Frozen dumplings can be added to an at-home Chinese meal, complementing noodles, fried rice, and a meat dish for a beautiful spread. These are a quick and easy dish to prepare, so long as you know the method. I’ll share with you my favorite way to cook frozen dumplings, as well as some other methods …
Frozen vegetables are always included in my stir fry, but I get asked sometimes about whether I thaw them out first. Does it make a difference if they are thawed or thrown into the wok or skillet frozen? Do I need to do something different when cooking frozen vegetables when making stir fry than I …
Everybody loves turkey, but no one likes how long it takes to bake a whole turkey in the oven. How would you like juicy, tasty, tender turkey without the long cooking time? I was looking for a way to do that and tried to deep fry a turkey and fell in love with the succulent …
Probably the hardest part of a stir fry to get right is the sauce. Stir fries are such popular dishes because they’re so easy to make. Throwing rice, noodles, egg, veggies, and meat together in a frying pan or wok with light oil and cooking it all is no big deal. Even people with few …
Italian seasoning is a flavorful garnish for pizza, pasta, bread, soups, and many other dishes. While you can buy Italian seasoning prepackaged from the grocery, you could also make it at home, so long as you know what kind of seasonings go into it. It’s not just rewarding to make your own seasoning; it can …
Is there anything better to dip grilled fish filet into than lemon butter sauce? This delicate, light sauce blends its tart citrus flavors with creamy, sweet butter, creating a match made in heaven. The very best lemon butter sauces are made at home from scratch using fresh ingredients. That sauce is delightful when it’s drizzled …
Lentil soup can be hearty and flavorful, especially when it’s seasoned well. You don’t have to be satisfied with subpar lentil soup that feels like simply healthy eating rather than enjoyable eating. Why not marry the two with a great recipe that accentuates the best qualities of the lentils and stands out as a great …
Cauliflower rice is a new trend going through the food industry, and I’m excited about the possibilities of this food. The basic idea behind it is to take pieces of cauliflower and pulse them through a food processor for a little while until they come out like puffy little granules of rice. Of course, since …
To give your fried fish a flakier crust with a lovely golden brown appearance, try using cornmeal rather than flour the next time you bread it. When you fry fish with cornmeal, you’ll change up the flavor a little bit and make it your fish a really good fit with certain sides, including coleslaw, mashed …
Tofu might not be too exciting on its own, but when prepared well and combined with seasonings and other foods, it can become an integral part of a tasty dish. One of my favorite ways to have tofu is in a stir fry, served alongside other Asian dishes for a wonderful homemade spread that’s vegetarian …
Pan fry dumplings, or pot stickers, are really easy to make on your stovetop. The pan fry dumpling may be filled with pork, chicken, veggies, or beef, and it’s a great side dish for a larger Asian spread, usually accompanying noodles and rice dishes, as well as perhaps a meat dish, wontons, and spring rolls. …
Green beans are kind of the ultimate simple side dish. They cook up in just a few minutes and can pair well with all sorts of foods. Plus, they’re really healthy, so you don’t have to feel guilty adding them to whatever you’re making. However, a lot of people fail to do anything interesting with …
I don’t mind doing things a quick and easy way if they still turn out right, and if you want a fast way to cook corn, air frying it is a really great method. When you air fry corn on the cob, you give it a wonderful texture, and it’s so easy to do. It …
Because caramel is made with butter, it’s not considered a vegan food, but you can change that by switching out just one ingredient to make vegan caramel. It’s pretty simple to make caramel at home, and you can change it from non-vegan to vegan just by substituting a single ingredient. I’ll show you how to …
Edamame is a healthy vegetable that you can eat on its own as a snack when properly prepared. Or, thet can be added to other foods to make a number of tasty, healthy recipes. What is edamame? Edamame is a veggie that is packed with fiber and protein, and it also contains some fat. These …
Tempeh is an Indonesian food made from soybeans, and it is often formed into a meat-like dish. A fungus is used to help ferment the tempeh, giving it a distinctive flavor. What is tempeh? If you aren’t familiar with this food, you should know that it shares a lot of similarities with tofu and other …
White chili is a smooth and creamy type of chili it’s usually served with chicken, compared to ground beef for a red, tomato-based chili. Usually, white chili will be made from white beans and then get a lot of its flavor from the chilis. It’s usually a milder chili than the red one, but it …
