One time, I was chatting with someone over the phone that lived in a big city and who wasn’t really familiar with life outside of the city. Anyways, she recommended a certain brand of yogurt so I asked her where I could purchase it and she said, “Whole Foods”. So I informed her that the nearest Whole Foods was a little over 2 hours from where I live and boy was she in disbelief!...
Ingredients 21 oz cherry pie filling 18 oz yellow cake mix 1 cup walnuts, chopped 1 cup cold butter, sliced Preparation Preheat Oven to 350º. In glass dish sprayed with cooking oil, pour in cherry filling, sprinkle cake mix over them, then add walnuts in even layer. Place butter slices over the top of the nuts. Bake in oven for 30 to 45 minutes. Related Video
1 quart low-calorie cranberry juice 1/2 cup lemon juice, fresh 1 quart water, carbonated 1/4 cup sugar 1 cup raspberry sherbet Chill all ingredients. Combine. Garnish with a lemon or lime wedge. Serve immediately. Sugar: 25g : Calcium: 23mg Calories: 109kcal Carbohydrates: 27g Cholesterol: 1mg Fat: 1g Fiber: 1g Iron: 1mg Potassium: 125mg Protein: 1g Saturated Fat: 1g Sodium: 17mg Vitamin A: 62IU Vitamin C: 17mg Related Video
This is a sponsored post done in cooperation with Iceland Foods. However, all opinions are my own. Mother’s day tends to be a little bittersweet for me. I get a little bit sad as I am hardly ever in the same country as my mum then. So, I resort to cooking a great big spread along with some drinks, a skype session, rather a lot of tissues and a whole load of catching up....
Ingredients ¼ cup light cream, half & half , or whipping cream 1 tbsp margarine , or butter 3 oz fettuccine, linguine, or other pasta ½ cup frozen peas, loose-pack ¼ cup Parmesan cheese, grated ½ tsp lemon peel, finely shredded 2 tbsp broken pecans , or walnuts Preparation Let the light cream, half & half, or whipping cream and margarine or butter come to room temperature Allow about 30 minutes....
Ingredients Preparation Related Video
Ingredients 2½ cups chicken meat, cooked, shredded ½ cup carrots, julienned ¼ cup red bell pepper, julienned ¼ cup jicama, julienned ¼ cup red onion, julienned 11 oz whole kernel corn, (2 cans) drained 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved 3 avocados, peeled, pitted, and chopped 2 tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped ½ cup sour cream ⅔ cup mayonnaise 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice ½ tsp ground cumin ½ tsp salt ¼ tsp pepper...
1 cup cocoa chocolate chips, 60% 1 stick butter 1 tsp vanilla 2 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup sugar 55 caramels 1/4 cup milk 1 cup coconut Combine chocolate chips, 2 Tbs. butter and vanilla in a microwavable bowl and microwave on high for 30 seconds until chocolate chips are melted. Stir until smooth then spread all but 2 Tbs. of the chocolate in a layer over a parchment covered 7x12 or 9x9 in....
Ingredients 4 lbs whole chicken, (1 whole) cut into 10 pieces or 3½ lbs bone-in, skin-on breasts, legs, drumsticks, and/or wings waffles, cooked 2 tbsp smoked paprika 2 tbsp freshly ground black pepper 2 tsp garlic powder 2 tsp dried oregano ½ tsp cayenne pepper 1 cup buttermilk 1 large egg kosher salt, to taste 1½ cups all-purpose flour ½ cup cornstarch 1 tsp baking powder 4 cups vegetable shortening , or peanut oil for frying...
Rotisserie Chicken Salad – The EASY Way! A simple rotisserie chicken is definitely one of my favorite busy family shortcuts. Not only can it be a tasty dinner as is, but you can also use it to make tons of other tasty meals like a hearty rotisserie chicken noodle soup or seriously the BEST rotisserie chicken salad. It takes just 15 minutes to toss it together any time of day so it is ready to go when you are....
