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Homemade Family Friendly Recipes With Real Ingredients

Homemade Family Friendly Recipes with Real Ingredients, everything from soups and sides, dinners, appetizers, and all sorts of desserts: cookies, cakes, pies, bars, and many more inspired by my international travels.

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  • Child holding a stack of large Chocolate Chip Cafe Cookies.
    Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cafe Cookies
  • Italian Almond Snowflake Cookies dusted with powdered sugar on a black plate on a dark background with gold styling accents.
    Italian Almond Snowflake Cookies
  • A black plate on a wooden background filled with cinnamon pinwheel cookies with green boxwood leaves around the plate.
    Cinnamon Pinwheel Cookies
  • Golden Pumpkin Dinner Rolls in five rows of three on wooden cutting board on a marble background.
    Pumpkin Dinner Rolls
  • Popovers in a bread basket lined with a soft linen napkin on top of a drying rack on a white marble background.
    Popovers in a Muffin Pan with Cinnamon Honey Butter
  • An Einkorn Chocolate Chip Cookie on a white marble backdrop with several cookies including a broken cookie nearby.
    Best Chewy Einkorn Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars removed from a 9x13 pan and cut into 24 squares laying flat on parchment paper on a cookie drying rack.
    Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars in a 9x13 Pan
  • Golden Rice Krispie Cookies arranged on a white background.
    Crispy Rice Krispie Cookies with Rippled Edges
  • Chocolate Chip Rice Krispie Cookies stacked on top of each other showing the insides of the cookies and the melted chocolate chips.
    Chocolate Chip Rice Krispie Cookies
  • Twelve Cookies arranged in four rows of three on a rectangular cookie drying rack on a white marble surface dappled with natural light.
    How to Make Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • A golden baking sheet arranged with Crispy Oven Baked Chili Tacos with Ground beef layered with diced tomatoes and styled with sliced limes and guacamole.
    Oven Baked Crispy Chili Tacos with Ground Beef
  • Sweet Cinnamon Roll Pumpkin Focaccia cut into large squares with cream cheese frosting dappled with golden light on a simple light background.
    Sweet Pumpkin Focaccia with Cream Cheese Frosting (Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll Focaccia)
  • A loaf of golden Bubbly Focaccia cut into many pieces, some turned on their sides to show the bubbly interior.
    Bubbly Focaccia With Open Crumb in a 9x13 Pan
  • A pile of snowball cookies covered in powdered sugar with a wintry and Christmas background of red and green.
    Snowball Cookies Without Nuts
  • Horizontal slices of Apple Cinnamon Focaccia with Brown Sugar Butter Sauce and simple glaze with some slices turned on the side to show the fluffy apple cinnamon interior.
    Sweet Apple Cinnamon Focaccia
  • Summer Kale Salad in a bowl with diced nectarines, blueberries, feta, and pumpkin seeds with a tangerine vinaigrette overhead.
    Summer Kale Salad with Nectarines and Blueberries
  • Tuscan White Bean Soup that is vibrant orange in color with cannellini beans, orange carrots, and green kale in a bowl on a soft cream colored napkin.
    Tuscan White Bean Soup
  • Lauren holding a single sugar cookie with stacks of cookies in the background.
    Drop Sugar Cookies
  • Nectarine Cobbler
  • Vanilla Bean Sugar cookies piled on a white plate on a white background, with some rolled in vanilla sugar and a couple of small white flours.
    Vanilla Bean Cookies
  • Crispy Chicken Cobb Salad arranged with groupings of sliced crispy chicken, sliced avocados, sliced hard boiled eggs, cherry tomatoes, bacon, and blue cheese on a bed of romaine lettuce.
    Crispy Chicken Cobb Salad
  • The cross section of a Lemon Olive Oil Loaf Cake showing the most and tender cake topped with a simple sweet lemon glaze on a light background.
    Lemon Olive Oil Loaf
  • Slices of Chocolate Loaf Basque Cheesecake standing vertically slightly offset from one enough creating a wave pattern.
    Chocolate Loaf Basque Cheesecake
  • Two slices of Old Fashioned Lemon Pound Cake with lemon glaze on a small dessert plate on a white background.
    Old Fashioned Lemon Pound Cake
  • A slice of vibrant green Matcha Basque Cheesecake on white marble background with a fork.
    Matcha Basque Cheesecake
  • Three rectangular slices of cheesecake with a graham cracker crust stacked on top of each other with a light background.
    Cheesecake in a 9x13 Pan
  • Crispy golden focaccia croutons with Italian seasoning in a serving dish.
    Focaccia Croutons
  • Cake Without A Mixer sliced into squares on a white marble serving board frosted with easy chocolate frosting and decorated with M&M's.
    Cake Without a Mixer
  • Lemon Olive Oil Cookies arranged on a plate on a white background decorated with yellow accents, lemons, and flowers.
    Lemon Olive Oil Cookies
  • A large stack of twenty lightly browned einkorn tortillas layered on a towel in a bread basket.
    Einkorn Tortillas
  • Chocolate Chip Cookies Without A Mixer displayed on a warm brown background.
    Chocolate Chip Cookies Without A Mixer
  • One Olive Oil Cupcake cut in half showing the inside of the cupcake and the tall white frosting.
    Olive Oil Cupcakes
  • Olive Oil Scones arranged in a circle on a white background drizzled with lemon glaze.
    Olive Oil Scones (No Butter, Ready in 20 Minutes)
  • Caesar Salad with Crispy Chicken arranged on a white platter with romaine lettuce tossed with caesar dressing and sliced crispy chicken breast.
    Caesar Salad with Crispy Chicken
  • Strawberry and Blueberry salad in a blue bowl featuring candied almonds, sliced avocado, strawberries, blueberries, and goat chees on top of mixed greens.
    Strawberry and Blueberry Salad
  • Einkorn crackers on a charcuterie board surrounded by cheese, fruit, salami, and honey.
    Easy Homemade Einkorn Crackers
  • A stack of fluffy Einkorn pancakes on a plate topped with blueberries, butter, and maple syrup.
    The Best Fluffy Einkorn Pancakes
  • Lauren holding five Oatmeal Rice Krispie Cookies broken in half to show their texture.
    Oatmeal Rice Krispie Cookies
  • Several ramekins with orange creme brulee with a torched caramelized top broken by a spoon holding a scoop of creme brulee with decorative orange peels and dappled sunlight.
    Orange Creme Brulee
  • White fish layered on top of red bell peppers and zucchini with thinly sliced lemons on top in parchment paper that has been opened on a light blue plate.
    Baked White Fish in Parchment with Lemon and Vegetables
  • Several Olive Oil Muffins in a white serving bowl, with one muffin broken open to show a light fluffy interior.
    Olive Oil Muffins
  • Olive Oil Blueberry Muffins in a muffin tin with one muffin cut in half to show the soft interior of the muffin filled with blueberries.
    Olive Oil Blueberry Muffins

