He added their anniversary to his calendar on the wrong date, YEARS ago. And he still hasn’t changed it. I’ve gotten texts for the last 9 years on August 16: Eric: Tomorrow is your parents anniversary! Me: What? No it’s not. (And it wasn’t last year, or the year before…) But really, how lucky am I to have snagged a guy who not only remembers our anniversary, but my parents’ as well?...
I absolutely love sweet potatoes. When we go to restaurants, if I am offered a chance at sweet potato fries, I always pick those over regular fries. So it is no surprise that I think this Mashed Sweet Potato recipe blows regular mashed potatoes out of the water. This recipe is so simple, but absolutely delicious. It is a great way to bring some variety to your Thanksgiving table. These mashed potatoes are so delicious, they don’t need anything extra like gravy....
Nothing beats a frozen refreshing smoothie on a hot summer day! And here I am sharing one of my all-time favourite frozen smoothies, it’s so simple and easy to make that you’ll want to make it every day during the summer! Mint Lemonade Recipe Technically this is a mint lemonade, but in the Middle East, we call it lemon with mint smoothie (Laymoun wa naa’naa’ smoothie). I think that every single cafe either has it on the menu in Jordan or can make it for you if you ask for it!...
This is one of the first recipes I published way back in 2014. The recipe still holds up but the pictures didn’t so I have taken new ones along with a step by step video. My love of shellfish started as a child growing up on the North East coast of England. Mussels, cockles, dressed crab and winkles just to name a few of the fresh seafood my parents used to treat us to every weekend....
For this dish I like lamb leg. This is for two reasons, it’s easy to find and it can stand up to the long cooking time that results in tender meat. In the days of its inception, around the mid 1800’s, mutton was typically used. This has now evolved into lamb because, well, when was the last time you saw mutton in the grocery store? This historical dish is a typical hearty meat and potatoes dish that would feed millworkers, miners and such after a long day of work....
Source: Cinnamon roll recipe is from my mother-in-law Kris. The almond topping is adapted from Smitten Kitchen. Genius idea for combining the two was from my BFF Sarah. But now we aren’t in school and they don’t throw dances at church for adults (why not??) So we decided to go to a club, even though we don’t drink and grinding is not our thing. We found a club that does 80s night every Thursday and got even more excited....
It is a thicker variety of dosa, more like savoury pancake and topped up with vegetables of your choice. { Vegan } Learn how to make this Instant Uttapam recipe with step by step instructions. I make Idli Dosa batter frequently at home. Whenever batter is ready, Kuzhi-paniyaram and Uttapa are a regular breakfast / after school snack recipe in our household. It is so quick and easy, I like to prepare this onion uthappam instantly!...
This easy pork chop recipe is going to be such a home run in your house! It is a recipe that Billy shared with me while I was working with him to learn how to make YouTube videos. I love this recipe because it is was enough to make for a weeknight meal, but truly looks and tastes fancy enough to entertain with. I shared this recipe with some of our neighbors and they LOVED it!...
White chocolate chips: See my tips below on melting white chocolate.Sweetened condensed milk: Make sure you do not buy evaporated milk. The cans are next to each other in the grocery store and look almost identical. Please be sure to buy name-brand sweetened condensed milk. Evaporated milk will cause this recipe to fail.Peppermint extract: This is the key ingredient responsible for the peppermint flavor. You could alternatively use mint extract if you prefer the flavor....
You probably know how I was really obsessed with upside-down cakes last summer? Once I learned how to bake them and how EASY they were to bake, I baked an upside-down cake every other day for a few weeks! Spicy banana upside down cake (I even baked this on a cooking show on Jordan TV!), pear upside-down cake, and even an upside down loquat cake! Now I don’t really know why I never posted a pineapple upside-down cake recipe, it’s an old-fashioned classic that everybody LOVES and it comes out perfect every time I bake it....
So my kids are totally obsessed with Pokemon Go. I mean . . . I kind of am too so I can’t really blame them. So when I was thinking about Halloween and how the true crafty Lisa comes out around mid September, I started thinking about how awesome it would be to make a Poké Ball Treat Bucket! And you guys, it’s super easy. Even the novice crafter (aka me) can pull this bad boy off....
What are Porcupine Meatballs? Porcupine meatballs are just like any other type of meatballs, except they are made with rice added to the meat mixture. This recipe was popular in the US during the Great Depression, as adding inexpensive rice to ground beef helped to stretch it so that the meatballs were more filling and cheaper to make. These delicious meatballs get their name because as they cook the grains of rice start to poke out of the sides, resembling the quills of a porcupine!...
I’m pretty sure I’ve been to the grocery store every day so far this week. Does that ever happen to you? It is total feast or famine around here. I’m either at the store every day or haven’t gone in 3 weeks and we’re living off of frozen fish sticks, smoothies, and string cheese. Anyway, I was at the store and saw they had a new crop of apples. SO EXCITING!...
At the heart of all great fall recipe collections is a wonderful selection of Pumpkin Recipes. Here at Simple Joy, we have been loving on that gourd for years. What we’ve been missing though is a super simple Pumpkin Spice recipe! That all changes today! This Pumpkin Pie Spice is made with four simple ingredients. We love it exactly as written and we love that you can make a smaller version very simply to use in all of your favorite pumpkin desserts....
One look at the many overstocked shelves throughout my home will give you a slight idea of my fixation to them. Heck, who am I kidding! I have cookbooks peeping out from my pantry shelves, kitchen cabinets, on top of the fridge, and not to mention a few prized possessions that I deem only fit to snuggle on my bedside table. Yes, it’s shameful I know. I’m addicted. Hi, I’m Meena, and I’m a cookbook addict....
If you know even a little bit about me, then you’ll know how much I LOVE fried food. Honestly, if it wasn’t for the scare of me just suddenly dropping dead one fine day due to a clogged artery, then I’d probably have my way with it too! Hubby Dear is no different. We both love our Samosas, and crave crispy, salty fries every two days. About a month ago, I was given the opportunity to test out the new Airfryer and get creative in the kitchen....
You can also read my Indian IP series where I explain everything about using instant pot in an Indian kitchen making Indian Food. Part 1: Instant Pot for Indian Cooking Part 2: Which Instant Pot Model to buy Part 3: Making Indian Food in Instant Pot Let me just confess first.I bought an instant pot, because my best friends raved and ranted over and over about it..So I caved and made my dad haul one all the way from USA to India....
Acorn squash (also known as pepper squash or Des Moines squash) has to be one of my most favorite of the seasonal squash. It has amazing sweet, nutty flavor just on its own, but with this combination of Indian spices, it is taken to the next level. Add a little Indian flare to your fall/winter cooking. A simple, vegan side dish doesn’t get any easier. The difficult part is cutting the squash....
Multi-Tasking You will notice that the total cook time for this recipe is 25 minutes. The way to make that happen is to do multiple things at once. Start the pasta water, start the salmon and start the sauce one right after each other. They each take about 15 minutes, so they will all be done about the same time. Adding salmon to my Fettuccine Alfredo recipe was an easy decision....
Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram I’m sorry, what now? Nonchalantly: “Yeah, can you help me put this on?” He points to the center of his neck, toward his diminutive Adam’s apple. He holds up a rainbow unicorn tattoo with stars. The very next day my friend Jackie, who does family photography, texted to say that she has an open spot this weekend for a mini session. I snagged it and was extra grateful that I hadn’t let Edison David-Beckham himself....
