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Follow our roasted veggie mix recommendations or make this recipe yours by picking your favorite seasonal vegetables; we’ll show you how. Check out our best vegetable sides recipe collection! Ingredients Instructions Serving suggestions Variations In this post, you’ll learn how to roast multiple veggies to perfection on the same baking tray and with a simple seasoning. What’s most important is 1) the right oven temperature, 2) the correct amount of vegetables you fit in your baking tray, and 3) the type of vegetables you can roast together....

Rotini Fiorentina If you ever wonder what I love to make on a regular basis at my house for dinner, chances are it’s a quick pasta dish like this rotini Fiorentina. love pasta dishes and some of my favorites are dishes like cheesy taco pasta or a good bolognese. They always make a comforting and delicious meal and can be very customizable, which is the perfect opportunity to use up food from the fridge....

TANGZHONG: THE KEY TO A SOFT LOAF What I love most about this bread is its soft and feathery interior. To get this incredibly airy crumb, I add tangzhong (湯種) to the dough. Tangzhong is an Asian technique of heating flour and water together to form a paste that is then added to the dough. The paste allows more water to be absorbed into the flour, yielding bread with softer texture....

This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy. Guess which recipe is the most popular on Natasha’s Kitchen? Our spinach and artichoke dip! It’s been pinned over 1,000,000 times! (P.S. Thanks for pinning! How can I find and hug each of you?). Well, here’s another version that got hit with the skinny stick but didn’t lose any flavor. This spinach and artichoke dip uses Greek yogurt. It has 50% less cholesterol, 56% less fat, 40% less salt and a wee bit more protein....

Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Chili Recipe Chili recipes are actually really simple to make! And even easier when made in the crockpot. So if the thought of making homemade chili fills you with dread it doesn’t have to. This slow cooker chicken chili recipe is almost as easy to make as opening a can of store-bought chili! No lie! Sure it needs to cook for hours, but in the crockpot, which means it requires no attention once it starts slow cooking....

Although many Asian cultures use red bean paste in their cooking, the flavor and texture of the paste can vary. For example, Japanese-style red bean paste, anko (餡子、あんこ), is generally made with azuki beans and sugar without any fat. However, Chinese-style red bean paste tends to include fat, such as lard, vegetable oil, peanut oil, etc. As a result, the bean paste is richer and more fragrant. In this red bean paste recipe, I’ll explain how to make a smooth Chinese-style red bean paste....

This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy. Pumpkin Cookie Recipe Every year when October rolls around, the whole world shifts to pumpkin-flavored or pumpkin-spiced everything from Pumpkin Cheesecake to Pumpkin Pie. There’s a reason everyone is crazy about pumpkin recipes. Pumpkin has a comforting earthy-sweet flavor that is often deliciously paired with spices like cinnamon, and vanilla. The combination of all these flavors makes for the best of desserts — these cookies are the warm treat you need on a cold day....

This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy. We love Pasta recipes from Creamy Shrimp Pasta to Shrimp Scampi Pasta and of course our Homemade Pasta from scratch. If you are a fan of pasta, this Stuffed Shells Recipe is a must-try! Stuffed Shells Video Tutorial My kids love these stuffed jumbo shells filled with ricotta and melty mozzarella cheese over a bed of Marinara Sauce. They always disappear fast and reheat well so I put them into their lunchboxes and those lunchboxes always come home empty which feels great....

They add an instant burst of Italian flare to almost any dish! Since sun-dried tomatoes tend to have a chewy texture and a concentrated flavor, I’ve been meaning to blend them into a dressing for quite a while. It’s such an easy and delicious way to distribute the flavor throughout your favorite salads, without any overpowering bites! The first time I tried preparing this dressing, I used WAY too many tomatoes....

The Best Teriyaki Sauce Recipe This is one of those recipes that is going to have you wondering what took you so long to make your own from scratch! But don’t feel bad. It took me years to realize that I could make teriyaki sauce almost as quickly as I could pay for it. In a nutshell, teriyaki sauce is basically just soy sauce that has been thickened, sweetened, and infused with a bit of acid, garlic, and ginger....

