slider recipe for quite some time. I’ve looked at a bunch of recipes for these beloved burgers and decided that Super Bowl Sunday was the time to give it a whirl. What could be a better time to enjoy the taste of these addictive little sliders…

cheesy sloppy joe tater tot hotdish

We take our hotdish very seriously here in Minnesota. Hotdish, not to be confused with casserole. I’m not sure where the ridiculous trend of calling food by the dish it’s served in started, but I’m here to tell you that the hotdish, the stuff in the casserole pan, is what the food is actually called.…

Betty White’s Banana Bread {easy slice loaf}

Betty White was everyone’s favorite, and news of her passing was quite a shock to many. Even though she was 99 years old, I think everyone kind of expected her to be around forever. Everyone loved her. What an incredibly cool lady! She was the female with the longest TV career to date, and because…