A mixture of veggies, lentils, and ground beef are pressure cooked for a tasty and healthful soup that just takes minutes to prepare! Lentil Soup Made Easy The best recipes with legumes and vegetables like cajun bean soup or this stovetop lentil soup are so easy to make. Lentil soup is traditional in many cultures. Made with red lentils, green lentils, or any other variation, it creates a thick, stew-like broth....
It’s made with a lively mix of olive oil, Italian herbs, garlic, and seasonings for an easy anything kind of marinade. Ingredients in Homemade Italian Marinade Oil – Olive oil is light and adds an earthy flavor. You can use other flavored oils like chili or basil. Acid – Red wine vinegar & lemon juice is my first choice, but sub in balsamic or white wine vinegar. Flavor – Dijon, garlic, and Italian seasoning add lots of flavor....
Back in the day, when my father worked at Chinese American restaurants that served lobster on both the American and Chinese sides of the menu, the go-to way to cook a Chinese-style lobster dish was this Lobster Cantonese in lobster sauce. If you’re familiar with shrimp with lobster sauce, you know what I’m talking about. The name of that sauce had to come from somewhere, you know! What is Lobster Cantonese?...
We’ll cover that and more in this quick article! What Is Maltose? Maltose (mài yá táng, 麦芽糖) is a natural sweetener produced from fermented grains like barley and rice. Also sometimes called malt syrup or malt sugar, maltose has the consistency of neither syrup nor sugar! It’s much more viscous than a syrup––more solid than liquid, really––and is also less sweet than sugar or honey. How Is Maltose Used? Maltose is often used in Chinese cooking for roasted meats and also for crisping up the skin on poultry like fried squab....
I love serving this meatball soup recipe with some 30 minute dinner rolls to soak up whatever I can’t get with my spoon. It is the ultimate winter meal! Meatball Soup I love making soup, and winter is the absolute perfect time to try new soup recipes! This meatball soup is fast becoming my family’s meal time favorite as it is truly belly-warming! Meatballs are so versatile from Grape Jelly Meatballs as an appetizer to Crockpot Meatballs for dinner!...
Well just like the rest of you, we don’t have all the answers to the eternal conundrum of how to have a good time this New Year’s Eve. What we do know a thing or two about is what delicious things you can EAT while you ring in 2016. (You knew that was coming.) So we say begone lame-o chips with salsa! Away with your spinach dips and frozen pizza rolls!...
We love oatmeal cookies whether they’re soft or crisp but sometimes we want something quick without using the oven. These no bake cookies are the answer! Ingredients The ingredients in these cookies is not long and you likely even have them on hand! Butter – While I prefer unsalted, you can use salted butter. It’ll give a more sweet and salty combo! Sugar – This recipe calls for white sugar but brown sugar can be used for a deeper flavor....
Salmon is one of my favorite types of fish to eat. Not only does it have great flavor and texture, it’s healthy, and doesn’t take long to prepare. This One Pan Sesame Ginger Salmon & Broccoli will soon become one of your family’s favorite recipes. Both my daughters (only age three and one) LOVE salmon. If you have kids, you know that from one day to the next they can completely change their eating habits and likes/dislikes....
I recently posted juices on my Instagram stories and many followers were skeptical about juices as they cut fiber and you end up consuming too much sugar. While this is true that eating fruits is healthier than juicing fruits. Fresh orange juice can provide many valuable nutrients like vitamin C, folate and minerals like calcium, and, potassium. Specially when someone is recovering for illness or you wish want to boost your energy and immunity juicing comes handy....
This might be obvious given what we do here on the blog, but the food is the main event of any holiday. This is the time of year when all of our nostalgia-laden favorite family recipes get dusted off and take center stage. There’s my dad’s Perfect Prime Rib Roast, my mom’s flooffy and buttery brioche, Sarah’s Strawberry Cheesecake, and my decadent Tuscan Kale Caesar Salad, plus many batches of Christmas cookies....
