When turkey season is upon us, it’s hard to withstand the common rush, so, many people who usually don’t even cook all that much, suddenly find themselves grocery shopping for the bird and all the things that go with it.
Chicken is one of the most versatile proteins out there. It is a staple for lunches and dinners at my house. I use it to top salads, make homemade chicken soups, quesadillas for my daughter and tacos. Easy chicken salad recipe is the best when done with boiled chicken. Boiled chicken is so multipurpose and quick and easy to make. Boil for about 30 minutes and shred. I found that boiling chicken breasts creates all-around best results over baking or pan frying.
Shrimp is the kind of seafood that is both inexpensive and posh and kind of adds a gourmet touch to many dishes, from salads to sandwiches. There’s a gazillion recipes for snacks and starters with shrimp and most of them call for boiled shrimp.
Eggs are a great
Source: of easily digestible protein, especially if your diet doesn’t include meat. Not so long ago, most nutritionists agreed that there’s too much cholesterol in eggs and you shouldn’t eat more than a few a week, but the recent studies show that it’s not so and the cholesterol in eggs is of the good kind.
Corn is such an essential part of American cuisine that I can hardly imagine certain food-related activities without at least some kind of corn. Corn on the cob, creamed corn, baked corn, there are so many classic recipes. We do it for Christmas and Thanksgiving, we have at outside BBQs.
Baked sweet potatoes make for a lovely side dish when you’re tired of your side dish regulars and want something different, but aren’t willing to spend too much time and money on your whims.
Baked salmon is probably the most popular fish recipe I know of. It is also extremely versatile which puts it high in my books. You can serve it as a standalone dinner dish, you can shred it for lunchtime sandwiches or salads and even restaurant-level tartar. There are also dozens of ways to utilize salmon leftovers if you have it.
Bakes potatoes are everyone’s beloved side dish. We do them regularly. They are both a part of our midweek meals as well as holiday dinners.
Tender, juicy pork chops with crispy crust and delicious meaty flavor are a perfect dinner for meat lovers. However, as simple as they may look at first sight, it’s quite easy to spoil your pork chops. Underdone pork chops can have all the taste and texture of a rubber sole, and overdone pork chops are too dry and chewy.
Baked chicken is one of the most common meat courses for dinner. It’s lean and inexpensive and quite easy to cook and by choosing a different cut of meat and a recipe variation you can even add a lot of variety. Classic baked chicken breasts are quite not the same as Buffalo style bake wings and yet the method is pretty much the same.
If you want to take a break from chicken breast, which is one of the most common meal choices, when it comes to meat, chicken thighs are a great option. First of all, they are lean, but the meat is juicier. Second, you can bake them in a variety of ways, bone in, skin on or without any of those.
Chicken legs, baked bone in, whole with only a few herbs and spices rubbed in, are great for dinner on any given day. They are a very inexpensive meat variety, they are very simple and quick to cook, if you follow your recipe instructions, even if you have never cooked them before.
This delicious homemade horseradish sauce is creamy, zesty with just a perfect amount of spicy kick to it. It is so much better than any of the store-bought packaged sauces. The taste is definitely worthy of the best steakhouse. This creamy, rich sauce is ideal for serving with prime rib, pork and beef tenderloin, steak or on sandwiches.
This honey walnut shrimp recipe is just like your favorite take out restaurant fare but made in the comfort of your own home. Crispy fried shrimp tossed with soft boiled walnuts and mouthwatering honey sauce. The classic Chinese combination of salty, sea flavored shrimp, sweet luscious sauce and earthy walnuts is unbeatable.
If the name of this cake makes you have warm cuddly feels, wait till you see and taste the actual cake. It really is warmth, cuddles, sweetness and tenderness in a cake form.
This recipe for Hominy soup or Pozole is quick, easy and delicious dish bursting with classic Mexican flavors. Pozole is a traditional soup of Mexico, from pre-Columbian days. It’s basically a soup flavored with aromatic and fragrant, peppers, cumin, garlic and lime. It’s typically made with either chicken or pork and the key and constant ingredient is hominy.
There is nothing better than a comforting, hearty plate of spaghetti and homemade sauce for dinner. Spaghetti and meat sauce are basically match made in heaven. Starchy, delicately flavored pasta is a great carrier for the robust, beefy, rich flavors of the meat sauce. This delicious tomato based spaghetti sauce made from scratch is a winner. I make it all the time and have perfected the recipe for the most rounded, balanced flavor.
