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Try it. It will surprise you! Welcome to Day 12 of the inaugural Holiday Salad Marathon, where I’m sharing 30 salads in a row through to Christmas Eve – just for something different to the usual sugar-loaded baking countdowns!! Today, something FRENCH(ish): Tomato Salad with Olive Tapenade This is a great tomato salad reminiscent of the south of France with the use of black olive tapenade. You can throw this together in minutes if you’ve already got a pre-bought jar of olive tapenade lying around in your fridge, else it’s worth making the tapenade yourself from scratch if you’re just looking to make a tomato salad that’s a little different!...

Chocolate Crust: We love nothing more than a homemade chocolate crust. However, you can always use a store-bought chocolate crust when necessary. Semi Sweet vs. Milk Chocolate Chips: We prefer the taste of semi-sweet chocolate in this recipe, but if you are a milk chocolate lover, you can substitute those in. Streusel Topping Options: The Little Pie Company, who inspired this recipe, adds in brownie to make this a brownie streusel topping....

It’s easy to go into carb overload during the colder months. Right now with the house extension going on, and my only method of cooking at home being a single plug-in hob, a microwave and a toaster, we’re starting to get into the habit of feasting on chips, large sandwiches and stodgy cakes. I’m not beating myself up about it. I know it’s only a temporary thing, and we’ll get back to lovely homecooked meals soon, but I would like to throw in the occasional nod to healthy eating....

Jus is more savoury and complex in flavour than say a typical gravy. If you have homemade beef stock or chicken stock on hand, this is a deceptively easy sauce that will elevate any dish to fine dining levels! What exactly is jus? If the word “jus” conjures images of Masterchef and fine dining restaurants, you’re right on the money! Jus is a French culinary term for what you can think of as the posh cousin of gravy....

Jump to:Tip 1. Make Canapes instead of Starters Tip 2. Make-ahead Gravy Tip 3. Make those Roast Potatoes ahead too! Tip 4. Make-ahead Mashed Potato Tip 5. Keep the Roast Turkey simple! Tip 6. Wrap those Pigs in Blankets Tip 7. Buy Ready-Prepped Veg Tip 8. Make a Punch Bowl! Tip 9. Set the Table ahead Tip 10. Make-ahead Dessert (without taking up fridge space) Bonus tips! 📺 Watch the video 💬 Reviews...

Tomato Sauce: Make sure to use plain tomato sauce, and not spaghetti sauce or any other jarred sauce with additives, as that will change the flavor. Fresh vs. Dried Herbs: We love how easy it is to just stick with dried herbs. It’s part of what makes this a truly 2 minute pizza sauce! If you want to use fresh herbs, you certainly can substitute those in! Fresh herbs will spoil more quickly than dried, so you will want to use your pizza sauce within a week or less and only use the freshest herbs you can find....

1. Apple Pie Cups! By yours truly. 🙂 Thai Chicken Salad Wonton Cups! Also by yours truly. :- ) Roll up cheese, add pepperoni, fry it and I challenge you to stop at one. Bake it for a lighter option. Mozzarella Pizza Stick by Culinary Hill. Add pepperoni and it becomes a Pizza Stick. Or don’t roll it up and it becomes bite size pizzas. Pepperoni Wonton Bites by the Bariatric Diva....

All cookbook action around these parts!! Back in October 2021, I made the decision to put a pause on posting new recipes on this website to allow myself “just a couple of months” to focus on writing my first cookbook. I really expected (and declared as such!) to be back to my usual routine of sharing 3 new recipes a week by December. Then in December, I declared I’d be back in February....

The collection contains both savory and sweet snacks, and they can all be made at home with basic, simple ingredients. Deprivation and cravings are the enemies of any way of eating. For those of us used to snacking, learning how to make tasty low-carb snacks can be the difference between success and failure. Making sure you always have delicious keto items to reach for is the best insurance against reaching for the foods you’re trying to get away from - starchy, sugary, and processed....

