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What’s in New England Boiled Dinner? When made with corned beef, it’s an Irish-American corned beef and cabbage dish, traditionally made around St. Patrick’s Day. My parents like boiled dinner with fresh, uncured brisket. Others make it with smoked ham shoulder. The following recipe is for boiled dinner made with either corned beef or fresh beef brisket. Perhaps the most interesting thing about its origins in New England is the ruffled feathers when those who grew up in the Northeast discuss what the ingredients must be and what ingredients should never be in the pot....

I won’t be surprised if this smoky Nigerian rice becomes a weekly rotation in your home. Fluffy rice cooked in rich tomato sauce until tender and fluffy and separate grains of well-seasoned rice. Easy Nigerian Jollof rice recipe No Nigerian party is complete without plates of hot smoky jollof rice and fried rice flying across the tables. In fact, a Nigerian party without this rice dish is nothing but a meeting....

Miso Soup is a traditional Japanese soup that is made from a special stock called Dashi that is mixed with miso paste. Additions are made to the soup based on regional and personal taste preferences. In this recipe we are adding in noodles, mushrooms, and spinach to take it a complete, light meal in and of itself. This recipe uses products from the HemisFares line of products available at your local Kroger store....

The best part? You literally throw all the ingredients in the pot and let them simmer in the stock until the soup is done. No sautéing or browning. So easy. Video: How to Make One-Pot Chicken and Rice Soup Use Bone-In Chicken Breasts For this recipe, I call for bone-in chicken breasts, which add more flavor than boneless, but without the skin. To prep, just pull away the skin and discard....

I’m a big fan of one pot chicken and rice recipes like Baked Rotisserie Chicken with Garlic Butter Rice, Chinese Chicken and Rice, Cheesy Chicken Broccoli and Rice and Chicken and Rice Pilaf. Big flavours, two dishes made in ONE pot! One Pot Mexican Chicken and Rice I’m dedicating this One Pot Meal to all the other people out there who a) love Mexican food b) love flavour explosions; and c) hate washing up 🙂 The idea to make this came about when I saw this Oven Baked Mexican Rice by Imma at African Bites, one of my favourite blogs....

This is a cookbook exclusive recipe! This recipe is exclusive to my debut cookbook Dinner which includes a how-to video for every recipe. Just scan the QR code! Just to explain…. I know, it’s confusing! You’re so used to getting recipes on my website – there’s over 1,200 of them, after all. And here you are looking at a tasty recipe video and I haven’t provided the recipe. 🙀 I’m not just doing this to torture you, I promise....

What is Mexican hot sauce? There are many Mexican hot sauces to choose from, but the most common you’ll find in your local grocery store would be Tapatío or Cholula. Mixed Nuts in Party Chex Mix: We know that mixed nuts are not for everyone because of potential allergies. Feel free to use your favorite type of nut (or no nuts at all!) instead of the mixed nuts. Cereal Varieties: We prefer to use a combination of rice, wheat, and Corn Chex....

Where Did the Bellini Originate? The Bellini cocktail can be traced back to Harry’s Bar in Venice during the 1940s. Head bartender Giuseppe Cipriani put this drink on the menu as a seasonal item, inspired by the notable scarcity of white peaches, which were only available for 4 months out of the year. When peach pulp started to become commercially available year-round, the drink found itself a popular favorite at Harry’s Bar’s New York location....

Named for their resemblance to the nut of the buckeye tree, these chocolate-dipped peanut butter balls are easy to make at home with very little work using the buckeye recipe that follows. Video: How to Make Peanut Butter Buckeyes Discovering Buckeye Candy Even though I grew up in the Midwest, where Peanut Butter Buckeyes are popular, I was strangely oblivious to them until I moved to California. One day, a co-worker at my day job brought a tray of Buckeyes into the office, and I quickly devoured a few too many, rendering myself relatively useless from the sugar aftershock for the rest of the afternoon....

