These ribs only have 3 steps, a simple dry rub, and you finish them off in the oven with some tangy, sweet BBQ sauce. These 3 Step Fall Off the Bone Oven Baked Ribs are foolproof! I was so proud of myself for perfecting these ribs, normally I’m a chicken girl, but these are so simple anybody…
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Crispy Oven Baked Fish and Chips
Fresh Crispy Oven Baked Fish and Chips all baked on ONE SHEET PAN! Â No grease, no clean up, Â no clogged arteries. Â Feeling skinny! Check out our secret weapon for perfect oven baked fish! The trick to making Crispy Oven Baked Fish and Chips! Whats that secret? Â Pre browned panko crumbs! Â Simply dump those plain old…
Bananas Foster Upside Down Cake
This easy to make Bananas Foster Upside Down Cake has fresh bananas, a rum laced brown sugar topping, crunchy pecans and a tender cake underneath.  Less than 10 minutes to assemble and in the oven it goes!   I first laid eyes on this cake in a magazine at an airport.  Of course I was too cheap to…
Crispy Chicken and Potatoes in Garlic Leek Cream Sauce
This Easy Baked Chicken in Garlic and Leek Cream Sauce is a breeze to make and get this…the cream sauce is mostly chicken broth and the chicken is skinless so win win on the fat-o-meter! If you have never cooked with leeks before you are in for a real treat! Â They have a mild green…
Smoked Salmon Pizza
This Smoked Salmon Pizza makes an easy and elegant appetizer or light meal.  Made with store bought pizza crust, flat bread or naan, topped with cream cheese, smoked salmon, onion and capers! Reminiscent of our favorite breakfast of bagels, cream cheese and lox, this easy to prepare Smoked Salmon Pizza is perfect for every meal! …
Guinness Irish Stew
Guinness Irish Stew – who knew a dark beer could add so much flavor….and yet, not taste like beer! Â Fresh ingredients all simmered together for a wonderfully deep flavored Guinness Irish Beef Stew! Pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars… I’ll bet you didn’t know I spoke fluent Irish… ya, me and the little guy…
30 Minute Lemon Garlic Shrimp and Asparagus
These Lemon Garlic Shrimp and Asparagus foil packets come together so easily- 5 minutes of prep, 20 minutes of cooking, and BOOM! Dinner is ready! These are Keto friendly, Whole30 friendly, Weight watcher Friendly- there really isn’t a diet these aren’t friendly with. Healthy, delicious, and easy…that’s what Laughing Spatula is all about! Start the…
Gnocchi Sausage and Spinach Soup
With just a few simple and wholesome ingredients, you can make this most amazing and comforting Gnocchi Sausage Soup in less than 30 minutes! A recipe re-doooo !  We first posted this in December of 2011.  That’s like a 100 in blog years.  This was our first viral recipe and I remember doing cart wheels in…
Chickpea Salad
How about this Fresh, Crunchy, Easy to Make Chickpea Salad to kick off the promise of Spring! Â Tons of veggies including crispy cucumber, red peppers and spinach. Tossed up in our 1 minute Greek style vinaigrette! Oh crunchy delicious spring salad, where you been? Â It’s been a long winter here in Seattle and as much…
The Best Slow Cooker Pork Tenderloin
The great snowpocalypse of Seattle helped me develop this recipe; and boy, am I glad it did! This Slow Cooker Pork Tenderloin is made with a zesty marinade of garlic, ginger, lime and soy. Accompanied by tender and delicious braised onions, your family will go bonkers over this- it really is the BEST Slow Cooker…
Greek Chicken Burgers
 These super fast and fresh Greek Chicken Burgers are made with wholesome ingredients that are stuffed with all the Greek Flavors we love!  Grill indoors our out, with buns or bunless! We love our bunless burgers around here!  We have enough buns already…ugh. We added feta, oregano, spinach, fresh lemon and red peppers for a Greek spin….
Cream Wafer Cookies
This creamy big flavored little cookie are incredibly easy to make with only three ingredients for the cookie! . Â Make them into any shape size or color you choose, for any holiday! These are absolutely timeless Cream Wafer Cookies! Â I first posted these little beauties in 2011, redid them once, and they’re up again for…
Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken
Oooey gooey, spicy, creamy, tasty yumminess! My husband went NUTS for this Jalapeño Popped Stuffed Chicken a 30 minute flavor bomb!  Cream cheese, chopped jalapeño and cheddar stuffed into chicken! You can adjust the heat by adjusting the amount of jalapeño  I used two large peppers, but I’m a hottie, what can I say?  Most of…
BLT Salad with Ranch & Avocado
This delicious BLT Salad with Ranch and Avocado is full of pasta, lettuce, bacon, tomato, shredded cheese, and dressed in store bought ranch. It is a favorite for BBQ’s, potlucks, or even for dinner! This is a super simple recipe; it’s really no fail. You could try a bunch of variations of it, too! Tips to…
French Onion Chicken
This  Easy French Onion Chicken is our new favorite fast and fresh  dinner! Simple seared chicken breasts with an easy to make pan sauce stuffed with french onion flavor! There are days I love my job and today is one of them!  I whipped up this dish is no time flat and the flavors are…