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This oh-so-simple recipe produces sweet, nutty, and tender bites of veggie goodness. Made with just 3 ingredients and ready in under 15 minutes it is the perfect last-minute side dish! What are Brussel Sprouts? These tasty vegetables are so much fun because they look exactly like baby cabbage heads! In fact, they are in the same family as other crucifers, along with broccoli and cauliflower. They are found in grocery stores year-round but usually are at their peak of flavor in fall....

We love homemade French toast and cooking it in the air fryer means you can make it even on busy mornings! It can also be made ahead of time and reheated when everyone is getting ready for work and school! Bread for French Toast French toast comes out crispy on the outside and light and fluffy on the inside when it’s air fried. Find everything air fryer here including our best tips, tricks, and recipes....

Potatoes are lightly seasoned with a sprinkle of parsley, for a quick and easy snack or side dish. Serve next to a fancy steak dinner or alongside your favorite burger for a perfect meal. Amazing Air Fryer Potato Wedges Healthier than deep-fried potato wedges these crispy potatoes require less oil and no mess from a deep fryer. Faster than baking them in the oven, these make a quick side dish or snack....

Pork tenderloin is a tender cut of meat to begin with, but the addition of bacon really adds to the tenderness and flavor! By slicing the meat into medallions to serve, there is a little bit of bacon in every bite! Really, bacon wrapped anything is always a good idea! Pork tenderloin is one of my favorite proteins just simply roasted in the oven or stuffed pork tenderloin. It’s incredibly juicy and tender and everyone in my family loves it....

This sweet and fruity cocktail has a tropical fruit flavor with Malibu, Bacardi, Kahlua plus colorful tropical fruit juices. It’s a summertime drink that’s sure to get the party started. What’s in a Bahama Mama? ALCOHOL coconut rum dark rum (try Bacardi or a good dark Jamaica rum) Kahlua FRUIT JUICE Pineapple and orange juice add a great citrusy tropical flavor with a splash of grenadine for color. Even lemon or lime juice can be added for a touch of sour tang....

This easy veggie is much lower in carbs than pasta and has a light flavor with a shape that resembles spaghetti strands. Baked Spaghetti Squash Spaghetti squash isn’t exactly like eating a bowl of your favorite egg noodles, but it’s a pretty tasty substitute! Spaghetti squash can be cooked in the microwave, however cooking it in the oven caramelizes the edges a little bit so it has a richer flavor....

Whether making a classic grilled cheese sandwich or making a fun dill pickle bacon grilled cheese, these sandwiches are always welcomed at the table. Especially when served with a hot bowl of fresh tomato soup. What’s in a BLT Grilled Cheese? This BLT grilled cheese sandwich is made with crispy bacon, fresh tomatoes, and thick slices of cheddar and mozzarella cheese all on toasted sourdough bread. What a great way to use up those garden-ripe tomatoes and spinach!...

Serve it with burgers, baked chicken breasts or pork chops. Broccoli cauliflower salad has a nutty, refreshing flavor that everyone will absolutely love! Broccoli Cauliflower Salad Ingredients It’s easy to find ingredients for this broccoli cauliflower salad recipe year round. I love a delicious honey mustard dressing for this recipe. Here’s your shopping list: VEGETABLES: Broccoli & Cauliflower: I leave these raw to give a good crisp crunch. You can roast them if you’d prefer....

A New Year’s Tradition Like our traditional Lo Bak Go recipe, these Cha Guo Glutinous Rice Cakes have a delicate flavor from daikon radish and are mostly consumed during Chinese New Year, also known as Spring Festival. These savory cha guo rice cakes are more well known among Hakka Chinese people or kè jiā (客家) which literally means “guest families.” Developing a Recipe from Childhood Memories When I was young, every little Chinese kid (including me) who had one of these cha guo rice cakes in one hand and red envelopes in the other had that Winnie-the-Pooh-with-a-honey-pot sort of smile on their faces!...

You might not know this, but the Cantonese are crazy about their salted fish––especially the older generation. Bill is definitely one of them (though he’s not going to like that I lumped him in with the “older generation.” Haha). He starts drooling at the mere mention of it! You can verify this if you ever meet him in person. The best choice for all your Chinese salted fish needs happens to be the most expensive: mei-xiang-ma-you (梅香马友) ....

