With so much to do, it’s nice to have a few recipes in my back pocket that can be prepared ahead of time, cooked in one pot, and on the table in about 30 minutes. Chinese 5-Spice Skillet Chicken fits the bill! Orange, fennel, and Chinese 5-spice blend come together in this dish for a flavorful one-skillet chicken dinner. I make it a complete meal by adding fresh green beans and strips of sweet bell pepper....
The thing with cheesecake, however, is that it can take forever to make! There’s a lot of chilling time for a classic cheesecake. (I always let mine refrigerate for at least 12 hours!) Cheesecake in Half the Time! That’s where these bars come in. They cut that time significantly so you can make them in the morning and they are ready to serve by the afternoon. You can also eat them without a fork—bonus!...
As delicious as the dish sounded, though, I was looking for a dish that was slightly more lactose-intolerant-friendly and then I thought back to one of my favorite Thai soups, tom kha gai. Tom kha gai is a coconut-milk-based chicken soup scented with galangal (or ginger), lemongrass, chilies, fish sauce, makrut lime leaves, lime juice, and cilantro. The combination of sweet, salty, and sour flavors balanced in a creamy broth felt ideal for pairing with a mild, firm fish....
One of the easiest things to do with egg salad is to add some curry powder. Hard boiled eggs and curry? They were made for each other. Now if you really want to take the salad up a notch further, try this trick. Add some mango chutney. The sweet and sour from the chutney along with the spiciness from the curry, and our little egg salad is ready for a Bollywood premier....
Most of the nut milks you will find in the grocery store have some unusual ingredients in them…honestly I don’t even know what some of the ingredients are. Sigh…and really, by most of the nut milks (almond, cashew, coconut, etc.) I basically mean all of them have unidentifiable ingredients in them. So, what are you to do?! You could make your own almond milk. It’s really not that hard, but a little labor intensive because you need to strain the milk after you blend it....
Not only are these meals school night friendly, but they’re freezer-friendly as well. They give you a safe place to land on those days when you’ve forgotten to thaw something, turn the slow cooker on or just can’t adult anymore. Rice, mashed potatoes, or egg noodles are sides that will go with one or more of this week’s recipes. Make a few batches of one or two of them, store them in the fridge, and you’ll have a complete meal put together in less time....
My parents have three apple trees on which we grow 15 varieties of apples. So, we are always looking for quick and easy apple recipes. My mother started baking apple slices this way for an everyday dessert a few years ago, and it is what we have almost every night during apple season. How to Make Baked Apple Slices in the Microwave It’s so easy! All you have to do is toss some slices of peeled and cored apples with cinnamon and sugar and put them in the microwave for a few minutes....
We have all kinds of summer dinner recipes – summer salad recipes, chicken recipes, summer squash recipes, crockpot recipes, summer soup recipes and more. How we Picked these Summer Recipes Summer dinners should be full of fresh ingredients, easy to make and fun for families and gatherings. For this roundup we chose delicious, healthy recipes that fit one or more of the following: Focus on fresh, seasonal ingredientsOne pan or quick prep mealsCrockpot meals (Instant pot too)Easy grilling recipesFamily friendly dishes...
Or I should use the plural and say “salsas?” Who doesn’t love having a variety of salsas to choose from, whether dining at a taco truck or full-on restaurant? Often there’s tomatillo salsa verde, red chili salsa, and my favorite, a fresh tomato salsa otherwise known as pico de gallo or salsa fresca. Best Tomatoes for Pico de Gallo Fresh tomato salsa is ideally made with firm, fleshy tomatoes. You can of course make the salsa with any kind of tomato, but the firm ones like Romas or hothouse tomatoes will hold up the best....
This is a terrific dessert for wintry get-togethers, when cranberries are in season. The recipe serves eight, which makes it ideal for holidays and dinner parties. You can also do mini, single-serve pavlovas, which is a fun option for a buffet (see instructions below). How to Make Pavlova This seasonal spin on pavlova isn’t a big departure from the original, a dessert inspired by the diaphanous costumes of world-class ballerina Anna Pavlova....
For all of my salad enthusiasm, however, the version I make the most often is also the simplest—just a bowl full of soft butter lettuce and a handful of bright, flavorful herbs with a quick vinaigrette. The whole thing can be ready in under 10 minutes and is a super quick and easy summer side dish. No frills, no colorful vegetables, no fuss—perfect for a lazy summer day. And the best part is that it’s absolutely delicious....
I turn to this Grilled Summer Vegetable Nachos recipe when I need a creative way to tackle the squash from my backyard garden (who doesn’t end up with too much summer squash?) or to utilize an extra bundle of chard and zucchini in my CSA box. A mix of summery vegetables, lightly charred on the grill, makes a flavorful topping for these crowd-pleasing nachos. The Best Tortilla Chips for Nachos To make really good nachos, you’ll need to get thick, sturdy tortilla chips....
My mother has a fig tree that my father and I are not allowed to trim, or even touch, so the tree just gets bigger every year. Shallow trays filled with figs line every available counter and table space in the house. We can’t give them away fast enough. Dad gets grumpy (“Would you please find something to do with all these figs!”). I make fig jam which uses up maybe six of them....
Making orange chicken in the instant pot The Instant Pot makes this dish quick and easy, so the hardest part is prepping the chicken and the sauce! Here are a few tips to make this recipe an easy winner: Make sure you have whatever you want to serve your chicken with ready. We like it served over either cauliflower rice, white rice or broccoli.Don’t skip the orange zest. It really adds that extra orange flavor to the chicken....
It’s something I love to have in my fridge to jazz up my water during the week or to mix up a light and refreshing cocktail on Friday! How Does Hibiscus Taste? Hibiscus is a dried flower with a vibrant pinkish color and a tart, floral flavor. The sugar in the simple syrup helps sweeten the drink and balance the sharp taste of the flower. When I let my five-year old try my (non-alcoholic) spritz, he told me it tasted kind of like tea....
They have a wonderful flavor, almost smoky, even without bacon or ham. Earlier this past summer, we put them in a salad with feta and spinach. So, so good! Black-Eyed Peas: The Star of Hoppin’ John The dish that black-eyed peas are most famous for is Hoppin’ John. No idea where the name came from. And depending on where you are from, you might not even call it that. It’s simply black-eyed peas and rice....
I love them grilled, roasted, baked in to a frittata, or made into soup. But if I’m honest with you, the method I use most often to cook asparagus is to shallow boil them on the stovetop. What’s shallow boiling (or shallow poaching)? It’s is sort of a cross between boiling and steaming. You don’t use much water, so it hardly takes any time for the water to heat to a boil....
Why Mince Garlic? Think of chopping garlic as activating it for cooking. Allicin is the compound that gives garlic its aroma and chopping the garlic clove allows this aroma to escape. When a clove is smashed or chopped, this is essentially damaging the clove. When a clove is damaged, an enzyme called alliinase converts an amino acid found in fresh garlic, allin, into the allicin that we smell. The more you damage – or chop – the clove, the more intense the aroma and taste of the garlic....
Here’s how you can pasteurize eggs at home on the stovetop. Why Pasteurize Eggs? You may be wondering: why pasteurize eggs at all? The reason is salmonella. We largely associate salmonella with chicken meat, but raw and partially-cooked chicken eggs can carry salmonella bacteria, too. And lots of absolutely fabulous recipes—mayonnaise, royal icing, hollandaise—call for raw or partially cooked eggs. How big of a risk is salmonella infection via eggs?...