Lasagna is an ultimate comfort food. It is hearty, cheesy, filling and satisfying and truly a labour of love. You need to make homemade bolognese sauce, cheese mixture and boil the noodles. But the finished lasagna is worth every minute spent. It is delicious, oozing with melty cheese, carb comforting with starchy noodles and robust, stellar meat sauce. All of it layered together for a perfect balance of flavors and phenomenal taste.
Making homemade Hollandaise sauce from scratch might seem like an ambitious resolution. After all there is a lot of vigorous and continuous whisking and stirring and gradually drizzling butter and even more whisking. Sounds intimidating and almost like an impossible task. An arm workout would be a nice bonus but I prefer to stick to the effortless Hollandaise sauce made in a blender. Yes, I let the machine do all the work for me. I really just want it to be a painless and enjoyable experience. This method is fail proof and very simple.
Save yourself a trip to the Japanese steakhouse and make this hibachi staple appetizer soup at home! It is quick and easy and the taste is spot-on to a restaurant prepared one. Hibachi soup is a clear broth created by simmering meat broths and vegetables together over a long period of time to create an intense, complex flavor of the soup.
With summer rapidly approaching there will be a bounty of fresh seasonal vegetables readily available and perfectly in season. The abundance of summer squash and zucchini means lots of grilled veggies, minestrone soup and fresh salads. Making zucchini bread is another great option to add to your summer baking rotation.
I can never pass on an awesome healthy cookie recipe. Leaving in Florida where bikini season is basically year round and being a lover of cookies, when I come across a delicious but also wholesome cookie recipe I have to make it and also share it with as many people as possible.
Beloved lasagna is an ultimate comfort dish that is hearty, carb satisfying, filling, oozing with cheese goodness, that is also a calorie bomb among other things. And with the summer rapidly approaching, read bikini season, how do we extinguish our lasagna cravings. Well it is absolutely possible with this healthy lasagna recipe. There is no sacrifices in flavor department and with only 259 calories per serving this dish is a definite winner.
Hangover soup or Hamburger Soup is super easy and quick to make using basic ingredients like frozen or fresh vegetables, ground beef, diced tomatoes and potatoes. You can also make it in advance, it is very cost conscious, and you can freeze it without any problems for the future use. Nothing can beat a hearty, filling soup, that combines all the important food groups like protein from hamburger meat, bounty of all kinds of vegetables and starchy potatoes or carb comforting pasta. It is definitely a complete meal.
Ham salad is a traditional American salad. A close brother to chicken, egg and tuna salads where proteins and mayonnaise create a perfect pairing of flavors. Creamy savory mayo is always a perfect compliment to the meat, fish or chicken.
This recipe is a nice break from familiar ways to eat gyoza, which is deep frying or pan frying them. Serve gyoza in a flavorful broth for a comforting, cozy spin on a traditional dish. This asian flavors inspired soup definitely has soul-warming effects and is perfect for the colder weather months. This gyoza soup is delicious, huge hit with kids and adults and easy to make as well. Gyoza dumplings are soft and filling, bursting with flavors and are a perfect compliment to the broth.
I make grilled chicken breasts all the time. They are delicious, protein-rich, healthy additions to many wonderful salads, pastas, tacos, quesadillas. Quick and convenient staples for lunches and dinners. They are also great dinner protein when served with a homemade sauce like piccata.
Grilled shrimp is a delicious and quick dish that looks fancy and elegant. You would think it came straight out of the 5 -star seafood restaurant, but it is actually very easy to make at home. Perfect for warm summer nights when you just want to be outside. Fire up the grill and get ready because I have an amazing recipe for you.
Many people think cooking scallops at home is intimidating and order them out in the restaurants instead. But in reality scallops are very easy to make in the comfort of your own home. They can be baked, broiled, seared to golden perfection and grilled with beautiful grilled marks!
This easy grilled chicken recipe has aromatic lemon, herb and garlic marinade that packs a powerful flavor punch. Chicken is delicious and succulent. No one can resist the beautiful grilled marks. You will be grilling chicken all summer long.
My husband loves grilling during warm weather months, which is always in Florida. I make grilled chicken breasts all the time. They are delicious, protein-rich, healthy additions to many wonderful salads, pastas, tacos. Quick and convenient staples for lunches and dinners. They are also great dinner protein when served with a homemade sauce like piccata.
This creamy delight can be eaten as a cold light lunch, in a sandwich or as an hors d’oeuvre on a piece of toast. Add it to your party snack list to surprise your guests with a healthy, hearty treat!
I never thought of green beans more then a side dish that graced practically every dinner table, especially around holidays. Green beans, string beans, haricots verts, whatever you call them, they are easily available year-round, quick to cook, healthy and complement almost any meal.