Make this a complete meal and serve with this delicious, creamy Boursin mashed potatoes or pink sauce pasta and cucumber salad. How to store meatloaf Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container or in an aluminum foil in the fridge for up to 3 days or in the freezer for up to 2 months. I already have an instant pot meatloaf recipe on the blog but ever since I made it in the air fryer, I haven’t looked back....

The sauce tastes like a homemade Chilli Jam except it’s far easier to make. 15 minutes, start to finish! Quick prawn recipe with BIG flavours! While I love a classic Chinese-style prawn stir fry with its clean and steady flavours, or the heart-stopping (in more ways than one) fried and sweet deliciousness of Honey Prawns, sometimes I find myself looking for a punch in the face (flavour-wise, that is!) This prawn recipe came to be after I had a terrific Stir Fried Prawns in Chilli Jam at a modern(ish) Thai Restaurant....

This is the mushroom version of the Beef and Chicken Vegetable Ramen Noodles which have rapidly become firm reader favourites! “We can never have enough ramen noodle recipes!” Asian Mushroom Ramen Noodles Instant ramen is economical, versatile and quick to prepare. But if you’re thinking of plonking it into a saucepan with the packet seasoning mix and adding some chopped veggies – STOP! You can make that ramen taste so much better – with very little effort....

I remember when Chris and I took the kids around a food festival in Manchester a few years ago. We had a great time and tried so many different foods, we were really in our element! When we asked the kids what their favorite thing from the day was they said " The Churros, they were AMAZING", I think Gracey has had a thing for cinnamon sugar since. So I knew I had to come up with a winning churro recipe that I could make at home....

This is one of those rare foods that is a truly fabulous freezer meal and keeps for days in the fridge! Baked Spaghetti I call it a casserole, I call it a pie, I call it a pasta bake. I actually don’t really know if there’s a proper name for this, but what I do know is this: You are going to love it. Because it’s everybody’s favourite Spaghetti Bolognese – PLUS CHEESE....

I am utterly overwhelmed and humbled by the response to this video. At the time I am writing this, it has amassed over 2 million views on Facebook with thousands of comments, messages, and emails to go along with it. I think it’s time to share the story behind this viral video for those who are interested. The video has since garnered nearly 100 million view I recently was honored with YouTube Next Up....

Terrific for any type of steak – for grilling or pan searing! Beef Steak Marinade Steaks are like wine – the more you spend, the better they are. Juicier, more flavour, more tender, no random bits of sinew throughout. And as much as we’d all like to be able to splurge on premium quality beef every time we have a hankering for steak, the reality is that most of us cannot!...

Brazilian Fish Stew When I think of Brazilian food, I immediately have visions of grilled meat. Specifically, Churrasco. Serious quantities of grilled meat on giant skewers with the waiters walking from table to table, slicing the meat straight from the skewer onto my plate. Carnivore heaven. 🙂 Because of the strong association of Brazilian food with Churrasco (and also because I don’t have a giant grill with a rotisserie) I thought sharing this traditional Brazilian fish stew would be nice for something a bit different!...

Get ready to be blown away with flavor with this Southern twist on lasagna. Shrimp is the star of the show in this seafood pasta with lots of cheese and a homemade Southern-style tomato sauce. This is what I mean when I say something is made from scratch, with love! Oven ready lasagna noodles are a huge time saver in this lasagna dish. You just put them in all hard and uncooked and they end up perfectly cooked....

URGENT, URGENT!!! DID YOU SAVE YOUR HAM BONE???!!!!! I forgot to remind you!😩 In all the kerfuffle* trying to get a Dozer/Nagi Christmas selfie + last minute present shopping not to mention all the last minute changes to the Christmas menu that was decided on the fly on Christmas Eve, resulting in a large part of that day being spent running around from store to store, battling the crowds. We even bought a food processor the day before Christmas....

Serve as a potato side for dinner. Breakfast with eggs. Party food bites. So many possibilities! Mini Potato Gratin Stacks (Dauphinoise) All you need to know is that these Mini Potato Gratin Stacks are cheesy, creamy and ridiculously irresistible. I mean, let’s be blunt. Potatoes + cheese + cream + garlic + butter. BAM! That’s a home run right there! Actually, they’re a mini version of French Potato Gratin / Dauphinoise....