Super easy to make, very forgiving, no stand mixer or beater. Just one bowl and a wooden spoon! Chocolate Fudge Cake I may be disowned as an Australian for saying this, but I’m not the hugest fan of classic Chocolate Mud Cake. I find it too dense and doughy, and it gets stuck to the roof of my mouth. It’s very……erm…..mud-like. Duh. Creative writing isn’t my forte, is it?? Hey – I’m a food blogger....

What is harissa? Harissa is a chili paste that’s got a bit of kick and spice to it. It is an aromatic paste used in African and Middle-Eastern cuisine. Most often it is made with various chili peppers, spices and olive oil. The spices can include things like garlic, caraway, coriander, cumin and sometimes mint. Tomatoes might be used as well depending on the brand. Where do you find harissa paste?...

EASIEST homemade Gnocchi recipe Pillowy soft gnocchi is a thing of beauty. And while nowadays, we can get great store bought gnocchi, there is something so satisfying about making it at home. So what if I told you that you can make homemade gnocchi from scratch in 30 minutes? Start to finish, including cooking. With no special equipment required and very little mess! This method I’m sharing today is a ricotta gnocchi....

Simply mix them in a bowl or a mug, microwave for 1.5 minutes, and breakfast is done! This recipe is so easy to make, it’s ridiculous. It’s not that scrambling eggs in a skillet is difficult, mind you. Making fluffy scrambled eggs is in fact quite easy. But cooking eggs in the microwave takes “easy breakfast” to a whole new level. It’s faster, and there are fewer dishes to wash....

Do you love Thai food? Then you’ll love the flavors in this salad! This definitely isn’t a traditional Thai dish, but it’s inspired by all the yummy flavors of Thai cuisine. We’ve topped ours with shrimp, crispy wonton strips, water chestnuts, sliced almonds, and freshly chopped cilantro. You can mix and match yours however you’d like. We’ve finished it all with two dressings: a Thai-inspired chili-lime vinaigrette and peanut sauce....

For this version, carrots and fennel are roasted until they just begin to caramelize then I tuck them into whole wheat pastry dough to bake. The vegetables develop sweetness and depth as they cook — flavors that pair beautifully with fresh herbs and tangy goat cheese. It’s nourishing, satisfying, and really quite delicious especially during the cold weather months. The fact that this only takes about 35 minutes of hands-on time is a big bonus....

Say bye-bye to the boxes in the freezer aisle. Homemade fish fingers are incredible, SO EASY to make and they’re healthy {226 calories for 3!} Fish Fingers recipe Homemade fish fingers made without frying, and without your fingers getting caked with batter and breadcrumbs? YES YOU CAN! This fish fingers recipe uses a much loved reader reader favourite baked breading technique involving a quick toasting of breadcrumbs in the oven and a single extra-strength dredge batter, by passing the usual flour-then-egg method....

One bowl, quick, easy and impossible to stuff up! Flourless Chocolate Brownies I don’t think of these as gluten-free brownies. Rather, I tell people they are flourless chocolate brownies made with almond meal instead of flour, so they happen to be gluten-free. And unlike regular brownies made with flour, these flourless brownies are virtually impossible to overcook to the point that you lose that desirable fudginess that we all know and love about brownies....

You can make them once a week and freeze them for easy weekday breakfasts, then defrost them in the microwave. Weekend pancakes are a beloved tradition in our family. Everyone gathers around the kitchen island. I stand by the stove, cooking the pancakes, and as soon as one is ready, I hand it over to a family member. Needless to say, I get to eat the “chef’s bonus” - the misshapen ones, those that are overcooked or slightly undercooked....

This lasagna is golden with crispy-chewy edges on top and creamy insides in the middle. This makes a heavenly and decadent addition to a holiday table or midwinter feast. I have been wanting to explore making lasagna with fresh pasta sheets for a while. I like the idea of using the pasta sheets in a simple way for a weeknight dinner instead of going full monty with the sauce and meat of traditional lasagna....

