Cheesy Pizza Pasta with pepperoni, sausage, peppers, mushrooms, and onions has all of our favorite supreme pizza flavors in an awesome bowl of pasta!

When you can’t decide between pizza or pasta for an Italian meal, this pizza pasta recipe is bound to make everyone happy. 

We all know those kids who, if left to their own devices, would gleefully subsist on nothing but pepperoni pizza and cheesy pasta. (Some of us have had those kids and some of us WERE those kids.)

Pizza Pasta

Pizza pasta is a great way to please those picky eaters while sneakily adding variety into their diets. This hearty baked pasta recipe includes crumbled sausage along with pepperoni and cheese for a true meat lover’s meal.

The chopped up peppers and mushrooms are mixed in thoroughly with spaghetti sauce, cheese and pepperoni so even the most adamant vegetable haters at the table are likely to eat them up without complaint.

After cooking the pasta, sausage, and veggies in sauce, everything gets tossed together in the skillet, covered in cheese and even more pizza toppings and baked in the oven.

In just 15 minutes, you have a gooey cheesy kid-friendly meal that’s ready to serve. This recipe is also a fantastic way to use up ingredients leftover from pizza night! 

Pizza Pasta Bake

Baked pasta is, in essence, a variety of casserole but I think the phrase “pasta bake” sounds so much more delicious! I love the way that baking the assembled pasta dish creates a bubbly layer of melted cheese on top.

Each bite of this baked pizza

Welcome to the weekend, my friends! This has been the chilliest week so far and I’m looking forward to temperatures that might be a wee bit warmer next week. I managed to get out for a walk just once this week, and let me tell you, we were chilled from head to toe when we got back home. And the weather was completely worthy of the hot cocoa we made when we were finally back home!

ON THE BLOGS THIS WEEK:  Ground beef stroganoff puts a new spin on the classic dish. Easy and fast enough for any weeknight, this stroganoff tastes every bit as good as the original–maybe even better.

Creamy, nutty, and just a little bit salty, these 4 ingredient cheese balls are incredibly simple to throw together, perfect for elevating your next charcuterie night – or for anytime you want a cheesy snack that will keep nicely in the fridge.

Baked sweet potatoes with their soft fluffy insides are delightful with a simple pat of butter and a sprinkling of kosher salt. These potatoes make a hearty side dish or a light meal on their own. I’ve been baking them in the air fryer lately for an easy warm lunch.

Homemade shrimp ramen is a quick and satisfying twist on the classic Japanese dish. With simple ingredients and minimal prep, this easy recipe offers a flavorful shortcut to a delicious bowl of noodles, succulent shrimp, and aromatic broth. Perfect for chilly days when you crave a comforting meal without the fuss.

Rich chocolate brownies with cranberries and pecans are one of my favorite easy-to-make desserts this time of year – it is an unexpected and fun holiday flavor combination.

Served plain or topped with ice cream and hot fudge sauce, I’ve been making cranberry brownies at least a few times every holiday season for years. And without exception, everyone who has tasted them has raved over them.

Ice Cream French Toast? You bet. This delightfully crisp-edged, custardy French toast only needs three ingredients; melted ice cream, Brioche bread, and butter. It is utterly perfect and so easy to make!

Cinnamon ice cream is a sweet, rich, vanilla custard ice cream spiced with enough cinnamon to linger after each bite. (Save a few scoops for a batch of French t

Orange Chocolate Chip Scone Bread [+Video]

Master the art of making delicious orange chocolate chip scone bread with our step by step recipe and instructional video. Impress your friends and family with this tasty pastry treat!

I was craving scones one day, and then I saw Carla Hall make a scone loaf on the Food Network. What?!? A scone LOAF? As in BREAD?! I was totally reeled in and I couldn’t sleep until I tried it.

I am totally sold! It is tender and flaky like a scone, but it eliminates the step of forming the individual scone. I can’t wait for you to try it! Thanks for the ispo, Carla!

What is Scone Bread?

Scone bread is like traditional scones but in a loaf form. It has a texture and flavor similar to a scone, but is shaped like quick bread. You can slice the loaf and serve it in slices rather than individual triangular scones.

