Fancy-sounding dishes that are secretly super easy to make are totally my jam.

Whipped cherry butter looks so beautiful on your table but comes together in just minutes. Cranberry brie bites always impress guests but are made with just 3 ingredients. And this apple compote sounds fancy but takes almost no effort to make.

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If you’ve been reading MBA for a while, you know that I love chocolate ganache. Whether I’m using it as a glaze for a bundt cake, a frosting for brownies, or even as a sauce for ice cream, it’s something that has so many uses.

I’ve included a lot of various ganaches with different dessert recipes on this site over the years, but I realize that I’ve never given you a standard, simple ganache recipe.

So today we’re going to talk all about ganache: What it is, how it’s made, how to use it, and so much more.

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My super simple microwave lemon curd is one of my favorite recipes and one of my top reader recipes – and for good reason.

It’s such an easy recipe and is done in a matter of minutes, but you would never guess that it was made in the microwave after you try it. It’s just as silky and tart and perfect as a lemon curd made the traditional way.

So when I got to wondering if this method would work for lime curd, I obviously had to give it a try.

You know I was so happy to discover that not only does it work – it’s delicious! If you love limes and their lip-puckering flavor in recipes like frozen lime pie, this tart lime curd is perfect for you. 

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One of my favorite fall recipes is also one of your – my readers – favorite recipes: apple butter!

There is nothing quite like putting apple butter in my crockpot before bed, setting it to low, and waking up to the amazing smell of cinnamon and apples in the morning.

With how much I love pumpkin, I couldn’t believe that I had never yet made homemade pumpkin butter!

This was the year to change that. This pumpkin butter is so dreamy and the perfect way to start off your morning. 

Toast topped with pumpkin butter alongside a cup of coffee? Nothing could be better.

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This has been the Summer of Strawberries around here.

Whether they’re in strawberry popsicles, piled on top of ricotta cheesecake, or a part of a fresh fruit salsa with cinnamon tortilla chips, I can’t get enough strawberries this year.

So it only makes sense that I would want to throw together a simple strawberry pie filling to really let those beautiful strawberries shine, right??

Forget canned strawberry pie filling – this recipe is so easy and tastes so much better!

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When I was a kid, we briefly lived with my great grandmother, Lottie. She was a magnificent woman and an incredible cook. I was quite young – about 5 or so, but I have some pretty vivid memories of the time we spent in her home.

I remember sitting at her dining room table and coloring for hours with the crayons she kept in an old coffee can, and an old fashioned rotary phone that sat on her perfectly organized desk. 

Her home was immaculate and I remember giggling every time she told me to keep my feet off of her davenport.

She had a drawer devoted to her beloved baking tools, and even went so far as to purchase a set of miniature tools just for me. She’d neatly pull my hair back and keep it out of my face with a babushka, and then put a ball of dough in front of me. 

We’d sit at the kitchen table for hours, rolling dough and cutting perfect circles with the top of a glass. Then we’d fill, fold, and crimp each of the dough circles to create the most amazing pierogies.

On summer evenings, we’d all load up into the car and head to the ice cream parlor.

I was always a caramel sundae kind of girl, but I remember snagging bites of my dad’s Tin Roof Sundaes that were slathered in the most incredible hot fudge sauce. And even though I’ve never been much of a hot fudge kind of girl myself, Elle can’t get enough of all things chocolate.

And during the summers she is all about ice cream, especially when it’s topped with a bit of chocolate sauce, Reddi Wip, sprinkles, and – of course – a cherry.

Whether you’re out of the jarred stuff or just craving a rich, chocolatey, homemade treat for your favorite ice cream, this homemade hot fudge sauce should definitely be on your summer bucket list!

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I think you all know by now that as easy as it is to run to the store to buy certain things, it’s sometimes just as easy to make them at home.

Like pumpkin pie spice or taco seasoning – I can pick them up at the store, but they’re so easy to make at home and the homemade versions actually taste better.

This strawberry sauce is one of those recipes. Yeah, you can buy that red squeeze bottle of strawberry sauce at the grocery store, but it’s always overly sweet and doesn’t really taste like strawberries.

This stuff, though? It takes less than 10 minutes to make and is bursting with flavor. 

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My kiddo goes through a lot of phases with veggies and fruits. One day, she’s absolutely in love with kiwis and clementines and the next day she’s completely over them.

However, her love for fresh berries is typically a constant – especially if we’re talking about strawberries and raspberries.

Her love of fresh berries often causes this mama to overbuy at Costco which means we’re often left with packages of berries on the verge of going bad.

Instead of tossing those barely-good berries or throwing them into a smoothie, let’s make some raspberry sauce instead. It’s simple, delicious and so good on so many things!

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Homemade Cranberry Sauce is one of those holiday recipes that I pretty much make just for me.

I love the stuff and will happily eat it for days after Thanksgiving with buttered Parker House Rolls or toast, as a topping for Greek yogurt or ice cream and even as sandwich spread with leftover turkey and ham.

I think people will forever equate cranberry sauce with the jiggly stuff that slides out of an aluminum can and they just don’t know what they’re missing when it comes to homemade cranberry sauce. But that’s totally okay because it means more for me!

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Every year right around this time, we usually venture to a local apple orchard with E’s school for a fall field trip.

However, given the current circumstances, field trips aren’t exactly happening right now, but we’re still yearning for a little fall fun.

Instead of a field trip, we’re going to take a family trip and head to our favorite orchard to pick up pumpkins, cornstalks and loads of apples for all kinds of recipes like our favorite Crockpot applesauce, caramel apple crisp and this super simple homemade apple butter conveniently made in an Instant Pot.

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