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These classic hot-weather treats remind me of drinking from the hose, piles of bikes discarded in front yards, sitting on the front porch, and licking the sticky, sweet chocolate cake from my fingertips, while creamy vanilla ice cream melts down my wrist. Ice cream sandwiches are an easy-to-make quintessential summer treat. Be the hero of your neighborhood block party, and bring them out to enjoy while the kids chase fireflies and the adults revel in nostalgia....

Cauliflower Soup I am very aware that there is a serious lack of vegetables / salads / meat free / cheese free / carb free food on my blog. I always have good intentions of blogging more vegetable focussed things but I tend to get distracted by…well…you know. Anything but salads. So I always feel like giving myself a pat on the back when I post a meat-free-almost-dairy-free-cheese-free dish! I love this soup....

Before you fall over, you will want to take another bite. And then another. Basil-infused cream is the base in this roux-free sauce, and a whopping four different kinds of cheese make this stovetop mac and cheese rich and gooey. How to Make This Mac and Cheese Once the pasta is cooked and drained, use the same pot to make the sauce. First, whirl a handful of basil in a blender with milk, cream, and cream cheese until it becomes a vibrant, creamy sauce....

It is so good, you could eat it with a spoon. Let me show you how to make it with my step-by-step guide. What makes this creamy dill sauce so good Most dill sauce for salmon you find online is a no-cook one which is fine. However, it is just the same old-old nothing new. Mayonnaise, sour cream/yogurt, etc, to be honest, I just think it is more suited as a dip than fish sauce....

Serve it as is, or use it as a base for your own add-ins. Try tossing through some shredded leftover Roast Chicken or Poached Chicken, or adding a handful of spinach. Creamy tomato sauce for pasta Is it pink? Or orange? It doesn’t sound nearly as fun to chat to you about an orange pasta sauce. I’m sticking with pink. Pink tomato cream sauce! “This pasta with tomato cream sauce is a less guilty way to get your creamy pasta fix!...

This recipe is based on the Couscous with Tomato and Onion from Yotam Ottolenghi’s Jerusalem cookbook which I am obsessed with. It has so many ideas for new ways to prepare fresh and simple food, with a heavy emphasis on vegetarian recipes. I altered the recipe to remove the butter and reduce the amount of oil generally, as well as reducing the amount of water used to prepare the couscous to make the couscous less soggy once cooked (as it continues to cook and absorb liquid when in the stove)....

Sometimes we had an actual tea party, with juice served in teacups. Mom loved sandwiches filled with cucumbers. And radishes, and cream cheese and jelly, and watercress—you get the idea. We ate them all with her, bolstered by her enthusiasm for these treats, and I confess I’ve acquired a taste for cucumber sandwiches. Rainy, boring days at home suddenly become more cheerful and fun. I’m not sure if it’s from the memory, the sandwich or both....

Sheet Pans FTW We are always on board for one pan and sheet pan meals because they make clean up that much easier. Depending on the size of your sheet pans, you might be able to use just two pans if yours are pretty large, otherwise, you might have to use three smaller sheet pans. Either way, a quick tip to aid cleanup is to line your sheet pans with parchment paper....

What is the difference between chef salad and Cobb salad? Chef salad and Cobb salad are very similar. They both typically include, meat, cheese, hardboiled eggs, and bacon. We typically base our decision of which salad to make on our current stash of ripe avocados! Cobb salad calls for different meat and cheese, and includes those avocados. Rather than a creamy dressing, you are most likely to find a vinaigrette dressing on your Cobb salad....

You can serve this as a sandwich filling, in fact it is what its best known for or with lettuce or collard green as a delicious healthy light meal. Easy creamy egg salad recipe Thanks to my instant pot, no more worrying about how long to boil my eggs for. I now make hard boiled eggs ahead and store them in the fridge for up to a week to use for brunch or lunch for the girls and hubby....

As if Italy hasn’t offered us enough delicious dishes (hello, lasagna!) we can also thank them for bringing ricotta into our lives. The word ricotta means “recooked” in Italian. This cheese is made by recooking the leftover whey from other cheeses, like provolone and mozzarella. If you’ve got 30 minutes you can make your own ricotta right at home with just a few pantry items or simply pick up a tub at your grocer....

Bonus: Super healthy fish recipe, clocking in at at just 260 calories per serving! EASY Fish recipe! I love a good crispy Pan Fried Fish, and sure it only takes 7 minutes to make but we all have those days when we just can’t deal with flour dusting and stove-top oil splatter. Right?? So this Parmesan Crusted Fish is a recipe that I came up with in my former corporate days....

Fennel Salad Fennel is so refreshing, I love it raw. Shaving it is a great way to use it in salads because it really tones down the aniseed flavour that many people find off-putting about fennel. In fact, I’ve served shaved fennel salads to quite a few people who aren’t a fan of fennel and they all loved it! This fennel salad is a classic combination of flavours that’s an outright copy of salads I’ve had at fine dining restaurants and good bistros....

Turn Tacos Into a Dinner Salad! This recipe takes fish tacos, deconstructs them, and turns them into a salad. While fish tacos are often served in soft tortillas, in this case you get a bonus crunch in the form of tortilla chips. The chips can be used to scoop up delightfully messy bites of this salad, or crushed lightly and sprinkled on top. Or both! This salad has so much going on in terms of color, texture and taste....

Bonus: they happen to be HEALTHY 💪🏼 Fish Tacos A bad fish taco is worse than a bad chicken taco. And while most people would be turned off after multiple dismal experiences, I persevered, believing there to be better. I mean, tacos. They have always been one of my favourite foods, ever since the first time I tried them. And I’m thankful I didn’t give up. Because it just got better and better....

My father doesn’t eat ginger if he can avoid it, so when I made it I just warned dad ahead of time that he might have to settle for yesterday’s leftovers if he couldn’t bring himself to touch it. Well, everyone loved it! Even dad. Strips of boneless, skinless chicken breasts are briefly marinated in ground coriander, ground ginger, vinegar and oil, then they are stir-fried with scallions and julienned ginger....

These Goldfish Chicken Tenders are a perfect example. 4-Ingredient Chicken Tenders! We seem to have a never-ending supply of Goldfish cheese crackers at our house. I find them everywhere. In the car. In the couch. On the floor. One time I time found a Goldfish cracker in my shower. So finding a few cups of the super crispy, cheesy crackers to use on some chicken tenders was not hard. (I did not, however, repurpose the ones I found throughout the house....

I don’t know if my kids liked eating vegetables as finger food or the flavor, but either way they’ve signed on to eating green beans for the duration, and that makes me a happy mama. What’s in This Salad I do my best not to over complicate summer food. I want to be outside, enjoying the weather, not inside over a hot stove or a cutting board. That’s exactly why this salad is just green beans tossed in a quick dressing....

This is a great recipe to welcome spring, summer, and this grilling season. You might just find yourself making this recipe all summer for bbq, parties or even dinner, it is a great crowd pleasing dish. Let me show you how to make this chicken kabobs recipe in easy steps. Grilled chicken kabobs with vegetables recipe This is about to be the best chicken skewers recipe you will ever make....