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It takes 30 minutes to prepare and will make your kitchen smell incredible with the fragrant spices of sunny Thailand. Check out our best easy dinner recipe collection! Ingredients Instructions Serving suggestions Make Ahead & Storage More Curry Recipes More Asian One-pot Dinners Our Thai red curry tries to recreate those fresh, spicy, fragrant, and bold flavors we tasted and fell in love with in Thailand in our western kitchen with ingredients you can find at your local grocery store....

How to Make Tomatillo Salsa Verde The only effort involved in making their tomatillo salsa is roasting some tomatillos, and a jalapeno for spice, and then blending them together with some fresh cilantro, onion, and seasoning with salt and pepper. It’s that easy! Keep in mind that you’ll want to chill this salsa in the fridge after you make it to help it thicken up, so be sure to prepare this in advance....

This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy. Don’t toss that leftover turkey! Most people don’t want to do a lick of cooking the day after Thanksgiving – I’m with you! Here are some great ideas to use up your Thanksgiving leftovers with minimal effort. These leftover turkey recipes will make you wish you had more turkey! Turkey Noodle Soup from Natasha’s Kitchen – this soup is easy, has incredible flavor and will keep your belly full and light during your post-holiday recovery week....

Now that my son is old enough to be aware of cookies, I wanted to make a cookie that wouldn’t leave him bouncing off the walls. As a two-year-old, he does enough of that without any added sugar! These cookies are my solution– they’re naturally sweetened with maple syrup and are made with almond meal for a protein-rich cookie that actually leaves you feeling full after you’ve had one or two....

It makes a great appetizer when served with chips, or it can be served over baked sweet potatoes or veggies, and you can serve it over anything else you want to smother in cheese. Vegan Cheese Sauce with No Nuts Most vegan cheese sauces that I’ve made in my life, like the one for my oh-so-popular Vegan Mac n’ Cheese recipe, use a base of blended cashews to create a similar creamy texture to dairy-based cheese sauces....

Vegan Chocolate Sauce Ingredients This easy chocolate sauce can be stirred together in minutes, in just one bowl, without heating it up on the stove. All you need is: Almond Butter Cacao Powder Maple Syrup The almond butter gives this sauce a creamy texture, and it has a neutral flavor when you mix it with cacao powder. If you would prefer to use something else as the base, you can use sunflower butter or peanut butter, instead....

This ice cream is inspired by my Coffee Ice Cream, which is made in a similar way, only with cashews. The pistachios in this recipe add a little more fiber to this recipe, but you’ll hardly notice once it’s frozen, especially if you add in a few chopped pistachio pieces. (Which I highly recommend!) Why You’ll Love It It’s dairy-free. This pistachio ice cream gets its creaminess from blended pistachios, rather than milk or cream....

If you love Mexican-inspired flavor, you’ll love this easy dish. The filling in the center tastes like tacos! It’s a fun alternative to traditional stuffed zucchini made with ground beef, marinara sauce, and mozzarella cheese. Zucchini acts as an alternative to taco shells or tortillas in this recipe, with extra vitamins and antioxidants in each bite. It’s a light summer meal that will leave you feeling satisfied. Instead of baking the filling and zucchini together in the oven all at once, this method cuts the cooking time in half by letting the zucchini bake while you saute the filling in a separate pan on the stove....

September means the official start of fall: warm cinnamon, mulled cider, and creamy pumpkin. Though in Sacramento we won’t pull out the sweaters and scarves for at least another month, the temptations of toasty, savory nuts and apples ripe for the picking are hard to fight. Here’s what’s in season for September. Don’t forget to check out my produce guides from previous months: June, July, August. APPLES The old saying goes, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away....

This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy. My family is Ukrainian and we love to make a gazillion side dishes for dinner parties; particularly for special occasions. Our holiday buffet spreads are ridiculous, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. You’ll be happy to know this is a simple mini bell pepper salad with a short list of fresh ingredients. It’s quick and easy to assemble and tastes great....

