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Made with fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, red onion, peppers, black olives, feta cheese and of course quinoa, this quinoa salad is light, fresh and loved by everyone. The flavors of a Greek salad are so fresh that I am continuously creating new dishes with this combination! From Greek Tortellini Salad to Easy Greek Pasta Salad, it seems that nobody can get enough! I often make a yummy Black Bean Quinoa Salad which has my favorite southwest flavors like cilantro and cumin but my family also really loves this Greek salad twist on quinoa salad!...

This is the perfect topping for turning any starch side dish into a mouth-watering entrée. Ingredients and Variations There are so many easy changes that can be to this recipe with equally delicious results! Meat: I use lean ground beef (of course) but you can sub any kind of ground meat. Turkey/chicken don’t have as much flavor so you might want to add some extra bouillon cubes. Sausage works to turn this into a sausage gravy recipe....

Posted Oct 22, 2017, Updated Jun 26, 2024 Usually around 2 pm after a day of homeschool, grocery shopping, playing and cooking I usually need a pick-me-up. This collagen matcha latte is a go-to for me on the afternoons when I need some fuel to get me through the afternoon slump! It’s low-calorie, high-protein, and easy to make with 4 ingredients in 3 minutes. And of course it’s delicious, and the matcha provides a little dose of caffeine for an afternoon energy boost!...

With ingredients you likely have on hand, the texture is tender and almost dumpling-like. They’re the perfect side dish or a great addition to soups or stew. What are Egg Noodles? This homemade egg noodles recipe differs from pasta as it has more eggs. Most store-bought dried pasta doesn’t contain eggs, and while traditional homemade pasta has eggs, this recipes uses a higher ratio. These homemade egg noodles combine flour with a larger quantity of eggs....

This Italian dressing recipe is a simple blend of oil and vinegar with herbs and a hint of garlic. It’s great for salads, pasta salads, as a marinade, or to dip and dunk bread. You’ll LOVE This Italian Dressing Because… It’s easy to make with ingredients you likely have on hand. It takes about 5 minutes and packs lots of flavor. It can be used on everything from salads to chicken marinade to bread dipping....

Posted Oct 25, 2023, Updated Jun 10, 2024 These Homemade Oatmeal Cream Pies are a delicious & nostalgic treat I’ve been making for many years. They are my husband’s second favorite dessert (second only to homemade eclairs), and everyone who tries them falls in love. This homemade version is even better than the well-known, store-bought variety. Two soft, flavorful oatmeal cookies are generously filled with an irresistible homemade buttercream filling....

Cheeseburger macaroni is a one pot meal with ground beef and elbow macaroni in an easy cheesy sauce! This hearty dish is filled with tasty pantry staples! No complicated ingredients. Homemade Hamburger Helper Cheeseburger Macaroni This is an easy copycat of Hamburger Helper cheeseburger macaroni, perfect for busy weeknights! This homemade casserole is a one-pot wonder. The whole dish is made in one skillet for less mess and less cleanup....

Posted Nov 24, 2023 Browned butter is literally liquid gold. It tastes amazing and adds depth, flavor and richness to both baked goods (especially brown butter chocolate chip cookies) and savory dishes. In this post, I will walk you through how to brown butter step-by-step. I’ve included photos of every step of the process so you can be certain you are doing it correctly. Use it to make chocolate chip cookies, rice crispy treats, tortellini sauce, etc....

©SpendWithPennies.com How to Cook the Perfect Steak Pin it to your GRILLING BOARD to SAVE it for later! Follow Spend With Pennies on Pinterest for more great tips, ideas and recipes! I actually learned how to cook the perfect steak at culinary school bootcamp last year. Grilling a perfect steakhouse style steak in your own backyard is actually pretty easy! You’re looking for delicious flavor, caramelization and cooking the meat to the right temperature....

We’ve found that chilies are easy to grow from small plants or from seed, as long as you have lots of light and heat! This series is a collaboration between The Woks of Life and Choy Division, a regenerative Asian vegetable and herb farm in the Hudson Valley. Check out our previous posts on how to grow bok choy, napa cabbage, and Chinese eggplant. In this post, we’ll share farmer Christina Chan’s knowledge on growing chilies, Choy Division team member Nicole Yeo’s research on the history of chilies in China and across Asia, as well as what we learned this past summer growing them in our garden!...