Greek lasagna or pastitsio, is a baked pasta casserole, combining homemade meat sauce with noodles, béchamel sauce all under a golden crust of loads of greek cheese. It is an ultimate comfort food that’s boosts greek inspired flavors. Layers of freshly cooked pastitsio noodles, made from scratch meat sauce with a hint of cinnamon and infused with tomato sauce, creamy, luscious traditional béchamel sauce and greek Kasseri cheese.
With the summer approaching you are gonna love this refreshing grape salad that is a perfect dish to bring to all the warm-weather picnics with friends and fun barbecue parties.
I love the fact that Graham Crackers simply exist. They are such a universal dessert base. The variety of recipes they can be used in is amazing, from s’mores to countless no-bake recipes.
Baking without gluten can get a little bit tricky since gluten is the component that holds everything together. So it is very important to use the correct gluten-free flour. Combination of flours work best! And that’s what I use in this bread recipe.
It can get tricky baking gluten free cookies, but this recipe is no-fail and been tested many time and 100% perfected. Those delicious gluten free peanut butter cookies are so good no-one can ever guess they are made with gluten free flour. They will bring you straight to your childhood memories growing up eating peanut butter cookies. They do taste like a real deal.
Baking without gluten can get a little bit tricky since gluten is the component that holds everything together. So it is very important to use the correct gluten-free flour. Combination of flours work best! And that’s what I use in this gluten free chocolate chip cookies recipe.
One of my best friends is allergic to gluten and has a mother of all sweet teeth. You can only imagine how hard it is for her, since a vast majority of all baked goodies is very much not gluten free. I love it when she’s coming over, so I gathered quite a few gluten-free recipes to treat her to something tasty.
This is one of the oldest known cake recipes out there, first mentions of it dating back as early as the 6th century AD! Fascinating! And we are still using it today, that is truly a classic.
Garlic butter shrimp is one of my favorite ways to enjoy the little crustaceans. This dish is so easy and quick, just 20 minutes from start to finish, but the results are mouthwatering, powerhouse of flavors shrimp. Tender, delicious shrimp swimming in a fragrant butter, garlic concoction. There will be the most taunting smell emitting from your kitchen while the shrimp and garlic simmering away, it is so hard to wait for it to be ready. Good thing shrimp cooks pretty fast.
Galaxy cake is a mousse-based dessert that looks so decorative and beautiful, you’ll want to have it and eat it at the same time.
This lovely, simple, delicious recipe is something that always reminds me of childhood. I used to spend summers in Maine, at my Grandparents’ house and we would have a fair nearby. These were served at the Fair always, topped with hot fudge or strawberries or honey or ground sugar, and on Sundays my Grandma and I would go to the Fair and she’d always get me a plateful.
There’s that kind of recipes that I label to myself as Gran’s recipes. They are usually hearty, simple, delicious dishes that have been in my family for ages. Many of them are associated with various family occasions and have become part of our family tradition.
Instant pot is an outstanding way to cook the chicken breasts that have been sitting in your freezer with no destination. And the bonus is you can cook them from frozen, no need to thaw out. Once the chicken breasts are cooked in a breezy time they are ready to be used in any of your favorite recipes. I use my chicken breasts cooked in an instant pot to make easy chicken salads, quesadillas and tacos. I also add them to soups, green salads, lasagnas and pastas.
Treat yourself with these juicy on the inside crispy on the outside delicious fried shrimp. The recipe is quick and easy but the result is amazing tasting shrimp with perfect texture. Shrimp is dipped in creamy tangy buttermilk and eggs layer, then cornstarch and seasoned breadcrumbs mixture. They are simply irresistible and an ultimate once in a while splurge. Buttermilk adds a ton of flavor and help to keep the shrimp moist on the inside while boldly flavored breadcrumbs part-take in building the most scrumptious crust on the outside.
Scallops are one of the best types of seafood you can get and one of my favorite. They are slightly sweet and buttery. Very delicate, mild flavor is not fishy at all. They are the true “candy of the sea”. If you haven’t tried them you are really missing out, those buttery gems are to die for. The soft and springy texture is decadent – and they melt fabulously on your tongue if cooked just right.
There are so many wonderful fresh vegetable side salads out there. But I particularly love this fresh tomato salad with bocconcini cheese (small mozzarella balls).
This beautiful summer salad is bursting with colors! The bouquet includes bright yellow corn, green cucumbers and parsley, red cherry tomatoes and onions all tossed in a simple vinaigrette. But it is not just delicious to look at, it does taste amazing as well.
If you love cornbread, you’re going to absolutely adore this Mexican style corn cake. It’s creamy, buttery, it has a lovely crumbly textur...