Shrimp tacos are such a superb treat that I usually reserve for the weekend. The combination of spicy, creamy, crunchy, and chewy just works together so well to make a dish that really excites the taste buds. What I absolutely love about tacos, burritos, and other similar dishes is that there are so many ways …
With a quality seafood stock, you can make seafood soup, sauces, and more. It’s a lot cheaper to make your own seafood stock then to buy it in the grocery. The benefit of making it at home as well is that you can control the ingredients. You can determine what goes into it and how …
This volatile food is prone to attracting bacteria of all kinds. If you’re not careful with how you handle it, you could experience nausea, vomiting, or an upset stomach. Probably just about everybody has a seafood sickness story where they talk about that time they ate bad shrimp or some clams that disagreed with them. …
The very best seafood sauces make you want to have more seafood just to enjoy the sauce that goes with it. If you want to take your seafood to the next level, try making up a simple butter sauce to accompany it. With just a few ingredients, you can make a garlic butter sauce that’s …
Seafood rice is a Latin dish that is usually made with stock or broth and then seasoned. You will add fried rice, along with a seafood like shrimp, clams, or scallops. It’s really similar to the Spanish seafood dish seafood paella, kind of like its Western world counterpart. There are variations of this that are …
You might think that you would do better to buy fresh shrimp rather than frozen, but that’s not usually the case. Shrimp are a very fragile meat in that they need to be kept carefully frozen or used soon after they are caught. Otherwise, they can go bad and cause food poisoning. It doesn’t take …
Even if you’re not a fan of asparagus, once it’s been cooked in the oven, it comes out so tender and nicely roasted that I think just about anybody can appreciate it. When you bake asparagus, it creates a different texture for this vegetable than what you would get from steaming. It’s tender and crispy, …
The Instant Pot works like pressure cooker that cooks food very fast. Anyone who has tried to cook frozen chicken before knows that it takes a long time not to just thaw but also to cook all the way through. Using the Instant Pot speeds things up considerably, and I’ll show you how to cook …
Have you ever tried to cook scallops at home? Maybe you felt intimidated by them because they’re not something you see people make at home very often. I want to assure you that this is a great at home food to try making, even if you’re not an experienced cook. Here are just a few …
Delicious, comforting buttermilk fried chicken is the reason a lot of people look forward to dinner. I like to pair mine with green peas, mashed potatoes, and cornbread for a Southern-style comfort meal, and when buttermilk fried chicken is made well, there’s hardly anything better. How to make fried chicken with buttermilk? I have a …
When cooking frozen cinnamon, you may be wondering if you need to defrost it first. You might have concerns about one method of cooking being better than another. Should you cook frozen salmon in the air fryer, in the oven, or in a pan on the stove? The truth is, there are a few different …
Teriyaki sauce adds a lot of flavor and a lovely texture to stir fry, rice, chicken, in a variety of other meats. It’s a staple of Asian cuisine, and you don’t have to buy it from the grocery if you learn how to make it at home using a fairly simple method. I’ll share with …
The Mediterranean dip hummus is meant to be very creamy, fluffy, and light. It has a slightly tangy or nutty taste, and that’s because of the tahini that’s included. The bright citrus of lemon and fragrant garlic flavors give it a complex taste profile. Hummus is usually served as a dip with chips or pita …
I love putting croutons on salads, in soups, and on pasta. They add a wonderful crunch that changes up the texture, and you can make them yourself from stale bread. Don’t toss out that bread just because it’s a little bit stale and hard. Instead, I’ll show you how to make homemade croutons from it. …
A caprese sandwich tends to be a very vegetable heavy sandwich, with lots of ingredients that make for a very thick sandwich. When you’re making a caprese sandwich, make sure you use a thick bread that can handle all of the fillings. If you use a lighter bread like sliced white bread, it won’t be …
Maybe I’m weird, but I like to snack on pickles from time to time. Those big jar of pickles are my favorite, but they’re also tasty when sliced and added to sandwiches, hot dogs, and tuna salad. They have a pleasant crunch and a slightly tart, sour taste that spices up all sorts of foods. …
