This tequila sunrise recipe is sweet and smooth, requires only three ingredients, and has the gorgeous color gradient of a summer sunrise! It’s not often that I order a fruity drink at a bar. My default is a French 75 cocktail, and aside from that I look for a dry Riesling. Or if I’m at a…
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Strawberry Avocado Spinach Salad with Steak
A light and bright salad full of spinach greens, freshly sliced strawberries and avocado, seared steak and a simple lemon balsamic vinaigrette dressing. This past week has been spent at the Everything Food Conference in Salt Lake City, so things have been a little bit busier than usual around these parts. I buttoned up my…
20 Easy No Bake Energy Bite Recipes
A roundup of some of the best and easiest no bake energy bites on the internet for when you need a snack. They’re all refined sugar free and this collection includes paleo, gluten free, dairy free, and vegan options! When it comes to grab-and-go snacks, I’m always on the lookout for new additions to my…
Fluffernutter Rice Krispie Treats
Ooey, gooey soft rice krispie treats are loaded with creamy peanut butter and sweet marshmallow fluff for the perfect fluffernutter flavor! Here’s the thing about these fluffernutter rice krispie treats: there is nothing healthy about them and they’re everything I wanted them to be. They’re soft, and ooey, and gooey, and taste like I covered…
Copycat Ruby Tuesday Pasta Salad
My homemade, copycat version of Ruby Tuesday’s pasta salad. Rotini pasta, diced ham, peas and green pepper make for the perfect side dish for a summer party! Generally speaking, I’m not a “chain restaurant” kind of girl. I live for finding little hole in the wall cafes, family-run diners and restaurants that only use locally-grown…
Blueberry Oatmeal Bars
These blueberry oatmeal bars are just the right amount of sweet with their juicy blueberry filling, soft and buttery oatmeal crust, and golden crumb topping! Deep thought on this Sunday: What if they had called blueberries “purpleberries”? Every time I mash or cook a blueberry and I see the purple inside, that’s what I think….
Strawberry Cashew Energy Bites
These energy bites are loaded with dried strawberries and collagen for an easy, raw, bite-sized, naturally sweetened snack! No baking required, gluten free, dairy free, refined sugar free. I’ve been trying to perfect a certain recipe lately, but I’ve been failing repeatedly and I think I’m going to shelve that one for a while. You…
Baked Carrot Cake Donuts
Moist and chewy baked carrot cake donuts are perfectly spiced and topped with plenty of tangy cream cheese icing! It’s April Fools’ Day. You know who is not a fan of April Fools’ Day? [points two thumbs at self] This guy. I’m not a fan of pranks or hoaxes. I love joking around, and I…
Deviled Eggs
This deviled eggs recipe is quick and easy, with variations for different flavors and presentation – and has a bit of a kick! An appetizer that will disappear first at parties, this recipe is naturally gluten free, with paleo and Instant Pot options. I feel like more often than not, when I get to a…
Mint Chocolate Rice Krispie Treats
Cocoa Krispies and Andes mints make for a mint chocolately spin on your standard rice krispie treat – perfect for St. Patrick’s Day! I’ve never been huge on celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. I’m not Irish, but I live in Massachusetts and if you’re anywhere near Boston… well, everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. Being originally…
Salted Brown Butter Toffee Chocolate Chunk Cookies
These chewy toffee cookies are filled with gooey pockets of chocolate, crunchy bits of toffee, and a nutty flavor from the brown butter that’s all topped off with a sprinkling of flake sea salt for a truly addictive dessert. No chilling required! Question for you: is there anything better than the smell of cookies fresh…
No Bake Cookie Overnight Oats
A quick and easy breakfast that can be prepped the night before and tastes exactly like a chocolate and peanut butter no bake cookie! No bake, refined sugar free, vegan, and can be gluten free and dairy free. Hey there! Long time, no talk. Been a little busy, because we did a thing a couple weeks…
Easy Cheesy Pizza Pull Apart Bread
