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Charbroiled Chicken Thighs

Charbroiled Chicken Thighs

This is the easiest and most flavorful chicken you will ever make in the oven! It only takes 30 minutes, has bold flavor, and is charred yet moist and juicy every time. You cannot mess this up & I guarantee it will be your new …

Double Chocolate Banana Bread

Double Chocolate Banana Bread

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Coffee Almond Fudge Ice Cream

Coffee Almond Fudge Ice Cream

Decadent ice cream is so easy to make at home! This recipe is heavenly, and contains no BS ingredients. We make a rich coffee ice cream using instant espresso, and no eggs, which means no cooking required. Then we whip up a simple 2 ingredient chocolate ganache, and freshly toasted almonds to layer with our ice cream for a dessert better than any ice cream shop.

coffee almond fudge ice cream ingredients

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Here are a few of our other ice cream recipes:

Vanilla Ice Cream

Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream with Maple Candied Pecans

coffee almond fudge ice cream

Coffee Almond Fudge Ice Cream

Homemade ice cream better than the ice cream shop!
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
churning 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 6

Equipment

  • ice cream maker

Ingredients
  

Ice Cream

  • ¾ cup granulated sugar or 1/2 cup honey
  • 1 cup whole milk or milk of your choice
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 dash sea salt
  • 1 Tbsp instant espresso
  • 1 pint heavy cream

Ganache

  • ¼ cup heavy cream
  • ½ cup chocolate

Almonds

  • ¾-1 c almonds chopped and toasted

Instructions
 

  • Combine all ice cream ingredients except heavy cream in a medium bowl, whisking to dissolve sugar and espresso.
  • Add heavy cream and stir to combine.
  • Cover and refrigerate for 4+ hours.
  • While Ice cream is chilling, chop and toast almonds then set aside to cool.
  • Just before churning ice cream, make ganache by heating heavy cream in a small saucepan until just barely steaming. Remove from heat, add chocolate, and stir until smooth, then set aside to cool.
  • Churn in ice cream maker for 20 minutes or until thick and smooth.
  • In a large plastic container, layer ⅓ ice cream, drizzle with ⅓ ganache, and sprinkle with ⅓ almonds. Repeat to use all ingredients, then cover and freeze several hours to firm.
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Tropical Mango Smoothie

Tropical Mango Smoothie

We love making smoothies for breakfast, lunch, or a snack. We use clean healthy ingredients, 3 sources of protein, and fruit and juice the are rich in Vitamin C. Frozen fruit is the real key to achieving a thick luscious texture like you would get …

Spam Fried Rice

Spam Fried Rice

Spam fried rice is such a comfort food, and a great side dish for any hawaiian or asian meal. It’s the perfect way to use up leftover cooked white rice, as chilling the rice helps it dry out and not be too sticky or mushy. …

Cheesy Herb Biscuits

Cheesy Herb Biscuits

I had a sudden craving for warm cheesy biscuits today. So we decided we would try to enhance our buttery biscuit recipe, with a few additional flavorful ingredients, and just see how it turned out. Spoiler alert, they turned out amazing! They are reminiscent of a red lobster biscuit, but even better.

Not only are these biscuits buttery, moist, and packed with flavor, we also made them into drop biscuits for extra ease. So instead of rolling out the biscuit dough, and cutting it with a biscuit cutter, we just dropped blobs of the dough onto a baking sheet, and baked them.

This recipe was immediately deemed a winner and a keeper in our house, and we had to share it with you. P.S. These are best when they’re warm and fresh out of the oven. Happy homecooking!

