With no baking is required, simply mix the cheesecake filling, spread it into a buttery graham crust, and chill. Top it all off with your favorite fruits or sauces. What You’ll Need For This No-Bake Cheesecake Graham Cracker Crust: I prefer a homemade no-bake graham cracker crust over store-bought as it’s thicker, less likely to crack, and tastes better. Cream Cheese: Use blocks of full-fat cream cheese for the best consistency....
When we first arrived here, we immediately set to trying as many restaurants as we could. Many of the Hunan, Sichuan, and “jack-of-all-trades” restaurants (homestyle cooking with no exclusive regional cuisine) feature this “dry pot” (gan guo) dish of cauliflower, garlic, ginger, chilies, and fatty pork belly. It’s a delicious dish that we can’t resist, no matter how many times we’ve had it. The slightly crispy, saucy, spicy cauliflower and pork are so good, you could just order that and a bowl of rice and be very very happy....
Flaky tuna is tossed with egg noodles, peas, celery, and mushroom soup. We top this with a buttery breadcrumb topping and bake it until it’s bubbly. Serve this easy recipe with some quick Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits and a side salad for the perfect meal! We love belly warming casserole recipes. From Cheesy Chicken Casserole to Beef Taco Casserole, there is something so comforting about a bubbly warm meal from the oven....
If you’ve never made a compound butter before, you’re going to totally love this! Compound butter is just a fancy way to say butter flavored with add ins… and the add ins can be sweet (like in this Whipped Strawberry Butter) or savory like in this recipe for Garlic Herb Compound Butter! Not only is compound butter easy to make, it looks beautiful. I roll the softened mixed butter in plastic wrap and refrigerate it....
Brussels sprouts always make the top of my favorite veggie list! I love them baked, roasted, boiled and they’re even amazing raw in a Brussels Sprout Salad! Roasted Brussels Sprouts Growing up, Brussels sprouts were always served with butter and breadcrumbs and as much as we love them cooked that way, roasted Brussels sprouts with bacon take the flavors to a whole new level. Roasted Brussels sprouts are so easy to prepare; they are the perfect side to pretty much any meal (and even better with bacon)....
But recently, I’ve come around to cooking with boneless chicken more and I’m surprised to say I’m actually enjoying it! Particularly in this Hariyali Chicken (Green Chicken) recipe, I find the boneless element really complements all the smooth, creamy flavours really well. I think the reason I’ve begun to gravitate towards boneless chicken is because leftovers become so so versatile and easy. This recipe has been such a gem and I purposely make more than I need, because hurrah for leftovers!...
I always make an extra big ham so I can be sure to have lots of leftover ham for recipes and easy meals for days! Ham Chowder I’m one of those people who can’t just cook a little, I always make a huge feast including a ham big enough to feed an additional 47 people (who aren’t invited) along with our family of 6. The great thing is that we usually have leftovers so I can make things like Cheesy Ham and Potato Casserole, Easy Ham and Potato Soup and this amazing Ham and Corn Chowder!...
Posted Aug 12, 2022, Updated Feb 16, 2024 We have a large family, so we celebrate lots of birthdays every year. I worked hard to create the best chocolate cake recipe and succeeded (seriously it’s absolute perfection). But as my baby’s first birthday was approaching, I just wasn’t ready to feed him that much sugar when he had eaten basically none up until that point in his life. So I took that perfect cake and tweaked the ingredients to make this healthy chocolate cake recipe that is a little more nutritious!...
Made with 5 simple ingredients, this all-purpose baking mix recipe is great to have on hand. It’s economical and so easy to make! Why We Love this Recipe Homemade Biscuit Mix (often sold as Bisquick) only uses 5 simple ingredients that are probably already in your pantry. And it only takes 10 minutes from start to finish. While it’s preservative-free, this will still last in the fridge or freezer for up to 3 months....
This recipe for homemade shredded hash browns is made with simple ingredients like grated potatoes, seasonings, and some eggs to bind it together. This basic recipe will be a go-to, it is so easy to prepare, and the potatoes come out perfect every time! Homemade Hash Browns These little hashbrown patties use ingredients you likely have on hand. Panfrying makes these extra crisp while finishing in the oven ensures perfect potatoes every time!...
