A simple quick corn and bean salad. It's my go-to last-minute salad for a BBQ or tailgating party. It only takes 5 minutes to mix this together! 🍅 Ingredients I came up with this salad when I needed a last minute quick salad for a gathering. It's based on my Mexican black bean corn salad but I simplified it and this corn and bean salad can be prepared with … [Read more...]
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Spicy Black Bean Dip Recipe
Jalapeno and fresh ingredients make this chunky black bean dip irresistible. Serve it up cold, warm or hot as a Mexican inspired party appetizer. So, you like party dips and salsas? I recommend the buffalo flavored white bean dip, dill flavored sour cream dip and the peach salsa. 🍅 Ingredients This black bean appetizer has a spicy touch to it and it's … [Read more...]
Spicy Salmon Roll Sushi
Recipe with instructions for your own homemade salmon roll sushi. This is a spicy inside-out sushi roll with raw salmon fish. I have added instructions for using cured salmon. This recipe is part of my food expert series. I put this recipe together with Momoko, my Japanese food expert, a native and world expat. 📕 What's a salmon roll? A salmon roll is a … [Read more...]
Simple Caramelized Onion Recipe
Caramelized Onion are cooked slowly in a skillet, releasing natural sweet flavors as they turn brown and super delicious! This is a simple recipe that shows how to make, including ideas to use your homemade caramelized onions. 📕 What are caramelized onion? Caramelized onions are slowly cooked in a skillet and that way the natural sugars are released and … [Read more...]
Baked Five Cheese Ziti al Forno Recipe
A comfort food classic: Five cheese ziti al forno baked crispy in a casserole baking dish. This is a family favorite and it's vegetarian. 📕 What's Five Cheese Ziti al Forno? It's a comfort food pasta dish popularized by olive garden, an Italian themed restaurant food chain. Ziti pasta is mixed in an Alfredo sauce and seasoned marinara sauce with 5 … [Read more...]
20 min Healing Broth Soup
A delicious clear broth soup with healing spices and herbs to boost your well being. This recipe is quick and easy, ready within 20 minutes, effortless to prepare as it's also oil free (no sautéing). 📕 What is this healing broth soup? This clear broth is the result of me getting sick on my travels and trying to get better in a jiffy AND the input from Paul, … [Read more...]
Dragon Roll Sushi Recipe
The dragon roll sushi is a showstopper and it tastes amazing! This is an inside-out maki sushi roll. You can make it at home now! This dragon sushi roll is part of our Japanese food series with our Japanese food expert Momoko. If you like inside-out maki sushi rolls, then check out the rainbow roll , Boston roll, and the California roll. 📕 What is a dragon … [Read more...]
Chicken Yaki Udon Recipe
Spicy Yaki Udon stir fry prepared with chicken and a special stir fry sauce. This is is a quick and easy Japanese weeknight dinner meal. 📕 What is Yaki udon? Yaki udon is a Japanese stir fry noodle dish prepared with thick udon noodles. It's a popular street food noodle dish but it's also commonly prepared in Japanese homes for dinner. The noodles … [Read more...]
Lobster Bisque Recipe
A lobster bisque is a soul food dish, a deeply flavored tomato-based thickened soup, enriched with lobster chunks. Prepare this soup from scratch. The boiling instructions for a whole fresh lobster will be posted another day. 📕 What is a lobster bisque? A bisque is a creamy thickened deep flavored soup that originated in France. However, the dish is more … [Read more...]
Gnocchi Pomodoro Recipe
Gnocchi Pomodoro is a simple delicious Italian dinner meal prepared with tomatoes, olive oil, and basil. This dish is for you if you like Italian pasta and tomato sauce. 📕 What are gnocchi? Gnocchi are a pasta/ dumpling variation. The most famous ones are the North Italian potato gnocchi. Gnocchi can include eggs, but may not. They are boiled in salt … [Read more...]
Rainbow Roll Sushi Recipe
Every colorful bite of this rainbow roll sushi will make you want to have more! Learn how to easily prepare and roll your own perfect sushi from scratch at home with this recipe and our video guide. This is another Japanese-inspired modern sushi recipe, which I prepared together with our Japanese food expert. 📕 What is a Rainbow Roll? A rainbow roll is a … [Read more...]
Spanish Pork Chorizo and Eggs Recipe
A simple Spanish chorizo and eggs recipe prepared in one skillet. Cured pork chorizo is cooked with scrambled eggs in a pan. I love this with bread as a quick breakfast, brunch or lunch and dinner meal. 🥚 Ingredients You will need the following ingredients to make this low carb/keto scrambled egg dish from scratch: 🔪 How to make Chorizo and Eggs? Here is … [Read more...]
Kale Salad with Cranberries Recipe
Fresh kale salad with cranberries can be enjoyed during the festive time or as a healthy salad all year round. The salad is marinated in a simple dressing. 📕 What is Kale? Kale is sometimes called a super green. It's a tough and hardy green leaf cabbage variety. It grows as loose leaves around a hard stem and they turn dark green in color. The plant is … [Read more...]
