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Beware, these Vegetable Matchstick Fries are dangerous! Long past the point you feel full, you’ll still be tipping your head back to add another handful into your mouth. I went with a mixture of regular potato, sweet potato and beetroot for these fries, but you can use carrot, parsnip, celeriac - basically any hard veggies that won’t fall apart when being fried. Slice them up really thinly using a mandoline (or by hand if you really want to - although it takes ages…....

A classic Eggs Benedict is a brunch favorite through and through, but if you’re trying to go a bit lighter this season – or you simply don’t eat meat – never fear! We’ve got a simple, veggie-packed version we’re excited to share with you today. The key to making a great veggie Benedict is the base, and here we’re using Dave’s Killer Bread Rockin’ Grains English muffins. They’re sturdy yet tender, and accommodate all of the toppings, eggs, and sauce....

These fritters are ideal to make with fresh corn cut off the cob, but can be made with canned or frozen corn. Serve for breakfast, lunch, dinner! Crispy Corn Fritters Regular readers know I hate recipes that make false promises. And I’d say that the greatest offender in this online world is exaggerated declarations of crispiness. So let me just get this out of the way first – you can’t do THIS ↓↓↓ with soggy corn fritters!...

This is a reader-favourite recipe included by popular demand in my debut cookbook “Dinner”! Vietnamese stir fry – Pork Mince recipe Ground pork – which we call “mince” here in Australia – is extremely good value. It’s also just about the least sexy protein I know. Don’t you think? A dry aged piece of New York strip is sexy. Quail is gourmet. Oysters are….well, we’ve all heard that oysters are an aphrodisiac, right?...

Time To Make It: <15 minutesYield: Serves 6 Ingredients 4 cups cubed seedless watermelon1 cucumber, peeled and diced1 TB. minced fresh mint leaves1 TB. minced fresh basil leaves1/4 cup minced fresh cilantro leaves1 avocado, pitted and diced2 limes, juiced Instructions Combine watermelon, avocado, cucumber, mint, basil, and cilantro leaves in a large mixing bowl. Add in avocado and pour lime juice over the salad and stir carefully so you don’t mash the avocado up too much....

Summer, summer, summer. Watermelon just screams that it is finally summertime. This watermelon salad is a great way to refresh on one of those hot summer days. We once brought this salad to a summer kick-off backyard barbecue and every last piece was eaten. We’ll be bringing it to many more backyard barbecues to come because, hello, it’s pretty easy to make, it is healthy, and it is delicious. Plus, throwing mint on it makes kids scared to eat it so there’s more for the adults....

This summer, I lived out my own moose-and-muffin story: If you give Nancy a bunch of fruit, she’ll turn it into jam. And not just one batch of jam; she’ll make jam week after week all summer long. Each day started with five to six pounds of fruit I bought from local Virginia farmers and foragers—strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, peaches, wineberries, and grapes. Using whatever else I had around in the kitchen, I created jam flavors like strawberry and lemon, peach and chilis, salted blackberry basil, and my favorite, salted concord grape jam....

Last Friday it was 40C/104F here in Sydney (which the newspapers labelled as “Fry-day” – ha ha). Then on Saturday it was 22C/72F and I was wearing a jumper to the beach. The weather here at the moment is nuts. So I’m swinging between no-cook meals and winter comfort foods. This soup clearly falls in the comfort food bucket! On Sunday I had friends over for an early Thanksgiving Dinner where a 5kg/10lb roast turkey took centre stage....

It is a combo of wild rice and white rice, cooked in stock and tossed with celery, toasted pine nuts, peas, dried cranberries, and a sesame oil-infused vinaigrette. The recipe makes a lot! It also holds up well to sitting around, so it’s a perfect salad to bring to a summer BBQ. Don’t know about you, but I love rice salads. If you have a favorite one, please let us know about it in the comments....

Make Ahead + Gain Some Sanity Seriously though. Does it ever feel like you have all these good intentions for eating well, exercising more, taking the dog on more walks, etc. but then you get to that moment and you’re too tired to follow through? Well, we hear you! Life is busy, crazy and sometimes all over the freaking place. That is why we make sure to meal plan each week and make a breakfast ahead of time....

One of the biggest challenges with grilling chicken is cooking it just right, so it’s flavorful, tender, and juicy without being overcooked. There are a few techniques, tips, and tricks that can help you achieve a perfectly cooked bird. If your recipe calls for boneless breasts, pounding the pieces using a mallet or cast iron skillet will tenderize your meat and this allows the chicken to be cooked evenly throughout....

I finally decided to condense them into one easy “quick reference” image. I hope you find this easy reference handy too! This is a photo of chicken I made using the Sticky & Hot marinade – I call it Sticky Pantry Chicken with Rice and Broccolini, and because I used the marinade as a glaze instead of marinade, it’s on the table in 15 minutes!

A round up of the very best Party Food recipes that I’ve shared over the years that are worthy of your New Years’ Eve Party!! Or browse the full Party Foods recipe collection at your leisure! I love this time of the year! Quality time with family and friends, and every gathering I attend inevitably involves food. A get together without food is….just a meeting, isn’t it? 😂 So I find myself regularly digging through my stash of party food recipes to find fast, easy, make ahead recipes to take to get togethers....

We have all kinds of keto meals covered – breakfast recipes, dinner recipes, snacks, desserts and more! Keto Meals Should Taste Great We are firm believers that eating low carb shouldn’t feel too restricting or boring! These recipes are evidence that there is a great amount of variety you can have while following the keto diet. Our keto recipes focus on well rounded meals with plenty of veggies, protein and healthy fats to keep you fueled and satiated....

Thankfully, diligence and financial responsibility has allowed us to get to a place where we don’t have to struggle, but that doesn’t stop me from purposely making and eating meals that are budget-conscious. I teach my kids to always watch the cost of a meal, even those that we eat at home. It’s my hope that by preparing and serving economical dishes like salmon patties, hamburger soup, and fried rice that they’ll begin to adopt some of my financial habits, plus, the meals are downright tasty....

Be warned – this is a loooong post! I started this year probably like most people - a little heavier after the Christmas season. My husband and I are so terrible at sticking to diets though. Most years we’ll try our best to diet for the month of November. The end of November is our anniversary and we usually go away for a night or two to a nice hotel – so it’s nice to have an occasion to keep us motivated, whilst also having a bit of leeway for Christmas....

Air fryer pork steak recipe There is no doubt that pork steak makes a quick and easy dinner option and here in the dinner bite household, we sure know how to make the best. If you love pork then you are in for a treat from the best-baked pork steak recipe to this easy pork marinade and oven-baked pork chops, the options are endless. However, if you want to make a quick dinner, this air fryer pork steak is the way to go!...

“These are great food-on-the-go!” These little morsels came about when I was having a bunch of friends over for brunch. I am insanely obsessed with french toast (as regular readers will know from the number of french toast creations I’ve posted!). But you can’t really make it for more than 4 people at a time because you need to stand at the stove making batch after batch. A great option to make french toast for a crowd is french toast casserole, where you layer pieces of bread and egg mixture in a casserole dish and bake it up, then spoon it out like a casserole....

Simply apply a simple rub of olive oil and spices to the chicken pieces, then bake them for 30 minutes in the oven. It’s as easy as can be and so delicious. Chicken is easy and affordable, but it can get boring, especially when you make it often, as I do. That’s why I’m always trying to come up with new ways to make it more interesting for my family and for myself....