Posted Feb 19, 2018, Updated Jun 01, 2024 Nothing compares to freshly baked bread (like these homemade dinner rolls and this pretzel bread). The smell, the taste, it’s truly a beautiful thing. Even the process is therapeutic. From the first rise of the dough to the first slice of the finished product, the whole experience makes a house feel like a home. This Homemade Honey Whole Wheat Bread is one of our favorites....
I was aghast when I saw it. Disappointed, apprehensive and tbh, wondering whether I should fork out to replace the cooker in the name of the holy roti. I tried it for the first few weeks, and was, unsurprisingly, not happy. As a family who eats roti very regularly, we stuck to parathas for a while. Delicious, yes - but a compromise. But then my frustration lead me to research how I could get my electric cooker to work for us....
How to Fold Wontons: Our 3 Methods Explained Today, we’ll show you three ways to fold wontons. We use each method in different scenarios based on factors like the thickness of the wrapper, the amount of filling used, and how the wonton will be cooked. Wonton Recipes to Try Once you’ve figured out how to fold wontons, be sure to give these recipes a try! Simple Wonton Soup: Your basic, delicious wonton soup, and the wontons we make the most often!...
Cubes of cake soak up the goodness from fruit and custard. Add a drizzle of liquer (or don’t!) and layer in a clear glass bowl for a pretty presentation. What is a Trifle? Trifle is an English dessert often made from liquid-soaked cubes of cake layered with fruit and custard or pudding. The first trifle I ever made was for my brother-in-law and his brother at Christmas. It was a dessert their English mother made for them often....
Why Make Your Own Rice Flour? Rice flour is an ingredient that we use often in recipes like Turnip Cake (Lo Bak Goh), Taro Cake, and Nian Gao (Chinese Sweet Rice Cake). You may also need to use it in other Asian recipes or even gluten-free recipes. It’s a staple in our pantry—right next to the all-purpose flour, bread flour, and cake flour! That said, while it is readily available at our local Chinese grocery store, we know that many of you may not have access to an Asian market near you....
Traditionally, this dish is served using the upper part of the fish including the fish head (or sometimes ONLY the fish head. Uh, a really big fish head), but we have seen it served with a whole fish also. This Hunan fish recipe uses fish fillets, which makes preparation (and eating) easier. A Simple Restaurant-Style Recipe We were so delighted at how simple this dish was to make the first time we tried it at home, and in our opinion, it was just as good (after a few tries)....
Note: We partnered with Frontier Co-op to bring you this Jasmine Shortbread Cookie recipe. As always on The Woks of Life, all opinions are our own. Enjoy! Let the cookie competition commence! There are two types of people—the ones who compete to bake the best cookies during the holiday season, and the ones who simply sit back and eat said cookies. We’ve been to some cookie exchanges in the past, and we take our cookie game very seriously!...
Kung Pao Everything? Okay so kung pao shrimp is nowhere near “traditional” or the hot-button A-word (i.e. “authentic”), but it is plain old delicious. Technically speaking, kung pao chicken (宫保鸡丁 – gōng bǎo jī dīng), is the original version of the dish, and it’s not something that you can find made with proteins other than chicken in China. In our new cookbook, we have a traditional Kung Pao Chicken recipe, and commented on how everything seems to be getting “kung-pao’d” these days....
Posted Feb 17, 2023, Updated Aug 16, 2024 Tortellini is such an easy and delicious pasta to whip up on busy weeknights, and this is the best tortellini sauce ever (also try our homemade marinara sauce and meat sauce recipes). Made with only 6 ingredients including butter, olive oil and lemon juice, you can have dinner on the table in less than 10 minutes (if using fresh tortellini) with this easy recipe!...
A buttery homemade pie crust is filled with sweet-tart lemon curd, and all topped off with a fluffy toasted meringue. It takes a little time, but this pie is a masterpiece and relatively easy to make! Ingredients for Lemon Meringue Pie Crust: This pastry uses cold butter for great flavor and a flaky pie crust. Of course, pre-made or frozen pie crusts or graham-cracker crusts can be used if time is short!...
