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30 AMAZING Food Photographers and Bloggers to Follow on Pinterest
When I started this blog, little did I know that besides expanding my baking skills, it would also become a source of a new passion for me. A passion for food photography. I've always loved to shoot pictures of my kiddos, but this was something absolutely new to me. I had so much to learn.
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Easy Sesame Chicken Recipe
Easy Sesame Chicken is a battered chicken fried in a pan and coated with sesame sauce. Popular Asian takeout dish, made easily at home.
If you like to cook takeout at home, you may also like my recipe for Korean Beef Tacos or Orange Chicken. I serve them all with my Instant Pot Rice.
Why You'll Love This Recipe
Thursdays in our house are for Asian dinners. If I am not making my Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowls, I am whipping up this Easy Sesame Chicken. There is an additional step of dipping the chicken in the batter, comparing to the other recipes, but it's totally worth it and very quick. As always, my goal is to make the recipe as easy as possible.
This Easy Sesame Chicken is so flavorful and delicious, you will add it to your weekly menu. It's so easy to make, and since the sauce can be made ahead of time and the recipe calls for chicken thighs, this recipe is a budget-friendly time-saver. Perfect for busy weeknights!
[Read more...] about Easy Sesame Chicken RecipeEasy Broccoli Salad
This easy Broccoli Salad is made with fresh broccoli florets, slivered almonds, dried cranberries, red onion and celery tossed in a light creamy dressing, perfect for holidays and potlucks.
Broccoli can be turned into many delicious dishes, like this salad. You may also like my Roasted Broccoli, my perfect Steamed Broccoli and my Creamy Broccoli with Bacon.
Why You'll Love This Salad
Creamy Broccoli Salad is one of our favorite dishes made with this green vegetable. It's easy, delicious and perfect for holiday dinners (especially when you are assigned with bringing a side dish), weekend dinners, summer BBQ and potlucks.
You will love the creamy dressing that is not loaded with mayo but lightened up with natural sour cream and honey in place of sugar.
[Read more...] about Easy Broccoli SaladInstant Pot Pot Roast
This Instant Pot Pot Roast with potatoes and carrots is comfort food at its best. The meat is tender, falls apart, and the vegetables are perfectly soft.
[feast_advanced_jump_to]Why This Recipe Works
When you are thinking of pot roast, you are envisioning a big cut of beef, roasting for hours with carrots and potatoes. Pot roast is a dish made with a tough cut of beef, cooked low and slow to get the meat to a stage when it's tender and easily shreds. Carrots and potatoes are a classic vegetable company to the pot roast. Now, you can cook a rich and flavorful pot roast in your Instant Pot pressure cooker in a fraction of the time.
[Read more...] about Instant Pot Pot RoastAir Fryer Fried Chicken
This Air Fryer Fried Chicken is juicy inside and crispy on the outside. You will love the crunchy coating with Parmesan cheese. It's a delicious fried chicken dinner made healthier!
Why This Recipe Works
After the huge success with my chicken nuggets, I wanted to make another chicken recipe. One that you will most likely fry in a lot of oil. Well, forget deep-fat frying! This Air Fryer Fried Chicken is crispy on the outside and juicy inside.
Marinate the chicken in buttermilk (I am sharing my quick homemade version), then coat in flour, breadcrumbs, and Parmesan cheese breading with spices. The simple bath in buttermilk helps keep the chicken juicy while air frying. The breading is perfectly seasoned and has a hint of toasted cheese. AMAZING!
Sweet and Sour Chicken
This Sweet and Sour Chicken is made with boneless skinless chicken breast, peppers, and pineapple simmered in the best homemade sauce. This is an easy 15-minute dinner, perfect for busy weeknights.
This homemade Asian dish is so much better than takeout. I serve it with rice and steamed broccoli.
Asian takeout dinners made at home, are my go-to lately. You simply can't beat a flavor-packed dish that takes under 20 minutes to make. Sweet and Sour Chicken is a combination of chicken breast cut into bite-size pieces, typically coated in batter or breading, cooked in the pan with peppers, onions and pineapple. The rice cooks perfectly in the same time the chicken, peppers and pineapple saute and then simmer in sweet and sour sauce. Talk about easy!