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Lauren sitting at table in Tuscany with a glass of wine, charcuterie and rolling green hills and winery in the background.

I'm Lauren, I've worked in Finance, earned an MBA, and lived and traveled throughout Europe and the US. I love to cook and bake, and bring our family together around the table. Recipes shared here are real family recipes with real, fresh ingredients inspired by our travels.

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Fall Recipes

  • Horizontal slices of Apple Cinnamon Focaccia with Brown Sugar Butter Sauce and simple glaze with some slices turned on the side to show the fluffy apple cinnamon interior.
    Sweet Apple Cinnamon Focaccia
  • Tuscan White Bean Soup that is vibrant orange in color with cannellini beans, orange carrots, and green kale in a bowl on a soft cream colored napkin.
    Tuscan White Bean Soup
  • Four slices of pumpkin bread stacked on top of each other on a marble serving board.
    Olive Oil Pumpkin Bread
  • A golden sheet pan with diced and Maple Roasted Butternut Squash.
    Maple Roasted Butternut Squash
  • Golden brown bone-in pork chops in a cast iron skillet with baked apples and.
    Baked Bone-in Pork Chops With Apples
  • A fork holding a piece of cheesecake held over the remaining portion of the slice of cheesecake.
    Pumpkin Basque Cheesecake

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  • Banana Bread in square baking dish on a light background.
    Banana Bread without a Loaf Pan
  • A potato and rosemary pizza on a white background with three slices cut surrounded by rosemary garnish.
    Potato and Rosemary Pizza
  • A hand holding a spoonful of Lemon Garlic White Wine Sauce with Butter over a bowl filled with the sauce on a light background.
    Lemon Garlic White Wine Sauce with Butter
  • Thick slices of banana bread covered in a white maple glaze on a light background.
    Banana Bread Glaze
  • Thick slices of banana bread with streusel topping on a white serving board surrounded by crumbs.
    Banana Bread with Streusel Topping
  • Chocolate Chip Rice Krispie Cookies stacked on top of each other showing the insides of the cookies and the melted chocolate chips.
    Chocolate Chip Rice Krispie Cookies

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