Recipe Blogs (Reader-Favorite Recipes)

Readers have spoken! With everything from breakfasts to desserts, these are the most popular, reader-favorite blog recipes. The Instant Pot recipes and Cake Mix recipes are particularly well-loved.

Recipe Blogs

16 Reader-Favorite Recipes (Sweet Treats)
Most people would probably put this list after the savory recipes. On this blog, however, we are firm believers in eating dessert first.

1. 3-Minute Peanut Butter Banana Ice Cream

2. Cake Mix Pancakes

3. Cranberry Oatmeal with Quinoa (Instant Pot recipe)

4. Cake Mix Cookie Bars

5. Cake Mix Custard (blender recipe)

6. Chocolate Pudding with Coconut Milk and Coffee

7. Foolproof Lemon Curd

8. Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cake (egg-free)

9. Pumpkin Ice Cream

10. 3-Minute S'Mores

11. Pretzel S'Mores (no campfire needed)

12. Baked Lemon Ricotta Donuts

13. Ooey Gooey Rum Cake

14. 7 Canned Cinnamon Roll Hacks

15. Sweet Carrot Pancakes with Marshmallow Creme

16. Dutch Baby

17. Coffee Whipped Cream

28 Reader-Favorite Recipes (Lunch & Dinner)

1. Egg Salad in an Avocado

2. Cornmeal Waffles with Homemade Chili

3. Collard Pizza Lasagna (Instant Pot recipe)

4. Hot Ham & Cheese Crepes

5. Creamy Enchilada Rice (Instant Pot recipe)

6. Amazing Homestyle Mayonnaise

7. Goat Cheese Dip

8. Copycat Taco Bell Grilled Stuffed Burritos

9. Popovers with Onion and Gouda

10. Breakfast Fusion Potstickers (featured on Huffington Post)

11. Salad with Fried Tofu "Croutons"

12. Chayote Squash with Cauliflower and Sherry

13. Cheesy Chicken Ramen Noodles

14. Chicken Curry Ramen Noodles

15. Pasta with Tuna and Bok Choy

16. Zucchini Pancakes

17. Kale and Zucchini Quesadillas

18. How to Fix Trader Joe's Masala Simmer Sauce

19. Cornbread Muffins with Hotdogs and Spinach

20. Toaster Oven Quiche/Pizza Souffle

21. Taco Salad

22. Coleslaw for People Who Hate Coleslaw

23. Gouda 101 for Cheese Simpletons

24. Mix and Match Pizza Casserole

25. Mojito Watermelon (a favorite at the food and wine festival in Angel Fire, NM)

26. Lamb Soup with Noodles

27. Homestyle Salad with Knorr Homestyle Stock

28. Cream of Broccoli Soup (Instant Pot recipe)

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Bonus - Drinks!

1. Lemon Lime and Bitters (an Aussie favorite)

2. Easy Pumpkin Latte

3. Hot Apple Cider (Crock Pot/slow cooker)

4. Vitamix Beauty Smoothie

Bonus - Holidays!

1. (Sorta) Healthy Peeps Nests for Easter

2. Thanksgiving Recipes for 2

3. Melting Snowman Christmas Cookies

4. Instant Pot Thanksgiving - 36 Instant Pot Recipes for Turkey, Ham, Sides, Desserts, & More

Bonus - Recipes You Can Make with a Box of Cake Mix!