A little voice inside of me sniggered ‘Oh great. Those are like SO LONG. OMG. You don’t know what you’re getting yourself into, Fatima.’ I had to pep-talk myself into not breaking it off. I exaggerate. Kind of. I probably would have regretted breaking up over of all this. How do you make Chicken Pilau? This method uses the traditional yakhni method of making Pilau. Yakhni literally means broth or soup in Urdu....
Tender, light, and fluffy rolls with a buttery salted top, they’re the perfect rolls for any meal! What are Parker House Rolls Parker House Rolls originated in the Omni Parker House Hotel in the 1800s. They were loved for their buttery, sweet flavor and fluffy texture as most rolls at the time were quite dense. Eleanor Roosevelt eventually secured the recipe, featured later in the White House Cookbook. There are several variations of this recipe, and this one is derived from the original itself....
This peach Bellini recipe will be your go-to libation poolside, beachside, or just hanging out at home! Summery flavors make this tasty cocktail a sure winner for backyard barbecues! What is a Peach Bellini? This simple cocktail is named after a famous Italian painter named Giovani Bellini. Make it by blending frozen peaches and peach Schnapps and top it off with Prosecco. Bubbly peach Bellinis add an air of sophistication to brunches and holidays like Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day (or any day ending in ‘Y”)....
This creamy salad dressing recipe is sweet from the honey and tangy from the vinegar and Dijon mustard with a nutty crunch from the poppy seeds. Ingredients For Poppy Seed Dressing Honey: Provides sweetness and balances the tang from the vinegar. White Wine Vinegar: This adds a tangy flavor. If you don’t have white wine vinegar, use apple cider vinegar. Garlic Powder: Adds a subtle garlic flavor. For a stronger garlic flavor, use 1 clove of minced garlic....
Tofu has got to be the most awesomely delicious food with the worst reputation ever. It’s got a huge variety of textures, and essentially takes on whatever flavor you add to it. This dish is vegetarian/vegan (if you leave out the oyster sauce or use a vegetarian oyster sauce), but you don’t miss the meat. At all. I would gladly pass over a hunk of grilled meat for this. And you’ll only be standing at the stove for five to ten minutes, max....
Tender stalks of asparagus are lightly seasoned in oil and garlic and roasted with a sprinkle Parmesan cheese. An Easy (and Elegant) Side Dish This roasted asparagus recipe is easy to make and you can vary the seasonings to match the menu or use what’s on hand. Double up the recipe and enjoy roasted asparagus in recipes all week long! Oven-roasted asparagus goes with everything, especially with lighter proteins like fish and chicken....
This delicious sesame panko crab cakes recipe was Sarah’s creation after Judy and I sent her photos of our dining experiences from our recent road trip. Flashback: Bill: Hey, how about if we do a road trip to the south and hit some cities? Judy: Yeah sure, why not? When do you want to go? Bill: How’s next Monday? Judy: Yeah sure, why not… And off we went after we identified a general path from New Jersey down to Key West, over to Texas and back home....
Singaporean Rice is the main course comprising seasoned rice, vegetable and chicken-based sweet and sour sauce, and boiled noodles. The dish is garnished with fried garlic and chilies making it very attractive and mouth-watering. The dish is often served on a platter and is very famous Pakistani fusion food. Origin Don’t be misled by “Singaporean” in the name. The dish never saw Singapore and has nothing to do with it....
They’ll transport you to those big dim sum halls of old, filled with push carts, the smell of warm aromatic steam, and the din of dozens of families enjoying a weekend brunch together. You’ll be shocked at how easy they are to make. Watch our VIDEO to see just how simple it is! Our aunt, who is notoriously critical of any recipe she encounters, had no changes to make to it and said they were some of the best she’s ever had....
We did a good amount of cooking on my recent European trip with Kaitlin and our cousin, Kim. It was an awesome way to save money at a time when we were practically hemorrhaging it on plane tickets and bottled water, but it was also an awesome way to ground ourselves as we hopped from one city or country to the next. When ended up in Santorini on our trek through Greece (the third stop on our trip after Munich and Prague), and it was definitely one of our favorite stops on the entire trip....
