No bake desserts are a staple dessert in our house. Know what else is a staple in our house? Nutella! We always have massive jars of Nutella in our pantry because we absolutely love it. This year for National Cheesecake Day I developed a no bake cheesecake designed for Nutella lovers. The result is a light and fluffy cheesecake that is swirled with my favorite chocolate hazelnut spread. It’s not dense like a baked cheesecake....
What can be used to thicken pie filling? There are a handful of common agents used to thicken pie fillings. Flour, cornstarch, tapioca, and gelatin are the most common ones. Each of them has their advantages and disadvantages and are used for different purposes. Strawberry pie is now commonly made with a gelatin based filling to make things easier. While you certainly can add a package of strawberry jello in as your pie thickener, we like to use from scratch cooking and find that a cornstarch based filling produces a more enjoyable result....
Ottolenghi’s Green Bean Salad I’m a self-confessed Ottolenghi tragic (who isn’t??). His gift and passion for imagining original vegetable dishes with eclectic influences that are vibrant, nourishing, exciting and beautiful to the eye all at once, is inspired. This is a recipe adapted from a green bean salad in his popular cookbook Jerusalem. In classic Ottolenghi style, it’s a salad that brings together an unlikely combination of ingredients that nevertheless just works so well together:...
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 Mexican Chicken Rice. Big flavours, two dishes made in ONE pot! Oven Baked Chicken with Cranberry, Walnut and Apple Rice Pilaf. That’s somewhat of a mouthful of a recipe name, isn’t it??!! Oh wait – “mouthful”. Head smack Talk about a bad joke....
Once the meat is cooked, you can add some cheese, cut it into squares, and serve! It’s so much easier than pan-frying. Ground beef is so convenient, versatile, and affordable. I almost always have a package or two of vacuum-sealed ground beef in the fridge (or in the freezer), so I use it quite often when cooking for my family. My go-to recipes used to be juicy bunless burgers and cheese-stuffed meatballs....
Cooking the pork tenderloin whole keeps this lean healthy cut of pork lovely and juicy! So basically, this sauce is like gravy on steroids. Good steroids, that is. Not the kind that naughty athletes use. 😉 Have you ever had Marsala Sauce before? Or made anything with Marsala? Marsala is a fortified wine, so it’s thicker and sweeter than normal wine. It has many layers of flavours in it which makes it a fantastic secret weapon in the kitchen, one that chefs in posh restaurants use regularly....
For a lighter dressing option, try a No-Mayo Creamy Potato Salad Dressing made with yogurt, or this No-Mayo Red Potato Salad with Charred Corn and Bacon! A Potato Salad you’ll make again and again… This recipe is from the mother of a good friend, and thus I originally named this recipe in her honour, calling it Mrs Brodie’s Potato Salad. The very first time I heard how Mrs Brodie makes her potato salad, I instantly knew that this was one that would stand out from the crowd of thousands – millions – of potato salad recipes “out there” in the world wide web....
The combination of the tender-crisp asparagus and the warm, salty prosciutto is wonderful. And even the leftovers taste great! I’m always on the lookout for interesting appetizers, and this is a great new find. Well, not so new actually, as I’ve already made it a few times - I’m completely enamored with the flavor combination. Prosciutto-wrapped asparagus is an impressive dish, for sure. And it tastes so good! The combination is a classic one....
After Red Velvet Cupcakes? Here they are! UK readers: Please read note 7. Red Velvet Cake recipe – tried and tested favourite! This Red Velvet Cake has been taste tested and given a big thumbs up by many people because it’s a rather large cake and I’ve made it 5 times in the last two weeks. “FIVE TIMES??!!”, I hear you exclaim (out loud or in your head). “You’re MAD!...
It’s a rare day that you wouldn’t find pizza dough in our fridge. Sometimes we need a last minute meal and pizza is our favorite go-to. You can put almost anything on a pizza and make it good. This dough is great because you can make a batch (or double batch), toss it in the fridge, and then I know that you’re covered for dinner emergencies for the next two weeks....
