A classic Italian Tiramisu prepared from scratch within minutes. This is your dessert if you like boozy, creamy coffee flavored cold 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...]
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Guide to Florence Italy
A transparent travel guide to Florence in Italy. Plan your vacation to the great Tuscan city after social distancing times. This guide has a focus on getting there by car at the bottom of the article. What is Florence Italy famous for? Florence (called Firenze by the locals) is located in Tuscany, a region in central Italy, Europe. The city is known for being … [Read more...]
Fava Beans - How to prep, cook and store
Fava beans (aka broad beans) are incredibly nutritious beans! In this post, you will learn how to prep cook and store them. 📕 What are fava beans? Fava beans are also called broad beans in some regions in this world. They are large green beans growing and sitting in a thick, slightly hairy, thick green pod. The pods can get about 6-7 inches long and one … [Read more...]
Baked Parmesan Chicken Tenders Recipe
Easy no-fail parmesan chicken tenders oven-baked and ready within minutes. I share a basic recipe and options to season them further in the recipe card further below! Ingredient Notes How to make chicken tenders with parmesan? To make these chicken fingers from scratch is straightforward! I explain it in 3 easy steps so that you can get an overview. Step 1 Cut … [Read more...]
Venice Travel Guide (Italy)
A straightforward Venice Italy travel guide in 2020 (with new social distancing rules) to make the most of your trip! With a focus on getting there by car, ideas on things to do in Venice, hotel and food recommendations. Getting to Venice by car (roadtrip) Venice is a city consisting of several islands located in North Italy. The city doesn't have roads but instead … [Read more...]
Aperol Spritz Veneziano Recipe
A refreshing orange-hued Aperol Spritz Veneziano cocktail, just the way it's served in Venice, Italy. I share a recipe to make this fun sparkling alcoholic drink, just as I was taught on our trip to Venice. What is Aperol Spritz Veneziano? The Aperol Spritz Veneziano is a refreshing orange-colored drink from Italy. It originated in Venice, hence why the name … [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 from 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 for 10 minutes 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 includes traditional Japanese dishes such as miso soup as well as modern meals and … [Read more...]
Simple Coconut Cake Recipe
Simple coconut cake to satisfy your late night sweet food craving. The recipe takes about 1 hour, including prepping and baking time. 📕 What is this cake, and what is it not? This coconut cake is an uncomplicated afternoon coffee time cake. I make it when I crave cake at night or when I'm too lazy to bake something complicated. This cake recipe makes a … [Read more...]
Mediterranean Sheet Pan Sausage and Veggies
The Mediterranean Sheet Pan Sausage and Veggies is a convenient summer garden vegetable dinner meal. Pick your veggies (because I give you a choice!), coat with seasoning and spread it over your sheet pan to roast in the oven. It's that easy! I always like a quick meal on a warm summer evening because who wants to spend time in the kitchen when you get to enjoy a cool … [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...]
Balsamic Chicken Breast Recipe
A quick recipe for Balsamic Chicken Breasts cooked in one-pan. With a simple seasoning and without honey all low-carb. This flavorful chicken prepared with balsamic vinegar marination counts as an easy meal idea. I discuss the marination ingredients, explain how you can make it from scratch and share my serving ideas with you in this post. 📕 The … [Read more...]
Japanese Teriyaki Chicken Recipe
This is an authentic Japanese teriyaki chicken recipe prepared with boneless chicken thighs and a handful of pantry ingredients. This recipe is without cornstarch and ginger. Momoko, our Japanese food expert, joined the team a little while back. She has been helping me film her heritage food and I'm translating her knowledge into useful recipe posts. We have been … [Read more...]
Mushroom Tikka Masala Recipe
I'm obsessed with this mushroom tikka masala because it's a great meatless alternative to chicken tikka masala. We love to serve it, along with the chicken version and other north Indian meals. 🔪 How to make Mushroom Tikka Masala? Your Mushrooms will marinate first to add more intensive flavors to your tikka masala dish. You can skip the marination if you are … [Read more...]
Peach Cobbler Recipe
Homemade Peach Cobbler with ice cream is our soul food! Make this dessert easily with canned, fresh, or frozen peaches. I show you how further below. If you are into cobblers, check out my blueberry cobbler. It's super addictive! Canned Peaches VS Fresh VS Canned Canned Peaches I use canned peaches in my cobbler because A. I'm lazy and B. because the fruits are … [Read more...]
