Chicken breasts are first gently poached in chicken stock, to help the chicken hold on to flavor. (You can easily re-use the stock for another recipe, just boil it down for ten minutes before chilling.) Serve with lettuce, on bread for a sandwich, or just as a side. Great for a summer potluck or picnic. Enjoy! Sprinkle a little salt over the mixture and add the oil and vinegar. Toss to combine....
It’s so easy! When we say this is in easy meal, it’s really true! With just four main ingredients and some simple seasonings, you can get this meal cooking in just about 5 minutes. The hardest part will be figuring out how you want to serve it. We like it in tacos (with either lettuce shells or Siete tortillas), in a quesadilla, with some fried plantains, or as a chicken burrito bowl with a bunch of toppings!...
On the table in just over 20 minutes, made with beef mince, pasta, beans, canned tomatoes, everyday spices, and some kind of cheese, it’s sinfully scrumptious! Chili Mac and Cheese There’s plenty of food mash ups in the world. Like pizza – it seems like there is a pizza-everything: tacos, casserole, dips, soup, pie, pasta, cake. I’m not above doing mash ups. I’ll do them when combining two recipes brings something else to the dish, rather than doing them just for the sake of being “cool” or “out there”....
These sweet and smokey sweet potatoes are a healthy treat you can really dig in to. We’ve been making them for years and they quickly became one of our all time most popular recipes on the blog. I understand why! These make a great vegetarian dinner, an intriguing appetizer, and a tasty side dish. It’s even good as leftovers! These sweet potatoes are something totally different than what you are used to and can really jazz up this orange potato....
Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars to the rescue! Instead of having to scoop and bake individual cookies, these cookie bars require minimal effort. No scooping required. Just press into the pan and bake! You don’t even have to use a mixer if you don’t want to. These chewy, buttery, chocolatey cookie bars are now our preferred take-along, crowd-serving treat because they check all of our cookie boxes. Plus, they’re so freezer-friendly, I can always have the dough on hand when the need for a bar cookie arises....
Now, I’m generally not a big chocolate eater during the year, but when December rolls around, it’s totally game on. The chilly weather and holiday spirit just make me crave it for some reason. That craving means I’m whipping up old favorites like chocolate peppermint bark cookies, truffles, and homemade hot chocolate. Video: How to Make Chocolate Crinkle Cookies Chocolate Crinkles: A Holiday Favorite It also means it’s time to make these adorable cookie-fiend favorites: chocolate crinkles....
For all my best Christmas recipes, browse the new Christmas recipe index! Festive Baked Salmon! Every year I try to come up with one great centrepiece Christmas main dish that is you can make-ahead and is super simple, but still has that extra wow factor that will make YOU the star at Christmas Dinner…. This is what I’ve come up with this year: A festive Baked Salmon! It is:...
Buttermilk in Christmas Gingerbread Cake: The batter for this cake calls for buttermilk. The acid in the buttermilk will react with the baking soda and baking powder to help this cake rise, creating a fluffy crumb. If you don’t have buttermilk, be sure to read our Buttermilk Substitutes post to pick something that works for you. Please don’t just use milk or water. It will impact the results of the cake....
When I was a kid, I assumed that cinnamon was the opposite of mint. I had reasoned that this was a basic and irrefutable rule of the universe. Cinnamon possessed heat through spice as obviously evidenced via Red Hots candies and the warm sensation and flavor cinnamon imbued when I sprinkled it over applesauce or oatmeal. It made logical sense that the heat of cinnamon was therefore the opposite of the chill inducing mint....
Just three ingredients, harmoniously combined and perfectly balanced. This is a cocktail recipe that you should memorize since it’s so easy to whip up at impromptu dinner parties, summer BBQs, or when you need a reminder of sunshine in the middle of winter. What’s the Best Tequila for Margaritas? I highly recommend using only good-quality tequila to make your margaritas. With only three ingredients in the cocktail, a bad tequila will result in an equally bad margarita....
