Why You’ll Love It It’s easy to make. This salad requires minimal prep work, but it tastes impressive! Just stir together 5 simple ingredients to make the dressing and chop an apple and red onion before you assemble it all together. It’s delicious. Homemade salad dressing tastes 100% better than anything you can buy at the store, and when you pair it with creamy feta cheese, crisp apples, and walnuts for crunch, this quickly becomes a salad you’ll crave....
We love making the most of summer fruits and veggies with loaded salsas like Mango Salsa, our popular Cowboy Caviar and of course Ceviche! This Pico de Gallo recipe is our favorite way to use up garden grown tomatoes. This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy. What is Pico de Gallo? Pico de Gallo is a popular Mexican salsa. It is also known as “Salsa Fresca,” or “Salsa Cruda....
The creamy, garlicky dressing paired with crunchy Romaine lettuce is a combination I could still eat practically everyday. Of course, since many recipes call for mayonnaise or heaps of Parmesan cheese, it’s not always the healthiest choice. This recipe, on the other hand, can be enjoyed everyday while still working towards your health goals. Avocado provides a creamy base to this dressing, without the need for added oils, and when blended with plenty of garlic and a touch of nutritional yeast for a “cheesy” flavor, it’s darn near as satisfying as the original....
Be sure to serve this with a side of homemade mashed potatoes and roasted green beans! Baked Chicken Thighs You can’t beat the flavor that comes from these Baked Chicken Thighs. These are seared to golden perfection and oven baked with an easy pan sauce! The results are super juicy on the inside, with a seasoned crispy skin on the outside. BONUS: It’s super easy to transform that pan sauce into an incredible homemade gravy to serve with mashed potatoes....
Baked Potato Soup Welp, this should have been the first recipe that I ever made on the blog. It’s the ultimate comfort food, and quite possibly my new all-time favorite soup recipe. (And I’m critical when it comes to my soups.) I love that it encompasses everything that I love about a loaded baked potato. Bacon, chives, cheese, butter, the works. I have some handy PRO Tips that you’ll want to check out too, but first take a look at how easy it is to make:...
“Stick to seafood because that is more expensive. Stay away from food that you can normally get elsewhere. And most importantly, DO NOT fill yourself up with rice! Just dig out the meat and vegetables from the sushi, and leave the rice on the plate.” Sound familiar? Heeding my mother’s advice, I decided to grab pieces of shrimp tempura. Mmm, it was love at first bite. Although it is difficult to pinpoint the date when tempura first appeared in Japan, it is believed that the dish was influenced by Spanish and Portuguese explorers....
Easy Balsamic Pork Scallopini Recipe Oh, the sheer joy of twirling your fork around a generous serving of these heavenly creamy noodles, topped with the most tender, melt-in-your-mouth balsamic pork scallopini! It’s the kind of dish that leaves you wondering how something so simple can be so incredibly delicious. As you take your first bite, your taste buds are greeted by a beautiful symphony of flavors, making you feel like you’ve discovered a hidden culinary treasure....
This BBQ Chicken and Feta Pizza redefines indulgence. Each bite boasts smoky chicken and crisp bacon, perfectly offset by the tangy feta and fresh veggies. It’s not just a meal, but a tantalizing experience that leaves you craving another slice. Pizza Dough: The foundation of our pizza, providing a chewy canvas for the toppings. You can use my recipe to make your own pizza dough or, you can use store-bought flatbreads or a gluten-free crust for dietary preferences....
What Is Beef Bourguignon With the cold weather we’ve been having, one of my favorite things to make for dinner are stews and soups. My version of beef bourguignon takes Julia Child’s classic French recipe and simplifies it. I wanted this to be simple enough for anyone to make and all in one pot. The one thing that is required is to slowly cook this for 2 to 3 hours, until the beef is super tender and melts in your mouth....
Prior to this year, I had never once added a bean to a dessert recipe. Now, I’ve done it three times! First, with these Vegan Chickpea Chocolate Chip Cookies, then with my Maple Pecan White Bean Blondies (yum!), and now with these Black Bean Gingerbread Bars. I have since fallen in love with adding protein-rich beans to my desserts, because they are loaded with fiber, potassium, and folate, all of which may help to support heart health....