Canned biscuits are dressed up with pizza toppings for an easy, cheesy pull apart bread appetizer for a group! I know things have been a little quiet around the blog home front lately, but I can explain: there are just not enough hours in the day! Anyone else aware of this problem? I’d like to…
My Top 10 Favorite Soups for Winter
My top ten favorite soups for the cold winter season that are sure to warm you right up! I feel like we can all agree that winter is soup’s prime time. They get to be front and center, everybody wants a piece of them, and just about everywhere you go has some sort of soup…
Coconut Lemon Poppy Seed Energy Bites
An easy bite-sized, naturally sweetened snack packed with coconut and lemon flavors and dotted with poppy seeds. No bake, raw, gluten free, dairy free, paleo and vegan! We’re down to a little over a month before our wedding, and I’m finally starting to acknowledge that maybe I should put down the doughnuts and do a…
Instant Pot Carrot Ginger Soup
This carrot ginger soup makes for an easy, healthy and heartwarming winter dish! It’s creamy with a subtle spicy kick of ginger, gluten free, dairy free, sugar free and perfect for those on a paleo diet. Includes directions for making in an Instant Pot as well as on your stove top. Welcome to 2019, everyone! …
White Chocolate Champagne Truffles
Melt in your mouth white chocolate truffles are creamy with a delicate champagne flavor, making them the perfect dessert for your New Year’s Eve party! You may have noticed that I close out each year with a champagne-y recipe – and this year is no exception. 2017: Nutella Champagne Dip 2016: Mimosa Jello Shots 2015: Champagne…
Bourbon Balls
Bourbon balls are a chocolate covered confection that’s bite-sized, boozy, and no bake! Powdered sugar, butter and bourbon-soaked pecans are coated in dark chocolate for the ultimate holiday dessert for adults. Unless I get a second wind between now and Monday, this is probably the last new recipe before Christmas hits. We’re winding down on…
Salted Dark Chocolate Pomegranate Tart
This chocolate tart recipe has a chocolate cookie and coconut oil crust, is filled with a rich and decadent cashew chocolate cream and pomegranate juice, and topped with fresh pomegranate arils and a tangy pomegranate sauce. Pomegranate is one of those foods that I love so much, but sweetbabyjesus is it hard to justify the…
White Chocolate Peppermint Lava Cakes
These chocolate molten lava cakes are packed with a creamy peppermint white chocolate filling and the perfect indulgent, small batch holiday dessert! Christmas is 12 days away. EVERYONE REMAIN CALM. It’s still double digits, and there’s still plenty of time for cookie baking, gift shopping, caroling, and wearing ugly sweaters. You can still pick an…
Gingerbread Cake Roll with Eggnog Cream Cheese Filling
This post is sponsored by PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese. As always, all opinions are mine. Thank you for supporting the brands that make Stress Baking possible! This moist cake roll has the signature gingerbread flavor with the addition of a rich and tangy eggnog cream cheese filling. Let’s get this out of the way: Yes, I…
Instant Pot Glühwein (Mulled Wine)
The coziest of holiday drinks, mulled wine (or glühwein) is super easy to make in an Instant Pot or on the stovetop and makes for a perfectly spiced, warm Christmas drink! Have you ever had glühwein? If you’ve hung around with any Germans around the holidays, I bet you have. And if you hang around with…
Gingerbread Linzer Cookies with Cranberry Filling
The warm spice flavors of these soft gingerbread cookies pair perfectly with the tart, slightly sweet cranberry cream filling. Top them with a delicate dusting of powdered sugar for a beautiful and festive holiday linzer cookie! Happy December, friends! This is THE month. You’re cozying up with a million layers and blanket scarves, you’re drinking…
Yule Log Cake (Bûche de Noël)
This festive yule log cake is chocolate cake filled with whipped cream, rolled into the shape of a log, and coated with a chocolate ganache – a classic European holiday tradition! Thanksgiving is over, so I’m in full on Christmas mode now. I’m assuming I have some sort of invisible switch that flips on at…