Some Healthy Grilling Ideas In our opinion, healthy bbq recipes shouldn’t be elaborate or complicated. They should use simple, fresh ingredients to get the maximum amount of flavor out of your grill. We have a lot of simple and healthy grilling recipes in this listing, along with some more time-consuming recipes sprinkled in for those days you have extra time and want to go all out! BBQ Chicken Recipes Looking for more?...

I am a huge fan of freezer meals because on those nights when I didn’t plan accordingly, or on nights when my friends and I are waiting things out at home, I want something that’s easy to thaw and cook. Each of the meals from this week’s plan can be made well ahead of time and frozen for later. New to Meal Planning? Start here! Need More Meal Planning Ideas?...

Before you click away because you think you hate olives, let me just say that Castelvetrano olives are the gateway to becoming an olive lover. They are mild, green olives that taste how you’d imagine a perfect olive tastes like: fruity, briny, and buttery. They are salty in a pleasant way and with just the right amount of punch, but not so salty that you can only eat one or two....

It’s dairy-free, gluten-free, vegan, and it’s GREAT. Anytime you have that many “-free"s in a recipe, I’m doubtful. But I will happily drink this anytime. In fact, I drank the whole batch. (Uh huh, no self control.) “Apple Pie in a Glass” is what my friend Tess Masters calls it; the recipe is from her fabulous new cookbook The Blender Girl: 100 Gluten-free, Vegan Recipes. So, what’s in it that makes it taste so good?...

It doesn’t take much for me to get enthused about get togethers with my fabulous friends. Even last Friday when I was out with the girls and we were talking about our annual Christmas party (yes – 6 months out), I instantly raised my hand and chirped “I’ll do the food!”. Whether it’s a game, a birthday, baby shower, hen’s night or out of town visitor, I’ll jump on any opportunity to host a get together....

But then all you have to do is scoop out the seeds, score the inside, dot with butter and brown sugar or maple syrup, and bake. To eat you can cut them in wedges, or keep them in halves and scoop out the flesh with a spoon. How to Shop for Acorn Squash Acorn squash are winter squash. When shopping for them, choose squash that feel heavy and have blemish-free and mold-free skin....

Crispy, gooey, cheesy, salty, moreish. Yes all good words to describe these ham hock croquettes and things that I like to eat in general. Have you had ham hock before? I first had it a few years ago when I spotted it at the deli counter looking like a delicious cross between pulled pork and baked ham. I cooked it into a pie (something like this chicken and ham pie if I remember correctly) and I was sold....

Making a Balsamic Vinegar Dressing is as simple as remembering this: 1 part vinegar to 3 parts olive oil. That’s all you need to know. My job is done. Signing off! Just kidding!!! 😉 I have one more little thing to share. The better the quality of the balsamic vinegar and olive oil, the better the dressing. There is nothing wrong with making this using your run-of-the-mill balsamic vinegar and olive oil....

For this coffee cake, Dad used Bisquick, a popular baking mix back then as it still is now. You don’t have to worry about baking soda or baking powder because the mix comes with its own leavening. All you have to do is combine a couple of cups of Bisquick with some milk (or water), a couple of tablespoons of sugar, and an egg to make the batter. Pour that into a greased baking dish....

Steak without sauce? not in our house… I’m not the biggest fan of blue cheese usually, but made into a sauce for steak? That’s a whole other story.It’s a strong, tangy cheese with a distinct punchy flavour, that when melted into the cream, makes this sauce so luscious and creamy. Even the kids love it. Made in less than ten minutes, you can also have this as a dip with potato wedges or over pasta, it’s so versatile and delicious....

How to Make Blueberry Pancakes Fluffy Do you know the secret to making these blueberry pancakes thick and fluffy? Just resist the urge to over mix the batter. Let there be lumps. While we don’t want lumps in our mashed potatoes or cake frosting, if you let your pancake batter be a little lumpy, your pancakes will be light, tender, fluffy, and thick. Now, if you prefer your pancakes to be thin and firm (some people do), just beat the heck out of that batter, until smooth as porcelain....

Slow cooked for at least a couple of hours, the sauce is deep, rich, flavorful, and worth the extra effort! What Is Bolognese Sauce? Bolognese sauce is a classic Italian sauce for pasta made with ground meat such as beef or pork. It’s slow cooked with a soffritto of onions, carrots, and celery, tomatoes, and milk to give it a creamy texture. Pronounced “bow-luh-nez,” the sauce comes from the Bologna region of Italy, hence the name....

It sort of looks like broccolini or Chinese broccoli, with longish stems, small green florets, and lots of leaves. It’s actually more related to turnips than to broccoli, and tastes a little like mustard greens, slightly bitter but more nutty. Slightly bitter, usually that is. Blanch Broccoli Rabe To Remove Bitterness The first time I cooked broccoli rabe it must have been really late in the season, because those greens were so bitter none of us (hardened bitter greens eaters that we are) could take more than one bite....

This 30-minute recipe is ideal for a weeknight dinner, and the leftovers are perfect in a salad! Flank steak is interesting. It’s incredibly flavorful - I love its beefy taste - but it’s a tough cut of meat with thick, prominent muscle fibers. So you’ll want to either cook it quickly over high heat as we’re going to do here, or slowly in a low oven as I do when making homemade beef jerky....

Fast forward two decades later, and the iconic drink has left the story pages to land in the hands of tourists at Universal Studios. At the park, guests can enjoy the drink in three different incarnations: hot, cold, and frozen—but if a trip to Universal isn’t in your near future, don’t fret! You can make the bubbly concoction at home with this incredibly easy butterbeer recipe. A Homemade Cold Butterbeer Recipe While butterbeer can be made in the hot and frozen versions described above, this recipe is for the cold version—in my opinion, probably the easiest of the bunch to make at home....

The combination of walnuts, thyme, ginger, vanilla, and squash may seem weird, but oddly it works. You can either boil the cubed butternut squash with some bay leaves, or roast them until you get a little browning – in which case omit the bay leaves. Roasting will caramelize the squash a bit, giving a little more flavor, and the squash cubes will hold their shape better. Boiling the squash will yield softer squash and a little flavor from the bay leaves....

It’s the ultimate weeknight dinner - easy, fast, and delicious. Everyone loves it - grownups and kids! This is one of my favorite shrimp recipes. It’s so tasty and it’s so very easy to make, and my family loves it too - yes, even the Picky Eater! 🍤 This simple recipe flavors the shrimp with a tasty mixture of butter and garlic. Cooked to perfection and ready in just 20 minutes, these tasty shrimp are like fast food....