Granola is one of only a small number of foods that I would consider among my favorites that’s also very healthy. Of course, you can make granola in a very unhealthy way, adding in tons of chocolate, sugar, and other sweet things, but I will show you a way how to make homemade granola that’s …
Have you gotten on the overnight oats trend yet? This is a high fiber food with lots of nutrients, and it can be even more nutritious for you than cooked rolled oats. When you soak the oats overnight, that breaks down the starch from the oats and then improves nutrient absorption. What this does is …
So, you started mixing up your dry ingredients for pancakes and then moved on to the wet ones when you realize that you don’t have any buttermilk in the fridge. You must have used it the last time you made pancakes and forgot to replace it. This happens to me more often than I care …
It takes a long time to cook dry beans, but the actual amount of time you spend handling them is very little. If you’ve held off from cooking dried beans before because of the time involved, you may find that it’s worth it to learn how to make dry beans. It’s such an inexpensive food …
When you purchase shrimp that is already pre-cooked, it doesn’t take very long to cook it up at home. It will cook quickly and make for a really simple addition to your meal. A lot of the shrimp you buy in the grocery store will be precooked, so it’s good to know how to cook …
For many kids, no bake cookies are their first experience creating food on their own. I just love to see their eyes light up when they hear that they can make cookies without an oven being involved. What Are No Bake Cookies? These are cookies that don’t need to be put in the oven at …
Prime rib makes for great addition to your dinner, complementing potatoes, bread, and veggies nicely. But cooking prime rib can be a little tricky for someone who’s never done it before. You may be wondering how to cook boneless prime rib or maybe you just want ways to cook prime rib that you’ve never tried …
The advantage to using the pressure cooker to cook chicken is that you can just put all your ingredients in there and set the timer and not have to worry about it. You don’t have to keep checking on the chicken to see if it’s cooking properly. When you cook chicken in pressure cooker, it …
What’s the best way to make sure your breakfast sausage comes out looking lovely and tasting great when you cook it? One of the great things about trying to cook breakfast sausage is that it cooks so quickly and easily. No matter which method you want to use, it shouldn’t take very long to cook …
Butternut squash is an autumn favorite, often cooked alongside turkey, pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes, and other foods you might have during the holiday season. What I love when I cook butternut squash is that it’s already so flavorful that very little seasoning is necessary. If you’ve not learned how to cook butternut squash before, you …
Even though rice is the most widely consumed food in the world, not everyone knows how to make theirs turn out right. Sometimes, it comes out too gummy, too dry, or burnt, and I’ll show you how to cook rice on the stove and avoid a lot of these common problems. It’s pretty easy to …
If you’re someone who loves pork chops like me, you’re probably irritated whenever they come out dry and tough. There are a couple of factors that you want to take note of when preparing pork chops in the oven in order to make sure your chops come out tender and juicy. The method I’m going …
One of my favourite breakfast foods is toast. There are few foods that are so easy to make or as versatile. Sometimes, I like mine with just butter on it, and other times I will add some jam, a drizzle of honey, some hazelnut spread or fresh berries. You can make a sandwich from it …
The thing I like most about tofu is its impeccable versatility. This fantastic dish can absorb the taste of whatever you’re cooking with it. And even if you cook it on its own, it’ll be one of the richest sources of proteins that both vegans and meat lovers can enjoy. Sadly, because it’s based on …
Salmon is an all-time favourite because it’s tender, delicately flavoured, and surprisingly easy to make. The only downside is that it’s quite expensive! This is why it’s imperative to know how to prepare raw salmon for cooking, so what arrives at the dinner table is worth the spend. In this article, you’ll find everything you …
Milk is the main ingredient in multiple sweet and savoury dishes. While most people consider it to be a primary source of calcium, many people are currently considering other alternatives to use in their dishes and drinks. If you’re vegan, vegetarian, trying to follow a dairy-free diet, or are lactose intolerant, this article will be …
Slow grilling your foods can yield incredible results. It helps to make your food taste more flavourful, as the grill smoke can seep into the meats and veggies, making them positively burst with flavour. While this method takes longer- slow cooking over a very low heat- it is very much worth it for those who …