[Read more...] about Sweet and Sour ChickenBest Instant Pot Chili
This Best Instant Pot Chili is a rich and flavorful beef and bean chili that’s made in a pressure cooker! Tastes as if it was simmering on your stove all day.
This chili is pure comfort food, just like my Instant Pot Beef Stew or the Instant Pot Whole Roasted Chicken.
I have finally perfected my recipe for beef chili that cooks in my Instant Pot. It’s time to share it here, on my blog, because you have to make it asap! It’s rich and so flavorful! Thanks to my secret ingredient, it tastes as if it was simmering on the stove all day, but in fact, it takes only 20 minutes to make, start to finish.
[Read more...] about Best Instant Pot ChiliCrispy Sweet Potato Fries
Crispy on the outside and soft in the center, these healthy, baked Sweet Potato Fries are crazy delicious and fast! All you need is oil, cornstarch, spices, and sweet potatoes.
We enjoy these fries with Air-Fryer Chicken Nuggets for a totally kid-approved meal or with my Baked Honey Mustard Chicken since both can bake in the oven in the same time!
Raise your hand, if you never say no to a plate of fresh-cooked fries! Me too! What if you could make a plateful of sweet potato fries that are actually crispy yet baked in the oven? Sign me up! These fries are so much better for you than deep-fat fried ones. They are also so easy to make and great to snack on or serve as a side dish. Perfect for light dinner and 100% kid-approved!
[Read more...] about Crispy Sweet Potato FriesInstant Pot Beef Stew
Instant Pot Beef Stew - a delicious stew made with beef and vegetables. Tender and rich in flavor, this beef stew is pure comfort food!
This stew is pure comfort food, especially served with Cheesy Garlic Bread or Skillet Rolls.
Beef stew is one of those dishes that comes to your mind when you think about comfort food. A big bowl of it will always warm the soul and body. My slow cooker version is perfect for lazy weekends and always comes out great! Now, I can make it in my pressure cooker in under 1 hour. This Instant Pot Beef Stew is the best you will ever make! It tastes like it was simmering on the stove whole day but instead, it cooked in your Instant Pot in 50 minutes! It has tender stew meat, chunks of potatoes, carrots, and celery and the combination of mushrooms and beef stock make for an extra flavorful broth. Add Guinness stout beer or red wine to deepen the flavor.
[Read more...] about Instant Pot Beef StewOrange Chicken
Orange Chicken - quick and easy Chinese dish with chicken in a citrus sauce. Perfect served with rice and steamed vegetables.
Citrus and chicken go so well together in this dish, just like in my Firecracker Chicken. I serve it with my perfect Instant Pot Rice.
If you are a fan of quick takeout inspired dinners, like my Sesame Chicken, you will love this Orange Chicken. I skipped the heavy breading and frying the meat to simply saute it in oil and then simmer in a delicious honey orange sauce. It's easy yet bursting in flavor. A perfect quick meal for busy weekdays! This Orange Chicken is as quick and easy as browning the chicken, mixing the sauce ingredients in one bowl and letting everything simmer together. Serve with rice and steamed vegetables, like broccoli or Asian vegetable mix for a simple yet flavorful meal. You can use this recipe for meal prep and keep portions in the fridge for up to 4 days.
[Read more...] about Orange ChickenSweet and Sour Sauce
Sweet and Sour Sauce - homemade Chinese sauce made with 6 simple ingredients. Perfect with chicken, pork or as a dipping sauce for dumplings or spring rolls!
Forget the store-bought stuff and make this sauce from scratch! I also recommend my Homemade Teriyaki Sauce and the Hoisin Sauce.
If you visited my blog before, you may know that I like to make my own condiments whenever possible. Especially when it comes to Asian cuisine sauces. I almost always have my teriyaki sauce in my fridge, ready to go. It's very convenient and made from ingredients I know. I add it to cooked chicken or pork and serve over rice. You can serve it with crispy spring rolls or fried potstickers.
[Read more...] about Sweet and Sour SauceRolo Pretzel Bites
Rolo Pretzel Bites made with round salty pretzels, caramel Rolo candies and red and green M&M's. Quick, last-minute holiday treat made with 3 ingredients!
Our holiday dessert platter will be filled with these colorful bites along with Oreo Fudge, Rocky Road Fudge and Chocolate Caramel Pretzel Bites.