They make a wonderful topping for warm bread, mashed cauliflower, meat, or cooked vegetables. I’m not a fan of raw garlic. I find it too sharp. But when cooked, it’s so delicious, and I use it quite often in many of my recipes. Cooking removes its sharpness and makes it creamy and mild, although it’s still very flavorful. Creamy and almost-sweet, roasted garlic cloves are a delicacy. It’s amazing how cooking eliminates their sharpness, replacing it with a creamy sweetness....
Jump to:📋 What do we need? 🔪 How to roast radishes 🍽️ What to serve them with 🍲 More fantastic side dishes Roasted Radishes 💬 Reviews Sometimes I just get a bit potato-ed out. You know what I mean? Now don’t get me wrong, I love my carbs. Pretty much all of my meals are served with rice, pasta, potatoes or bread!! Which is why i’ve always totally sucked at keto diets....
A fantastic way to get the family eating fish, this salmon dish feels like a real treat.It tastes perfect the way it is, but it’s also a great base dish to use - so you can add in extras - such as hot sauce, mushrooms, prawns and peppers. I love to sprinkle with grated parmesan, black pepper and some fresh baby basil leaves. I love how that creamy tomato sauce clings to the pasta....
Oh man, I love these beef short ribs! So tasty served on a big pile of creamy mashed potato and smothered in gravy. One of the things I love about short ribs is the sheer amount of meat you get on them. These ones from the supermarket are pretty meaty (easily enough for the kids to share one), although if I go to the butchers, they’re sometimes huuuuggge! Last time they were so big, one short rib fed all four of us!...
When making scalloped potatoes it is incredibly helpful to have a food processor. You can slice the entire 6 pounds of potatoes in about 2 minutes. That’s pretty amazing considering the alternatives of using a mandolin or cutting them by hand with a knife will take far longer. Food processors are incredibly useful so if you don’t have one, I highly recommend getting one. If you’ve watched my YouTube videos or followed my recipes, you know I use it a lot....
What Is Spatchcock Cooking? Spatchcock cooking is a cooking method used on poultry such as chicken, turkey, or duck. It requires you to remove the spine so that it lays flat in your roasting pan. It ensures even cooking, a crispier outside, and a juicier inside. It’s a great way to whip up a Thanksgiving meal — when you use this cooking method you don’t have to worry about roasting it for hours on end!...
Spicy Parmesan Party Popcorn The pressure to “deliver” is high when you have a new food blogger friend coming round for lunch and you’ve had a shocker of a weekend so you haven’t had time to prepare for a fancy meal. This new friend is Amanda from Chew Town who is such good value that even if I served her a ham sandwich with store bought bread, she would still munch it down with enthusiasm....
It’s naturally perfect for brunch, but it also makes a great meatless dinner. And if you have leftovers, you can enjoy them for breakfast for several days. I really like frittatas. I like egg dishes in general for breakfast - I find them very satiating - and frittatas are especially easy to make. Plus, leftovers keep well for several days. This spinach frittata is delicious, substantial, and very pretty. I make it often when we host friends for brunch, but I also like to make it for my family for dinner....
Raw Spinach: There tends to be some confusion around which types of vegetables you can eat raw and which you can’t – or just aren’t that tasty! You’ve likely already seen plenty of spinach salad or spinach salad with strawberries recipes floating around out there. That’s because raw spinach is perfectly safe to eat! Opt for small-leaf varieties for the best taste. Larger and older leaves are better cooked. Candied Pecans: One of the best parts about this spinach salad with strawberries is the candied pecans....
It’s been a while since I shared a 15 minute Meal! So I thought I’d share one of my favourites. This is a classic midweek meal for me. I will often do variations of this, using fish and making the mash using other vegetables like peas and parsnip. “Crunchy chicken – without the mess or guilt of deep frying!” To make fast meals from scratch, you need to use some nifty shortcuts and this dinner is packed full of them!...
