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Brunch Casserole with Gruyere Cheese and Caramelized Onions
Brunch Casserole with Gruyere Cheese and Caramelized Onions is amazing as a main dish or a side dish! I love making this for special occasions, the gruyere cheese makes it feel extra fancy. It’s a great Mother’s Day breakfast casserole, Christmas breakfast casserole, and Easter breakfast casserole! Ingredients for Brunch Casserole with Gruyere Cheese and…
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Homestyle Guacamole – Packed with Flavor!
Homestyle Guacamole amps up the flavor with runchy veggies and tangy jalapenos to add texture and substance to this classic. Most people know that us Texans are fussy about our chili. But what you may not know is that we also get persnickety about plenty of other foods, including guacamole. I’ve heard all sorts of…
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Pearl Couscous with Lemon, Garlic & Oregano
Pearl Couscous with Lemon, Garlic & Oregano is a delightful side dish that is packed with flavor. With its vibrant combination of zesty lemon, aromatic garlic, and fragrant oregano, this recipe elevates simple pearl couscous to a whole new level. The Pearl couscous, also known as Israeli couscous, large couscous, or big couscous, provides a…
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Easy! Caprese Pasta Salad with Balsamic Drizzle
Caprese Pasta Salad can be served warm or cold, perfect for an easy weeknight dinner, or a potluck dish. Techniques for a perfect Caprese Pasta Salad Definitely make the balsamic drizzle, it tastes amazing with the creamy mozzarella. What if you can’t find ciliegine or bocconcini mozzarella? Don’t worry! Just get any fresh mozzarella and…
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Custard French Toast with Strawberry Lemon Glaze | Easy!
Custard French Toast pairs perfectly with the sweet and tangy strawberry lemon glaze. Perfect for breakfast, brunch, or even dinner! There’s no such thing as bad French toast. But there is such a thing as amazing French toast, and this version is amazing. It starts with rich and flaky challah bread and moves to mixing…
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How to Cook Shishito Peppers
This article will teach you how to cook shishito peppers. Blistered shishito peppers are a quick and easy appetizer. And the best part is, burning them is intended! They go great with so many sauces, I’ve included a recipe for Kewpie mayo 3 ways, but I also love them with our peanut sauce. …
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Easy Cheese and Chive Drop Biscuits
These easy cheese and chive drop biscuits are great with breakfast or dinner, or just as a snack. If you want a more simple biscuit, just omit the cheese and chives. I dream of being the person that rolls out flaky biscuits and has them in the oven in time for breakfast. But really,…
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Spicy Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
Spicy Roasted Red Pepper Sauce is perfect as a condiment for harvest bowls, a delicious sauce for dipping bread in, or as a pasta sauce. This super simple sauce is a family favorite. It’s bright and delicious, and it goes wonderfully on all sorts of foods. Let me know what you try it on in…
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Cheesy Polenta Recipe with Roasted Beets
This polenta recipe with roasted beets is easy and savory. It’s perfect for weeknights and cold weather. There is much debate over how to cook the perfect polenta. Similar to grits, it’s a dish made with cornmeal, and if you do it right, it’s super easy. You’ll want to use plenty of liquid and stir…
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Mashed Gold Potatoes
Mashed Gold Potatoes are super quick and easy, and our secret ingredient packs them with flavor. Yukon Gold potatoes are perfect for mashing, especially for people like me who like mashed potatoes a little lumpy. Their smooth texture is perfect for that blend of texture and creaminess. The trick to adding even more flavor…
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Vegetable Paella
Vegetable Paella is a fun and delicious way to feed a group. This recipe is easy to customize to your tastes! Paella is a classic Spanish dish that usually contains chicken, rabbit, and snails. Meaning it isn’t usually vegetarian friendly. But luckily, this dish is actually very easy to make vegetarian-friendly and vegan-friendly since it…
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Easy Basil Oil | Basil Infused Olive Oil!
Easy basil oil is made with just 5 simple ingredients and no fancy equipment! What will you drizzle it on? I love tasty sauces that amp up the flavor in whatever you add them to. And even better when they are super easy to make. This delicious basil infused olive oil checks both boxes. This…
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Panko Crusted Buffalo Cauliflower Wings | Extra Crispy!
Panko Crusted Buffalo Cauliflower uses panko crumbs to give this lighter recipe the crispy crunch of its deep-fried cousin. Ingredients for Panko Crusted Buffalo Cauliflower Fresh Cauliflower: Fresh cauliflower stands up better to baking than frozen and still has a lot of crunch without getting soggy. Corn Starch: A corn starch slurry replaces the egg…
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Creamy Mushroom Pasta with Crispy Sage – Easy!
Creamy mushroom pasta combines delicious caramelized mushrooms with protein-packed cottage cheese and decadent balsamic vinegar, creating modern comfort food. If you eat a vegetarian diet, or even a mostly vegetarian diet, you’ve almost certainly been asked: “but where do you get your protein?” And even though the modern diet contains far more protein than we…
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Butternut Squash Coconut Milk Soup
Butternut Squash Coconut Milk Soup is a Thai influenced bowl of comfort. This recipe only has about 10 minutes of active time, and the squash smells amazing while it roasts. Butternut squash goes perfectly with Thai flavors. The slightly sweet squash stands up wonderfully to the spicy and savory flavors of red curry, Thai…
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Simple Peanut Sauce – Made with common ingredients!