ROLO PRETZEL BITES
Let's add some color to your Christmas treats spread with these 3-Ingredient Rolo Pretzel Bites! All you need is pretzels, Rolo candies and M&M's. Chocolate, caramel and salty and crunchy pretzels is a combo that never fails. Besides, calories don't count during Christmas! These Rolo Pretzel Bites are perfect for a last-minute sweet treat for the holidays, whether you have friends stopping by or need an easy candy idea for Christmas movie night. They are super easy and very festive!
[Read more...] about Rolo Pretzel BitesItalian Dressing
This homemade Italian Dressing is the best vinaigrette-type salad dressing made with oil, vinegar, herbs, and spices. It's quick and easy to make with simple ingredients you have on hand!
It's my go-to dressing, next to the homemade Ranch dressing and lemon vinaigrette!
Why You'll Love This Recipe
If you feel like your salad is missing something, my bet would be on the dressing. I have the perfect Italian dressing recipe for you! It's the real deal, with the perfect balance of sweet and tangy flavors. It's so much better than anything you can find in the store!
This Italian Dressing is one of the few I currently have in my fridge and one I use all the time. Besides salads, it's delicious drizzled over chicken just before baking on a sheet pan or grilling.
[Read more...] about Italian DressingInstant Pot Baked Ziti
Instant Pot Baked Ziti - easy pasta with Italian sausage, tomato sauce and ricotta cheese. Creamy and cheesy pasta dish cooked in your pressure cooker.
Serve this pasta dish with my One-Hour Skillet Focaccia or Cheesy Garlic Bread.
When you are craving comfort food, need something easy that everyone will love or simply it's pasta night at your house, this Instant Pot Baked Ziti will fit the bill. It's super easy and packed with flavor. You will make it once and it will stay in your weekly menu for a long time. This pasta can be adjusted to your likings by using different meat or skipping it entirely for a vegetarian meal. Just don't forget the ricotta and more cheese on top! This dish is bound to be a hit!
[Read more...] about Instant Pot Baked ZitiCreamy Mushroom Garlic Chicken
Creamy Mushroom Garlic Chicken - juicy chicken in a creamy sauce served with mashed potatoes, rice or pasta for a quick and delicious dinner!
This chicken is so easy to make and it is perfect for busy weeknights or weekends, special occasions, etc. Serve with mashed potatoes, rice, roasted Brussels sprouts or roasted broccoli.
Why You'll Love This Recipe
This skillet chicken is one of my favorite ones to make when I want to take a break from pasta and rice casseroles. When I want something more elegant on the plate. But it still has to be quick and easy. I absolutely love the garlicky mushroom sauce on chicken or pork chops. A simple garnish of chopped parsley and you are done and ready to eat. This looks like a weekend dish but since it really doesn't take much time to make, it's great for busy weeknights too.
[Read more...] about Creamy Mushroom Garlic ChickenP.F. Chang's Chicken Lettuce Wraps
These P. F. Chang's Chicken Lettuce Wraps are made of ground chicken cooked in Asian hoisin sauce and served on lettuce cups. Make this copycat recipe of a popular restaurant favorite in your own kitchen!
Skip takeout and make an easy Asian dinner at home. These lettuce wraps are easy, just like my Skinny Orange Chicken or Sweet and Sour Chicken.
Over the years, I acquired quite the collection of copycat recipes of our favorite restaurant meals. I absolutely love recreating our favorites and adding them to our weekly menu. These Chicken Lettuce Wraps that are a copycat of P. F. Chang's restaurant, are one of them. This popular dish is one of the easiest to make and also very versatile. Lettuce wraps can be made with any filling you like and any lettuce you like. For this recipe, I used ground chicken (that you can easily make at home from a boneless skinless chicken breast) that's cooked in a sauce with all the Asian flavors you love.
[Read more...] about P.F. Chang's Chicken Lettuce WrapsEasy Korean Beef
Easy Korean Beef- one of the easiest Asian recipes to make with ground beef. Caramelized saucy meat served over rice comes together in under 20 minutes!
If you are craving takeout but want to cook at home, this recipe is perfect for you! Just like my Easy Cashew Chicken or Mongolian Beef Bowls.
