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What to serve with Ina Garten Meatloaf Ina Garten serves her meatloaf with a super flavorful, buttery garlic sauce which I’ve included in this recipe. It’s the perfect way to add extra flavor and a little bit more moisture to the meatloaf. It also goes very well on top of whatever you’re serving with the meatloaf, like mashed potatoes or steamed veggies. I’m in Texas visiting her this week, and it took us about 30 seconds of being together to realize that we have the exact same turquoise and purple iPhone case....

Have you ever considered using an air fryer to prepare your morning meals? There are so many great air fryer breakfast recipes to choose from! You can make everything from crispy bacon and eggs to fluffy pancakes and waffles, all with a fraction of the calories, time and mess of traditional cooking methods. And the best part is that air fryers are so easy to use - simply place your ingredients in the basket, set the temperature and time, and you’re good to go!...

With step-by-step instructions and a video tutorial, I’ll show you how to make these easy, crispy vegetable fries in no time. The easiest courgette fries recipe These courgette fries are simply a delicious appetizer, vegetarian side dish, and fantastic snack. What I really love about this recipe is that it’s a great way to use all the extra summer courgette from the garden, plus any extra lying in the fridge....

If you’ve been here before, you probably know that I have a real love affair with my air fryer! It’s so convenient to use and I love that I can use less oil when preparing my favorite recipes. In case you’re wondering what’s my favorite Air Fryer, I use the Cosori XL Air Fryer and I really like its large square basket. Fish is one of my favorite things to make for dinner and this recipe for tilapia in the air fryer is so easy!...

These cookies remind me of my childhood, and until this day every time I visit Jordan, I buy them from the local bakery to have with tea. The ingredients used to make these cookies are quite simple, and the method is also so easy. So get the ingredients, and start baking as I walk you through the process! What’s so special about these cookies is, of course, the taste! They’re speckled with aniseed, fennel, and nigella seeds....

Originally Posted February 14, 2017 Truman just learned to potty train (hallelujah) and is now wearing underwear, but he keeps putting it on backwards because the cool pictures of stormtroopers are always on the back and he wants to see them. I explained to him this morning that he can tell where the front of his underwear is because there’s this cool pocket for…well I won’t go into detail, you know what the pocket is for....

Here’s a detailed recipe to make Atayef from scratch. What are Atayef? Once you try the Atayef – you will fall in love! I can guarantee you that! They’re basically the Middle Eastern version of pancakes, and they’re stuffed with lots of tasty fillings. Atayef (Qatayef) are usually prepared by street vendors in the streets of Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Morocco, and Egypt. They are also sold in bakeries nowadays, and some people prepare them at home....

As the years passed, I began to realize that my taste preference and my spice level tolerance slowly started to grow. So much so, that it surprised my Mom a few days ago, how much heat I can actually tolerate when it comes to my favourite kinds of food. Malaysian food, obviously being one of them. Like two long lost best friends, Mom and I have been spending lots of time bonding in the kitchen over gossip and spice bottles....

Eric and I live in a really beautiful neighborhood that we have no business being in. Seriously, the house next to us looks like it’s straight out of Better Homes and Gardens, down to the adorable shutters and trendy gutter drain. (Yes, really.) And then there’s our house. The Ugly rental Duckling of the street. Peeling paint, shabby doorstep, and now a dead lawn to boot. That can happen when you forget to water it …for months at a time....

Baked Shrimp Scampi is made in the oven, with lots of garlic, butter, white wine, and the perfect seasonings. Toss the delicious buttery scampi sauce with cooked pasta, and dinner is ready to serve. Oven Baked Shrimp Scampi is packed with flavor and ready in no time! It takes less than 20 minutes to throw together this savory, garlicky shrimp pasta dish, so it’s perfect for busy weeknights but fancy enough for special occasions too....

If you are hosting and need a delicious dessert, this easy banana pudding recipe is the perfect solution. This recipe is easy enough to make that you could even hand it off to one of your kiddos. With my fool-proof instructions, you will want to make it year after year. How to Make Banana Pudding Here is a brief overview of this no bake banana pudding with vanilla wafers comes together....

Beet Salad Dressing While this salad is perfectly delicious without any dressing at all, the simple ingredients we toss on here makes a great dressing. Just adding some balsamic vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper is about all the dressing you need here. This easy beet salad is only a few ingredients and can be made ahead of time. It makes a perfect super side dish, or double the recipe and bring it to a picnic for an easy dish to pass....

Birthday Cake White Chocolate Bark is another, and possibly my favorite, in my ever expanding bark family. Bark is one of those fun desserts that is super easy to make and always gets devoured. My whole family is obsessed with my Mint Oreo Bark. Next time you are hosting a gathering, make up a batch of this easy and delicious treat. Birthday Cake Oreos When this post was first written, birthday cake Oreos came in both chocolate and golden....

Originally posted June 6, 2017 Eric and I have the perfect excuse to not do dishes tonight. The dishwasher is full of clean dishes, our cupboards are empty, and all the other dishes are scattered about the dining room in boxes, laundry baskets, and strewn across the table. There’s no where to put them. Great excuse right?? Perfect week for my baby to decide that is is time to start crawling....

Being British means loving a good savory meat pie, and nothing is better than this British Steak and Ale Pie. English meat pies are popular pub grub and perfect comfort food. The filling for this pie only uses onions and carrots, but you can fill meat pies with anything you like, root vegetables, mushrooms or peas, whatever is in season. The ale in Steak and Ale Pie What gives British steak and ale pie its rich, characteristic richness is the use of ale....

As the chilly winds start to blow, there’s nothing more comforting than a bowl of homemade buckwheat soup to keep you warm and nourished. This traditional Russian recipe, a cherished childhood favorite, is not only hearty and delicious but also filled with health benefits. It’s a versatile dish that can be enjoyed with tender chicken or kept vegetarian, according to your preference. Before we jump into the recipe, let’s talk about buckwheat, the main ingredient in this soup....

I put this stuff in my mouth and thought that again: Way to go, humans. We are so awesome for coming up with something this magical. And by we I mean not me. I’m not the kind of person who can taste something in a restaurant and go home to successfully recreate it. Which is exactly what the recipe author (Not Without Salt) did: tasted it in a restaurant and went home and made it....

My family absolutely loves California Rolls. It is always shocking to me how many my kids can eat, especially my younger ones. If you love California Rolls too, you have to try this delicious pasta salad. It has all of the great flavors of the sushi roll, but with far less work. Despite its rice-like shape and name (orzo means “barley” in Italian), orzo is indeed pasta. It originates from Italy and is a very versatile ingredient....

I am so excited to be sharing my mom’s Cherry Pie Filling recipe with you today! Like so many great recipes, this was one that I really had to force her to give me measurements for. She was so good at just throwing it together at the stovetop. Every so often, I will hear from one of you that a recipe I posted was so close to your mother’s. Your mother whom you miss greatly, and this one particular recipe brought her back for a small moment....

The other day Eric went for a run, then came back and took a shower. When he came from his room, Charlotte said, “Wow Dad, you smell good!” My brother Nathan was visiting, and to be silly, he said to Charlotte, “What does your nose smell like?” And before she could do anything more than giggle, Truman chimed in with, “It smells like boogers!” It was quite a revelation to all of us....