Japanese Mayonnaise Recipe (Copycat)
Homemade Japanese mayonnaise is easily prepared with a few ingredients. Gather useful tips below to get it right, including our 5-minute sushi takeaway mayonnaise recipe. This mayo recipe is part of our Japanese food series. I brought in an expert from Japan, Momoko, to share the best and most useful Japanese food recipes with you guys! She runs a popular … [Read more...]
Lemon Chicken Piccata Recipe
Irresistible Chicken Piccata coated with Parmesan and served with a citrusy lemon sauce. My low-carb chicken dinner meal is quickly and easily prepared in one skillet. What is Chicken Piccata? Chicken Piccata is an Italian dish, which originally was prepared with thin slices of veal meat. The chicken version is called Piccata di pollo in Italian. Piccata refers … [Read more...]
French Onion Tart Recipe
This is a French family onion tart recipe. It's from northern France, the historical Picardy region. You can prepare this savory tart within minutes or choose to make it from scratch. TL;DR An onion tart is a savory, open, pie-like pastry with an onion custard filling. It's a traditional main course dish, served for lunch or dinner, in Northern France. My … [Read more...]
Ratatouille Stew Recipe
Ratatouille is a French vegetable stew prepared with zucchini, eggplant and tomatoes. This my families french recipe prepared in one pot. 📕 What is ratatouille? Ratatouille is a traditional coarse vegetable stew from the Provence in south France. It's commonly prepared during the zucchini and eggplant harvest season in the summer. The stew is a staple … [Read more...]
Sazon Seasoning Recipe
Sazon Seasoning is a flavorful blend of earthy Hispanic spices. This is a homemade copycat goya sazon seasoning recipe. The blend is without msg and artificial color, AND it's not spicy hot! It's all-natural vegan, gluten-free, prepared with quality spices from scratch. 📕 What is Sazon Seasoning? Sazon means seasoning in Spanish and it's a universal … [Read more...]
Handai Japanese Seasoned Rice Recipe
A practical tutorial on how to make sushi rice from scratch with basic ingredients. Japanese sushi takeaway recipe for at home. Everything you need to know to succeed easily! This sushi rice recipe is part of our Japanese food series, which includes a selection of inside out sushi rolls. I brought in a Japanese food expert. She runs a sushi takeaway and this is her … [Read more...]
Dandelion Jelly - Dandelion Honey without Pectin
Dandelion jelly is prepared with real dandelion blossoms and is also known as dandelion honey. This is a simple, no pectin dandelion flower jelly recipe. 📕 What is Dandelion Jelly? Yellow dandelion flowers are foraged and collected. The flower buds are cooked and the juice extracted. That juice is then preserved to create dandelion jelly. It tastes and … [Read more...]
Bolognese Sauce Recipe
Get carried away to Italy with a homemade beef bolognese sauce. The flavors are spot on! Use the tomato meat sauce over spaghetti or in a lasagne and serve it up on a weeknight! What is Bolognese Sauce? A bolognese sauce consists mainly of ground meat, wine, and tomato sauce (amongst other seasonings). This sauce originated in the Italian city of Bologna, … [Read more...]
Bechamel Sauce Recipe
Bechamel Sauce is a basic french sauce, also called and known as the white sauce. This sauce is used in lasagne, in casserole dishes, pasta meals and more. 📕 What is Bechamel? Bechamel Sauce (actually spelled Béchamel) is one of the five basic mother sauces in French classic cuisine. They are called mother sauces because other french sauces can be based on … [Read more...]
Baked Black Bean Corn Quesadilla Recipe
Loaded black bean corn quesadilla prepared and baked within minutes. This is an easy vegetarian quesadilla recipe prepared with canned ingredients and Mexican seasoning. The filling for these quesadillas includes, of course, comforting cheesy cheese. It's my go-to recipe when I don't have fresh ingredients or meat in my fridge. These quesadillas are non-oily … [Read more...]
Simple Beet Salad Recipe
A simple, tasty beet salad with a handful of ingredients. Use your kitchen pantry ingredients to make this classic healthy beetroot salad with dressing. This salad is vegan, gluten-free, plant-based and contains real ingredients. What Beets to use? You can use red or golden beets to make this salad. I used red beets, as you can see in the picture. Red beets … [Read more...]
How to make Oat Milk
Homemade Oat Milk can be a great way to save some bucks if you love the store-bought stuff. But before you go about your from scratch routine, read up! 📕 What is oat milk? Oat milk is prepared by blending oats and water together. The blended milk is then strained and that's called oat milk. It's a vegan, non-dairy, plant-based (and usually gluten-free) … [Read more...]
