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Learn how to decorate cakes for a fun hobby, a side hustle, or even to make it a new career for yourself with these best online cake decorating classes. Best Online Cake Decorating Classes of 2022 Best Overall: CakeFlix Best for Beginners: Sugar Geek Show Best Free Class: Cakes by Lynz Best for Advanced Decorating Techniques: Cakeheads Best for Piping Techniques: The Wilton School Best for Cupcakes: Lady Berry Cupcakes Best for Sculpted Cakes: Avalon Cakes School Best for Starting a Cake Decorating Business: Sugar Sugar Cake School...

Oh, appetizers. Aren’t they the best? If you’re like us, you easily get in ruts of bringing the same handful of appetizers to parties, until suddenly none of them sound good anymore. We love nothing more than jalapeño popper dip and spinach artichoke dip. They are seriously delicious! But how many times can we possibly show up with them over and over again? Chicken lettuce wraps were mostly forgotten in our social circle, and we brought them back to life with this amazing recipe, even better than the original we all remember from P....

Boiled peanuts are just raw peanuts that have been boiled in salted water for hours. Great with beer or a cold soda, these salty soft peanuts are totally addictive! A little messy too, given that the shells absorb some of the water which can squirt out at you when you bite into them to get the nut out. People usually eat them outside where you can toss the shells and not worry about the salt water dribbles....

Disclaimer: We partnered with Jones Dairy Farm to bring you this post. We only work with companies and brands we truly believe in and use ourselves. Therefore, all opinions and recipes are entirely our own. Thank you for supporting The Real Simple Good Life and our partners. What kind of Whole30 sausage links do you like and where do you find them? We are so happy to be partnering with Jones Dairy Farm for this post to share a clean, Whole30 compliant, sausage option with you!...

You can make them ahead of time, refrigerate, then heat them up when you’re ready to eat. As a matter of fact, they’re very good straight out of the fridge! I love the convenience of these meaty muffins! They are easy to make, easy to eat (even on the go if you must) and they taste great warm or at room temperature. If you use store-bought sausage meat they’re super easy to make....

Planning? Who has time to plan? Yet we know deep inside that the best things in life require at least a little bit of planning. Case in point—juicy, succulent, flavorful pork chops. Pork easily gets dried out in cooking. The best way to ensure that it doesn’t, is to brine it ahead of time, plumping it up with moisture, so that when cooking releases moisture, some remains in the pork....

I have sort of a love hate relationship with it. It looks like broccoli, but it doesn’t taste like it. Broccoli rabe can sometimes be so bitter, even with blanching, there’s no amount of vinegar or bacon that can save it. But bitterness heightens flavors (hence the purpose of parsley). Your tongue can distinguish 4 basic tastes—sour, bitter, sweet, and salty—so if you combine the somewhat bitter rabe with strong tastes from the other groups, the result can be like happy fireworks in your mouth....

Are you ready to take your white chicken chili to a whole new level? This white chili is packed full of cajun goodness. It starts with some chicken and andouille sausage and then the cajun vegetable trinity are added in. You can’t have a good cajun chili without the trinity. Mix in some cajun style spice mix and some beans, thicken it up, and then finish it off with some shrimp and you’ve got yourself a white chili that is worthy of an award!...

What exactly is celery seed and how does it differ from the flakes and the salt? Is it an important spice to keep on hand, and if so, how do you use celery seed? What Is Celery Seed? Celery seed is a spice made from the seeds of wild celery, which grows in marshy conditions and has a stronger flavor than the conventional celery found in the supermarket. The seeds are small, brown in color, and herbal in taste, much like the celery you throw into mirepoix or stack next to chicken wings and a side of blue cheese dip....

Leftovers are great too, so sometimes I make two of them at a time and freeze the leftovers. OMG! This bread is amazing. It’s wonderfully flavorful and surprisingly close to the real thing (though by no means identical). Biting into it, you’ll experience the warm, cheesy, garlicky goodness that you’d expect from any garlic bread, whether low-carb or not. It’s also relatively easy to make. It’s ready in about 45 minutes, and it bakes beautifully in the oven....

This cheesy tortellini casserole is for those moments. It’s a bit like a baked lasagna—with pasta, cheese, tomato sauce—but a lot easier to put together. The Secret Is Frozen Cheese Tortellini Of course, the reason it’s so easy to assemble is that you are starting with already made cheese-filled tortellini, which can usually be found in the frozen food section of your grocery store (if not, frozen ravioli would also work)....

Eat some now, freeze some for later – you can even reheat from frozen! Chicken Burritos One of my biggest gripes about Burritos (other than how ridiculously gigantic they can be, far wider than any normal human mouth) is that by the time you get halfway through, you’ve got burrito explosion on your hands. Rolling technique comes into play – the firmer it’s rolled, the better it holds together. The filling you choose also has an effect – Shredded Beef and Shredded Chicken holds together pretty well....

This is about to be one of the family’s favorites! It promises to beat the one you get from your kebab shop! Apart from a wrap, you can serve it with pita bread, salad, rice, or fries. Easy homemade chicken shawarma wrap You can make delicious chicken shawarma at home without using a vertical spit (I mean an average person wouldn’t own one, I don’t). Even if you own one, you may not fancy getting it worked every time you want shawarma....

Most of the flavor comes from the chicken and mushrooms themselves, with help from shallots and tarragon. Pro tip: tarragon loves both chicken and mushrooms! You want to add a special note to your chicken dish? Add tarragon. Want a mushroom soup recipe that will have your friends begging for the recipe? Add tarragon. Just don’t add too much. A little is all you’ll need. In this recipe we are browning the chicken thighs skin side down first, then finishing their cooking in the oven....

I used a box of store-bought stock, a little garlic, and a generous amount of ginger. (Secret’s out, oops.) You can also make your own stock. Shredded cooked chicken flavored with the sweet and spicy fermented chili paste, gochujang, put this soup over the top and also made the bowls of soup look pretty and appealing. Even with the short-cuts, when I brought this to a friend’s house for dinner, everyone marveled at how flavorful the broth was....

While you can use whatever chocolate you enjoy, I prefer to use extra dark, 85% cacao chocolate chips. Strawberries and chocolate - such as classic combination (strawberries are so good when dipped in dark chocolate fondue!). Much like chocolate and oranges or chocolate and peanut butter. Considering it’s such an elegant dessert, chocolate-covered strawberries are surprisingly easy to make. They are easier to make, for example, than ice cream or cheesecake-stuffed strawberries....

Perfect as a mid-afternoon pick-me-up, it’s actually good enough to serve as dessert. Back in my high-carb days, I used to make honey-sweetened homemade frozen yogurt, frozen banana ice cream, and avocado chocolate mousse sweetened with maple syrup (I’ve since developed a low-carb version), which I considered as better alternatives to traditional desserts. But now that I eat a low-carb diet, I prefer this chocolate yogurt recipe. It’s so easy, it hardly qualifies as a recipe!...

I don’t have a fireplace in my apartment. I mean I do, but it’s a decorative one. The kind where you press a switch and two or three tiny flat flames flicker with less glow than most night lights. It certainly doesn’t heat the room worth a darn either. A good fire with family is probably what I miss most about not being with them this year. These cookies are a comfort though....

These Classic Baked Apples are filled with sweet, cinnamon stuffing and then steamed to perfection in the oven. A perfect dessert and fun for any kind of party, these are sure to impress and bring a little cheer to combat the back-to-school blues. Remember, an apple a day keeps the doctor away! With this recipe, there is simply no reason to not take that old adage for all it’s worth!...