Ingredients for Chocolate Orange Scone Bread

Most of these ingredients are pantry and refrigerator staples, so chances are good that you can make this recipe on a moment’s notice. In case you need to hit the grocery store for an ingredient or two, here is what you will need:

• Flour: just regular all purpose flour is all you need
• Baking Powder: adds rise and fluffiness to the loaf
• Sugar: adds some sweetness
• Cream of Tartar: adds a delicious tanginess
• Salt: enhances all the flavors in the bread
• Butter: adds flavor, richness
• Semisweet Chocolate Chips: you can use regular size chips or mini chocolate chips
• Orange: fresh zest adds all the delicious orange flavor
• Heavy Cream: helps pull all the ingredients together and creates a moist scone dough
• Milk: helps hold all the ingredients together for the dough
• Eggs: gives structure to the bread
• Egg Yolk: mixed with some cream, the egg wash gives the top a nice golden shiny finish

Glaze

• Unsalted Butter: adds richness to the glaze
• Powdered Sugar: adds sweetness
• Orange Juice: adds more natural orange flavor
• Almond Extract: adds flavor
• Vanilla Extract: adds flavor
• Butter Flavoring: adds a little more butter flavor to the glaze

The measurements for all the ingredients in the bread and glaze can be found in the recipe card at the end of this post.

How to Make Scone Bread

This is the step by step guide for making this taste scone loaf. These instructions can also be found in the recipe card at the end of the post. Keep scrolling for the complete details.

1. Prep: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spray loaf pan(s) with c

This delightfully crisp edged, custardy French toast only needs three ingredients; melted ice cream, Brioche bread, and butter. It is utterly perfect and so easy to make!

Ice Cream French Toast

I first saw this done in a Jacques Pepin video and was intrigued immediately. Who wouldn’t be?

I’ve tweaked his method just a teeny bit for our tastes, as we prefer our French toast a bit crisper and not as well-soaked. The key here is choosing an ice cream that is custard based.

You can purchase any flavor ice cream you like at the store so long as it is a custard style that contains eggs. If you’re feeling egg-stra domestic, you can use any of these excellent homemade ice creams to make your French toast.

Irresistibly rich, Coffee Ice Cream is a dessert that captures the morning joy of a freshly brewed cup of your favorite java. Cinnamon Ice Cream is a sweet, rich, vanilla custard ice cream spiced with enough cinnamon to linger after each bite.

Creamy homemade vanilla ice cream is the ne plus ultra

Chocolate Covered Coconut Balls {6 Ingredients!!}

Chocolate covered coconut balls are a recipe from my childhood. My mom would make them every year for Christmas to take around to our friends and neighbors. I didn’t like them at all. Haha! Oh how things change!

Is there an age you reach that you start looking backward instead of forward or is this just a me thing? I’ve been very nostalgic lately and it seems to grow more and more so as the years move on.

Yes, I still hope and dream. I still am loving life and where it’s taking me, but I’ve found this fondness for time and our stories. As a little girl I had no idea that the past little moments would one day be big ones to me. Coconut chocolate balls were absolutely not on my radar as ever mattering. In fact, I hated them, but there’s a reason they are here.

Home was a Safe Haven

I grew up on a very small private road in Vancouver, Washington. Our street was shaped like the letter T. You entered at what would be the bottom of the T and drove down until you had to go left or right. I was off to the right and I can still see our big rhododendron bushes lining our yard and the way the fog hung in the air as we walked to school each morning.

Every Christmas, lights would appear on houses and Christmas trees in windows and as I wandered home from school careful to not walk too close on the right where the huge mean poodles lived, and quick to walk past a field on the left where occasionally the rottweilers got out of their fence and would chase us barking and nipping at our buns (it was horrifying to say the least) I would picture all of the goodies Mom would be standing at the kitchen island making.

As a kid you don’t really think about other kids and their homes. I just assumed all families were doing what we were. All kids were safe and happy. All moms were full time at home cleaning house and preparing wonderful meals and goodies. I know better now. I grew up in a safe haven. A place of love and peace. I find myself looking back as the mother of children now and understanding what I am to create and who I am to be because of these memories of my family.

Connecting in the Kitchen

Peanut butter balls were my favorite. All dipped in chocolate like a Reese’s peanut butter cup. But every year Mom made a batch of the dreaded coconut balls too. GAG!! Ugh, all those stringy strands of pungent coconut like you’re eating a hairball from our little Tabby cat.

But remember, I’m nostalgic, and looking back all while I’m circling my arms around my little ones so one day I found myself wanting to connect with our teenager and realized, she adores coconut and I have just the recipe to make with her. A grandmother’s love entered that kitchen as we rolled ball after ball of coconut. I was able to weave generations and hearts together and suddenly the hated coconut balls weren’t hated at all, but instead they became a treasure between a mother and a daughter.

What Ingredients Do I Need for Chocolate Covered Coconut Balls?

Sometimes all you need is a few simple ingredients