Simple Peanut Sauce combines the goodness of peanut butter with the zing of fresh lime juice, a touch of sweetness from honey, and a hint of heat from sriracha. It’s the perfect choice for dipping spring rolls, drizzling over salads, or using as a satay sauce. With ingredients commonly found in US grocery stores, you’ll…
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Lemon Garlic Spinach
Lemon garlic spinach is a super quick and healthy side. We use plenty of garlic and brighten it up with tangy lemon. I buy a lot of spinach for salads. I eat not a lot of spinach in salads. So I need spinach recipes that make it super easy and delicious to eat all…
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Thai Style Potatoes
These Thai Style Potatoes taste amazing with a sweet and spicy vegetarian Nam Jim. Easily adjust the spice level to your tastes. The sauce on these potatoes is a family favorite, so I’m always thinking up other ways to use it. This time I was looking for a side for a summer barbeque, and this…
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How to Make Sushi Rice Recipe
This recipe for How to Make Sushi Rice is super easy and simple. The rice turns out perfectly every time. Sticky rice is one of my favorite sides. It goes so well with many of the super spicy and flavorful main dishes that I love. This recipe is for really simple sticky rice, but…
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Hatch Chile Enchiladas
Hatch Chile Enchiladas are a delicious and easy dish made with spicy green chiles, refried beans, and plenty of cheese. Add some optional garnishes for extra flavor. Hatch Chiles are New Mexican chiles grown specifically in the Hatch Valley. If it wasn’t grown in the Hatch Valley, it’s not a Hatch Chile. But don’t…
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Easy Corn Casserole with Poblano Peppers!
Corn Casserole with Poblano Peppers is sweet, savory, and delicious. My family always argues over the last bit, so make enough for seconds! I’ve been making cornbread for years and years, I think at one point I lived on corn muffins. But it wasn’t until more recently that a friend introduced me to corn casserole….
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Easy Rainbow Summer Rolls
Delicious and easy rainbow summer rolls are perfect for hot summer months. They are light and fresh, and versatile. Fill them with crisp veggies for a lighter snack, or add tofu for a heartier meal. I love summer rolls for a poolside snack. They are easy to grab and so refreshing in the middle of…
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Balsamic Drizzle Recipe
This Balsamic Drizzle Recipe is perfect on pasta, salads, and roasted veggies. This sweet and tangy sauce is quick and easy to whip up. I love this sauce for 3 reasons. 1. It’s super tasty. 2. It’s incredibly easy. 3. It turns veggie skeptics into veggie lovers. Let’s take Brussels sprouts, I love them…
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Easy Elotes aka Mexican Street Corn
Easy Elotes come together very quickly for a perfect potluck dish. These are a crowd-pleaser! Make sure to make more than you expect, these go quick! Also known as Mexican Street Corn, Elotes are a simple and deceivingly delicious dish that everyone loves. The feedback I received on this dish included “this is the best corn…
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Cavatappi Pasta with Marinara | Easy Recipe!
Cavatappi Pasta with Marinara loads up on the fresh basil making this simple (and very affordable) marinara perfect for weeknight dinners. This is a very simple recipe, but a few techniques keep it tasting delicious. Make sure to use very fresh basil, adding a whole sprig infuses the sauce with basil flavor. Adding butter right…
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Vegetarian Nam Jim (Thai Dipping Sauce)
Vegetarian Nam Jim (Thai Dipping Sauce) recipes can be hard to come by. So much Thai food has fish sauce in it, and dipping sauces are usually no exception. This sauce uses other umami filled flavors so that you won’t feel like it’s missing anything. Nam Jim (or Nam Chim) means dipping sauce in…
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The BEST Poblano Pepper Recipes!
Poblano Pepper Recipes Poblano peppers are a large green pepper originating from Mexico. Many of the most common poblano pepper recipes are versions of chile relleno (stuffed peppers), but don’t let that trick you! These peppers are just as versatile as they are tasty. When dried, poblano peppers are called ancho peppers, similar to how…
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Easy Southern Peach Cobbler | Fresh or Canned Peaches!
This Easy Southern Peach Cobbler is a quick dessert that is super simple and easy to throw together after a long day of entertaining. Make sure you have some vanilla ice cream to scoop on top. Should I use fresh or canned peaches for peach cobbler? Both fresh and canned peaches work great in peach…
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Vegetarian Sushi Bowl Recipe – Delicious!
This Vegetarian Sushi Bowl recipe is packed with flavor and incredibly versatile. A delightful creation that brings together vibrant flavors in a colorful and nourishing way. Packed with an array of fresh and wholesome ingredients, this bowl is a vegetarian’s dream come true. From the perfectly cooked sushi rice to the tangy pickled vegetables and the…
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Thai Salad with Peanut Dressing
Thai salad with peanut dressing is a hearty and filling salad. The peanut dressing adds amazing flavor and texture. As far as I know, this isn’t really a Thai salad, it’s more Thai inspired. A few of the Thai restaurants I frequent serve a little salad before the meal that’s basically a few leaves…
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