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Posted Nov 17, 2016, Updated Jul 13, 2024 This healthy sweet potato casserole recipe is a delicious & nutritious side dish for the holidays. This recipe is bursting with rich fall flavors, is velvety smooth, and is not laden with sugar! You don’t need brown sugar or marshmallows to make a crowd-pleasing sweet potato casserole that everyone will rave about. Naturally sweetened with applesauce and spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, this healthy sweet potato casserole is a sure-fire crowd pleaser!...

The other day, though, Bill threw out a request. Could we try something else for breakfast? Well, one man’s request is another man’s challenge. Our homemade english muffins have always been a hit with everyone, but I really wanted to try a multigrain version of that recipe. All I needed was the multigrain cereal mix I make all the time for our multigrain bread, and I was able to adapt a new, healthier version of our original english muffin recipe....

Pita bread has a mild flavor and a gentle chew, it’s great for filling, dipping, or scooping. This recipe is easy and fun to make. A Versatile Bread Some types of pita are thicker and don’t have a pocket (like the ones you often see at your favorite Greek restaurants served with souvlaki). This recipe is an old church recipe that produces a thin pita with a large hollow pocket inside....

This white bread recipe is made with ingredients you likely have on hand! Below I will walk you through the step-by-step instructions for a perfect loaf. It’s a go-to for perfectly fluffy slices that hold up well and turn every sandwich into a gourmet meal! This homemade bread can be enjoyed with butter and jam or as a classic grilled cheese. Make your favorite sandwiches or just slather it in butter....

This humble vegetable lasts forever in the fridge, is good for you, and it’s inexpensive. If you’re not cooking cabbage regularly, this recipe will give you a reason to! Cabbage Demands More Flavor Sometimes, when you cook cabbage just with garlic, salt, and oil—the usual treatment we give most leafy vegetables around here—it can feel a little lackluster. Put simply, cabbage demands a little more flavor! This recipe is it....

What Is a Hot Pot Soup Base? Hot Pot (huǒguō, 火锅) is a Chinese cooking method and type of meal involving a simmering pot of soup in the middle of a dining table with a variety of raw ingredients (meat, seafood, mushrooms, vegetables, tofu, noodles/starch, etc.). The pot of broth is kept simmering, and the raw ingredients are then dipped and cooked in the boiling liquid at the table by each individual diner (almost like a Chinese fondue, sans cheese)....

Cooking dry beans is much easier than you think and a delicious way to get a meal on the table! I’ve included a few of my favorite tips below! I am excited to partner with Hurst’s HamBeens® to share our favorite tips and make your pantry meals both easy and successful! A Pantry Staple I know that many of you love Hurst’s HamBeens as much as my family does! I have several bags of these beans in my pantry because they make for delicious and nutritious meals that everyone LOVES (like our favorite Crockpot Ham and Bean Soup)!...

Leeks are so soft they practically dissolve into soups, stews and gravies, enriching the flavor and slightly thickening the broth as they cook. We love serving roasted leeks, Parmesan Roasted Leeks, and they taste amazing in potato leek soup! What Do Leeks Taste Like Leeks have a mild onion taste and texture all their own. They can be used in any dish that calls for onions or garlic. If your family doesn’t like onions, they may find leeks to be more agreeable....

I used to be confused a lot by the process of everything - How many onions do I use? Do I use tomatoes? Green chillies? - my in-laws use tons! What is the correct rice/water ratio? Do I realllyyyy have to soak my rice? Every region has their own kind of Pilau / Pulao. For example, I learnt that the Karachi style of making Chicken Pilau often uses fennel seeds (saunf) and tomatoes, whereas the Punjabi style, as I have written a recipe for here, doesn’t....

Incredible Whipped Apple Pie! (The perfect no bake dessert!) Love it? Pin it to SAVE it! Follow Spend With Pennies on Pinterest for more great recipes! We love apple pie at my house… I mean we really love it! Sometimes you just don’t feel like heating up the oven… and this is the perfect no bake apple pie to satisfy the craving! This pie has a deliciously apple-y filling that is rich and creamy yet still so light!...

