2-Ingredient Creamsicle Cocktail!

Summer evenings are for all-night fun having! Skip the obligatory fruit salad finale and keep the party going with a boozy treat that's more cocktail than dessert. That's what your friends really want. Take a screen shot. Pin it to your drink board. This trick's about to make your summer...

5-Ingredient Funfetti Cake Lemon Bars, You're Welcome!

Lots of my favorite ladies are June-babies and I am, too! In years past I've made Birthday Cake Tea Lights and the Ultimate Funfetti Recipe Roundup in their (our) honor. This year, I'm at it again. Here's what happens when Funfetti Cake and Lemon Bars make sweet, sweet love and have a ridiculously delicious baby...

Easiest 5-Ingredient Quiche Lorraine Your Life Needs!

Today is the day we give thanks to France for bringing the cheesiest, most savory, bacon-studded pie into this world for us all to love and enjoy. Happy National Quiche Lorraine Day, everybody! To celebrate, I'm sharing my quickie recipe for the dish-of-honor here and on fab Freutcake. The players: egg-y custard, crisp bacon and shredded Gruyere cheese. Unzip your pants and let's get started...

3-Ingredient Saucy Southern Iced Tea!

Real talk: I hate serving cocktails you have to measure during the summer. I want a drink I can eyeball, stir up in one pitcher and easily refresh without having to leave my lounge chair. That's why this 3-Ingredient Saucy Southern Iced Tea is my new go-to for summer sipping and it should be yours, too...

5-Ingredient Salmon & Yogurt Sauce

I write a 5-ingredient recipe column for my fave gal Leah over on Freutcake! I was totally jazzed when she asked me to focus on a fast, healthy dinner recipe for spring because this Salmon & Yogurt Sauce recipe is a go-to in our house. Get ready for some (easy) clean eatin'!

5-Ingredient Spring Veggie Pizzas—My Latest On Freutcake!

If you head over to Freutcake today, you'll get the dirty little secret behind my super-last-minute Spring Veggie Pizza recipe. Without giving too much away, let's just say that I'm starting to embrace my complete lack of time management once sunshine and warm weather lures me outside. 

Miniature Carrot Pudding Pies—Modern Easter Dessert Idea!

For a festival gal like myself, my Easter routine is surprisingly simple but this year I'm aiming to host an egg decorating party with lots of champagne, glitter bar and these Miniature Carrot Pudding Pies—my (tasty) contribution to Freutcake today!

5-Ingredient Miniature Sour Dough–Green Apple French Toast Bites!

There are two brunch seasons according to the magazine calendar: December/January and early spring. Through osmosis over the years, I seem to have adopted this work-related timeline in my personal life. I'll host a killer New Years breakfast, then totally ignore AM-entertaining until J.Crew's hawking short-shorts and liberty print again.   

OMG, Online Valentine's Day Party with Freutcake—Google+ Hangout!

Happy Saturday, lovely friends! In case you missed it, Leah Bergman, Marisa Mangum and I had a super-fun (cyber) Valentine's Day Party this afternoon and it's all online for you to see via video. Go, #teamfreutcake! 

Easy Appetizer: Spicy Lambs-In-a-Blanket—My Latest On Freutcake!

While I will always be a classicist when it comes to pigs-in-a-blanket, giving the standard snack a few ingredient upgrades makes it feel less, well, piggish...especially when you consume the volume that I do on Super Bowl Sunday...

5-Ingredient Roasted Broccoli Soup—My Latest on Freutcake (YUM)!

If you pop over to Leah Bergman's fabulous blog, Freutcake, this morning you'll find the full story behind my favorite cold-weather, weeknight food: Creamy broccoli soup that's super flavorful (and surprisingly good for you). 

5-Ingredient Sticky Toffee Monkey Bread—My Latest On Freutcake!

You may have spotted the teaser video for this 5-Ingredient Sticky Toffee Monkey Bread over the weekend. Well, huzzah! The big reveal is here: Head over to Leah Bergman's blog, Freutcake, for the full tale of my new favorite breakfast treat—the ooeiest, gooiest thing you can imagine! 

5-Ingredient Easy Blue Cheese Gougeres—My Latest On Freutcake!

If you stop by Leah Bergman's blog—Freutcake!— this morning, you'll find my super-easy recipe for these Blue Cheese Gougeres. I love to adopt a "cocktail party" mindset even when I'm hosting a big dinner, like Thanksgiving, especially during the first few hours guests are over...

Sneak Peek: 5-Ingredient Blue Cheese Gougeres for Freutcake!

Hi there, lovely friends! It's disgusting here in Brooklyn today—truly icky!—so I figured I'd share a quick video to get you hungry/excited for my next post with Freutcake. (You guys video-bindge when it's raining out, too, right!?)

Any-whoo! Take a look, then keep an eye out for the link on Leah's Facebook page or just sit tight and I'll share the recipe with you shortly xo PS. Can I just say, I'm loving working with Leah. So inspiring! If you're not a Freutcake-fan already, add it to your daily reads. Trust me! #teamfreutcake

(Song "Et Moi, Et Toi, Et Soie" by Cléo)

Easiest 5-Ingredient Candy Corn Meringue Cookies Ever—Haute Halloween!

I came up with these Candy Corn Meringue Sandwich Cookies out of laziness. Like most sweet-loving gals in the world, I'm obsessed with French macaron cookies (not to be confused with macaroons) but don't have the patience to make them—they're tricky! Regular meringues are far more straightforward and only require a few ingredients. 

Easiest-Ever Miniature Apple Cider Doughnut Recipe on Freutcake!

Good morning, lovely friends! Do I have a treat for you but first an exciting announcement: Leah Bergman the sweet, classy and remarkably talented creator of Freutcake selected me to contribute to her amazing blog and I'm kicking off my new "5 Ingredient Recipe" column with these easiest-ever Apple Cider Doughnuts. 

5 Fabulous Egg-Themed DIY Projects For Easter—Good Talk, Good Food!

Sending a big ol' thank you to Melissa Coleman, of The Faux Martha, and Freutcake's lovely Leah Berman for joining us in our second Google+ Hangout video all about eggs—those ladies are superstars! Incase you missed it live, here's the video of our online recipe/craft session (be aware: the image freezes for a few seconds at 1:33 but keep watching, it remedies itself within 16 seconds)! I can't wait to try Leah's gold-leaf eggs—who knew they were so easy?—and Melissa's adorable birds nest coconut macaroons. Head over to their blogs for the full how-to instructions.

[Gold leaf Easter egg photo by Leah Bergman of Freutcake / Birds nest macaroon photo by Melissa Coleman of The Faux Martha]