Austrian Linzer Cookies Recipe
Homemade melt in your mouth Linzer cookies prepared from scratch. I show you how to make these classic Austrian cookies in ease. My Oma's recipe! 📕 What are Linzer Cookies? The Linzer cookie is a tender, nutty double-decker confection with a peek-a-boo jam eye. The traditional Linzer cookies are scalloped and have three jam eyes. But often, you can find … [Read more...]
Potato Egg Casserole Recipe
Simple Potato Egg Casserole, flavorful and super delicious. Serve it up as a side dish or make it for dinner or breakfast. I have added some ideas to the recipe. You may also enjoy my broccoli egg casserole, my baked zucchini casserole or a Sausage Egg And Cheese Casserole. 🥔 Ingredients You will need the following ingredients to make this dish: 🔪 How … [Read more...]
Non-Traditional Green Bean Casserole without Fried Onions
This is a non-traditional green bean casserole without fried onions and mushrooms. You can use fresh or frozen green beans to prepare this dish from scratch. 🫘 Ingredients The vegetable casserole is a low-carb vegetarian dish. Here is a list of ingredients: It's a much healthier version of a green bean casserole, as it doesn't include cream of mushroom … [Read more...]
Japanese Chicken Ramen Noodle Soup Recipe
An authentic Japanese chicken Ramen noodle soup. A basic, classic quick and easy flavored recipe to prepare from scratch at home. This chicken ramen soup recipe is part of our Japanese food expert series. With the help of Momoko, I demystify Japanese food and share how you can make this soup at home. This is a wholesome Japanese ramen noodle soup with chicken which … [Read more...]
Baked Cannelloni with Spinach Recipe
Baked creamy, cheesy Cannelloni with spinach. A perfect splendid family dinner meal! 📕 What are Cannelloni? Cannelloni are a tube shaped Italian pasta variety. They can be stuffed and baked similiar to other pasta shells. Manicotti are much like cannelloni and can be used as a substitute instead of cannelloni. You can fill your pasta tubes with … [Read more...]
Baked Spaghetti Squash Carbonara Casserole
Baked spaghetti squash casserole with carbonara flavors. This is your next family dinnner meal! 📕 What is spaghetti squash? Spaghetti squash is a winter squash variety. Baked spaghetti squash pulp turns into spagetthi like strings, hence why the name. Spaghetti Squash is in season throughout fall from September to mid December. You can buy it in your … [Read more...]
How to can Mushrooms
Your guide on how to can mushrooms of all kinds at home from scratch. Learn how to stock up your modern homestead with home canned mushrooms. 📕 What are canned mushrooms? Mushrooms that are preserved in a can or jar are called canned mushrooms. It's the stuff that you can buy in cans in your local grocery store. But before commercially canned mushrooms … [Read more...]
Shrimp Fried Rice Recipe
Picture this: Your homemade shrimp fried rice tonight for dinner! This is a basic recipe, with ideas on how to make it your own, serving suggestions, and instructions on how to store leftovers. Yes, we love Asian takeout food, I wholeheartedly agree! Yet sometimes not going out and attempting to cook those classics at home can be so rewarding and delicious. In … [Read more...]
Guide to Italian Food in Italy
So, you are planning a trip to Italy and Italian food is your passion? This guide covers dishes and drinks that you will come across in Italy and that you will need to try if you love food! You will also learn everything you need to know to get around with your taste buds. No matter where you are in Italy, the food is always awesome! Yet, sometimes it can get … [Read more...]
Italian Tiramisu Recipe
Authentic Italian Tiramisu prepared from scratch within minutes. This is your dessert if you like boozy, creamy coffee flavored treats. So, you had tiramisu on your last holiday in Italy Florence or at your last visit to Olive Garden, and now you thought about making a homemade batch? Well, turns out you can just do that. I show you how to make your own classic … [Read more...]
Mango Ice Cream Recipe
Homemade mango ice cream prepared in the ice cream maker for a creamy perfect finish. I show you how to make it form scratch with fresh fruits and share some tips and serving ideas. This is a Philadelphia style, no egg custard, mango ice cream recipe. The pros are that it's quick and easy to make. The cons, you need to keep it out 10 mins first before you go … [Read more...]
California Roll Sushi Recipe
Homemade California roll prepared with imitation crab (surimi) is an inside-out sushi. This is yours to make if you LOVE sushi just as much as I do and Japanese food. The California roll is part of my Japanese food series, which I prepared with my Japanese food expert. This post is part of a series of Japanese recipes. This includes traditional Japanese dishes … [Read more...]
Asian Ginger Dressing with Napa Cabbage
A bright intense ginger dressing served over napa cabbage. This is an Asian-inspired vinaigrette coleslaw side dish recipe, which you can serve with most East Asian main course meals. 💡 Dressing ingredients The homemade dressing is a straightforward, Asian flavored vinaigrette style salad topping. The recipe was inspired by my Japanese cabbage slaw salad, … [Read more...]
Basic Misoshiru - Japanese Miso Soup Recipe
Misoshiru, is a classic Japanese miso soup, and you might know it from your Japanese restaurant. Here you will learn everything to make misoshiru from scratch at home. Tips and instructions from a Japanese home cook and restaurant owner. Momoko shows you in this recipe the basic steps to make an easy Japanese miso soup from scratch in a saucepan. 📕 What is … [Read more...]