Rice and mushrooms cooked in the Instant Pot with broth and herbs until creamy and tender. Stir in some parmesan cheese for an effortlessly elegant meal. Instant Pot Mushroom Risotto I have to admit, Instant Pot risotto is one of my favorite uses for the Instant Pot (along with melt in your mouth ribs). A traditional mushroom risotto recipe needs tending to and lots of stirring while instant pot risotto is a set-it-and-forget-it kinda dish!...

Large fresh shrimp were always a treat because they were (and still are) quite expensive, and we lived modestly back then, so I always looked forward to eating it. Plus, it’s not surprising that any kid would love something cooked with a decent glug of ketchup in it. My Mom’s Go-to for Entertaining My mom also used to make this ketchup shrimp dish when she would host a group of friends for a girls’ night of mahjong....

They’re a cute, festive, and yummy no-bake dessert that’s ready in minutes. Lucky Charms are pressed into the top of the marshmallow cereal bars for extra fun. And with their sweet flavor, your kids will want to help make them, too! Perfect for St. Patrick’s Day This fun and festive dessert needs only 4 ingredients and 3 steps, they are ready to enjoy as soon as they are cooled and cut!...

If you’ve heard that you should be eating more small oily fish for your health, but aren’t sure how to make it happen, give this pan-fried mackerel a try! How to Cook Oily Fish Oily fish tends to have a fishier flavor, which is why a lot of people avoid it. It’s really a shame, because these fish are full of omega-3 fatty acids, and the small varieties like sardines, anchovies, and Atlantic mackerel (not the large King Mackerel) are low in mercury....

A whole meal in itself. It’s nutritious, healthy and filling sweet for both kids and pregnant or post delivery mothers. I grew up eating it made by my Nani (Grandmother) on every Bakra Eid. So this sweet has a very special place in my heart as it always reminds me of her love. By the way, Malida is my most favourite dessert. The more I eat it, the more I crave it....

If you’ve never made an icebox cake, you MUST try it! An icebox cake usually consists of layers of cookies alternated with layers of pudding, whipped cream or whipped topping. As the ‘cake’ sits overnight the cookies soak in some of the moisture from the whipped layer resulting in a soft cake-y texture. This icebox cake recipe uses instant pistachio pudding combined with whipped topping to create a super simple and delicious treat!...

Posted May 07, 2023, Updated Mar 24, 2024 Move over Cheesecake Factory – this is the best Oreo cheesecake recipe you’ll ever make or eat! A creamy cookies and cream cheesecake filling is baked on top of an Oreo crust. Finished off with a rich chocolate ganache and homemade whipped cream, this Oreo cheesecake is a dessert dream come true (also try this no-bake Oreo cheesecake)! Oreo Cheesecake: Ingredients & Substitutions Oreo Cookies....

A Welcome to the Neighborhood When we first moved to the neighborhood my parents still currently live in, I was twelve years old, about to start eighth grade, and very nervous about being “the new kid.” Not long after we finished unpacking our boxes, I remember the doorbell ringing. Our neighbor across the street had brought us some homemade blueberry squares to say hi and welcome us to the block. While the neighborhood we’d moved from wasn’t unfriendly, it also wasn’t the kind of place where people rang your doorbell proffering delicious baked goods!...

Posted Sep 29, 2023, Updated Feb 12, 2024 This peanut butter banana bread combines the classic flavor duo (bananas and peanut butter) in one delicious quick bread. It’s moist and sweet and bursting with both banana and peanut butter flavor. The hints of vanilla and cinnamon make it completely irresistible. Serve this peanut butter banana bread with a slather of homemade peanut butter or cinnamon honey butter for a delicious breakfast or snack....

Bright and cheery, this Sunflower Cake is sure to shine on the dessert table! When spring and Easter are in the air, or when a little dose of cute sunshine needs to grace the table, this peep cake is sure to bring a smile. Peep cake is sweet in all ways, and so delicious. Fun & Festive Sunflower Cake It is so easy to make, with just a few simple ingredients....