Back when I was living on Long Island, there was an Italian deli in Babylon that made such a fantastic frutti di mare that it has lingered in my memory for decades. What made it so great? Seafood salad is all in the freshness of the ingredients, and the choice of seafood. I remember calamari that melted in your mouth, flakes of crab, briny, firm shrimp, and a mix of tiny clams and scallops so buttery I always saved them for the last bite....

Lining Pans: When making this particular cake, we highly recommend lining the bottom of the cake pan with parchment paper. This will ensure that your cake will come out of the pan in one piece. We have also used both butter and nonstick cooking spray to grease the pan on this, and both worked out just fine. Can this recipe be made into cupcakes? Why yes it can! They are baked at 325 degrees for 20-22 minutes and this recipe makes about 36 cupcakes....

What goes in German Cucumber Salad Here’s what you need to make this: Tastes like: Juicy, creamy, and a little tangy. Refreshing and cooling, with a clean and neutral flavour. Perfect as: Summer side salad, or a base to build a stand-alone, light salad meal (eg. top with hot-smoked trout or eel, ham, fried bacon, or white anchovies)Serve alongside: Hearty, rich mains. Think: German Pork Knuckle, Schnitzel etcEffort level: Low, especially if you have a mandoline!...

Sprinkle everything with a citrusy vinaigrette and you have a salad that is delicious as it is pretty! Grapefruit, like most citrus, is in high season during the gloomiest winter months, making this salad a welcome blast of color in the winter, as well as a refreshing salad in the summer. Serve it alongside a little cracked crab meat or pink shrimp, or just on its own. The hardest part of making the salad is segmenting the grapefruit....

How to Prepare the Salmon To get nice even cubes, start with skinless salmon that’s at least an inch thick. But no worries if one side of your fillet is a little thin, you can still use it. Simply cut that section into slightly bigger pieces and fold it in half to create a thicker portion. This recipe would also work well with any firm white fish, like cod or haddock....

Grilled flank steak that is, and assorted mushrooms dry sautéed first, then sautéed with butter, shallots, and cooked down in a red wine reduction. If you don’t want to navigate between the stovetop and the grill, you can make the mushrooms ahead, and reheat when it’s time for the steak to come off the grill. The mushrooms will go with any steak, skirt steak, hanger steak, tri-tip, or even a grilled hamburger....

The beauty of a dish like these grilled chicken thighs with salsa verde is that you have dinner on the table in 20 to 30 minutes, with almost zero prep time. What Is Salsa Verde? Salsa verde is a staple Mexican sauce made from tomatillos—a small green fruit with papery husks and a tart, bright flavor. Onions, lime, cilantro, and jalapeños round out the rest of the ingredients in the sauce....

The tri-tip cut is rather lean and can get tough if over-cooked. So, don’t trim the fat before cooking (it will be needed to keep the steak tender), and use a meat thermometer and stop the cooking at 130°F. This cut can be hard to find outside of California, though I understand that both Costco and Sam’s Club carry it. You can also use this recipe with a flank steak....

In this recipe, we’re using it to prepare a version of bulgogi, one of the most popular dishes in Korean cuisine, both in restaurants and in homes. Typically prepared with fancier cuts of beef, bulgogi rests in a mild, balanced marinade for hours (ideally overnight) before getting crispy and caramelized on the grill. This recipe delivers all that flavor on a hamburger budget. Sweet and salty, it’s a flexible base that can be served with lettuce wraps, rice, noodles, or rolled up into homemade Kimbap....

Serve it with instant pot coconut rice, ramen, basmati rice or cauliflower rice. Why you should make this easy ground beef stir fry recipe It is ready in under 30 minutes Simple, quick, easy yet with bold and delicious flavours It is healthy and a good way of incorporating veggies into your diet. A one-pan skillet dinner Perfect for when you want to use up all the veggies in your fridge...