No one will believe this fabulous, silky-smooth, Creamy Cauliflower Soup is super healthy with NO cream and minimal ingredients. It tastes like something you'd enjoy at a fine restaurant! Okay, so call me a doubting Thomas. But you know what? You will probably find yourself with the same moniker after you read the recipe for this Creamy Cauliflower Soup. When you look at the ingredient list, it ...
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8 Ridiculously Easy Sheet Cakes - One-Bowl, No-Mixer Crowdpleasers!
8 ridiculously easy and ridiculously easy sheet cakes! These one-bowl, no-mixer cakes are perfect for easy entertaining. Have you tried one of our ridiculously easy cake recipes yet? Once you do, you won't go back! These recipes come together quickly AND they are super delicious. It's the best of both worlds. These sheet pan versions are perfect for easy entertaining. Make ...
Read More →15 Mexican-Inspired Recipes To Spice Up These Cold Winter Days!
15 of our favorite Mexican-inspired recipes to add some South-of-the-Border pizzazz to your meal planning. These are easy and delicious recipes that everyone will love! Are you looking for a way to spice up your dinner routine? These delicious Mexican-inspired recipes are the answer. We love these recipes and our readers do too! The flour tortillas and Mexican Chopped Salad are the most popular ...
Read More →If I Can Make Biscuits, You Can Too! 6 Ridiculously Easy Biscuit Recipes!
Think delicious, flaky, Southern-style buttermilk biscuits are too complicated? These fabulous, Ridiculously Easy Biscuit Recipes will definitely change your mind! Although I love to cook and bake, I spent most of my adult life thinking I could never make good biscuits. It wasn't that I didn't try, but the results were often a little embarrassing and never anything to brag about. I began to think ...
Read More →7 Ridiculously Easy Focaccia Recipes That Will Make you Look Ridiculously Clever
These 7 ridiculously easy focaccia recipes, both sweet and savory are perfect for breakfast, lunch and dinner. They make fabulous sandwiches and pair beautifully with soups, salads and breakfast entreés. Everyone LOVES finding focaccia in the dinner bread basket! Most people enjoy focaccia but think that it would be a labor of love to make at home. Not so! We've put together a collection of ...
Read More →Celebrate the Season! 12 Sweet and Savory Winter Citrus Recipes
12 of our favorite bright and sunny recipes featuring winter citrus! These delicious recipes are perfect for cold winter days. Winter can mean lots of cold and gray days. Brighten things up with these sunny winter citrus recipes! Lemons, oranges, clementines and more are all in season right now and we've got lots of delicious ways to use them. Citrus shines in salads and baked ...
Read More →Ridiculously Easy French Almond Frangipane Tart (Tarte Frangipane aux Amandes)
This French Almond Frangipane Tart tastes like it came from a fancy little Parisian patisserie. No one has to know how easily and quickly it comes together! The name itself sounds so fancy, don't you agree? French Almond Frangipane Tart. Frangipane is pronounced like this, quite different than I would have said it as a little North Carolina (originally Wisconsin) girl, the French pronunciation ...
Read More →12 Easy Salad Dressings to Brighten Winter Salads
12 delicious salad dressings to brighten winter salads! Take your salads from boring to extraordinary with these easy recipes. Salads don't have to be boring! They can be very delicious and something you crave. One of the secrets is a really delicious salad dressing. These are some of our favorite recipes that will make any salad special. Best of all, these recipes are easy. Just ...
Read More →Easy Pan-Seared Chicken Bruschetta
If you're in the mood for something healthy, satiating and fabulous, this super easy Pan-Seared Chicken Bruschetta is calling your name! Serve it with some crusty bread to sop up the delicious juices and you'll be hearing rave reviews from family, friends and guests! I've been making this Easy Pan-Seared Chicken Bruschetta for several weeks now, whenever we're in the mood for something light, ...
Read More →Seriously Delicious Soups, Stews and Chilies
Our favorite, hearty stews, soups and chilies are perfect for cold winter days. Warm up with one of these cozy recipes! It's CHILLY here in the mountains of North Carolina. There's a winter snow watch for the weekend and we're hoping for a real event. Making a big, cozy, comforting pot of soup, stew or chili sounds perfect for the weather outside. If you're in the mood for something hearty, ...
Read More →Healthy Delicious Meal Ideas for a Fresh Start!
Fresh, healthy meal ideas for the new year. These recipes will help you feel your best, without sacrificing flavor! It's that time of year when many of us are trying to eat a little lighter and leaner. After all the holiday indulgences, we feel better when we're eating more fresh vegetables and lean proteins. These recipes are full of feel-good ingredients and lots of flavor. The soups and ...
Read More →We'll Be Making These 2023 Recipes Again and Again!
2023 was a delicious year here at The Café! These are our favorite new recipes of the year. Did your favorites make the list? We shared the most popular new recipes of the year and now it's time for our favorites! We truly loved everything we've shared this year, but we wanted to highlight some recipes that didn't make the most popular list. These are recipes we will keep in rotation, ...
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