Restaurant Ham Fried Rice This Restaurant Style Ham Fried Rice tastes just like the rice at your favorite take-out place. As much as I love eating out at Chinese restaurants, it’s just as fun to make a big feast at home to share with my people. It’s easy to make, uses simple ingredients and pairs beautifully with oh so many of our delicious Asian inspired recipes. My family teases me for being quite picky about my fried rice....
The Perfect Holiday Appetizer This Strawberry Jalapeño Cheese Ball recipe is always a hit during the holidays or on game day. It is perfect as an amazing Holiday appetizer or a delicious snack. Beautiful colors and flavors blend together for the right amount of sweet and spicy, the perfect spread for crackers, veggies, pretzels, just about anything! This one takes center stage every Christmas Eve and it always gets gobbled up quick....
This salad couldn’t be simpler, and can be easily assembled almost entirely using ingredients you can find at your local farmers’ market. I bought everything except the pistachios, goat cheese, olive oil, and vinegar at mine—though you might be lucky enough to find everything at yours! As with almost anything else that showcases local and seasonal vegetables, you don’t have to do a whole lot to make things taste delicious....
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Chocolate truffles are one of my favorite post-dinner treats. We’ve got young ones at home, so dinner is on the early side, and come 8pm, I’m in need of a tiny sweet treat. Just one or two of these is enough to satisfy my desire for both an after dinner drink and dessert. Plus, it’s really nice to open the fridge and peer in to find a tray of perfect chocolate treats just for you....
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He often requests them in pancakes and muffins, and more recently, in these blueberry crumb bars. Video: How to Make Blueberry Crumb Bars These bars are packed with a generous layer of fresh blueberries sandwiched between a shortbread base and a crumb topping. The blueberry layer turns jammy as it bakes! Both the base and topping are made from the same mix: two-thirds gets pressed into the pan to create the crust and the remaining third gets crumbled over top....
Cajun Fried Chicken Po’ Boys with Spicy Remoulade Sauce These Cajun Fried Chicken Po’ Boys are a real New Orleans treat! I ordered several different Po’ Boys during a visit to NOLA, but the spicy chicken ones were my very favorite! Tender chicken breasts are pan fried in cajun spices, placed on a french roll that is layered with spicy remoulade sauce, and topped with a delicious sweet slaw. Our family loves them any time of year, but they’re really fun to serve around Mardi Gras time....
To make this a loaded baked cauliflower recipe, add crumbled bacon and sprinkle with chives, and stir in a cup of chopped ham, chopped spinach, or both. To add some texture, top the casserole with buttered panko breadcrumbs. You can keep this cheesy cauliflower dish quick and easy or dress it up with all the fixings. It’s up to you! Ways to Adapt Cauliflower Casserole I like to keep things simple, but that also means I’m prone to using what’s on hand....
Two Gluten-Free Flours for the Best Texture Almond flour is one of my favorite gluten-free flours since it lends both richness and tenderness to baked goods. Tapioca flour is what makes the rolls chewy—it’s the main ingredient in Brazilian pão de queijo and is often used in gluten-free wraps and dumpling wrappers. When tapioca and almond flours are mixed in a one-to-one ratio, you get the best properties of both....
I am someone who will add more items to my online shopping cart in order to get free shipping—which is exactly how a box of Maldon Sea Salt Flakes ($6 for an 8.5 ounce box) landed in my kitchen. I was dubious about bringing another salt into my kitchen. Isn’t one enough? But my food friends had been singing the praises of Maldon for years, so I was curious what the fuss was all about....
Piña Colada Cake I love poke cakes because they are so simple, yet taste like they are much more involved. They are always so moist and usually taste even better the next day. I like serving them when they have chilled for several hours and they are nice and cold all the way through. This cake pan is perfect for baking and freezing in. This cake has all of the delicious flavors of the classic Piña Colada cocktail – pineapple and coconut....
We used celery seeds and caraway seeds which work beautifully with the cabbage and pork. By the way, are you aware that the USDA has officially lowered the recommended internal temperature for cooked pork? It’s now 145°F, meaning US raised pork can now sport a little pink on the inside without causing worry. The ultimate cooking time may depend on if you are using pork chops taken directly from the fridge or chops that have been allowed to come closer to room temperature before cooking....
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If you’re in the mood to diverge from the usual olive/canola/vegetable trifecta, why not try out some rice bran oil? What Is Rice Bran Oil? Rice bran oil is precisely what it sounds like: oil derived from the ‘bran’ - aka the outer layer - of the grain of rice. Rice bran oil is essentially the result of taking something that was previously discarded or possibly used as feed for animals and turning it into a substantial, efficient cooking oil that can rival the more popular options....
This Pumpkin Eclair Cake is the perfect fall dessert. It has all of the flavor of pumpkin pie with a creamier and lighter texture. Run to the grocery store right now and pick up some pumpkin spice instant pudding mix, because it is only available for a little while and it disappears off the shelf FAST! This dessert is called an eclair cake because you refrigerate it overnight in a 9×13 pan....
A spiralizer, or a spiral vegetable slicer. It’s basically a lathe that lets you turn a cylindrical vegetable such as zucchini or sweet potato into “noodles”, or in the case of zucchini, “zoodles”. I love pasta as much as anyone, but the truth is my body will not cooperate and let me eat as much pasta as I want without undesired consequences. So, the idea of making noodles with zucchini?...
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Baked Rotini with Italian Sausage This Italian Sausage Rotini is a husband favorite (our kids love it too)! It’s a little spicy and really cheesy and just yummy. There usually isn’t any left. I love it because it is so easy to throw together and pop in the oven. If there are any leftovers, this reheats really well for lunches. I have also done this as a freezer meal before, just freeze it and then thaw it out before baking....
