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3 ingredient desserts are handy emergency recipes, like Chocolate Covered Strawberries and Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars. Everybody loves them and they’re so quick to make! Peanut Butter Cookies Having dictated this recipe to 3 people at the dog park in the past week, and having had all 3 approach me afterwards with varying forms of love/hate gestures (“THIS is YOUR FAULT!” one lady wailed, showing me her stomach 😉 ), I decided I had better move this up the posting schedule....

Our answer: literally topping it. This summer, make a better burger by finding your signature topping combination. Do something new and creative, and show your friends and family that your grill skills are only going to improve from here on out. Here’s to a hot burg summer. Yes, this combo sounds a little out there, but trust me—it’s a salty, savory dream. The slight sweetness, extreme creaminess, and saltiness of the peanut butter complements a charred-edge patty like you wouldn’t believe, drawing out subtle meaty notes you may never have tasted before....

Why We Love Seafood Recipes We all know that eating fish and seafood is good for us, but it can be a challenge to make it appealing to everyone. We chose these recipes because they showcase the many different ways you can enjoy seafood. Here’s why seafood is so great : Fish and seafood cooks quickly for an easy and healthy weeknight dinner.Most “white” seafood (shrimp, cod, scallops, etc.) is mild tasting and takes on seasonings and sauces well....

I don’t know one person who’s not ready for a fresh start. Now you can switch it up and give your body the lighter, simpler foods you may be craving. We’re still knee-deep in this global pandemic, and that’s why it’s extra-important to take care of yourself and the folks you love. I miss eating in restaurants, hugging my friends, and sending my kid off to her neighborhood school. But I still have walks in the woods with my dog, weekly Zoom trivia, and holds to pick up at the library....

We’ve got a scrumptious sheet pan chicken you’ll want to make more than once, an asparagus-crowned pizza, and a quick steak and asparagus stir fry that’s perfect for weeknight dinner. Before you start your shopping list, here are a few things to know when it comes to asparagus: Asparagus can be fibrous and woody at the bottom, so it requires a bit of trimming. Here is the perfect guide to prepping asparagus before cooking....

Unlike the abrupt intro to homeschooling parents had back in the spring, this time we have a heads-up. If your kids will be home more than they were back in the good old days, here’s a new distance learning class for them: Making Dinner! As a kid, I had a copy of Betty Crocker’s Cook Book for Boys and Girls, and I spent many happy hours browsing its pages for potential dinners I could make....

Since we are smack dab in the middle of spring, we should take full advantage of what’s fresh right now. You’ll find tender asparagus shine in a scrumptious savory tart, a light, bright spring salad tossed with an herby dressing, and a cozy lamb stew punctuated with young garlic and English peas. Hit your local market or farmstand and stock up on what’s bound to be a week of winners....

Now that we have our own pomegranate tree, we get to hang out in pom heaven come every November. We’ll harvest over a hundred pomegranates from our one tree and store them to eat over the winter, or make juice out of them. Here’s some tips on what to look for when buying them, how to open them, store them, juice them, and how to use them in recipes:...

I have a confession. When I was little I tried to get Nonna Romana to make me SpaghettiOs. I’m not proud of it, but it is what it is. Nonna never gave in, but she was always ready with a solution. Thank God for Sicilian anelletti pasta, which are perfect little rings to recreate this Italian American comfort food. Nonna loved to get me involved in making this dish. She would make the sauce from scratch and then cook the pasta and have me roll all the mini meatballs alongside her!...

Whether it flavors crunchy biscotti, sweet Italian sausage, or an Ouzo cocktail, anise seed lends a licorice-like taste to a wide range of foods found across an equally wide range of cuisines, including Italian, Greek, Middle Eastern and South Asian. Just a small amount can make your dishes and desserts taste a little fancy—but not too fancy. What Is Anise Seed? Anise seeds are the seeds of the anise plant (Latin name Pimpinella anisum), which is a flowering annual that’s native to the eastern Mediterranean region and Southwest Asia....

Did anyone else hang out at Red Robin often in high school? It must have been the cool place to be with how often we were there! Their Baja Turkey Club was an absolute favorite, and as an adult that has not changed one bit! Since it is now no longer on the menu, we figured out what they put into that delicious sandwich so we could have it anytime....

A Savory Baked Bean Recipe This is a simple baked bean dish, with the beans first cooked in simmering water and then baked in a tomato sauce, flavored with bacon and sage, sweetened with honey, and spiced up with some chile flakes. You could also use pancetta in place of the bacon, or rosemary instead of sage. If you swap out molasses for the honey you’ll have something a lot closer to Boston baked beans....

It easily serves 12 people and it can be frozen too! A great make-ahead dessert to impress your friends and family. I’ve got a fair number of no-bake cheesecakes on my site that I LOVE (if you’re after one of those I recommend the pecan caramel cheesecake, strawberry and rhubarb cheesecake bites, or the Oreo crust Snickers cheesecake)! But I’ve recently been obsessing over baked cheesecakes.I had a thing against them for quite a while after my first experiences with baked cheesecakes were a little on the, erm, ’eggy’ side....

Dough Options There are many different directions you can take the dough for this star bread recipe. We almost always use our homemade cinnamon roll dough, but you can also use: Store-bought dough (you’ll need about 2 pounds)Crescent sheets (2 to 4 packages)Puff pastry dough (2 pounds)Pie crust circle dough (4 crust rounds) Other Topping Ideas Feel free to top your star bread recipe with your choice of frosting or simply add some powdered sugar....

You might be wondering why you should make a condiment that you could buy at the store for just a few dollars. Well, for starters, our household uses many different condiments and sauces and those few dollars really add up! Also, and most importantly, homemade simply tastes better. I’m sure we’re beginning to sound like a broken record over here with all of our talk about from-scratch cooking and homemade everything, but after decades of experience in the kitchen, we still stand by it....

Jump to:📋 What do we need for the prawns? For the Bang Bang Sauce 🔪 How to make Bang Bang Shrimp 📺 Watch how to make it 🍲 More fantastic prawn/shrimp recipes Bang Bang Shrimp 💬 Reviews This dish takes me right back to our holiday in Florida a few years ago. A stop off at Bonefish Grill on a day out - we started our meal with Bang Bang Shrimp, and wow!...

Healthy, hearty, economical and a complete dinner made in one pot. Yessss….. New beef mince recipe idea: Beef & Lentil Soup! This is a hearty lentil soup loaded up with lots of vegetables and the convenience of ground beef for the meat! Why don’t we use beef mince in soup more often? It’s so handy and economical, it soaks up flavour and makes this one-pot hearty meal a very low-effort endeavour....

So they are highly flavorful and perfect for slow braises. Long cooking time is needed to melt the connective tissue. Upon serving, the meat is cut across the grain, helping it become fall-apart tender. Video: How to Make Beef Brisket Pot Roast Flat Cut Versus Point Cut Brisket A whole brisket has two parts, the “flat cut” and the “point cut.” The flat cut is flatter and leaner than the point cut and is more readily available at grocery stores....

This recipe is a nice blend of traditional and new ways to make birria tacos with the addition of melty cheese and garnishes. Now I can see why people love them so much and I hope you do too! It Starts with Good Birria To make good birria tacos, first you need to make good birria. Birria is a meat stew from Jalisco, Mexico. The meat is slowly cooked in a delicious red chile broth called consomé....