Hearty and delicious, roasted vegetables are an easy side dish recipe. These lightly seasoned oven roasted vegetables are caramelized on the outside and tender on the inside. Use a variety of vegetables for a flavorful and healthy side dish. They’re great served with baked chicken (or almost any protein) and leftovers can be added to a grain salad (or quinoa salad). Did you make these Easy Roasted Vegetables? Be sure to leave a comment and a rating below!...
Nothing says comfort food like a classic green bean casserole on a holiday table! In this from-scratch version, tender green beans in a homemade bacon mushroom cream sauce are topped with buttery parmesan bread crumbs. It’s all baked until bubbly and golden. This version is extra rich, creamy, savory, and oh, so delicious. A Homemade Version of Green Bean Casserole Campbell’s green bean casserole recipe has graced holiday tables for over 60 years for good reason....
Tender chicken in a flavorful sauce is served over white rice. This coconut curry chicken is fragrant and offers complex flavors in an easy to make recipe. Easy Curry Chicken One of my favorite things to do is explore the world with my taste buds. A few years ago my husband and I were able to visit South Africa. While there we ate so many different kinds of curry. Potato curries, and bean curries, and various meat curries....
This Creamy Chicken Pasta Salad recipe is packed with flavor, texture, and lots of goodness! Loaded with chicken, pasta, bacon, and veggies this dish is tossed in an easy ranch mayo dressing for the perfect bite. While our favorite Italian pasta salad is often served as a side, this hearty dish eats like a meal! A Pasta Salad Entree This pasta salad turns a favorite side dish into a main dish with lots of great additions like chicken!...
Tender pasta shells stuffed with a mixture of cheeses and frozen spinach. They’re smothered in pasta sauce and cooked in a slow cooker for a set it and forget it kind of meal! Stuffed shells are a handy dish perfect for make-ahead convenience. They freeze well and reheat like a dream for those busy weeknights when you don’t have time to fuss with dinner preparation. How to Make Stuffed Shells Everyone loves cheesy stuffed shells and cooking them in the slow cooker while you’re running errands allows you to come home to a ready meal....
A simple mixture of ginger, cucumber, and citrus fruits infuse water for a fresh and healthy drink. Everyone knows how important it is to drink water daily. As healthy as water is and with all its many benefits, few people can get on board with drinking plain water. It’s just so…watery! What is Detox Water? It is not technically a weight loss drink, but it is definitely a good start to getting all the health benefits of water and drinking water is an important part of weight loss!...
Use up all that fall bounty of garden carrots and bake them into this moist carrot bread. Quick breads are easy to make and freeze beautifully! We love this recipe for carrot bread! Extra moist, a bit sweet and full of flavor. It’s a great twist on a banana bread recipe or carrot cake! Ingredients DRY INGREDIENTS Typical of a basic quick bread, this uses all-purpose flour with baking soda to give it some rise....
This dish is easy to prepare and bake and holds up well at a buffet or a potluck. For supper, serve alongside oven baked chicken breasts and a tossed salad for a delicious balanced meal. Preparing Roasted Potatoes and Carrots If I’m making a dish with a sauce or gravy, I often make Mashed Potatoes but these are great with any meal too! Wash the potatoes and either scrub or peel the carrots....
Today is National Chocolate Day and what better day to honor my sweet friend Joan from Chocolate Chocolate & More! The best thing about being a food blogger is our community. Our community is strong… and loving. We help each other, we guide one another and we love each other. It’s hard to imagine that I would meet some of my best and closest friends through food blogging but that’s exactly what happened....
This homemade broccoli cheddar soup is both delicious and easy to make! It has a rich and cheesy flavor, and it is ready in just 30 minutes, making the perfect weeknight dinner. Serve it with a chunk of crusty bread for dipping. Broccoli Cheddar Soup Recipe If you enjoy Panera’s broccoli cheddar soup, you will love this homemade version. Classic comfort food, creamy, cheesy, and hearty.It’s made with simple, easy ingredients you likely have on hand....