What I like the most about creating copycat recipes or our restaurant favorites, is how easy they can be. They all have the word "easy" in the name for a reason. This Korean Beef recipe is most definitely one of the easiest you can create in your own kitchen and have dinner ready on the table under 20 minutes. Every bit of the caramelized beef with onion and garlic makes you crave another bite. Serve simply over rice or add steamed vegetables. This recipe is a simplified version of the Korean Beef Bulgogi dish, also knows as the Korean BBQ Beef. We are using ground beef here and we are not marinating the meat since it is ground.
[Read more...] about Easy Korean BeefHomemade Teriyaki Sauce
This Homemade Teriyaki Sauce is the best and easiest sauce for Asian dishes! It's thick, sweet and savory, and delicious used as a marinade, glaze, or as main sauce. Great with chicken, shrimp, salmon, and vegetarian stir fry!
Homemade condiments are so easy to make! Make a bottle of this sauce, the Sweet and Sour Sauce or Homemade Hoisin Sauce, and never go back to the store-bought kind again.
Why You'll Love This Sauce
After so many requests, I am finally sharing my recipe for the best, thick Teriyaki Sauce! It's one of the easiest condiments I've made in my own kitchen. I use it in cooking or pour it over a finished dish to add Asian flavor. It only requires a handful of ingredients that I always have in my pantry.
I made it for the first time for my popular Quick Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowls. I've since had many readers ask if it can be made ahead and stored so it's always ready for this dish. Best idea ever! When I have this sauce on hand, all I need to do is add it to the chicken! It's simple and so tasty!
This Homemade Teriyaki Sauce recipe is the best and easiest and will save you time in the kitchen! Forget the store-bought stuff and make a jar or your own homemade teriyaki sauce!
[Read more...] about Homemade Teriyaki SauceInstant Pot Scalloped Potatoes
Instant Pot Scalloped Potatoes - sliced potatoes cooked in the digital pressure cooker, with creamy garlic sauce and cheesy topping. Perfect dish for holiday dinners!
This is a perfect side dish to serve with Pineapple Brown Sugar Ham or Instant Pot Turkey Breast.
If you are looking for a potato side dish that's just a little bit more exciting than plain mashed potatoes, you are going to love these Instant Pot Scalloped Potatoes with a creamy sauce and cheesy topping. This dish cooks faster in the digital pressure cooker and all it needs is just a few minutes under the broiler to melt the cheese. It's a perfect time saver for your next holiday dinner!
[Read more...] about Instant Pot Scalloped PotatoesCreamy Lemon Garlic Chicken Recipe
Creamy Lemon Garlic Chicken - quick seared chicken with creamy and buttery lemon garlic sauce. Serve with potatoes, rice or pasta for a quick and easy dinner!
Easy chicken dinners are always a hit here. We enjoy the Chicken Francese and my Garlic and Herb Chicken and Potatoes.
Simple and full of flavor is what this Creamy Lemon Garlic Chicken is all about. Easy chicken dinners don't have to be boring! If you have two chicken breasts ready to be cooked, pair them with a sauce made with stock and cream. Lemon and garlic make for a perfect flavor combo and turn this dish into a family favorite! This dish is so easy to make, it’s perfect for busy weeknights or weekends and even special occasions. Serve with simple sides like mashed potatoes, rice or pasta to let the chicken shine!
[Read more...] about Creamy Lemon Garlic Chicken RecipePerfect Blueberry Muffins
These perfect Blueberry Muffins are filled with sweet blueberries and drizzled with lemon glaze. They are fluffy and delicious and have that fresh bakery taste!
Why You'll Love This Recipe
While the Spring makes up its mind and hopefully settle in with warm sunny weather soon, let's stay home and bake muffins. Big domed, fluffy muffins with gorgeous sweet blueberries! Just like you would get in a bakery, best if it's from the fresh lot straight from the oven. And while we are at it, let's dress them up a little with a sweet lemon glaze. All you need is a cup of latte or tea and you are set!
[Read more...] about Perfect Blueberry MuffinsPerfect Breakfast Casserole
Perfect Breakfast Casserole - everything you love about breakfast in one easy and delicious casserole! Bacon, sausage, mushrooms, peppers, onions, hash browns, eggs and cheese. This breakfast bake is perfection!
This breakfast bake is perfect for the holidays, just like my Cinnamon Roll French Toast Casserole or Sausage Gravy with biscuits.
