- Renee Nicole's Kitchen

A serving of vanilla french toasted with fresh fruit being dusted with powdered sugar.

Vanilla French Toast

Grilled rockfish tacos assembled with a hand using a towel to wipe up a mess from the toppings.

Grilled Rockfish Tacos

A green cucumber avocado smoothie in a stemless wine glass on a cutting board next to ingredients.

Cucumber Avocado Smoothie

Recipes for Spring

Thick, creamy hollandaise sauce is a great way to take your next brunch from boring to gourmet. It's a lot easier to make than most people think.

Classic Hollandaise Sauce

Help yourself! Oven bacon is by far the quickest, cleanest, and easiest way to cook bacon for a crowd. Once you try it, it's hard to go back to using a skillet on the stovetop.

Easy Oven Bacon

An overhead shot of a baking dish of lemon dill salmon and asparagus being brought to the table.

Lemon Dill Salmon and Asparagus

Maple hazelnut homemade granola spilling out of a glass jar on a dark background.

Maple Hazelnut Homemade Granola

Vertical image of two cadillac margaritas in front of a stand mixer and bowl of citrus fruit.

Jenessa’s Cadillac Margarita

Two pieces of panko crusted rockfish and a green salad on a gray plate in front of to two pieces of rockfish on a cooling rack.

Panko Crusted Rockfish Fillets

Easy Oven Asparagus-5

Easy Oven Asparagus

An overhead image of rolled out pie crust in a pie pan next to a rolling pin and kitchen towel.

Millie’s Perfect Pie Crust Recipe

Homemade Smoothie Recipes

A close up of a green mango kiwi smoothie in a glass with a yellow straw next to a half kiwi and chopped mango.

Kiwi Mango Smoothie

A square image of a berry avocado smoothie in a glass jar on a wooden board.

Berry Avocado Smoothie

Four images in a square showing smoothie ingredients across the top and completed smoothies across the bottom. Text overlay: How to Make: Homemade Smoothies on a white box.

How to Make: Homemade Smoothies

Renee in the kitchen pouring milk into a mug of coffee with bowls of fresh fruits and vegetables on the counter.

Hi! I’m Renee

Welcome to my kitchen, where I inspire home cooks to become home chefs by creating kitchen confidence.

I share tested recipes using seasonal ingredients and my favorite kitchen tips to help you make delicious from-scratch meals for your family and friends.

No fancy fads here, just high quality, homemade recipes. Learn more…

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Bangers and Mash in a black bowl with Guinness gravy being poured over top.

Bangers and Mash with Guinness Gravy

An overhead image of tomato soup with a atext overlay: Creamy Tomato Basil Bisque

Creamy Tomato Basil Bisque

Overhead shot of a black tray with peanut butter oatmeal bars messily arranged. The tray is on a blue and beige checked napkin and a gray backdrop.

No Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars

A sweet potato waffle fry dipped into spicy sweet sriracha sauce in a white ramekin. The sauce is spilling from the ramekin and sitting next to a pile of sweet potato waffle fries on a wooden board.

Spicy Sweet Sriracha Sauce

Kitchen Tips and How To‘s

Four images in a vertical rectangle showing smoothie ingredients across the top and completed smoothies across the bottom. Text overlay: How to Make: Homemade Smoothies on a white box.

How to Make Homemade Smoothies

kentucky Derby Mint Julep set up in a vertical image with text overlay for social media.

Build Your Own: Kentucky Derby Mint Julep Bar

How to Make Rough Puff Pastry