Stir fries are such a great way to make dinner because they are so quick to put together. Chicken and Broccoli Stir Fry and Teriyaki Chicken stir fry are some of my favourites! We usually have a couple of sauces like soy sauce and oyster sauce always in our pantry so that recipes like this can come together in a jiffy. I know how hard it can be to think of unique dinner recipes every day which is why once in a while, you need a back pocket recipe that you can keep going back to....
Chocolate icebox cake is a generations-old classic that takes a small handful of ordinary ingredients and turns them into something amazing! What is an Icebox Cake? Back in the 1930s when refrigerators were “iceboxes,” these versatile recipes became popular! An icebox cake combines layers of cookies (in this case chocolate wafers) and whipped cream and it sits overnight. Once it sits, the cookies take on a cake-like texture resulting in a delicious dessert....
This foolproof recipe ensures every grain is infused with lots of savory flavor, it’s so much better than packaged rice and doesn’t take much longer! An Easy Rice Side Dish I’d have to say rice is one of my favorite side dishes, regardless of how it’s prepared. We especially love this rice recipe because it’s versatile and this basic recipe pairs well with almost any cuisine or even just grilled meats or baked chicken....
Spring is when fresh asparagus and other vegetables begin to appear, and it couldn’t be too soon. These slender spears cook so quickly and are so flavorful. It’s a perfect appetizer or side dish and looks so elegant on any holiday table. A Favorite Steamed Veggie Asparagus is one of my favorite vegetables and no matter how many times I have it, I always feel as though it’s a treat. It needs little more than some butter and salt and both looks an tastes elegant....
A quick garlic butter sauce is lightly seasoned with lemon juice for great flavor in just minutes. Tips & Time Savers for Sautéed Shrimp Shrimp is an inexpensive protein that adds flair to any dish and cooks quickly and can be served warm or chilled. Purchase peeled and deveined shrimp to make this extra quick (tails can be off or on for this dish). Use prepared chopped garlic if you’d like (although we like fresh best)....
Deliciously simple to make (and hard to resist), Brown Butter Sage Gnocchi is a restaurant quality dish made easy at home! These little irresistible dumplings are pan-fried with browned butter and sage, then topped with parmesan cheese before serving. So simple, so sumptuous, and oh so good! Brown Butter Sage Gnocchi Gnocchi are little pillowy dumplings made from potatoes and flour (they can have other ingredients like ricotta too). Store-bought gnocchi dumplings tend to be a little more firm while homemade is more tender and fluffy....
Marinated and grilled, this Cilantro Lime Chicken recipe makes chicken that is juicy on the inside and crispy on the outside! Cilantro lime chicken is marinated in zesty lime, lots of garlic, and fresh cilantro. This easy recipe needs little prep and few ingredients but it’s loaded with big flavor. An Easy Grilled Chicken Recipe We love grilled chicken breasts or thighs and this cilantro chicken is next level for flavor....
Tender lentils are simmered in a rich savory broth, topped with creamy mashed potatoes and baked to golden perfection! Serve this easy meal as a meatless favorite any time of year. Ingredients in Lentil Shepherd’s Pie A true shepherd’s pie recipe is made with lamb. If you use ground beef it actually becomes a cottage pie… and in this case, we’re using lentils to replace the meat. LENTILS Lentils are a yummy, healthy, and inexpensive substitution for meat in almost any ground beef dish!...
This Homemade Waffle Recipe uses just a handful of ingredients that you likely have on hand already! Crisp on the outside, fluffy on the inside, these waffles are delicious drizzled with melted butter and syrup. The perfect start to any weekend morning! Below you’ll find the secret to perfect homemade waffles! Did you enjoy this Waffle Recipe? Be sure to leave a rating and a comment below! The Secret to The Best Waffles This tip is what makes this the best waffle recipe; extra fluffy with a crisp exterior....
This recipe is not only easy to make, but it also uses simple ingredients with heaps of flavor! Simply mix the filling, wrap them up, pan-fry and enjoy! Homemade Dumplings are Easy! Dumplings can seem intimidating but they aren’t difficult to make. I admit they do take a bit of time to make (like wonton soup or any kind of filled dumpling really) but following the steps below anyone can do it!...