I shall call this the ultimate breakfast casserole. It has everything we love about breakfast (the savory type) and is so satisfying, it's perfect for a holiday morning or a weekend. Bacon, sausage, mushrooms, peppers, onions, potatoes, eggs and cheese. All of rolled into one casserole. It is my go-to dish for holiday breakfast or snowy weekend. It fills you up so you can enjoy the planned activities. On Christmas morning, I know that breakfast will be the last thing on our kids' minds and they will be busy playing afterward. I need to make something that will make their bellies happy for a while!
[Read more...] about Perfect Breakfast CasseroleInstant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs
Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs - the easiest and best way to cook a dozen eggs in a pressure cooker with the 6-minute method! Always come out perfectly hard-boiled and peel easy!
[feast_advanced_jump_to]Why This Method Works
My Instant Pot is definitely my most used countertop appliance in my kitchen. One of the first things I mastered cooking in the pressure cooker were hard-boiled eggs. It's like magic! It works every single time! The eggs are perfectly cooked and peel like a breeze.
I tested cooking eggs at different times and the 6-minute method works the best for me. It takes 6 minutes for the Instant Pot to cook the eggs, then 6 minutes to release the pressure naturally, and finally, 6 minutes to keep them in the cold water bath. Noticing the pattern? Every step takes 6 minutes. It works!
[Read more...] about Instant Pot Hard Boiled EggsInstant Pot Cheesecake Recipe
Instant Pot Cheesecake is the best creamy and irresistible vanilla cheesecake with cherry pie topping. Perfectly cooked in the pressure cooker!
Instant Pot can be used to make delicious desserts! This cheesecake is my favorite, but the Instant Pot Chocolate Lava Cakes are amazing too. Cheesecake fans will love my Caramel Apple Cheesecake.
One of my favorite and most impressive things to make in the Instant Pot pressure cooker is definitely cheesecake. You see, cheesecake is my thing. It's our favorite dessert and over the years, I perfected my go-to recipe. Even my crust is perfect. It doesn't crumble and fall apart. The fact that I can make an absolutely perfect creamy and light cheesecake in my IP, blows my mind every time.
[Read more...] about Instant Pot Cheesecake RecipeInstant Pot Corn on the Cob
Instant Pot Corn on the Cob - the best and the fastest method to cook corn on the cob is in the Instant Pot. Brush it with garlic Parmesan butter for the perfect summer side dish!
You can easily pressure cook vegetables for quick and easy side dish options. My Instant Pot Brussels Sprouts with bacon and the Instant Pot Baked Potatoes are simply perfect!
I am super excited to share today's recipe with you. First, because I can talk again about my obsession with the Instant Pot and second, because I now have the best and the fastest method to cook corn on the cob this summer. We live in Kansas and corn on the cob is pretty much a must for all weekend dinners, especially when BBQ or grilling is involved. Cooking it in the Instant Pot is completely hands-off, as all I have to do is place the corn in my Instant Pot and set it for... wait for it... 2 minutes! It comes our perfectly done and ready to be brushed with flavored butter!
[Read more...] about Instant Pot Corn on the CobInstant Pot Black Beans
Instant Pot Black Beans - the easiest way to cook black beans without soaking, right in your pressure cooker. Use in salads, main dishes and soups!
Black beans are so easy to make in the pressure cooker. You can also make delicious Refried Beans or Beans and Rice.
I have a lot of reasons to love my Instant Pot and being able to cook beans in minutes instead of hours, and all of that without soaking might just be my favorite thing. No more cans of beans needed! Now, I can add black beans and water to the insert of my IP and cook them in 30 minutes, ready to be used in tacos, salads and casseroles. There are no toxins, no additives added, the beans are freezable and this method is very budget-friendly.
[Read more...] about Instant Pot Black BeansCinnamon Apple Cake Recipe
Cinnamon Apple Cake Recipe is a soft and fluffy cinnamon cake with a layer of spiced brown sugar apples cooked in a skillet. You can use any apples you want to make this delicious dessert!
Why You'll Love This Recipe
I could tell you that this cake was a result of having a bunch of apples that desperately needed to be used. But honestly, seeing apple and pumpkin desserts popping up on social media got me in the mood for a fall dessert. The apples were perfect for that. This Cinnamon Apple Cake is easy and so incredibly delicious! The cake is soft and fluffy and the apples perfectly spiced and sweet.
