Recipes by Season

Ingredients are seasonal and each season has its own prized gems. Here you’ll find our favorite recipes for Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall! Celebrate with us and be inspired by eating the way Mother Nature intended♡. 


 

an aluminum foil-covered sheet pan with baking soda spread out evenly over the entire top

Easy Baked Baking Soda (for Ramen, Alkaline Noodles & Pretzels)

You might be wondering what is baked baking soda and what’s it used for?  For starters, when you heat baking soda in the oven for a long period of time, it chemically alters it from being bicarbonate of soda into sodium carbonate which is an even stronger alkaline salt. This […]

traditional homemade egg noodles being dried (some are traditional egg noodle shape for chicken soup and others are curly and look like ramen noodlees)

Easy Homemade Egg Noodles (For Chicken Noodle Soup & More)

This homemade egg noodle recipe is super easy and what I use to make classic homemade chicken noodle soup. In fact, these noodles are made with just 2 ingredients (four, if you count salt and water). So, if you’ve ever wondered how to make your own homemade noodles, this is […]

homemade chicken noodle oup with homemade noodles, sliced breaded chicken cutlet , two halves of ramen eggs with soft jammy yolks, julenned carrots, paper-thin slices of celery, and homemade swimming in homemade chicken stock with a ramen spoon

Easy Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup (With a Ramen Twist)

This is definitely one of the best homemade chicken noodle soup recipes out there (at least we think so♡). It brings two of our favorite dishes together into one delicious chicken noodle soup — ramen and the homestyle chicken soup I grew up with. This version is made 100% from […]

a toasted ghost marshmallow s'mores on top of melted chocolate and halved oreo with the cream removed

Easy Spooky Halloween S’Mores (Indoor S’mores 2-Ways)

If you’re looking for a last-minute easy Halloween treat to make, these spooky s’mores are delicious and adorable. They’re the perfect chocolatey dessert for Halloween parties (and you don’t need a campfire to make them — these are indoor s’mores). I’ve used homemade ghost marshmallows here but if you’re short […]

A vintage Italian serving platter with 7 total glistening barbecued ribs on it

Easy Smoky Fall-Off-The-Bone Oven-Baked Ribs

If you’re wondering how to make tasty BBQ ribs without a grill or a smoker, this oven-baked recipe is a great place to start. They’re really good. Not only are these ribs smoky, sticky, and just a little bit sweet, they’re fall-off-the-bone delicious and take less than 10 minutes to […]

Torta Di Mela (Easy & Delicious Italian Apple Cake)

This simple Italian Apple cake is a perfect way to use those crisp, fall apples you picked last weekend (or any apples that happen to be in season right now). It’s sweet, super tender, buttery, and full of apple flavor in every bite. As always, I’ve included step-by-step recipe photos […]

a large rectangular piece of lasagna in a pasta bowl

Abruzzese Almost-Bolognese (Lasagna al Ragù w/Porcini Béchamel)

This melty, cheesy, saucy, beefy lasagna al ragù uses whole sheets of golden fresh egg pasta layered with tomato and beef white wine sauce, creamy porcini béchamel, grated Grana Padano, and mozzarella cheese. It’s full of flavor and it’s much quicker than making authentic Lasagna Bolognese (which you should also […]

a single fluffy cinnamon roll on a dessert plate with the pan of cinnamon rolls visible in the background

Mom’s Famous Cinnamon Rolls (Best Cinnamon Rolls Ever)

This easy homemade cinnamon roll recipe is made 100% from scratch (and we happen to think they’re the best cinnamon rolls ever).  Anyone who knew my Mom also knew her locally-famous cinnamon rolls. These buttery, fluffy-soft, ooey-gooey cinnamon-swirled sweet rolls were some of the first items to be snatched up […]

an Italian clear glass cappuccino mug filled with homemade hot chocolate and ghost marshmallow slowly melting on top

Easy Deluxe Homemade Hot Cocoa Mix

This easy DIY hot cocoa mix is the only reason you need to ditch the store-bought stuff. Making homemade hot cocoa mix is quick and easy. Plus, it’s also a good excuse to make homemade marshmallows. For your convenience, I’ve included two hot cocoa mix recipes in this post — […]

a sheet tray dusted with powdered sugar and ghost-shaped marshmallows piped onto it with dark chocolate eyes and mouths

How to Make Easy Homemade Halloween Ghost Marshmallows

If you’re looking for an easy Halloween dessert recipe that’s super cute and delicious, these homemade mini marshmallow ghosts are the perfect treat. They’re fluffy and soft and full of pure vanilla flavor and taste nothing like the store-bought kind — and they take just about 25 minutes to make […]

3 turkey tinga tacos in hard tortilla shells with hot sauce drizzled on top

Easy Turkey Tinga Tacos (Best Way to Use Up Leftover Turkey)

Turkey tinga tacos are the perfect way to use up leftover Thanksgiving turkey but we love them so much we make them year-round. They’re smoky, tangy, a little bit spicy and so good it’s hard to believe how quick and easy they are to make. And don’t worry if you […]

closeup of a bluerry pumpkin muffin with toasted pumpkin seed crunch baked on top.

Bakery-Style Pumpkin Spice Blueberry Muffins (No-Mixer Needed)

Plump ripe blueberries have never tasted better than paired with delicious pumpkin spice muffins. In fact, this is now our new favorite way to eat them. This muffin recipe is based on my 97-year-old Granny’s vintage pumpkin bread recipe which is incredibly moist and delicious. And the best part — […]

a serving platter with a hot stack of pumpkin pancakes with melting butter, toasted chestnuts and covered with maple syrup and a wedge cut out to see the fluffy layers.

Best Fluffy Pumpkin Pancakes (With Video)

This homemade pumpkin pancake recipe is without a doubt one of our all-time favorite pancakes to eat — super fluffy, crispy buttery-edged, and topped with melted butter, roasted chestnuts, and drizzled with pure maple syrup. These buttermilk pumpkin pancakes are pure heaven and perfectly pumpkin-spiced! They’re also a great way […]