The only No Bake Lemon Cheesecake Bars recipe you’ll need! I LOVE citrus desserts, and this is one of my favorites. An easy recipe for no bake lemon cheesecake. A buttery graham cracker base, topped with a creamy, lemony cheesecake base. And then for some extra jazz, they are topped with swirls of bright lemon curd. I am usually a fan of baked cheesecake. As evidenced by my Secret Layer Cakes cookbook....

Having cookies for breakfast is no longer just for naughty grown-ups! It’s a real thing and I’ve seen plenty of registered dietitians endorse the trend, so it must be good for us! However, I think we can all agree there need to be some standards for breakfast cookies. Store-bought varieties tend to be full of sugar and processed grains. In other words, junk and not that much different than regular cookies....

Hi friends! I’m happy to be waking up at home this morning and getting snuggles from my kiddos, but my heart is aching a little not to be in D.C. Today’s the Women’s March on Washington and some of my Northwestern friends made the trip for it. We’d all done a similar march together when we were in school - drove about 15 hours from Chicago to D.C. in a van, playing music and being silly the whole way....

Paneer kofta recipe is a delicious and rich kofta recipe that belongs to the family of royal Lucknow cuisine. These are also known as malai kofta because malai is a Hindi word that means cream and kofta are fried balls. So the term malai kofta literally means koftas/fried balls dunked in a creamy sauce. What is Kofta? Kofta is made minced meat or ground meat but in India, vegetarians make the Veg kofta like paneer kofta, potato or Aloo Kofta, banana or Kele ka kofta and my favourite Lauki Kofta....

I am really excited about this weekend! First, it’s Cinco de Mayo and it’s on a Saturday so helloooo margaritas! Second, some friends are having a brunch party that morning and it’ll be good to catch up with lots of people I haven’t seen in a while. Third, we’re going to the PGA golf tournament here in Charlotte and have a babysitter booked all day during the day on Saturday....

This post has been sponsored by Wholesome. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Ah, Friday… how I love you so! We’ve had an unusually busy week here, in the form of social outings. I had a blogging friend dinner, my husband had a work dinner, we went to a wine/tapas event here in Charlotte and tonight is the fall festival celebration at my daughter’s elementary school. Whew! We’re not normally so cool!...

You can make it in a glass (or bottle) as an on-the-go breakfast smoothie, or turn it into a nourishing and filling smoothie bowl with toppings and more added goodness, or freeze them in popsicle molds for a refreshing summer snack! There are A LOT of things I adore about breakfast in this post. If you guys are anything like my husband and I, then you simply cannot function during the day without some nourishing breakfast recipes....

This is a great little side salad that is a great transition from summer into cooler temperatures–you could serve it at, say, a Labor Day potluck with grilled goodies or you could serve it alongside your favorite roast beef or pork. You could also add strips of grilled chicken to make and serve larger portions as a dinner salad. For the dressing, you’ll need red wine vinegar, 1/4 c. minced onion, sugar, coarse-grained mustard (in true Kate fashion, I used Creole mustard), 2 cloves garlic, 1/2 tsp....

4.74 37 Published Jun 08, 2021, Updated May 22, 2024 Today I have a fruity take on that recipe. It’s a spruced up version with fresh pineapple, lots of veggies and edamame. This version also skips the eggs so it’s perfect for all my vegan friends who want to get in on the quinoa “fried rice” action. The flavor of this fried quinoa is very similar to that of pineapple fried rice....

4.06 31 Published Sep 23, 2021, Updated Jul 24, 2023 Like my classic vegetable soup recipe, this soup is for all my vegetarians and vegans! That said, meat-eaters will surely not complain if you serve them a steamy bowl of this soup, as it is still plenty flavorful and filling with a ton of veggies and protein-packed quinoa. The zucchini, mushrooms, sweet potatoes and carrots add great texture while the quinoa adds a breadiness that almost makes it seem like a pot-pie soup....

5 2 Published Jul 24, 2023, Updated Nov 14, 2023 This cauliflower salad was inspired by a local market called Stella’s here in Richmond. I absolutely love their version and wanted to try recreating it at home. This dish is packed with bold flavors and vibrant colors and I love how it doesn’t require an extra step of making a dressing… just drizzle fresh lemon juice over everything and you’re good to go!...

4.35 54 Published May 07, 2021, Updated May 28, 2024 While I’m certainly a huge advocate of cooking and eating more at home, I’m also a big fan of keeping things simple. Eggs for Dinner One of my go-to quick and easy meals for busy nights are egg-based because even when the fridge is getting quite bare we usually have a few eggs on hand. There are a ton of different things you can make with eggs (like easy shakshuka), but we love making frittatas....

I added a healthy dose of vanilla extract as well and suddenly I had this beautiful golden mixture that tasted like caramel. So I knew exactly what I needed to add to it! (PS — if you have questions about ice cream makers, you can read this post to see my recommendations.) While the ice cream base was processing, I whipped up a batch of my easy Salted Caramel Sauce....

It’s January, we’re smack in the middle of winter, the days are dark and the nights are cold. Oh and it’s cold and flu and covidy seasons. So today we’re getting ready for ALL of that and more with this slow cooker chicken noodle soup. It’s a different version of my easy chicken noodle soup that’s made on the stove and I think you are going to love how hands off it is to make it in the crock pot instead....

The water bottle wraps are sized for the little mini bottles of water. They’re half the size of the standard ones and so perfect for little hands. Costco sells them, but not all Costco stores stock them, so you might want to call and check first. One of the stores in my area had them, the other didn’t. You can often find these little bottles at office supply stores, too....

And then I found this recipe on Food.com. It was simple (so it didn’t involve two different kinds of fat, three different kinds of flour, and the tears of virgin unicorns), it was fast, and it had rave reviews. So I decided to give it a shot. And these biscuits were everything I was hoping for–quick and easy, fluffy and layered (but not too flakey), perfect for butter and jam or biscuits and gravy....

Today is J’s last day of 4-year-old preschool. He has a little graduation ceremony tonight with his class and they sing a little song. I would currently be sniffling and tearing up except that he’s going to pre-K next year at the same school. (And we’ll be doing the graduation again then.) So while it’s been a major year of growing up for him, I’m not yet staring down the end of preschool and the start of kindergarten....

This detailed recipe will guide you on how to make spiced plum jam from fresh plums. No peeling involved either. Why I love this recipe I love autumn, and the glorious stone fruits that come with it. Fall isn’t just about pumpkin pie and pumpkin roll cake and pumpkin pancakes, you know. Living in Ottawa, I now have access to so many types of plum – blue plum, Italian plum and my favorite black plum....

I saw this recipe for Peach BBQ Sauce and I could tell by the ingredient list that I would love it. Plus it seemed perfect seeing that peaches are all over the place right now. It’s actually nothing like a traditional BBQ sauce, as you can probably tell by the pictures, so keep that in mind. I don’t want the name to be misleading. The consistency and flavor is more like a chutney or even a sweet and sour sauce....

https://www.instagram.com/p/BLHsjZeB25z/?taken-by=kate_ourbestbites But, for the most part, I really love La Croix (this isn’t sponsored, just…informational.) My favorites are orange, coconut, lime, mango, and grapefruit. I love them by themselves, but sometimes I need to dress them up just a little. This little refreshing mocktail adds fresh fruit and just a little bit of sugar to help break down the strawberries. You’ll need a can of coconut-flavored seltzer water (I use La Croix), 2 medium strawberries, half a lime cut into 2 wedges, and a teaspoon of sugar....