Delicious Recipe Ideas

Cheese curds, gravy, and french fries, OH MY! You may be rubbing your eyes or pinching yourself in disbelief as you feast your eyes upon this savory poutine smothered between two pieces of delicious beer bread. But let me assure you, this is real life and really, really, really scrumptious. And what better way to …

The title could be longer, somewhere along the lines of…say…the ultimate, out-of-the world, maybe the best chocolate, stout & ancho chili con carne with refried beans…as yet. This recipe is a combination of many chili con carne recipes I came across over the past few months. Many recipes like Nigella’s involve chocolates, and instead of …

If you’ve ever been served up tender, flavorful hibachi chicken at a Japanese restaurant, you might have wondered what it would be like to make it at home and how difficult it would be for you. You can serve these up with some fried rice or lo mein noodles and then cover with yum yum …

Hemp milk, a creamy and nutritious plant-based alternative to traditional dairy milk, has gained popularity for its health benefits and sustainability. Made from the seeds of the hemp plant, this milk is rich in high-quality proteins, omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, and various vitamins and minerals, making it an excellent choice for those seeking a …

For an easy African dish, try the Nigerian jollof rice. It’s made with a few veggies and spices, and it’s an incredibly flavorful way to make rice that goes really well with baked or fried chicken. What Is Jollof Rice? Jollof rice is a beloved West African dish that’s celebrated for its rich flavor, vibrant …

Making roasted tomato sauce at home puts the power of choosing flavors in your hands. You can determine what herbs and spices go into the sauce and exactly how it tastes. I’ll share with you a method for how to make roasted tomato sauce that turns out beautifully, and I’ll walk you through step by …

If you’re looking for a tasty and simple recipe for pumpkin gnocchi, then you’ve come to the right place. This recipe is made with mashed potatoes, flour, and egg. It’s great with a sage brown butter sauce and can easily be made vegan. Read on for the recipe and a step-by-step guide! You’ll be making …

Egg noodles cook very quickly and simply and can be turned into a wide range of different pasta dishes or stir fries. As easy as egg noodles are to cook, you want to be careful about overcooking them or not cooking them long enough. If not cooked properly, egg noodles will have a bite or …

Tuna, pasta, and salad. Classic favorite picnic and mealtime staples. How about we combine them all for a bowl of downright comfort and deliciousness? Craving for a salad that is not green and bland? Let’s make a tuna pasta salad! With this recipe, you can eat healthy while still having a fresh and exciting, flavorful …

When you’re looking for a dessert without a lot of flour in it, flan is an obvious choice. Delicate flan can be served hot or cold, making it a great anytime dessert for making your day just a little sweeter. Leche flan works well as a dessert for any kind of meal or as a …

Italian sausage is a juicy, flavorful sausage that can be added to rice and bean dishes as well as served up on its own as part of a robust breakfast. I like mine dry fried on the stove in a skillet, but there are lots of ways to use this meat, and I want to …

If you have a can of tuna and a bag of pasta and you want a simple, quick dish to make, try putting together a delicious pan of tuna pasta bake. It cooks in about 15 minutes and will probably please the entire family. How to Layer Pasta Bake This is a dish where layering …

While rhubarb is pretty tart on its own, you can season it to make it sweeter and more palatable. It’s not a vegetable you see used in dishes very often, with the most famous rhubarb dish being rhubarb pie. I will share with you my different methods to cook rhubarb some ideas of what you …

Have you ever eaten a slightly tough, crunchy cornbread and wondered what makes it so different from soft, fluffy traditional cornbread? You might have been enjoying what is known as hot water cornbread, and it’s a Southern United States staple that is popular throughout much of that region. What Is Hot Water Cornbread? This is …

If you want to take a traditional breakfast or dinner staple like biscuits and change things up a bit, then I have a treat for you today. Cinnamon biscuits are easy to make and taste so good. They are bursting with the flavor of butter and cinnamon and are delightfully delicious. I want to share …

Do you like to mix a little sweetness into your meals to liven them up? Do you sometimes have dessert before your meal? Met too, which is why I want to tell you about delicious molasses bread. It’s very reminiscent of whole wheat bread but sweeter and not as healthy. What Is Molasses Bread? This …