This Peanut Butter Cheesecake Stuffed Chocolate Loaf is possibly the most epic from-scratch creation to come out of my pokey little kitchen all year! All I wanted was a moist chocolate loaf with a creamy peanut butter filling baked inside. A quick Google to find a recipe, and I was pretty surprised that no such thing existed. Twelve attempts later, I understood why. Who knew it would be so hard to create a chocolate quick bread that is truly moist without using bananas, zucchinis, apple sauce or any other ingredient not typically used in cake?...

Can you cook asparagus on the grill? Yes! Asparagus is perfect for grilling. The only thing you need to watch out for is making sure the asparagus spears don’t fall through the grates. Make sure you grill your asparagus perpendicular to the grates or use a grill basket. Can you grill asparagus in foil? Yes! You can lay a piece of aluminum foil onto the grill grates to prevent the asparagus from falling through and cook directly on the foil....

No kidding! You can still have a tangy, spicy salsa with this one ingredient— fresh ginger root. It works! This pineapple salsa with jicama uses the heat from ginger to spice it up, giving it a tropical twang. The pineapple adds the sweet, the jicama the crunch, and red bell pepper the color. It’s great even with an underripe pineapple (which is all we had to work with here). Excellent with seafood, chicken, or pork....

You can poach the fish in white wine and serve it warm with hollandaise sauce, or serve it cold with tartar sauce. I make salmon often and have a pretty large collection of salmon recipes on this website. I love sautéing salmon in butter until its skin is nice and crispy. And baked salmon is absolutely wonderful, as are these very flavorful grilled salmon and broiled salmon. Ingredients You’ll only need a few simple ingredients to poach salmon....

It really would be much easier to just pick up a can of soup from the store, but store bought soup does not compare to this made from scratch flavor. Honestly though, you’d be surprised at how easy soup recipes are to make. Sure, chopping your veggies can take some time, but that’s about all the skill this recipe requires. If you can dice and stir, you are good to go!...

Video: How to Make Potato Leek Soup To make this soup, cook chopped leeks in a little butter, then add diced potatoes, stock, and herbs. Bring it all to a simmer, and cook until the potatoes are done, about 20 minutes. Purée the soup using a blender to get a creamy consistency. What Kind of Potatoes Do You Use for Potato Leek Soup? You can use either Yukon gold or Russet potatoes for this soup....

Super economical, makes loads, freezes 100% perfectly and insanely moreish. Make sliders or a big Southern BBQ dinner plate complete with classic sides like Mac and Cheese, Cornbread and Coleslaw! Pulled Pork No self respecting BBQ Shack would cook pulled pork in a slow cooker. They do an overnight smoke, with a pork babysitter on duty all through the night to stoke the coals, monitor and maintain the temperature, and occasionally give the pork a good spray with their secret-formula spritzer....

Video: How to Make Pumpkin Bread The Best Pumpkin for Pumpkin Bread Most people use canned puréed pumpkin for baking recipes like this because of the consistent results. Although if you want, you can easily roast a sugar pumpkin, butternut squash, or kabocha pumpkin for its purée. You’ll get more roasted and caramelized flavor that way. Steaming or boiling also works, though you’ll miss the extra flavor from the roasting....

The one cup of pumpkin purée can come from a can, or from leftover baked squash, any winter squash will do - butternut squash, acorn, pumpkin—they’ll all work. If you don’t like nuts, keep them out. If you like raisins, add them in. The ginger gives the pumpkin a spicy kick, but if you don’t like ginger, skip it. This pumpkin muffin recipe is flexible! Updated from the recipe archive, first posted 2007

Since we always have raw cashews in the cupboard (we buy a bag from Trader Joe’s almost every week) and a jar of our homemade ranch seasoning on hand, making these was a breeze. We just mixed everything together and popped the cashews in the oven to roast for about 15 minutes. The result? Oh wow, you have to try these ranch roasted cashews! Be warned – these are really addicting so you’ll have to exercise some self-control so you don’t over-indulge....