If you are new here and do not know where to start, you are in the right place. This is where I keep the recipes readers come back to most. Easy dinners, desserts worth turning on the oven for, and the seasonal favorites I make every year.

Below you will find the main collections. Fall desserts, cookie recipes, family meals, and summer potluck favorites. Each one is a curated hub with my best recipes for that topic. Pick the one that matches what you are in the mood for and start browsing.


Summer Dessert Recipes including Smores brownies, chocolate lasagna, and lemon poke cake.

Summer Must-Tries

Easy Summer Dessert Recipes for Crowds and Warm Weather

No-bake desserts, citrus poke cakes, s'mores everything, and all the crowd-pleasers you need for cookout season. Nine recipes, most made ahead, zero stress.


Seasonal & Holiday Collections

Holiday baking starts early in my kitchen, but summer desserts come first. From no-bake cookout recipes to Halloween treats, Thanksgiving pies, and all the Christmas cookies and baking, these seasonal collections take you through the whole year.


Christmas Cookie Recipes Hub featured image.

Your Holiday Baking List

Cut-outs, crinkles, drop cookies, bars, and the sturdy ones that ship well. All tested, all reliable, all in one place.


Top Individual Reader Favorites

The recipes below are the ones readers share most. If the crowd loves it, it is here.

Start Here If You're New

Not sure which collection to pick first? The easy cookie recipes hub has my most-shared recipes of all time. The easy family meals page covers weeknight dinners, Instant Pot favorites, and recipes my kids actually eat. And if dessert is the only thing you are here for, the favorite desserts and sweet treats page has everything from brownies to cheesecake.