1. Cake Mix Pudding

2. Cake Mix Cookie Bars

3. Cake Mix Pancakes

Instant Pot Recipes

Instant Pot Breakfasts

1. Sausage Gravy (for Biscuits & Gravy) from 365 Days of Slow + Pressure Cooking

2. Egg Casserole from Lemons for Lulu

3. Apple Cake from Ministry of Curry

4. Quinoa Breakfast Bowls from Detoxinista

5. Cinnamon Rolls from Aileen Cooks (You can create an assortment by using the tips in my Cinnamon Roll Hacks article.)

6. Banana Bread Steel Cut Oats from Mel's Kitchen Cafe

7. Oatmeal with Quinoa from Kitty Deschanel

Instant Pot Appetizers

1. Firecracker Candied Pecans from Amy + Jacky (Also great with almonds and/or walnuts)

2. Traditional Hummus from Everyday Maven

3. Beet Hummus from Simply Recipes

4. No Knead Bread from Bake Me Some Sugar

5. Hard Boiled Eggs (for Deviled Eggs) from A Mind "Full" Mom

6. Artichoke and Spinach Dip (Applebee's Copycat Recipe) from Adventures of a Nurse

Instant Pot Side Dishes

1. Life-Changing Mashed Potatoes from Mel's Kitchen Cafe

2. No-Drippings Gravy from The View From Great Island

3. Mushroom Risotto from Damn Delicious

4. Creamed Corn from Went Here 8 This

5. Stuffing from Pressure Cooking Today

6. New Orleans-Style Red Beans & Rice from Camellia

7. Green Beans and Potatoes from Oh, Sweet Basil

8. Silky Smooth Sweet Potatoes from Rachel Cooks

9. Caramelized Onions from Lisa's Dinnertime Dish

10. Sugar-Glazed Carrots from Deliciously Sprinkled

11. Mac and Cheese from The Salty Marshmallow

12. Collard Greens (and Collard Greens Pizza!) from Kitty Deschanel

13. Enchilada Rice from Kitty Deschanel

Instant Pot Soup

1. Butternut Squash Soup from Gimme Some Oven

2. Creamy Tomato Tortellini Soup from Cooking with Karli

3. Vegetarian Chili from Well Plated

4. Vegetable Soup from Where You Get Your Protein

5. Cream of Broccoli Soup from Kitty Deschanel

Instant Pot Main Course

1. Turkey Breast from Jo Cooks

2. Whole Turkey from Bacon Is Magic

3. Honey Ham (made with a bone-in spiral ham) from Adventures of a Nurse

4. 3-Packet Beef Roast from The Salty Pot

Instant Pot Desserts

1. New York Cheesecake from This Old Gal

2. Apple Crisp from The Typical Mom

3. Crustless Pumpkin Pie from Two Sleevers

4. Rice Pudding from Pressure Cooking Today

5. Bourbon Sticky Toffee Pudding from A Communal Table

Spelling tip: How do you remember the difference between 'desert' and 'dessert'?
With dessert, you go back for seconds!

Cake Mix Pancakes

This reader-favorite recipe is *almost* as popular as my Cake Mix Cookie Bars recipe . When making Cake Mix pancakes , the scrumptious possibilities are endless. Red Velvet cake mix pancakes. Chocolate cake mix pancakes. Butter Pecan cake mix pancakes. Funfetti cake mix pancakes. (Yes, Funfetti cake mix pancakes!) With this 2-ingredient recipe, you can turn your favorite cake mix into your favorite pancakes. Pancake making at its finest. Cake Mix Pancakes Personally, I think my funny napkin is the icing on the (pan)cake. It's Sunday morning and you're planning to do all the things today - scrub those grody baseboards, polish your quartz countertop that was supposed to be low maintenance but actually isn't at all, sort through the disaster that is the freezer. While on your superhuman kick, you think I'm going to make my family pancakes for breakfast. Not just any pancakes - the best pancakes ever. I may even serve them as breakfast in bed! You pu

Chemical Peel Before & After

This article has been updated! My new chemical peel post, which includes pricing, Jessner peel before and after photos, product recommendations, and a helpful timeline for scheduling your treatments, is at the bottom. My original Jessner peel post (one of the most popular on my site of all time) is at the beginning. Original Chemical Peel Article Considering a chemical peel? I recently underwent my first Jessner peel and thought I'd share my results, post a Jessner peel review, and answer some frequently asked chemical peel questions. (I'm guessing that "Does a chemical peel hurt?" is a biggie!) I'd been planning to order an over-the-counter peel when we were in Iceland , but my computer led me a different direction. I decided to do this on a whim after Groupon greeted me one morning with a great $40 chemical peel deal. Now, I can read your mind. You just gasped in horror and thought You trusted your face to a discount chemical peel?! You're wondering w

How to Move a Mattress

My site is popular for reviewing memory foam mattresses. With today's bed-in-a-box options lasting much longer than the traditional 7 years of a spring mattress, there's a good chance you'll eventually need to move one. But how? This is how to move a mattress without damaging it - even by yourself! When we were faced with the challenge of moving our beloved Amerisleep AS3 to our new home, it seemed like my readers would enjoy the details. This handy tip should work for any memory foam bed, including Casper, Leesa, and Nectar. I'm happy to report there is an extremely simple way to do it. Apartment and dorm dwellers rejoice! How to Move a Mattress At first, I wasn't sure how to move our king-size mattress down a flight of stairs. It's a problem we've dreaded solving ever since we made the decision to build a new house. The answer? It was right in the back of our truck. Ratchet straps . This solution could also serve as a 'How To' for returning

Window Seat Idea - Dream Home Inspiration of the Day

See it? Waaay at the back of the photo? I like how the window seat extends past the window all the way to the wall. How about you? If that's not your style, how about one of these lovely window seats? I'll seat you, my pretty, and your little dog too. How perfect would this be in a home office? I'd swap out that wimpy rug with a larger one.