It’s similar to Cucumber Tomato Avocado Salad, but with a Neapolitan twist. As part of an antipasti platter, it’s perfect for a special Italian brunch. How to Make Bruschetta Caprese Don’t let the complex flavors and the elegant name fool you, Bruschetta alla Caprese is not a complicated appetizer to make. Bruschetta makes a great “snacketizer” for having friends over for an evening chat on the deck with a bottle of Chianti....

Why buy caramel apples for the next Halloween party when all you need for these fun treats is 3 simple ingredients – apples, caramel bits, and milk! Homemade Caramel Apples Recipe This is a classic caramel apple recipe, and a super fun and delicious way to eat apples. Get the kids involved for a fun activity! Only 3 ingredients. The steps are so simple. Decorate each caramel apple with different candy, nuts, or sprinkles....

Posted Mar 01, 2024, Updated Aug 15, 2024 This homemade caramel sauce is so rich and delicious you will want to serve it over everything – vanilla ice cream, brownies, skillet cookies, etc. This caramel sauce recipe is easy to make with whole-food ingredients (no condensed milk) in only 20 minutes. Plus, it’s rich caramel flavor and smooth texture make it worlds better than any jarred, store-bought sauce! Caramel Sauce: Ingredients & Substitutions Light brown sugar....

With celery as the third “player,” the whole dish is refreshing and so well-balanced. Secrets to Preparing Shrimp for Stir-fry With this post, I also want to show everyone how to best prepare shrimp to ensure they’re perfectly cooked. It’s a method that was passed down by Bill’s mother after working many years at the restaurant she owned with Bill’s father. As always, you want to start with high quality shrimp....

Crisp lettuce topped with seasoned ground beef, cheddar cheese, pickles, onions, and sesame seed croutons all drizzled with our own special sauce! A Fave Cheeseburger Salad Much like a taco salad (with different flavors of course), this is a super quick weeknight meal. This salad has all of the flavors of your fave fast food restaurant but it’s much healthier (and fresher)! The dressing is an easy homemade thousand Island style dressing but you can use store bought if you prefer....

The most compelling reason is it’s pretty easy to repurpose into a sandwich filling, a wrap, a quesadilla all on short notice making it good for on-the-go breakfasts, quick lunches and just generally to make feeding the kids a bit easier. This and my Hariyali Chicken recipe are now permanent fixtures on my weekly dinner menu! 🤔 What to expect from this recipe What I love most about this recipe is how quickly it comes together and how minimal the ingredients are....

Chicken salan is just so pure and warming, a simple and satisfying hug in a bowl. It’s pretty straightforward to make with a few basic ingredients we all probably have on hand if we cook Desi food on the regular. The art of making the perfect masala base Shorba refers to the gravy/soup of the curry. A good gravy is essential to get the right feel and flavour for your curry....

Seekh is a metal skewer. Seekh Kabab or seekh kebab is a South Asian entree in which marinated beef mince is covered on the seekh to make a long cylindrical hollow kabab and the kababs are then barbecued on coal. Seekh kabab found its way to Pakistani cuisine through the influence of Mughlai Cuisine. If you love kebab check my other kebab recipe like chapli kebab, beef seekh kebab, shami kebab, chicken malai tikka and chicken tikka....

Five Spice Powder seems to have roots in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). It was believed that the mixture would foster internal harmony by uniting the five main flavors traditionally employed in Chinese cuisine: sweet, sour, pungent, bitter, and salty. With these perfectly balanced flavors, aligned with the five main elements (earth, fire, water, metal, and wood), tradition held that one could achieve balance in mind and body. Let’s talk more about what this ingredient is, and how to use it in Chinese cooking....

Watching the vendors put this snack together was one of the best parts of our street food experience. For the Xi’an China tourist price of 10 RMB each (about $1.50), and the entertainment value of the experience, these snacks were a bargain! These street cooks really make it look easy; they were making them as fast as people were lining up for them. Though the stuffed recipe seems simple, it took me four tries until I was confident enough to post the recipe....