My basil plant has been on a mission this summer. 🌿 Every time I step into the garden, it's doubled in size! Before those beautiful stems had a chance to flower, I harvested the tops and turned them into the simplest cup of fresh basil tea with just three ingredients: fresh basil, honey, and a tiny pinch of baking soda. It's light, refreshing, naturally caffeine-free, and such a wonderful way to enjoy an abundant herb garden. Sometimes the best recipes are the ones inspired by what's growing right outside your back door. Recipe available at: https://mostlybakes.com/easy-3-ingredient-basil-tea-by-mostly-bakes/ 🌿 Have you ever made tea from fresh herbs? #FreshBasil #HerbGarden #HomeCooking #GardenToTable #MostlyBakes

I've been keeping a sweet secret since January. At the beginning of the year, I had the incredible opportunity to be a guest on Celebrity Chef, Joe Sasto's Make Mama Proud Show- where he featured our family's treasured recipe for Sicilian Cannoli. The episode went live July 8, and now I'm thrilled to share it with you - my family, friends, and community. 🎉 What an AMAZING experience! @Chef.Joe.Sasto and his team @makemamaproudshow and @secondpancakestudios are the epitome of excellence - fun, gracious, kind-hearted, and consummate professionals! 🫶 Love and gratitude! I thought it would be fun to share a few candid behind the scenes shots of everything leading up to the time of release. You can watch the full episode at https://youtu.be/E3Gf9oOS_vQ (link in bio) or follow the quick link in my stories. Help me spread some love by liking, commenting, and sharing! 😊

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If peanut butter, chocolate, and pretzels are your love language, this one's for you. ❤️ This No Churn Peanut Butter Ice Cream is packed with crunchy salted pretzel bits, rich fudge swirls, and a creamy peanut butter base made extra light and fluffy with freshly whipped cream. No ice cream machine required. Just a few simple ingredients and a little freezer time. Who's grabbing the first scoop? 🍦🥨🍫 Grab the recipe first at: https://mostlybakes.com/easy-no-churn-peanut-butter-ice-cream/ #NoChurnIceCream #PeanutButterIceCream #FoodBlogger #EasyDesserts #PeanutButterLovers #RecipeOfTheDay

This Easy Blackberry Peach Coffee Cake is my new go-to recipe for a lazy weekend or holiday brunch. A layer of peach and blackberry filling is sandwiched between two layers of buttermilk cake batter. The cake is then finished with a delicious crumb topping. It holds up well over a few days, but trust me when I say it won’t last that long. If you're still looking for something to make this Memorial Day, check out the recipe here: https://mostlybakes.com/easy-blackberry-peach-coffee-cake-in-1-hour/ #coffeecake #coffeecakerecipe #brunchideas #brunch #brunchrecipes #bakingathome

Homemade Tuna Salad Recipe I love a good tuna salad sandwich. Tuna is humble in the truest sense of the word – it knows its strengths and acknowledges its limitations. It’s respectful when paired with other ingredients – playing nicely, collaboratively to build something better. Add a side of kettle chips and a crisp dill pickle and you have yourself a very happy plate of food. Tuna doesn’t have to prove itself a worthy ingredient. It knows its own value. We’re still talking about tuna fish, right? Yes. And no. But mostly, yes. Tuna salad is one of those items most people skim over on a restaurant menu and quickly dismiss. It’s not glamorous. It may not be what most people crave when they open the pantry cupboard for a quick meal, but a good tuna salad always satisfies when served. It quietly shows up and shows out, and I think there is an extended metaphor there for how we might choose to live our lives. That is what I love about a good tuna salad sandwich. In this post, I share my homemade tuna salad recipe and the back story that goes with this humble meal. 👇👇👇 https://mostlybakes.com/delicious-homemade-tuna-salad-recipe/ Make it a great day, foodie friends! #tunasaladrecipes #tunasalad #homemadefood #foodblogfeed

Brown Sugar and Buttermilk Banana Bread. I’ve been making this banana bread for my family for as long as I can remember. Today, I’m sharing it with you because the world needs a good, classic banana bread recipe every bit as much as it needs a new, viral dessert. The only difference is that you’ll come back to this Brown Sugar and Buttermilk Banana Bread year after year – long after you’ve forgotten what everybody was eating 10 minutes ago. Recipe now available on the blog at: https://mostlybakes.com/brown-sugar-and-buttermilk-banana-bread/ #bananabread #bananabreadrecipe #comfortfood #foodblogfeed

Hello foodie friends. It's been a moment since the last time I posted, but believe me when I say this one was well worth the wait. This recipe for Dubai Chocolate Cake features rich chocolate cake layers brushed with chocolate simple syrup, alternating layers of homemade Dubai Chocolate filling, and whipped chocolate ganache. The cake is then finished in a thin layer of whipped ganache and topped with fresh fruit. This is not the type of cake you just whip up in an hour. There are steps and stages to this dessert, but they can all be made in advance. If you’re the type of baker who enjoys the process of baking almost as much as savoring the dessert itself, than this recipe is for you. If you make only one chocolate cake this year, let this be the one you serve. Pssst - Mother's Day is right around the corner. Check out the recipe at 👇👇👇 https://mostlybakes.com/best-4-element-dubai-chocolate-cake-mostly-bakes/ #chocolatecake #dubaichocolate #cakerecipes #mothersday #foodlover

It’s Pi Day… so naturally we’re baking PIE. 🥧 Today’s recipe: Old Fashioned Tart Cherry Pie with a buttery crumb topping. ✨ Bright, tangy Montmorency tart cherries ✨ A sweet, golden crumb topping instead of a top crust ✨ Classic flavor that tastes like it came straight from grandma’s kitchen (or Mama Maria's) And yes… the filling slices beautifully (no runny pie here) as long as you can be patient and let it cool before digging in. In the blog post I’m also sharing: • The difference between tart cherries vs sweet cherries • Cornstarch vs tapioca for the perfect pie filling • Tips for getting a perfect cherry pie texture every time If you love classic fruit pies, this one is a must-bake. 👉 Visit the blog to get the full recipe https://mostlybakes.com/old-fashioned-tart-cherry-pie-with-crumb-topping/ And tell me in the comments… Are you celebrating Pi Day with pie today? #PiDay #PieDay #CherryPie #MontmorencyCherries #BakingFromScratch