These shortbread cookies have an exciting play between sugar and salt that when mixed with their buttery flavor and crumbly texture are tantalizing and delicious. Humbly beautiful on their own with tea or coffee, they can also be sandwiched with jam, covered with glaze, or flavored with an endless list of mix-ins. At its most basic, shortbread is a cookie made from flour, butter, and sugar. The cookie gets its name from its “short” texture....
The Best Way To Use Garden Cucumbers This is all well and good, as long as I remember to pick them daily. As careful as I can be, hunting for cucumbers in the tangle of leaves and vines, I do miss them occasionally, only to discover a monster cuke hiding perfectly camouflaged under a leaf! Like zucchini, left to their own devices, cucumbers will grow to ginormous proportions, resulting in a thick-skinned, seedy bat....
Cowboy Butter Dipping Sauce Recipe There are so many butter sauces that promise to be a great dipping sauce for your steak, but this cowboy butter dipping sauce recipe is the real deal. It has a unique flavor that takes your taste buds on a flavor journey. If you are a fan of compound butter then you will surely love this recipe The best part of this cowboy butter dipping sauce recipe is that it only requires a handful of ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry....
When the cranberries do finally come in, we load up, so we have plenty of frozen cranberries to last us the year. Then we start cooking with them. Cranberry relish, cranberry sorbet, even cranberry salsa. We even have three different recipes for apple cranberry pie. One of my father’s favorite things to make is applesauce with cranberries added in for tartness, flavor, and color. We’ll eat it for breakfast, as a side for pork, or with ice cream for dessert....
Creamy Cajun Shrimp pasta is one of our favorite ways to eat shrimp! The creaminess mixed with the linguine and shrimp and veggies is simply perfection, and we know you’ll agree! Weeknights are often busy around here, and we love how easily this meal comes together. It is a no stress, time saving delicious meal that we keep coming back to time and time again. Homemade Cajun Seasoning: Homemade cajun seasoning tastes so much better than store-bought!...
This is the sort of salad that’s ideal to serve on the side of rich roasts roasts like Pork with Crispy Crackling or a Slow Cooked Lamb Shoulder. It’s versatile enough to be equally at home alongside other cuisines, like spice-laden Indian curries such as Chicken Tikka Masala or Goan Fish Curry, or Middle Eastern food like Chicken Shawarma. Creamy Cucumber Salad We don’t ordinarily associated creamy dressings with the word “refreshing”, but that’s exactly what this salad is!...
Primavera translates in English to Spring. So, Pasta Primavera simply means “Spring Pasta.” We love the Spring, when fresh vegetables are growing and plentiful, and dinners are light and satisfying. If you are the gardening type, you can pull your inspiration from what’s growing in your backyard. What’s better than a classic pasta primavera? Only one made with home-grown tomatoes, asparagus and spinach. We know, not everyone loves their veggies, but you will love them in this classic pasta dish!...
Dairy free milk – I prefer to use almond milk or cashew milk, but coconut milk will work too. You can also use regular milk if you tolerate dairy. Applesauce – make sure you use unsweetened applesauce. The ingredients should just be apples. Tips from an expert home chef The batter is a thicker batter, but you should still be able to pour it out. If it’s too thick, stir in 1-2 tablespoons more of milk until it’s thin enough to pour....
This is the “leftovers” recipe from the Juicy Cuban Mojo Pork Roast I posted last week from the movie “Chef”. I raved about the movie in that post so I won’t repeat myself! The real star of the movie are the Cubanos which are cuban pork sandwiches. I’ve had my share of great sandwiches, particularly during my foodie road trips across the US. But Cubanos….they have always held a special place in my heart, ever since that first bite I unsuspectingly took in a random Cuban diner in Miami....
Slow Cooker Or Instant Pot? You can use either, and we do provide instructions for both options below, but for the ease of using and dirtying only one pot, we prefer the Instant Pot. You can sauté the beef in the Instant Pot, and then you just add the rest of the ingredients and let the Instant Pot do its thing! If you choose to use your slow cooker, you just sauté the beef over the stove, and then add everything to your slow cooker....