Ingredients 4 lbs salmon, cut in strips 1 cup kosher salt 1 cup brown sugar ½ cup maple syrup, or birch syrup Preparation Mix the salt and sugar together. Sprinkle a thin layer of this over the bottom of a lidded container. Arrange the strips of salmon in the container in 1 layer. Cover with the remaining cure. Cover the container and let this cure in the fridge for 12 hours....
When life gives you apples, make this Slow-Cooker Pumpkin Applesauce. Tis’ the season for slow-cooker EVERYTHING! If you’ve been following our blog for awhile now, you may have caught on that slow-cooker recipes are kind of our thing. We love the simplicity and ease of slow-cooker recipes and the leftovers that can be enjoyed for days to come. Today, I’m going beyond the usual hearty slow-cooker entree recipe and sharing with you a recipe that I make every Fall....
These next few weeks are pretty much going to be one long, drawn out farewell to summer. My feeble attempt to get these last seasonal recipes posted while the stuff in them is still in season. More than one recipe has come out of my late-summer gluttony, gorging myself on ripe plums and juicy melons and savory okra in a last ditch effort to thwart fall. I’ll be darned if I let summer pass be by without it being fully (and deliciously) appreciated....
Beets. Rosemary. Balsamic vinegar. Arborio rice. Four ingredients with endless possibilities. Yes, you could do risotto, that’s the obvious choice. But when we were given these four ingredients as part of McCormick Gourmet’s Go4Gourmet challenge, we wanted to think outside the risotto and come up with something a bit less obvious. A few failed attempts at creativity later (including one successful, albeit unintentional, batch of glue) we ended up with this....
Freeze a taste of summer that can be enjoyed all year round. You only need 4 ingredients to make these boozy frozen treats, talk about easy peasy! Sometimes, you find yourself with way too much watermelon. Seriously. We’re just two people. Do you really expect us to eat an entire watermelon all by ourselves? We’ve been able to pick and choose the cantaloupe-sized melons from our CSA most of the summer, which, although they always made fun of us and our mini melons, were really the perfect size for two....
Ingredients 3 tomatoes, medium and sliced 12 oz carton cottage cheese ½ tsp dried basil, or 1 teaspoon fresh ½ tsp oregano, or 1 teaspoon fresh ½ tsp salt lettuce Preparation Combine cottage cheese, herbs, and salt. Arrange 3 tomato slices on lettuce for each salad. Top with a mound of cottage cheese. Garnish with a sprinkling of fresh chives on each salad. Related Video
Suitable for low carb, vegan, and gluten free diets. Post includes Weight Watchers points. The addition of ginger and red pepper flake gives this cucumber Asian salad lots of zest, while the maple syrup provides just a hint of sweetness. If you love cucumbers, this surely will become one of your favorite recipes. You might also love this classic Asian Kani Salad or this general easy Cucumber Salad. It also goes well with these Asian Grilled Chicken Tenders and delicious Instant Pot Chicken Tenders....
This BBQ chicken breast just can’t be beat! this Recipe BBQ Chicken Marinade BBQ chicken is part art and part science! Most importantly, it is really delicious and super easy to make! With only 5 ingredients you can have a BBQ chicken marinade that can be used for grilling, baking, or even cooking in the crock pot. One thing I love about making BBQ chicken is that it is family friendly (my kids LOVE it) and you can easily scale up and use the chicken throughout the week to meal prep....
Why You’ll Love This The whipped cream frosting makes the cake. It’s light and airy, unlike a thick, oversweet cream cheese frosting. It marries so well with this incredibly moist and utterly delicious carrot cake. The cake part is what I’m after most of the time, but the icing recipe for this cake will win you over. It’s an easy carrot cake recipe from scratch! No boxed mixes, just real ingredients....
4 pcs lobster tails, smalled, shelled 4 tbsp unsalted butter 1 tbsp garlic, chopped salt and ground black pepper, to taste 2 tbsp lemon juice, to taste For Serving: lemon wedge parsley Butterfly your lobster tails and season them with salt and pepper. In a large frying pan, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add chopped garlic and lobster tails. Sauté the lobster tails for 5 minutes. Constantly flip the lobster tails and cook them for 2 minutes on each side....