Easy Thai Cashew Chicken Recipe I think you all know my love of one pot dishes that take less than 30 minutes by now. This chicken dish is ready in just 20 minutes, so you know it’s not only faster than take out, it’s much better, because it’s homemade. I’m talking lots of crisp veggies, tender chicken pieces, roasted cashews in one lip-smacking umami packed sauce! Tender and yummy chicken Roasted cashews Crispy veggies such as peppers and onions Ready in 20 minutes, start to finish...

Also, you should be aware… Your mouth will be watering and you may get ‘hangry’ by the time you get through this list, BUT you’ll come away inspired to make salmon. So, bookmark this page to reference later, save it to Pinterest, or email it to someone in your family to hold you accountable. This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy. Love Salmon Recipes? We’ll take any excuse we get to incorporate more fish into our diet and salmon is one of our favorites for dinner....

I think there is a common misconception that you need meat in order for dumplings to be tasty, and that is definitely not the case! Vegetarian dumplings can also be darn tasty. Let me show you how. TOFU FILLING I love using tofu as a filling for my vegetarian dumplings. Crumbled tofu, like you see in the photo above, is the perfect texture for dumpling filling. The moisture from tofu helps bind the filling together....

This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy. These Ukrainian Pan fried potatoes aren’t difficult but there is a trick to getting that crispy crust and tender, buttery interior consistently. Continue reading to see how. I have officially joined the working world and I’m likin’ it! They gave me my name tag today and I can’t even tell you how official I felt walking through the halls with my very own RN badge....

We love cozy and satisfying soups like Beef Stew, or Chicken and Rice Soup, and of course this Vegetable Beef Soup. Pair it with Soft Dinner Rolls and dinner is made! This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy. What is Vegetable Beef Soup? Vegetable beef soup is a hearty soup with a combination of vegetables, potatoes, and beef stew meat. It is essentially a Vegetable Soup with tender chunks of beef that are infused with flavor from the veggies, herbs, and spices in the broth....

Happy new year! This January produce guide is coming a little late this month because I’ve been busy moving into our new house! It’s been a few weeks of nonstop packing, cleaning, and unpacking, and I’m glad to have a moment to just sit down and work. It’s been quite a chilly winter here in Sacramento, but the cold has its rewards, though. Right in time for Lunar New Year, it’s the season for grapefruit, lime, pomelo, and other types of cheerful (and auspicious) citrus....

WAYS TO USE LEFTOVER COCONUT MILK USE IT TO MAKE COCONUT RICE My coconut rice recipe is worth making at least once. The coconut flavor is not too overpowering and it complements these recipes very well: sambal potatoes, spiced pan-fried paneer, sticky asian chicken thighs, and gai pad prik king (from Hot Thai Kitchen). ADD COCONUT MILK TO SOUPS Perhaps my favorite way to use coconut milk is to add it to soups....

Why this Recipe Works Ingredients - Notes and Substitutions All of the ingredients for pumpkin butter are pretty much always in my pantry! And if you didn’t stock up on pumpkin puree in July after last years puree shortage… ya played yourself. This Pumpkin Butter is super easy to make at home in one pot with pantry items. I promise you it’s better than the ones you can get at a farm or farmer’s markets....

Easy And Delicious Soup Recipes Fall is one of my favorite times of year! It’s not too hot and finally cool enough to make a big pot of warm comforting soup. And I love soup! Everything about it, from making it to slurping the bowl clean. It ranks right up there for me as much as a big plate of Spaghetti and Meatballs in terms of comfort. And soup is such a versatile dish and popular in every culture....

You know I love recipes that require 5 ingredients or less, so I’m super happy to share a simple and healthy recipe for energy bars, and all it takes are 3 simple ingredients. While some of my favorite ingredients are bacon, Nutella, and butter, and although I always say bacon makes everything better, sometimes we just have to try something else. But I am a huge fan of these kind of fruit bars and the beauty of this recipe is that you can really substitute any dried fruit or nut that you want....