Have you ever had the Hawaiian food manapua and wanted to learn how to make it yourself? This traditional dish can we make from scratch at home, and it’s a great way to use leftover bread dough and barbecue pork. What Is Manapua? This dish is essentially a dinner roll that’s filled with steaming hot …

How do you take fresh or frozen fruit and turn it into ice cream bars, pie filling, topping and other uses? You’ll need to turn it into fruit puree first of all, and it’s a process that is more than just sticking fruit in the blender. Traditional fruit puree is made from fruit that has …

Focaccia bread is a soft, light bread with an airy center. It’s topped with the taste of garlic and rosemary, and the texture is really chewy and slightly crispy. It’s pretty easy to make focaccia bread at home, if you follow the recipe I have for you down below. How to Make Focaccia Bread What …

Lasagna is traditionally a dish served with ground beef and plenty of it. However, with a few small adjustments, it can be made into a vegetarian dish. One of the best ways to do that is by changing out the ground beef for eggplant, and you may want to make some other minor changes as …

Roasted garlic can make for a lovely garnish or side dish, as it’s bursting with flavor and adds a powerful bite to your meal. Roasted garlic oil is very simple to make and can be quite versatile, so I’ll show you how to make it home for yourself. How to Make Roasted Garlic Olive Oil …

Is making alfredo pizza at home as simple as making up a homemade pizza crust and putting alfredo sauce on top of that, along with whatever toppings you like? It could be, but the best alfredo pizza is a careful balance between different tastes and textures. You also want to make sure you get the …

The creamy rice dish risotto pairs so well with shrimp, creating shrimp risotto- a true comfort classic. It’s a dish that seems complex on the surface and might appear to be a little over your head if you’re a novice cook. However, I’m going to share with you a method for how to make shrimp …

Pesto gnocchi is a wonderful combination of creaminess and powerful flavor, and it pairs really well with chicken, fish, and shrimp. The recipe for how to make pesto gnocchi that I’ll share with you uses parmesan cheese like traditional gnocchi dishes do, but I encourage you to try some different cheeses with this and different …

I prefer to grill mussels, because it’s really easy to do and it cooks them so quickly. You can finish cooking mussels on the grill in about 10 minutes or less. I like to serve up mussels as an appetizer or make them part of a larger seafood spread, alongside shrimp, oysters, and crab, for …

Orzo may look like rice, but it’s actually a tiny pasta. You can use it as a substitute for rice in any dish, and it offers the same starchy quality. Orzo is one of those foods you want to keep stocked in your cupboard at all times just because of how versatile it is and …

The tasty, tender, and juicy marry me chicken is about the best kind of food you could give someone if you want to propose to them. It’s sure to delight anyone who takes a single bite, and I’m going to share with you how to make it at home. What Is Marry Me Chicken? When …

Whenever I whip up Chinese food for dinner, it’s the cream cheese wontons I look forward to the most. I love the sweet and sour chicken, the fried rice, and the vegetable lo mein I usually put together for my Chinese dinner spread, but the cream cheese wontons are my favorites by far. Have you …

Monkfish is a really tender kind of seafood that falls apart easily when it’s well cooked. It’s a great addition to pasta, salad, sandwiches, or just on its own as the main dish for your meal. What I like about trying to cook monkfish is that it’s pretty easy fish to prepare. It’s also not …

Summertime can be extra excruciating. Dripping sweat, hot weather, and humidity are my least favorite things to happen within a year. One thing I am excited though about the summers is the fruits and snacks that thrive during this time of the year! And what else should you be looking for to quench the hot …

You could pay plenty of money for a honey glazed ham in the grocery or you can learn how to make it yourself. The honey glaze takes an already sweet type of meat and makes it even sweeter and tastier. I’m going to share with you a method for how to make honey glazed ham …

What are porcupine meatballs? They are similar to regular meatballs, except that they are made with rice as well as traditional meatball ingredients. When the porcupine meatballs are cooked, sometimes the rice grains can stick out of the meatballs, making them look kind of like spines on a porcupine. You don’t have to worry about …

One of my favorite ways to have turkey is to cook it in a smoker. I love the way this affects the flavor and the texture and particularly how the smoky scent works its way through the meat. If you’ve never tried to smoke a turkey, you should definitely give it a try. I think …

