These Maple Pecan Cookies, with their chewy texture and delicate flavor, are elegant enough for entertaining, while also being a kid-favorite (they don’t even mind the pecans!). When Reader Bryndee Neumann first shared this cookie recipe with us, it seemed like she was describing the impossible. “These are different, delicious, and of course super easy…
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Crock-Pot Sesame Chicken Thighs
The complete chicken dinner that literally takes two minutes of prep and cooks without you. This is the kind of dinner that takes just seconds in the morning. It’s perfect for those days that you need to rush out the door and need to come home to something that’s just ready. We combined all the…
The 9×13 Life: Chickpeas, also known as Arbes
Love fresh, hot arbes? Don’t love the mess of cooking arbes in a pot? We got you. There’s something about eating chickpeas when they are fresh and hot, and you don’t get that when you buy them ready-made in the grocery from the refrigerator section next to the dips. You know exactly what we are…
Beef Chili Pizza
Meat pizzas are always a hit. They stretch meat really far, fill everyone up, and make an easy meal. They’re perfect for a Sunday night dinner with leftover meats or as fun party food that everyone will love. Our Best Meat Pizza with Pastrami and Facon is true party food — rich, savory, and satisfying….
Protein Cookie Dough Bites
Do you need that sweet treat that’s filling, nutritious, and loaded with protein? Keep these Protein Cookie Dough Bites in your freezer. Sure, there’s lots of good, natural protein available out there. Tuna, salmon, chicken, eggs…and there’s no limit to the protein-full recipes we can enjoy. But that’s not always what we’re in the mood…
Rice Krispie Chocolate Chip Cookies
With extra added texture and crunch, these Rice Krispie Chocolate Chip Cookies with oats and Rice Krispies are the perfect item to bake this Sunday. During the same conversation in which Leah Reichman told me about this Salmon Sheet Pan Dinner, she also mentioned that these cookies are a favorite in her home. There have…
Sesame and Cucumber Salad
This fun, filling salad is loaded with sesame flavor and great crunch. You’re going to be surprised at how much flavor is in this one! A couple years ago, Between Carpools featured this Fun Crunchy Sesame Cucumber dish that came courtesy of Chef Mina Newman from Sen Sakana. It was delicious. I loved the flavors,…
Flanken Roast Over Lima Beans
This is our favorite Flanken Roast…and if you don’t know if you like lima beans, you’re about to discover that you really do. This has been one of my family’s favorite flanken roast recipes since October of 2022 when I gave a ride to a friend’s daughter and she mentioned that her mother-in-law makes a…
Celery and Green Apple Salad
This Celery and Green Apple Salad has that delightful chewy and crunchy factor. It’s super refreshing, assembles in just minutes, and can be adapted to use whatever you have on hand. Last year, while my neighbor Suri was at my door to pick up her daughter, the subject of recipes came up. Of course. It…
Whole Wheat Honey Oatmeal Cookies
These breakfast cookies will be the go-to favorite for both moms and kids. “Ma, these are so good. They’re going into Dinner Done 2, right?” “No, they’re not for the book. They’re going to be on Between Carpools for back-to-school season.” It seems that every time I made these cookies and refilled the cookie jar,…