3 Minute Toaster/Convection Oven Smores

These are perfect when you're craving a quick, sugary treat. They work equally well in a toaster oven and a convection oven. Best of all, compared to eating an entire bag of Oreos (something I have never done), they're quite healthy. What's that, you say? You already know how to make s'mores in the toaster oven? Well then, sit back and enjoy the ooey-gooey marshmallowy photos. (And if you're someone who works with me, please keep the "I've seen her polish off an entire bag of Oreo cookies" nonsense to yourself.) Step 1: Put desired amount of graham crackers on a toaster oven/convection oven-safe pan. Looks like it's time to clean this pan, Sexy Nerd Optional 1st step, which is Sexy Nerd's favorite: Spread peanut butter on each graham cracker (I'm not much of a peanut butter fan - WHAT?!? - so I skip this step.) Cover with yummy marshmallows. Top with chocolate chips. Place in the toaster o

Sending NAKED Emails

Although SN and I started out in a long-distance relationship, with me in New Mexico and him in Michigan, drinking that famous Flint water, we haven't spent much time apart since before our wedding 6 years ago, when I took a family reunion trip to the Seychelles and Paris without him. (He "had to work", but I think the idea of 3 weeks nonstop with my mom terrified him. To be fair, it was pretty scary!) Now, he has been gone on a business trip for nearly 2 weeks and I'm kinda starting to miss him. He says he misses me too. So, I decided to have some fun and send him the following email: Subject: Here are some NAKED photos for you Message: Be sure to delete these after you look at them. The photos, one titled "hubba hubba" and the other "you know you love it": "I ain't afraid to show it, show it, show it, show it." "I'm sexy and I know it." Yep, that is a 100% collar-free, naked Pica . Sexy Nerd&#

Oatmeal with Quinoa

*Do not add chia seeds - see note at the end of this recipe. In response to my popular Instant Pot Explosion blog post, I've had a few blog readers ask for my oatmeal with quinoa recipe, which is made in the Instant Pot. This seems a bit odd...you guys aren't trying to recreate that gooey mess in your own kitchens, right? My recipe does make delicious, foolproof Instant Pot oatmeal. It's only for patient people though. Whatever you do, do not manually release the pressure valve at the end of the cooking cycle! This recipe is also great in a Crock Pot, though that method takes longer. I like to set the temperature to Low before bed. What a hearty, indulgent breakfast to wake up to! I've been cooking up batches of my Oatmeal with Quinoa for years, long before I'd heard of the Instant Pot, and have even gifted the dry ingredients to health-conscious friends and family, who've suggested I sell this. Shark Tank, here I come! Oatmeal with Quinoa Featured

Field and Vine, Friends and Wine: Our Dinner in the Field

Dreaming of a farm-to-table experience on an actual farm? Sexy Nerd and I have discovered Field & Vine, an Oregon company that hosts special dinners and events. Don't get too attached to Bessie over there... Clarification: Bessie is a cow over in the field, not me. You cannot see the cow in the photo. Again, I am not Bessie. A Night of Culinary Connection and Wine-Fueled Friendships Last July, on a quest to conquer Oregon's wonders and combat adulting fatigue, we stumbled upon the "Dinner in the Field" event at Marion Acres hosted by Field & Vine. This wasn't your average dinner party; it was a celebration of local bounty, exceptional wines, and the joy of finding kindred spirits over shared plates. Surrounded by friendly faces and glasses filled with Suzor wines, we indulged in a multi-course masterpiece showcasing the heart and soul of Marion Acres. It wasn't just about the food; it was about the entire experience. Marion Acres: From Humble Beginning

Dental Memes

As the manager of two successful dental offices, my favorite memes are ones I can share with my dentistry dream team. Happy Team = Living the Dream! You don't have to work in dentistry to enjoy these. After all, everyone is a dental patient. You have visited the dentist within at least the year...right? (No guilt if you haven't! I've scheduled patients who haven't seen a dentist since the 1970s. Dentists, dental assistants, dental hygienists, and dental administrators have seen it all. We love this field because we love helping our patients. It's never too late to get back on track!) Funny Memes for Dentists Reminder: National Dentist's Appreciation Day is March 6th! Funny Memes for Dental Hygienists Reminder: National Dental Hygienist Appreciation Week is always the 2nd week of April! Funny Memes for Dental Assistants Reminder: National Dental Assistant Appreciation Week is always the 2nd week of March! Funny Memes for Dental Office Administrators Reminder: Ad

Reuzel: Grooming Tonic Industry Review

I'm looking out for you, my bloggy friends. At my last haircut, the hairdresser shared his favorite hair product of all time, REUZEL (which I'd never heard of), with me and I had enough sense to get the details to share with you. He didn't even have a bottle of it to sell me. It was a genuine, honest review. Also, are they still called hairdressers? Is this the equivalent of calling your flight attendant a stewardess? Stylist? Barber? Reuzel Grooming Tonic Review You know those men who have the softest, most perfect hair and it seems so unfair because most men don't even care about their hair? (Or so they say.) I think this is their secret. While you're here, be sure to read my funny haircut story . Geez, I'm awkward. The fact that I was brave enough to ask to take this photo at the salon is proof I love my blog readers. Never heard of it? That's probably because Reuzel Grooming Tonic is marketed toward men. From reading their endless 5-star reviews, men

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