[Read more...] about Cinnamon Apple Cake RecipeFlaky Buttermilk Biscuits Recipe
These Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits are the best and easiest biscuits! Those buttery, flaky layers are easy to achieve with my tips!
These biscuits are perfect served with my Best Sausage Gravy or with Chicken Pot Pie Pasta.
Why This Recipe Works
I can finally say that I mastered my flaky biscuits recipe. These are the best, flaky, buttery biscuits that you will ever make. Perfect to served for biscuits and gravy breakfast, as a roll with your holiday dinner or filled with creme fraiche and preserves. Each bite of the biscuit melts in your mouth. The crumb is tender, all thanks to the buttermilk.
These biscuits are perfect to be served for holiday dinners! They are delicious!
[Read more...] about Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits RecipeInstant Pot Spaghetti Squash
Instant Pot Spaghetti Squash is the fastest method to cook spaghetti squash in your pressure cooker! This low-carb option in place of noodles is perfect for healthy pasta dishes.
[feast_advanced_jump_to]Why This Recipe Works
If you are not amazed by the Instant Pot enough, let me show you how you can quickly cook a whole spaghetti squash right in your pressure cooker. It's the easiest way, in my opinion, and you can use the cooked veggie in so many recipes for a low-carb option. This Instant Pot Spaghetti Squash cooks in your digital pressure cooker in just 7 minutes! All you need to do is slice it in half and place it in the pot. Crazy easy!
[Read more...] about Instant Pot Spaghetti SquashEasy Pumpkin Butter Recipe
Easy Pumpkin Butter Recipe (Trader Joe's copycat) is a quick and delicious homemade spread with spices, apple cider, and orange! Make it in two steps and enjoy it all season long!
Why You'll Love This Recipe
Get ready to be OBSESSED! Today, I will show you how to make a super quick and easy (oh, so easy!) homemade pumpkin butter with ingredients you most likely already have on hand. If you ever tried Trader Joe's Pumpkin Butter, this one has the same flavors but is much better because you make it easily in your own kitchen.
Make a batch and enjoy on a toasted bagel in the morning, add to your smoothie or latte, mix with cream cheese for a deliciously creamy spread or dip or just spread on crackers.
[Read more...] about Easy Pumpkin Butter RecipeCaramelized Onion Dip Recipe
Caramelized Onion Dip - creamy and flavorful appetizer featuring rich and flavorful caramelized onions. Serve with potato chips for the classic combo or with veggie sticks.
Caramelized onions are full of flavor and fantastic in my Caramelized Onion Mashed Potatoes recipe as well as the French Onion Roasted Chicken dish.
Lately, I have been obsessed with caramelized onions. I want to add them to every dish. This dip takes a simple onion dip to a whole new level. Deeply caramelized onions give it a rich, sweet, almost nutty flavor. So delicious! This Caramelized Onion Dip is quite irresistible. It is definitely not your average onion dip, made with sour cream, mayo and onion soup mix. That's just no good. If you really let the onions caramelize you will be obsessed with this recipe! You have to try it!
[Read more...] about Caramelized Onion Dip RecipeItalian Pasta Salad Recipe
Italian Pasta Salad Recipe with pepperoni, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, olives, and fresh mozzarella cheese. A perfect side dish to your summer dinners!
I serve this pasta salad with my homemade Italian Dressing and often with buttery and garlicky Homemade Croutons.
On a hot summer day, I find myself craving a cold pasta salad full of fresh vegetables and tossed with delicious homemade dressing. This Italian Pasta Salad is currently our go-to, along with its Greek version and the super popular BLT Pasta Salad. You can make it ahead of time and serve for lunch or a light dinner, or simply as a side dish. It's always a hit! This Italian Pasta Salad is perfect for potlucks and BBQ summer parties. You can easily make a big batch to feed a crowd! Italian Pasta Salad is probably one of the most popular pasta salads. The classic version calls for a corkscrew or rotini pasta (we love tri-color!), pepperoni, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, red onion and the dressing.
[Read more...] about Italian Pasta Salad RecipePimento Cheese Spread Recipe
Pimento Cheese Spread Recipe made with chopped pimento peppers, shredded cheddar cheese, cream cheese and mayo. Quick and easy as cracker topping or a sandwich filling for your next party!