How to make Matcha Tea (hot or iced)
Learn to make matcha green tea, hot or iced from scratch at home without special equipment. We share instructions, tips in video and text below. This is part of our Japanese food series, which includes authentic healthy recipes such as Miso soup. We welcomed most recently Japanese food specialized from Tokyo to the masalaherb.com cultural food experts … [Read more...]
Saffron Tips and Recipes
Saffron is a special, very valuable, spice. I talk further below about saffron uses and share useful tips on how to spot a fake. 📕 What is Saffron? Saffron is a red spice thread, which grows in a flower called crocus. The spice has a mild distinctive flavor and is actually known for coloring food bright yellow. Persian, Indian and Spanish cuisines use … [Read more...]
Japanese Teriyaki Sauce Recipe
Japanese 3 ingredient Teriyaki Sauce made from scratch. This is a quick and easy authentic healthier Japanese teriyaki recipe and your best choice if you want to prepare various teriyaki dishes from scratch. This teriyaki sauce recipe is part of my Japanese food series. I have brought in native Japanese food specialized to the MasalaHerb.com team. This is an … [Read more...]
Thai Drunken Noodles Recipe (Pad Kee Mao)
Thai Drunken Noodles, aka pad kee mao is a spicy rice noodle dish. This flavorful Asian noodle recipe is prepared with chicken and basil in one pot. What are drunken noodles? Drunken noodles is a spicy Thai rice noodle dish. Contrary to its name, it is not prepared with liquor. We came across this wonderful stir-fried noodle dish on our trip to Bangkok. A Thai lady … [Read more...]
+20 Copycat Restaurant Recipes
Collection of copycat recipes to prepare restaurant-quality meals at home in a jiffy! Below you will find more than 20 restaurant-quality knock-off recipes from Olive Garden, Panera, and Panda Express to P.F. Chang's. I included top secret dinner meals, sides, drinks, and baked goods. Just click on each to get to the copycat recipe to make and cook the dishes at … [Read more...]
Cottage Pie with Ground Beef
A Cottage Pie prepared with ground mince and baked in a casserole pan. This recipe is the easiest from-scratch version you can make at home. I called it originally a shepherd's pie with ground beef because that's what it is known as outside Ireland and Britain. 📕 What is cottage pie and a shepherd's pie? Shepherd's pie is a layered crustless pie, … [Read more...]
Creamy Avocado Dressing Recipe
Green creamy avocado dressing is delightfully good in so many ways. The simple dressing is vegan dairy-free, perfect for a plant-based diet, and healthy because it's low carb and gluten-free. 🔪 How to prepare the dressing? You will only need a handful of ingredients to make this avocado dressing. Get fresh ripe avocados and you are almost good to go. Here … [Read more...]
Oven Roasted Potatoes and Carrots Recipe
Sheet pan oven roasted potatoes and carrots is a quick and easy side dish. I show you how to make this tasty vegan dish asap below! This side dish is healthier, low-carb (without sugar), gluten-free and plant-based vegan. You will love your roasted carrots and potatoes served with other main course meals. It's almost effortless to make it from scratch! 🔪 … [Read more...]
Dehydrated Pineapple
Homemade dehydrated pineapple chunks - Here you will learn how to make them. I cover 3 drying options, but with a focus on how to use a food dehydrator. The benefit of drying your pineapple slices is that you can make it without sugar. This is a great option too if you suffer from food allergies because dried fruits are often while processed in food factories where … [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...]
St.Patrick's Day Baileys Irish Cream
I give you this Chocolate flavored Baileys Irish Cream to help you celebrate St.Patrick's day this year! Make it with a handful of easy steps from scratch within minutes! This Irish Cream recipe is prepared without eggs and doesn't need to be cooked. I came up with a chocolate copycat Baileys version, which makes for a smashing alcoholic St. Patrick's Day … [Read more...]
Oregano Herb Uses and Recipes
Oregano is a versatile culinary herb! Here you will learn everything you need to know about this amazing herb and how you can use it in your daily cooking. 📕 What is Oregano? Oregano is a culinary green herb. The leaves are spade-shaped and are about 1/2-1 inch or 1-2 cm big. The leaves can be used fresh or dried in our cooking. Dried leaves are more … [Read more...]
French Dijon Mustard Vinaigrette Dressing Recipe
Our homemade Dijon Mustard Vinaigrette dressing, prepared without any special kitchen tools (no immersion blender). I share our authentic easy french recipe so that you can make it from scratch at home within 5 minutes with just 5 ingredients! This is a healthier salad dressing. It doesn't include sugar, artificial ingredients, or dairy products. It's vegan, … [Read more...]