This is a quick and easy “carbonara” style pasta dish, with bow tie pasta, onions, chopped cooked turkey, and a couple of eggs mixed with basil pesto and lemon zest to help make a creamy sauce. So good! I ate the whole batch. Not in one sitting, mind you, as much as I wanted to, but over several days. It reheats well. I used prepared basil pesto, but any good green pesto would work well, as long as it includes Parmesan cheese and garlic....
I’ve made these vegan and gluten-free bowls in this same spirit. They showcase some of my favorite Mediterranean ingredients all in one bowl, like spiced chickpeas, cucumbers, tomatoes, and tahini, as well as an awesome mix of hot and cold, crisp and creamy! One of my favorite parts of this dish is really the bright and creamy tahini sauce. We make this sauce on a regular basis at my house....
“What are your favorite foods?” will always get a response, and from there, I can usually figure out if the person likes to cook as well. Then the next question is, “what’s your favorite recipe?” Take my friend Bruce. Bruce loves to cook, has for as long as I’ve known him, over 20 years. He even contributed this winner to the site last year—the green salsa chicken bake. When he was visiting the other day, our chatter naturally turned to recipes....
For today’s sweet-tart, tropical twist, we’re using pineapple and mango with a brut Cava. What Is Cava? While any sparkling wine would technically be an acceptable choice for a mimosa, I find that certain types of sparkling beverages are better for some juices than others. For the sweet-tart combination of pineapple and mango, I’m sticking with the Spanish sparkling wine called Cava. Cava is often confused with Prosecco, from Italy, since they are both sparkling wines often found intermingled in the wine area of your liquor store....
Salmon Patties Do you want to sink your teeth into something juicy and delicious without committing to all of the calories and fat of a cheeseburger? This tasty, and very filling, salmon patty can be served as a main dish as a salmon cake (think crab cakes). To make it more like a hamburger, serve it on a bun, on bread, in a pita pocket, or wrap it in lettuce leaves....
Fresh Peach Lemonade I love summer. I love the smell of the ocean, the sound of a gentle breeze, and the feel of warm sand between my toes. I love being outside with friends and family, and I especially love having a drink by the pool. This recipe was inspired by a peach lemonade I had at the FireSky Resort & Spa in Old Town, Scottsdale, Arizona. I think I tried every lemonade they had to offer....
When I asked Chef Bitsoie for his favorite recipe from his book, he said it was the stewed chicken with golden tomatoes. It’s a dish that’s near and dear to his heart because he grew up eating it at his Navajo grandmother’s home in southern Colorado. It was only after attending culinary school many years later that he realized that this recipe was his family’s version of chicken cacciatore—an Italian dish made of chicken, braised with tomatoes and aromatics....
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Two Recipes in One Neither one of us has made stuffed potatoes in a while, so we ended up experimenting over several days with various combinations. We settled on two — one a classic twice-baked potato mashed with some combination of sour cream, milk, and butter, and mixed in with crumbled bacon, green onions, and grated cheddar cheese. The other combination uses our blue cheese with some chopped chives. Infinitely Adaptable Twice Baked Potatoes The best thing about this recipe is that it’s wonderfully flexible....
What is Garam Masala? Masala translates to a mix of spices and garam translates to hot. Most garam masala is not spicy, but the blend of spices is often described as warming when tasted. Origin: Northern India Ingredients: Often contains cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, and black pepper, and sometimes also coriander, cumin, black and green cardamom, ginger, bay leaf, nutmeg, fenugreek, or mace. Garam masala originated in Northern India and spread south, undergoing recipe adjustments and adaptations along the way....
Air Fryer Frozen French Fries Got a craving for some good, crispy fries? Skip the fast food fries with all the fat and calories and make a batch of Air Fryer Frozen French Fries at home! Air frying a bag of frozen fries results in perfectly golden, crispy potatoes that look and taste just like the fast food favorites but with a fraction of the sodium, fat or calories. Plus, they cook up faster in the air fryer than the oven....
The most common method is to put a mound of cheese between two ultra-thin hamburger patties and pinch the sides. The downside to this approach is that if you haven’t sufficiently sealed the edges of the burgers, all the melted cheese leaks out when you cook them. Also you can scald your tongue on the hot melty cheese if you’re not careful. So, when my pal Garrett described a way for making blue cheese burgers that mixed the cheese in with the burgers, I was all ears....
I’ve always loved blue corn tortilla chips. I don’t know if it’s my mind playing tricks on me, but I think they taste better than regular tortilla chips. Maybe because they’re less industrial and have more flavor than the corn we get these days? Whatever, the chips taste great and make a delightfully blue canvas for our white cheese sauce and chicken, and (mostly) red fresh pico de gallo salsa....
Creamy white sauce, salty Parmesan, and oozy fontina cheese contrast with the sweetness of roasted butternut squash. Throw in a little spinach for good measure—and a bit of bitterness to balance the sweet-creamy aspects—and you have something worthy of a party or special dinner. Lasagna always seems to require some heavy lifting, but once you have made the components, the fun part—layering the ingredients in the pan—becomes immensely satisfying....
Chowder with Chicken and Corn This Chicken Cheddar Chowder is the kind of soup that makes you feel warm all over on chilly days. I don’t know about you, but when it is cold outside, there is nothing like a boiling pot of soup cooking over the stove; it makes the whole house feel cozy and smell amazing. And it’s a little on the lighter side, with no butter or heavy cream....
Uncomplicated. Unpretentious. So good you’ll be drinking the sauce! Cooks up quickly too. Serve it with noodles or dumplings (shown with spaetzle). A Simple Chicken Paprikash Recipe We first posted a version of this recipe in 2006 and quickly learned that many people have a family favorite way of making chicken paprikash. The dish is a tradition of Hungary (spelled there “paprikas”), though we are not claiming that our version is traditional....
Valentine’s Day tends to be one of those polarizing holidays. Some folks love all the romance that comes with it, while others find the pressure to make and do something special overwhelming. But the best present for yourself (and your loved ones) is a meal that feels like a treat but that won’t stress you out! That’s where this special French toast comes in. It’s the perfect balance of easy-to-make yet special occasion-worthy....
Fried Ice Cream Cake This fried ice cream cake [ice]screams summer! You are going to love all the flavors and textures going on here. It’s cold and sweet with a perfectly crunchy topping and bursting with churro flavor. If you are looking for the perfect summertime dessert to take to your next potluck, your search is over. No-Fry Fried Ice Cream I am a huge fan of fried ice cream, but I also love being able to cheat and make “non-fried” versions that taste just as good....
But they also tend to dry out quickly and are easy to overcook. That’s why I love this Citrus Brined Pork Chop recipe! The salty sweet brine keeps the pork chops really tender and moist, even if you do accidentally overcook them a few degrees. Why Brining Makes Tender Pork Chops Once you mix up the simple brine, the pork chops need to brine for at least an hour; overnight would be even better to allow the flavors to really penetrate....