This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy. This Blackberry cake is soft and moist and has a fluffy lemon blackberry buttercream frosting. The lemon juice cuts the sweetness and brightens up the whole cake. You’ll enjoy every bite as it hits your taste buds; sweet, tart and tangy. And of course the fresh blackberries were plump, juicy and wonderful! I made this blackberry cake for my niece’s birthday and it was…good and so pretty (with decor inspiration from Allie)!...
What is Chimichurri Sauce Made Of? Chimichurri sauce is popular in Argentina and Uruguay, and most recipes call for fresh parsley, garlic, olive oil, and red wine vinegar. It’s almost like a red wine vinaigrette, but with more of a garlicky herb-forward flavor. (If that sounds weird, you’re just going to have to trust me when I say that it’s delicious.) Here are the ingredients in my chimichurri recipe:...
Easy BLT Pasta Salad Recipe Who doesn’t love a good old-fashioned classic BLT Sandwich!?! It’s such a super tasty sandwich made with layers of crispy bacon, lettuce, and tomato all sandwiched between some toasted bread coated in mayo. But what if you took the core of a BLT and transformed it into a delicious pasta salad!?! That my friends is exactly what we are doing here today! Introducing the BLT pasta salad!...
This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy. Boccone dolce means “sweet mouthful.” It is a classic Italian dessert. It’s similar to our Himmelstorte Recipe but the Boccone Dolce is a cake without any cake. Instead, it’s made up of three crunchy meringue layers, chocolate, cream, berries, and more berries. Each slice is drizzled with a berry syrup. Oh my gosh! It’s the best of everything in one cake....
This savory breakfast bowl is a great way to start your day with plenty of fiber and protein. Featuring roasted potatoes and sauteed veggies, they are easy to customize using what you have on hand. Following a special diet? You can leave off the eggs to make this vegan, or for a low carb & paleo bowl, you can skip the potatoes and enjoy the sauteed cabbage as a shredded hash brown alternative....
We’re all the familiar with the sweet, buttery, velvety morsel that is short bread. Some of my favorite holiday memories growing up always seemed to accompany a big old plate of the stuff. We’re talking butter, sugar, flour, and salt – and that’s it! We’ve got that perfect balance of simple ingredients that we know and love in shortbread. Anyone else drooling yet? What Is Brown Sugar Scottish Shortbread? In the time that this delicacy was invented, shortbread was considered a special, luxurious treat usually only served for weddings or important birthdays....
Quesadillas are one of my favorite foods, as a matter of fact it’s usually what I order when I go for lunch with friends, I just love a good quesadilla. I also love a good Buffalo wing so when you put the two together, I’m in heaven! However, I never find them crispy enough. I’ve perfected the best crisp technique, which includes grilling in the summer and baking in the colder months....
After eating more cookies, brownies and cheesecake than my waistline can handle, all I craved was a good salad—something light, bright and crunchy. This cabbage and carrot slaw fits the bill entirely. I gathered all the partially-eaten wedges of cabbage, loose carrots and scallions I found in my fridge and chopped everything up. Then, I added diced avocados and toasted sunflower seeds for nutty flavor. Honestly, sunflower seeds are underrated because they’re inexpensive and can easily turn salads and dips from drab to fab....
This is a wholesome and nutritious meal packed with flavors and aromas. It’s excellent for both omnivores and vegetarians and works well for meal prep, too. Cauliflower curry video Ingredients & Substitutions for cauliflower curry How to make cauliflower curry Serving suggestions Variations Lentil curry with cauliflower Storage This recipe is suitable for a vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free diet. You can customize the intensity of this curry by adding more or less spices....
Easy Chicken Quesadilla Recipe Who does not love a good quesadilla!?! If you haven’t noticed I’ve shared a handful of my favorites already like my Chicken Fajita Quesadillas, which are a little more traditional as well as my Argentinian-inspired Chimichurri Steak Quesadillas. I’ve even got a Sheet Pan Quesadilla recipe that bakes right in the oven. But I don’t have one loaded with bacon! And that, my friends, is what this recipe is all about!...