Since Thai basil doesn’t take up much space, you can grow it easily in containers as well as in the ground, making it a great herb to grow on a bright windowsill, patio, or front porch. It’s a summer crop that loves heat, which we have in spades right now. Thai Basil Varieties While Italian basil is the most well-known basil variety here in the U.S., there are many types, including lemon basil, purple basil, tulsi, and more....

Charcuterie boards are moveable feasts of colors, textures, and flavors! Make a signature meat and cheese board with a variety of bread, crackers, fruit, nuts, olives, and tasty spreads! The tips below will ensure your next party platter is the talk of the event! This post is sponsored by Walmart and SheKnows Media. More Crowd Favorites What do you add to your Charcuterie Board? Let us know in a comment below!...

Tomato paste is made from blended tomatoes with with skins and seeds strained out. The slow cooking of tomato juice allows the flavors to deepen and the excess water to evaporate, resulting in a thick, concentrated tomato paste. It’s a must-have for any home cook! Why? Tomatoes release lycopene, an antioxidant upon prolonged slow cooking. This substance gives umami flavor to sauces and gravies with shortest cooking time. Homemade paste is free of added additives and preservatives, which most store-bought tomato paste include....

Freezing iftar snacks ahead of Ramadan can be a great way to divide some workload while providing good home-cooked food for the family. This post is full of ideas for iftar recipes with 50-plus recipes. Why this round-up is best? I highly recommend making a Ramadan menu and planning food ahead. This will save time and energy in Ramadan for Ibadat and give you peace and a sense of accomplishment as you will achieve more in Ramadan....

Do I like kaleji? Kind of. Do I eat kaleji often? Yup! I do - liver is one of the most nutrient dense food on the planet and is the highest edible source of iron. You’ve probably grown up believing spinach is super high in iron - well, spinach ain’t got nuttin’ over liver. Just google the numbers and you’ll be surprised as to how much iron liver contains in comparison to other ‘iron-rich’ foods we’ve been taught to consume!...

The samosa crust is made of samosa sheets (recipe from funcooking.co.uk) similar to a spring roll wrapper. You can also use filo pastry wrappers (recipe from Spruceeats.com) instead of or make your own pastry dough. Depending on the ground meat used in filling they are called beef samosa, lamb samosa, mutton samosa, or simply meat samosa. Interestingly, the aloo samosa is the first love of all South Asians, the Lamb or beef keema samosa gets the limelight in meat-lover Pakistani and North Indian foodies....

Quick and Easy to Make My sister has a problem. A kimchi problem. She does this thing, where she walks into our local Korean-run market after work, walks straight to the back of the refrigerated aisle, and buys way too much kimchi for her own good––more than she will ever actually eat with her rice during the week. So what is an older sister/roommate to do when there’s a container and a half of kimchi languishing on the top shelf of the fridge, with no immediate use in sight?...

The addition of spicy sausage makes the stew especially rich and delicious. To keep the dish mild, however, feel free to use any sweet sausage you like! A hearty recipe for cold weather With most of the holiday decorations back in storage for the year and what seems like daily “gale warnings” popping up in my weather notifications this past week, it looks like that time of year is fully upon us here in the Northeast: full-on winter, without the holiday cheer to distract us all from the fact that 1) it still gets dark by 4:45 PM and 2) spring is still months away....

I’m kind of ridiculously militant about preparing enough food on Thursday, just so we’ll have leftovers for Friday. Which is why in the past, we have served a 20 pound turkey for a table of just 8 people. I know. Crazy. I can’t help it. There’s something about having leftovers that extends the Thanksgiving awesomeness for a few days more, and I love it. I love coming up with new recipes to reinvigorate those leftovers every year, and this is one of them: Leftover Thanksgiving turkey ramen....

Posted May 04, 2023, Updated Feb 13, 2024 Sometimes I create a recipe and believe that I struck gold – and that’s exactly how I feel about this lemon buttercream frosting. It is bright with a bold lemon flavor that keeps it from being overly sweet. It’s irresistibly delicious piped onto vanilla cupcakes and lemon cupcakes or slathered yellow cake, lemon poppy seed cake, and lemon cookies. Lemon Buttercream: Ingredients & Substitutions Lemon Juice....