Watch us make it:

Cheesy Herb Biscuits

Cheesy Herb Biscuits

Easy one bowl drop biscuits that are packed with flavor, fluffy and moist.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 6 minutes
Course bread
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • ¾ tsp sea salt can be reduced if desired
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 1 Tbsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • 1 Tbsp dried parsley
  • 1 cup shredded cheese we used sharp cheddar and gouda
  • ¼ cup butter cold
  • 2 green onions tops only, finely chopped
  • ¾ cup milk + 2 Tbsp if needed
  • 2 tsp white vinegar
  • 2 Tbsp butter melted

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 450℉.
  • Combine milk and vinegar in a measuring cup and set aside.
  • In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, garlic powder, and parsley, stir to combine.
  • Add shredded cheese, stir into flour mixture.
  • Cut cold butter into flour mixture until very small pieces.
  • Add green onions, stir into flour mixture.
  • Stir milk mixture into dry ingredients just until moistened. Add additional milk if too dry.
  • Use large cookie scoop to spoon biscuits onto a cookie sheet.
  • Melt remaining 2 Tbsp butter, brushing tops of biscuits with half, and reserving the other half.
  • Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
  • Brush with remaining melted butter.
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Homemade Ghirardelli Brownies

Homemade Ghirardelli Brownies

Thick and fudgy double chocolate brownies you can whip up in no time at home! We’re using high quality, mostly organic ingredients, along with Ghirardelli chocolate to make this decadent treat. Don’t forget to make our No Cook Vanilla Ice Cream to go with it! …

Pumpkin Pie Cinnamon Rolls with Maple Cream Cheese Icing

Pumpkin Pie Cinnamon Rolls with Maple Cream Cheese Icing

Bring special holiday flavors to a warm morning treat! We welcome cinnamon rolls any time in our house, but I especially like to make them around the holidays. They are a great prep ahead breakfast or dessert, that can simply be thrown in the oven …

Spinach Bites with Creamy Dipping Sauce

Spinach Bites with Creamy Dipping Sauce

This is our family’s all time favorite Thanksgiving appetizer! We look forward to them all year, and are excited to share the recipe with you.

Spinach bites are deliciously addictive and extremely easy to make. Combining the spinach with butter, breadcrumbs, and parmesan cheese, and baking them to golden perfection, make these a hit for adults and children alike. And they are a great way to let the kids help in the kitchen too, with rolling them into balls. Possibly my favorite part, besides their amazing flavor and texture, is that they can be prepared ahead of time and refrigerated or even frozen. When family is coming over, you can just pop them into the oven for an easy appetizer, that will have everyone wanting the recipe.

We hope you enjoy it, and wish you happy homecooking!

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Spinach Bites with Creamy Dipping Sauce

These SPINACH BITES are our family's all time favorite holiday appetizer! They are easy to make, can be prepped ahead of time, freeze well, and are a hit with both adults and kids. When you're ready to serve, just pop them in the oven and serve warm with our simple creamy dipping sauce.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 18 minutes
Course Appetizer
Servings 4 dozen

Ingredients
  

Spinach Bites

  • 1 cup butter melted
  • 2 lbs frozen chopped spinach thawed and drained
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 ½ cups grated parmesean
  • 1 Tbsp instant minced onion
  • couple dashes nutmeg
  • 3 cups herb seasoned stuffing mix

Creamy Dipping Sauce

  • ½ cup mayonaise
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 Tbsp lemon juice
  • a few dashes hot sauce
  • 1 tsp dijon mustard
  • ¼ cup sour cream

Instructions
 

Spinach Bites

  • Drain spinach well, then combine all ingredients in a large bowl, mixing well with hands.
  • Scoop/Roll into 1 Tbsp balls (use a small cookie scoop) and place on baking sheet. Refrigerate or freeze until ready to bake.
  • Bake at 375℉ for 20 minutes or until golden brown.

Dipping Sauce

  • Stir together all ingredients in a small bowl, and refrigerate until serving.
Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream with Maple Candied Pecans

Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream with Maple Candied Pecans

Homemade ice cream that tastes exactly like pumpkin pie! Topped with fresh maple syrup candied pecans, this is such a deliciously fun way to enjoy Thanksgiving flavors in a format different from traditional pie. Plus it’s super easy, can be made ahead of time, and …