Grape salad, if you’ve never had it, may sound a little suspicious. If you’re thinking it means putting grapes on top of lettuce and tomatoes, you have the wrong idea about this dish. It’s a really tasty dessert dish that makes for a good snack, and it’s not your typical veggie salad. What Is Grape …

If you like churros and cheesecake, and then the churro cheesecake is a match made in heaven for you. It combines two of my favorite foods, and I want to show you how you can make it at home, creating a dessert with a little bit of a Latino flair to it. The crispy cinnamon …

If you’re the kind of person who likes their chicken to be juicy and tender and rich in flavor, then cream of mushroom chicken is for you. This is a pretty simple dish to make, but you’ll be amazed at how much flavor is packed into it. It’s a great dish to serve for dinner, …

If you take piece of steak and marinate it for hours in spices and seasonings and then broil it in the oven, you end up with a London broil. I’ll show you how to make this really tender and juicy meat dish at home. It may take some time for marination and broiling, but the …

Who wouldn’t love several layers of warm, buttery pancakes, a refreshing fruity drink, or a slice of a decadent cheesecake? We all love sweets, and I bet many of you love them with blueberry syrup. How to Make Blueberry Syrup for Breakfast  Blueberry syrup is one of the best addition to your breakfast food. You …

It’s pasta time! How often have you gone out to the restaurant with kids tagging along, and they only want one thing every time? You may be in a restaurant in New York, Italy, or France with hundreds of items to choose from on the menu. Yet, when asked what they want to order, you …

Asparagus is hands down the ultimate treat when it comes to vegetables. It’s delicious, it’s versatile, and it’s a nutritious addition to your diet! Asparagus is a highly nutritious vegetable that can be eaten cooked or raw. The most popular method is cooking because of its tough texture. Steamed, simmered, roasted, battered, grilled, sautéed, or …

Pâté, like caviar, is a dish people often associate with affluence. It’s one of those elegant-sounding French hors d’oeuvres that is a staple in most artsy charcuteries. Though quite popular, many people are clueless about what Pâté is. So, what is a Pâté made of? How do you make a Pâté? How long does Pâté …

That lovely pinkish sauce that’s served in Asian restaurants and poured on rice or shrimp is known by a few names. It’s called yum yum sauce or shrimp sauce, and it’s something you may have difficulty finding in the grocery. A lot of stores won’t even carry it, but the good news is you can …

Did you know that you don’t need to cook uncured ham? Unless there’s some warning label telling you otherwise on the ham, uncured ham is usually cooked all the way through. If you are freezing ham for then we have a guide for freezing cooked and uncooked ham. Uncured meat of any kind tends to …

A proper steak marinade takes some work, but it can really enhance the flavor and make for an incredible dish. I want to show you how to marinade steak the right way, giving you step by step instructions, and I also want to show you a recipe you can use to marinade steak. How to …

What makes a better party side than crispy fried jalapeno poppers filled with cream cheese? The answer is- nothing! These delectable treats are often bite size or just a little bigger and make a great side when you are having finger foods. They go well with appetizers and help add some spicy flavor to the …

There’s a whole variety that I adore when it comes to bread. Be it plain bread, stuffed bread, or baked or fried bread, bread is a go-to food for me when I don’t feel like eating a full meal yet want that shot of carbohydrates injected into my body. Dare I say I consider bread …

I’ve been going out a few times for that fancy dinner, and I’ve found steaks to be as interesting as they are delicious. I have learned that there are various kinds of steaks like the T-bone, ribeye, flank steak, and tri-tip, depending on where the cut of meat is taken from. In particular, tri-tip is …

Some people find oxtail pretty hard to cook with, but when appropriately prepared, oxtail is a great meat cut, especially when soups and stews. Oxtail is pretty hard to work with, even from the preparation stage, which needs a lot of skill to skin and butcher, and it’s no wonder why it’s one of the …

Which came first: the chicken or the egg? From the chicken came everyone’s favorite: the fried chicken. You could also add its roasted variants and include the different chicken dishes coming from various parts of the world. Meanwhile, you could also make a wide array of food from the different methods of cooking eggs! Do …

Many things remind me of my memorable childhood days. One of those is popcorn—kettle corn, to be exact. It just takes me back to the days when I would go with my parents to the local fiesta fair—try the carnival rides (particularly the carousel and Ferris wheel), challenge and win the prizes from the different …