The Best Pumpkin Recipes When most people think of fall and pumpkin they probably think of a slice of pumpkin pie or a pumpkin spice latte, which are both mouthfuls of tasty amazingness! Yet, you can do so much more with this beautiful bright orange beast of a veggie! It is a super versatile ingredient and can be used in both sweet and savory dishes for breakfast, lunch, or dinner! So in this roundup, I’m sharing some recipes to inspire your love of pumpkin this season....

You’ll Love These Thanksgiving Side Dishes When it comes to Thanksgiving, the side dishes are just as important as a perfectly cooked turkey. This includes the classics, like mashed potatoes and gravy, but it’s also fun to branch out with a new offering, like a delicious shredded Brussels sprout salad (trust me), or a velvety Butternut soup, which you can make ahead of time. Catering to guests with special dietary needs?...

This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy. These caramelized, candied walnuts are quite a treat. Toss them into your salad, over popcorn, or straight into your mouth. Crunch. Crunch. I love this easy method of making the candied nuts where everything goes into the pan at once. Other methods I’ve tried left me with globs of candy on the nuts rather than a more even coating. It also roasts the nuts at the same time so you don’t have to pre-toast them, then add them back to the pan to be coated, blah, blah....

The Best Air Fryer Chicken Tenders Recipe Who else genuinely thinks about ordering themselves chicken tenders off the kids’ menu when they’re out at a restaurant? I can never bring myself to actually order them, but I’d be lying if I said it didn’t cross my mind every time I see those words; “Chicken Tenders and Fries”. Ah, to be a kid again. Well, the problem has been solved! I can just make chicken tenders in the comfort of my own home....

The Perfect No Knead Bread I’ve first shared this no knead bread with you many years ago and have since made many different versions of it and many different ways. It’s quite a popular recipe and there’s reason for that. It’s incredibly simple and only 4 ingredients are required. But now, I want to show you that you can also make this bread in your air fryer. I love coming up with different ways to use the air fryer, and I love the fact that you can even bake in it!...

From cubes to sweet potato fries and whole baked sweet potatoes, learn how to use an air fryer for cooking this delicious root vegetable. Sweet potatoes are delicious in any shape and form: roasted in the oven, added to a salad, microwaved, cut into wedges, turned into muffins, or made into a tasty sweet potato mash.And the air fryer is the perfect tool to cook the sweet potato quickly while making it super tasty....

The Best Air Fryer Whole Chicken Forget the oven! This Air Fryer Chicken is perfect, you won’t miss your oven at all. Not only is this ideal for Sunday night supper, but it’s perfect for your Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. With a flavor-packed herb and garlic compound butter, this juicy roasted chicken that can rival any rotisserie chicken, will become a staple in your home. Roast chicken is a classic in my home and it makes an appearance on many Sunday night suppers....

As you can imagine, we had lots of peanut butter in our house. You can also probably imagine my disappointment when I heard that peanut butter may not be so good for you, after all. While peanuts are a decent source of plant-based protein, they are also highly susceptible to mold that produces aflatoxin– a carcinogen that has been associated with liver cancer (1), stunted growth in children (2), and mental retardation (3)....

We make it with jarred artichoke hearts and frozen peas blended into a creamy and delicious artichoke sauce that coats every single piece of pasta. Check out our Easy Pasta Recipes Ingredients Instructions Make the sauce Variations Pumpkin pasta bake Serving Suggestions Tips Make Ahead & Storage More Pasta Recipes We then blend half of the peas and artichokes with ricotta (or dairy-free ricotta), parmesan (or dairy-free parmesan), and a squeeze of lemon to make an incredible artichoke sauce....

We love fruit in salad like our Winter Fruit Salad, and Autumn Chicken and Pear Salad. Fresh Arugula with juicy berries is a winning combination! This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy. Arugula Salad Recipe: My sister, Alla, got the inspiration from the Arugula Berry Salad at Blaze Pizza (our favorite pizza place) and she re-created it, over and over and over. Arugula Salad has just 5 ingredients, takes no time at all, has wonderful flavor, and always disappears fast....