I just love recipes that have real history behind them! Do you know where the Waldorf Salad originated from? The creamy, fruity salad is named for New York City’s Waldorf Astoria hotel. Interestingly it was the hotel’s maître d’, not a chef, who is credited with creating this salad back in 1896. A salad of chopped apples, celery, and mayonnaise was first served at a charity event and was later added to the hotel’s menu....
About my easy Indian cucumber raita recipe Making Indian Raitha is quick and easy. With just 10 minutes at hand, you can whip up this cooling cucumber yogurt dip and elevate your curry to the next level. To make this raita, I stick to a simple mantra: for every 2 cups of yogurt, I add 1 portion of vegetables, which in this case is cucumber. This 2:1 ratio gives us the ideal consistency of yogurt and added ingredients....
I love making grilled chicken fajitas at home! They’re also one of my favorite things to order at a Tex Mex restaurant, and I especially love when they bring out a sizzling platter of chicken and veggies for me to dig in to. You can make the same sizzling fajitas on the stovetop, but when it’s nice outside, I like to turn on the grill and give this perfectly marinated chicken, peppers, and onions some beautiful grill marks and bits of charred flavor....
This grilled potatoes recipe is perfect for summer BBQs, camping, or as a delicious side dish with a weeknight dinner. This recipe for Grilled potatoes in foil packets is the best way to cook potatoes in the summertime! These potatoes cook entirely on the grill, so there’s no need to boil water or heat up your oven. Potatoes in foil also make an excellent side dish for camping, and I’ll even give you some tips about how you can cook these over a camp fire!...
All you need is a bowl, a whisk, and a few common ingredients to whip up a peanut butter quick bread. This is a really delicious bread recipe. A slice of peanut butter bread is perfect with a spread of jelly or jam. Surprisingly, I also enjoy it with more peanut butter spread on top! Peanut butter bread is lightly sweet, soft, tender, and has a very rich peanut butter flavor....
Juicy tomatoes, crispy bacon, and fresh lettuce are tossed with homemade ranch dressing to create this refreshing cold salad that is perfect for all of your summer BBQs, picnics, and parties! The classic BLT sandwich is probably one of the most perfect foods. Salty, smoky, crispy bacon is accented with sliced tomatoes, fresh lettuce, and a generous amount of mayo on soft bread or toast. Bacon, lettuce, and tomato just go together, and the three go together even more perfectly in this easy pasta salad....
This is a traditional Toad in the Hole recipe with one little addition, a little rosemary in the batter to enhance the flavor. Toad in the hole is another British dish with a strange name and without a definitive story behind the name (see below). It is a typical dish from the North of England dating back to the 1700’s. Just like many old recipes, this dish was served in the poorer households using minimal and inexpensive ingredients....
This version came about as a happy accident. One weekend morning I was craving eggs Benedict and while gathering my ingredients I discovered I did not have ham and tried it with the fresh mortadella that I had on hand and discovered that it’s oh sooo good! I’m sharing all of my knowledge with you as to how to orchestrate each step for ultimate success. The key to a successful eggs Benedict is timing....
Homemade Fajita Seasoning Tomato Sauce In this recipe we are using canned tomato sauce as the base for the sauce of the casserole. You want to look for something that is labeled tomato sauce, and it contains just tomatoes, no seasoning. This is just tomatoes that have been cooked down with all the seeds, skin and pulp removed. Even better, I have instructions for making this casserole ahead of time and baking it from frozen....
Eric and I don’t have a digital bathroom scale, it’s just the old-fashioned dial kind. I accepted a long time ago that it is not really accurate enough to tell you your weight, but it is useful in tracking your fluctuation day to day. (Or week to week, or month to month…I kind of like having an estimate weight. It makes me less curious. It’s also nice to get on the scale, see the number, and legitimately think, “Well, it’s probably wrong....
I can’t wait to share my Buffalo Shrimp recipe with you! I had this dish at a bar with friends some time ago, and I’ve been working to perfect the recipe ever since. It’s based on my recipe for Fried Shrimp, but I’ve spiced up the breading to add lots of savory, flavorful heat. A toss in homemade buffalo wing sauce makes these spicy shrimp absolutely amazing! Why You’ll Love This Recipe for Buffalo Shrimp If you love Buffalo-style recipes, you’re in luck!...
You guys! It’s the Christmas season!! I’m so pumped! If you are new to my blog, you probably should know that five years ago I lost my sweet little second son, Elliot. And just about 8 years ago, on the day my first kiddo was born, I lost my amazing mom. Guys, I miss them both so much this time of year. I miss them all the time. But Thanksgiving and Christmas can be especially hard....
Summer meals are all about fresh salads, wraps, slow cooker meals, and anything that is quick, refreshing, and doesn’t require you to stand in the kitchen for long. I LOVE making pasta salads in the summer, they’re great for potlucks, lunches, dinners, picnics, you name it! I’m a big fan of the classic Greek salad and its simple but bold flavors, and adding pasta to it makes it, even more, filling so it can be served as a main dish....
The other day I was complaining about something to Eric, I don’t even remember what. This is pretty normal, he’s very patient with me. But he was heading to the store, so just before leaving he made an audio recording on my phone: “I’m sorry Karen. That’s really hard.” In his most sympathetic voice. It made me laugh so much that I almost didn’t punch him in the face. But, in his defense, it has come in handy a few times since then....
The marinade for this incredible grilled chicken has been in the works for a while. I am now OBSESSED. The other day I was running on the treadmill and my wonderful husband asked me what I wanted for dinner . . . over text. So I sent him the recipe for this marinade and he made it, grilled up the chicken, and it was quite literally one of the best pieces of chicken I’ve ever eaten....
If you are looking for an easy side dish during grilling season, look no further than this amazing Grilled Pineapple. Not only is it simple to make, grilling pineapple completely transforms this delicious fruit. It makes it sweeter, softer, and absolutely delicious. After grilling it, we pair it with a super simple sauce made from honey and cinnamon. While I love it this way, you could skip the sauce and still be completely in love....
Delicious, soft-baked peanut butter ghost cookies are coated with powdered sugar and decorated with candy eyes and black icing. They’re the perfect Halloween party food! I have been having so much fun making and decorating Halloween cookies and treats this year! Of course, there are the well-loved classics: Halloween Witch Finger Cookies with almond fingernails and Popcorn Balls decorated to look like ghosts. But I’m thinking outside of the Halloween party box with these Peanut Butter Ghost Cookies!...
If you are already in planning mode like me, you can find all of my holiday recipes here: Christmas Recipes and Thanksgiving Recipes. These delicious Hasselback Potatoes are the perfect addition to a holiday table. They are delicious, delicate, and are sure to impress. Even better, with my simple instructions a cook of any skill level can make this great side dish. Use wooden utensils to hold the potatoes. Place a wooden spoon (or wooden skewer) on either side of a potato, leaving them unpeeled....
My mother-in-law was kind enough to share her mother’s recipe with me, telling me she was planning on making some the very next day. Loving on these cookies is a family tradition. When I handed my husband one, I looked at him with expectant eyes and said, “So?! What do you think???” He thought for a second and then said, “Grandma left her’s out while we visited. These are too soft and chewy....
A sloppy joe is a sandwich made with ground meat and a tomato-based sauce served on a bun. Most sloppy joe recipes are made with ground beef and a sauce that contains ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and some seasonings. Brown the beef. Cook the meat, breaking it up, until the meat just starts to brown. Add in the vegetables. Add the bell pepper and onion and saute until they soften. Drain off any excess grease....