Cheese dips and spreads are so quick and easy to make, just like my Pepperoni Pizza Dip or the Chili Queso Dip.
Cheesy spread with chopped pimento is a classic holiday get-together appetizer that we serve every year. It's easy to whip up, even for a last-minute appetizer or snack. Skip the deli section pimento cheese and make this simple homemade version with just a handful of ingredients.
[Read more...] about Pimento Cheese Spread RecipeAvocado Egg Salad
Avocado Egg Salad - healthy egg salad with avocado, red onion and creamy dill dressing with no mayo! Perfect for sandwiches or as an appetizer.
This is a healthier version of classic egg salad. It's as easy and delicious, as my Avocado Tuna Salad.
This Avocado Egg Salad is my new favorite twist on the classic dish. I added avocados and crunchy red onion and lightened up the dressing by replacing mayonnaise with natural sour cream and lemon juice. Season with dill, salt, pepper and freshly chopped parsley and you have a delicious egg salad for sandwiches, wraps or to serve with baguette slices.
[Read more...] about Avocado Egg SaladCloud Bread Recipe
This Cloud Bread Recipe is a low-carb, high in protein, gluten-free substitute for bread, made with just 3 ingredients. Fluffy, light, delicious, and perfect for sandwiches!
Why This Recipe Works
If you visit Pinterest as much as I do, you most likely have seen this magical keto Cloud Bread already. It's a low-carb and keto diet-friendly substitute to white bread. Since my Hubby and I love finding and trying recipes for healthy substitutes for our favorite foods, we set out to make a batch. The name makes total sense: it's light and fluffy, like a cloud. We were concerned about it holding up when used in sandwiches but it totally does and even works for burgers!
[Read more...] about Cloud Bread RecipeInstant Pot Refried Beans Recipe {no soaking, vegan}
Instant Pot Refried Beans are the best refried beans made with dry pinto beans, no soaking required. Flavorful, creamy, and done in under 1 hour! So much better than canned beans!
Making refried beans in the Instant Pot could not be easier. All you need is onion, garlic, spices, pinto beans and water or water/stock combo.
[feast_advanced_jump_to]Why This Recipe Works
Cooking beans in my Instant Pot is truly life-changing. No more canned beans! You can easily cook them in your electric pressure cooker, no soaking is needed. Refried beans start with dry pinto beans, sauteed onion, garlic, and spices. Add vegetable stock and water and let the Instant Pot do its magic. Once done, all you need to do is mash them to desired consistency.
[Read more...] about Instant Pot Refried Beans Recipe {no soaking, vegan}Lemon Garlic Cauliflower Rice Recipe
This Lemon Garlic Cauliflower Rice is made with just 4 ingredients! A perfect low-carb side dish that's bursting with flavor.
This is a great healthy option, just like my Mashed Cauliflower or the Cauliflower Fried Rice. You can use my homemade Cauliflower Rice or store-bought frozen rice.
One of my favorite dishes to make with cauliflower is to turn it into rice. Now, you can easily buy it frozen in stores. Either way, it's a great low-carb grain-free option instead of rice. It cooks faster, it's delicious and you can easily add flavor to it, depending on the dish you are making. I used lemon zest and garlic and it's bursting with flavors! You can serve it with any dish that calls for rice, add grilled vegetables or seafood for a light and healthy meal or use for meal prep.
[Read more...] about Lemon Garlic Cauliflower Rice RecipeEasy Homemade Croutons
These Easy Homemade Croutons are perfectly seasoned and buttery croutons that will take your next salad to a new level! So easy to make in just 15 minutes!
These croutons are perfect on Caesar Salad, Roasted Tomato Soup or my Instant Pot Corn Chowder.
Why You'll Love This Recipe
The salad season is coming and what better way to jazz up a salad than with homemade, buttery croutons that taste just like from the restaurant! This recipe requires only 4 ingredients and makes the best crispy croutons ever. Using melted butter and seasoning (that you can easily customize) is the best combo.
I like to use a baguette to make croutons (the crust gives them a rustic look) but Italian or French bread, or even sliced white bread works. If it's stale, that's even better. The croutons will be extra crispy!
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