So good. So easy. So simple. Sopaipillas!

Shredded kale salad with orange vinaigrette, apples, almonds, and togarashi.

Mexican red rice makes chile rellenos even more awesome!

Peanut butter truffles

Make bacon-wrapped Boursin-stuffed dates for the next party in your mouth.

Chocolate gingerbread pancakes

Chana masala.

Shredded Brussels sprouts salad, because we all need this in our bellies.

Homemade orange milano cookies from Lara Ferroni’s book, Real Snacks. Favorite junk foods without the junk!

A favorite savory snack: Chinese curried beef pastries.

Roasted butternut squash with Moroccan spices- a vegetable that deserves your undying devotion.

I made cranberry sauce just so I could bake this gorgeous cranberry yogurt coffeecake. Yum!

Volcano roll: crab, avocado, cucumber roll topped with spicy tuna, masago, sriracha mayo and wasabi mayo.

Patty melt: a cross between a hamburger and a grilled cheese sandwich done animal style (mustard and caramelized onions).

Chocolate cassata cake- a ricotta cheese filling with orange and pistachio accents.

Chunky, creamy, satisfying spinach artichoke cream cheese.

Seven layer cookies are ready in no time flat for your sweets fix.

Vietnamese grilled lemongrass pork (thit heo nuong xa) – so easy and ridiculously good!

Think twice about passing over this miso butter roast chicken. It is ridiculously good and easy to prepare.