Breakfast Muffins This is a great grab ‘n go breakfast, but also has that wow factor to impress family and friends! It’s one of those “what if I did this….?” recipes when I was making some cheese muffins one day. The first attempt had me scraping muffin and egg off the floor of the oven. The second attempt had me grinning like a fool when I cut open a warm, golden domed muffin to be greeted with the sight of a perfectly cooked egg yolk....

And PS – just wait until you see how soft these are in the video! Chicken Meatballs Monday Meatball Mania* is back – and fellow meatball lovers, I have a ripper for you today! Beautiful, juicy, super tasty chicken meatballs that are baked, not fried. No more rolling meatballs around in the skillet, tediously ensuring they brown as evenly as possible all over and praying to a higher power that they stay nice and round....

We all know that chicken with your basic seasonings can get a little boring. It can be hard to come up with new ideas for chicken dinners that are satisfying, keep dinner interesting and bring new flavors to your plate and table. But there’s really no need to serve up another boring chicken breast and side of veggies for dinner. Try out this balsamic honey mustard chicken for a new chicken dinner recipe to add to your recipe box....

Ordering seafood online ensures a higher quality and a greater selection of seafood than what you might find at the grocery store. Seafood delivery is both easier and more convenient, with the seafood shipped directly to you. In addition, getting frozen seafood delivered directly from the source means you get a better selection with more transparent information on sourcing and sustainability, as well as the knowledge that you are actually getting the product you ordered....

The best spice of the month clubs carry both common and unusual spices and blends so that customers can have the comfort of ingredients they know and love as well as the ability to try new dishes. Their websites are easy to navigate, subscription plans are both simple to sign up for and to cancel, and the spice subscriptions sound appealing to the average consumer. Best Spice of the Month Clubs Best Overall: Piquant Post Best Value: The Spicery Best on a Budget: SpiceBreeze Best for International Spices: Spice Madam Best for Hot Spices: Raw Spice Bar Best for BBQ: BBQ Rub of the Month Club...

Garlic Bread You can’t order pizza without a side of garlic bread. It would be like ordering a burger at Maccers with no fries. (Oh the sacrilege, talking about so much fast food in one post! 🙈) And while some people dive straight for the biggest slice of pizza, I always – ALWAYS – go for the garlic bread first. Who’s with me here??? 🙋🏻‍♀️ How to make garlic bread There are many ways to make garlic bread....

We’re talking about batter from a boxed cake mix, of course. Is there any other kind? The concept of cake being made from flour, butter, and sugar was not even conceivable to me until I was in my tweens. Cake mix was a staple at our house, and I loved preparing it even more than I craved eating the cake it produced. I cut my baking teeth on cake mixes of the 1980s....

Mom and dad were reminiscing the other day about one of their favorite recipes of my grandmother’s, her pulled beef, braised in BBQ sauce. Mom remembers Nana once feeding 80 people this dish at her small adobe house in Tucson. It’s terribly easy to make, you can easily double, triple, quadruple the recipe, making it perfect for serving large groups of people in an informal gathering, and it’s absolutely delicious....

It didn’t take long for me to start experimenting with the sauce in vegetarian ways. One of my favorite combinations became buffalo cauliflower. These buffalo cauliflower tacos are the perfect vegan meal. Pan-frying the cauliflower helps soften the cauliflower just enough to lose the extreme crunch from raw cauliflower. However, the cauliflower still has enough texture that you’re not eating a mushy taco! What’s in the Buffalo Sauce? One of the main challenges with buffalo sauce and vegan eating is that buffalo sauce is traditionally made with butter and hot sauce....

Big, showstopper cheesecakes baked without a water bath are more likely to overbake, which will give them a curdled texture, cracks in the surface, and lopsided tops. Unless you prefer your cheesecake that way, why let a water bath be the one thing between you and perfection? On the other hand, smaller or shallow cheesecakes are not quite as finicky as large and deep ones, because they’re not baked as long....

Especially with ruffled potato chips. Most of the flavor in the onion dip with which many of us are familiar comes from a package of dried onion soup, which works if you have only 2 minutes to put together a dip. But if you are looking for something a little more special, you can make your own onion dip from scratch! The key is to caramelize the onions first....

Freshly grated carrots, chopped raisins, pecans, and a handful of bold spices get folded into the thick batter. The pancakes rise into tall and fluffy stacks that are perfectly golden brown on the surface. Maple syrup is always a winner to drizzle on top, but a lightly sweetened and spiced cream cheese topping is even better. These pancakes deliver all of the characteristic taste of carrot cake, but for breakfast....

Homemade chai masala powder recipe I am a big fan of flavoured tea and I have had my few shares of flavoured teas I could ever lay my hands on. That said, nothing beats the ones I made at home myself. I grew up with herbs and adding few herbs and spices to tea comes naturally to me now. Anything to make it better than store-bought, count me in. Sipping a mug of warm chai masala on a cold night or in the morning is comforting and relaxing....

What Is Chana Masala? Chana masala originated from the northern parts of India where it’s a staple dish. But it has gained popularity in the past few years because it’s vegan, rich in protein, and simple to make. Chana masala can also be called chole masala, referring to the kind of garam used in the dish. So if someday you see chole masala on a menu, then rest assured that it is your beloved chana masala....

I don’t know if you know this, but I’m not a huge pizza lover. I adore pasta, so I’d never turn down going to an Italian restaurant, but I’ll always choose pasta (or meat/fish) over pizza. I think it’s the sheer amount of tomato paste, the often slightly soggy base, and the fact that every mouthful tastes the same, that generally makes me ignore that side of the menu. The only exception was when we were in Italy last year....

Why are certain cheeses stretchy? I’ve no idea, but a quick google search reveals that cheeses with a lower acidity and higher moisture content are more likely to be stretchy ones. I’ve always gone straight in with the mozzarella when looking for a stretchy cheese. However, I find mozzarella - especially when cooked - to be a bit flavourless. So I tend to mix it with strong cheddar. That’s exactly what i’ve done with these cheese stuffed breads....

Cheese tacos are our stand-by what-do-you-make-when-you-haven’t-really-thought-about-it-in-advance lunch. There’s always a stack of corn tortillas in the fridge. There’s almost always cheddar or jack cheese. I’ve noticed that most of my friends regularly make a quick sandwich for lunch. Maybe once a month I’ll make a sandwich. Three times a week I’ll make cheese tacos. (What? You don’t have a stack of tortillas in your fridge?) You Can Put Anything in a Tortilla and Call It a Taco Usually cheese tacos just have cheese in them....