Mini Pizza Bites Recipe
Mini Pizza Bites make great party appetizers or snacks. Make them and watch them get over in no time! 📕 What are Pizza Bites? Pizza Bites are two or one bite pizzas with a conventional topping. Some takeaway, frozen food companies and popular restaurant chains have their own versions of pizza bites and some give them other names such as Pizetti. I came … [Read more...]
Candy Advent Calendar Filler Ideas
Candy advent calendar filler ideas to inspire you this Christmas season! Get ideas on how to fill your Christmas calendar with delicious sweets. Collect stuffing ideas with homemade candy and get the scoop about the best candy buying options. You will also find ideas on how to make your calendar with DIY material options. While we prepare our Christmas fruit … [Read more...]
Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Apple
Bright, healthy and the best roasted butternut squash soup with apple and cream. This easy butternut squash soup with deep beautiful flavors will be your new fall soup favorite! Watch the video how-to and get the recipe with process shots further below. 🍎 Ingredients For this recipe, you will need a handful of ingredients. These are some of the main … [Read more...]
Black Forest Cake Recipe
The Easiest Black Forest Cake Recipe out there, and the tastiest as well. Make your own foolproof, creamy, moist Black forest gateau. Learn how to with my video instructions and process shots further below. 📕 What is the Black Forest Cake? The Black Forest Cake is a moist layered chocolate Torte with a cream layer and whole cherries. The cake is a … [Read more...]
Blueberry Cobbler Recipe
Easy blueberry cobbler recipe from scratch — whip it up quickly at night when you are craving something sweet. I have prepared a few process shots further below so that you can see how it's done in one glance. AND you can watch my video to learn how to make blueberry cobbler from scratch. Blueberry fans will also appreciate this blueberry cream cheese coffee cake or … [Read more...]
Hawaiian Pizza Recipe
The Hawaiian Pizza is my all-time favorite pizza! I show you how to make this pineapple pizza at home with my recipe further below. Pizza, no doubt, is always a dinner time winner in my book, and there is nothing better than a pizza topped with pineapple chunks and ham. I know there is a giant debate about this and there are naysayers out there, yet I don't … [Read more...]
Basil Cashew Pesto Recipe
Nothing beats freshly made basil cashew pesto! You can use a mortar and pestle or food processor to prepare this flavorful basil cashew pesto sauce from scratch. This pesto recipe with cashews is based on the traditional Genoa Pesto from Italy. You can use it as a bread spread or in pasta, such as in this mozzarella pesto pasta. Discover more ideas and uses further … [Read more...]
Austrian Liptauer Recipe
The Austrian Liptauer Recipe is a flavorful cheese spread enriched awith Paprika and similar spices and ingredients. If you like cream cheese varieties spread over your bread, you might enjoy my spicy cream cheese spread. What is Liptauer? Liptauer is a well seasoned and spiced cottage cheese spread. This particular spicy spread is traditionally made … [Read more...]
Mango Pico de Gallo Recipe
A fresh Mango Pico de Gallo with perfectly balanced fruity, tangy hot flavors. This will amaze your taste buds! 📕 What is Mango Pico de Gallo? Mango Pico de Gallo is a Mexican variation of the classic tomato Picco de gallo, which is known as a salsa fresca or cruda (means fresh or raw). Ingredients are cut small and each enhances the other. Occasionally, a … [Read more...]
Exotic Tropical Fruits List
Tropical Fruits are juicy, sweet, and remind us of our last holiday at the beach. Sun and summer, hot happy feelings ebb and flow when we think of Mango, Pineapple, and Papayas. But these popular tropical fruits are just a fraction of what we know. There are countless quirky but super flavorful and natural sweet exotic fruits out there! I reached out to … [Read more...]
No Yeast Pizza Dough Recipe
No Yeast Pizza Dough to make instant pizza whenever the cravings for pizza emerge (and that's all the time in my case!) I created this pizza crust without yeast because I'm a huge thin crust pizza fan. I make pizza from scratch at least once a week by using my Italian homemade pizza dough. ❓ Why make a pizza crust without yeast? I love Pizza, but I … [Read more...]
Quick Pickled Jalapenos Recipe
A quick refrigerator pickled jalapenos Recipe so that you can preserve and enjoy these beautiful jalapenos. I'm sharing a basic jalapeño pickle recipe with flavor and ingredient adjustments, tips and ideas. 📕 What are pickled jalapeños? Pickled Jalapeños are preserved in a vinegar, water, and salt solution to increase the shelf life of fresh … [Read more...]
Ham Asparagus Casserole Recipe
Celebrate spring with my mum's French ham asparagus casserole recipe. Fresh Asparagus are rolled up in ham and cooked in a casserole dish with a creamy cheesy béchamel sauce. The Asparagus ham roll up casserole topped with béchamel sauce is a perfect family weeknight dinner dish. Comforting and ready within 25 minutes, everyone will enjoy this spring time dish … [Read more...]