You can make this recipe as written and serve it with a side of veggies. Or you could add veggies such as cauliflower rice or spinach to turn it into a complete meal. I really like casseroles. They’re just so EASY. You place a few ingredients in a baking dish, put it in the oven, and 30-60 minutes later, dinner is ready! Ingredients You’ll only need a few simple ingredients to make this keto cheeseburger casserole....

This easy recipe contains four ingredients, is ready in five minutes, and you can - and should - make it ahead of time. Shrimp cocktail is one of my favorite appetizers to order in restaurants (deviled eggs is another one). I always feel a little guilty when I order it because the sauce served at restaurants is quite high in sugar. That’s why I’ve been wanting for a long time now to make a keto cocktail sauce and serve it with boiled shrimp right here at home....

It’s truly easy to make, and leftovers are great too, whether reheated in the microwave or even cold straight out of the fridge. I have quite a few ground beef recipes on this site. A few favorites include keto meatloaf and baked cheeseburgers. Oh, and this cheesy ground beef casserole is wonderful! Ingredients You’ll only need a few simple ingredients to make this tasty meat pie. The exact measurements are included in the recipe card below....

Chickpea soup with flavour explosion! I had every intention of making a wholesome, chickpea and vegetable soup. I really, really tried to get excited about it. It is possible to make a great meat-free chickpea soup (I promise I will share mine one day!). But, but, but…. I wanted kapow flavours. Actually, I was really tempted to do the long haul drive for a good laksa fix. I felt like I deserved it....

It’s simple to make, cosy and comforting yet also luxurious and elegant. I love how this Leek Soup can be Couch Food OR an elegant starter for a dinner party. Good food is a universal language! Leek and Potato Soup Though France might be the epicentre of Michelin star restaurants (second only to Tokyo!) where sauces come in the form of foam and dishes are given excessively fancy names, the heart and soul of French food is simple food made well....

Finished with a lemon glaze, this is a simple cake that you can whip up on short notice. Yoghurt keeps the cake moist so it lasts for days and days! It’s the same batter used in this Blueberry Lemon Cake and Strawberry Cake. Lemon Cake recipe This Lemon Cake is one of my emergency quick and easy cake recipes, something I can get in the oven super quickly when I’m short on time....

Time To Make It: 5 minutes-ishYield: 2 cups Ingredients 1/2 cup butter1 cup sugar1 cup buttermilk1 tsp lemon extract1 tablespoon corn syrup1/2 tsp baking soda1 TB poppy seeds Instructions Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Use a much larger saucepan than you think you need because this mixture gets crazy when you add the baking soda. Whisk in the sugar, buttermilk, vanilla, and lemon extract into the melted butter and bring to a boil....

My Favorite Lemon Pound Cake This lemon cake is basically a regular pound cake recipe with a few additions to increase the flavor and soften the crumb. For this recipe, I added an extra egg yolk and sour cream, and replaced the all-purpose flour with bread flour to give more structure to the loaf and get a better rise. Bread flour has more protein than all-purpose flour. The protein in the eggs and the flour create the structure for the loaf and combat the weight of sugar and butter....

Or, have it as a wholesome but satisfying meal. Move over Caesar salad! Mega Italian Salad I christened this a MEGA Italian salad in an effort to catch your attention with an implied promise that it’s better than just your basic everyday Garden Salad. Did it work? If you’re reading this, then hah, it did! 😉 I may be jesting but actually this salad really is mega – both in size and tastiness....

Time to Make It: 30-45 minutes Yield: 24 egg rolls Ingredients 1 package of egg roll wrappers (24) 1 can refried beans 1 log of beef chorizo 1 onion, diced 1/2 can chipotle peppers, drained and chopped 1 bunch cilantro, chopped 1 block queso fresco, crumbled 2 cups shredded cabbage 2 cups vegetable oil 1/2 cup crema (or sour cream) 1 lime, juiced 2 tablespoons cilantro, chopped 1/4 tsp salt Instructions...

Mushroom Soup It’s easy enough to sauté up some mushrooms in butter, then add some flour, broth followed by a good glug of cream, and call it a day. And while it will taste just fine, it won’t really taste that much like mushrooms, except for the bites you get with mushroom bits in it. So in presenting you with a mushroom soup recipe I wanted to make sure it actually tasted like – gasp, shock, horror – mushrooms!...

Pancakes are one of those foods that actually reheats to the same quality (and some might argue better) than the original if you use the right method. Read on and learn how to bring those cold fridge pancakes back to life. The Method to Avoid: The Microwave Okay. Let’s get this one out of the way first and foremost. Yes, you can technically microwave pancakes in that they will get hot and you can smear butter on them and pour syrup on them....

It All Starts With The Coconut Butter Here’s the deal. Coconut butter is freaking delicious! If you haven’t tried it yet, you are missing out! I especially love it for treats like these coconut butter cups. Butttttt…The problem with coconut butter is that it’s kind of spendy. So, if you’re like me you’d just have to abstain entirely because you wouldn’t be able to make it last long enough to make the cost feel worth it....

In fact, this fish spatula from Winco ($7) is my favorite spatula to use for almost everything! The things that make a fish spatula so special – the slightly flexible head, the thin, angled edge, the hefty handle – make it the best tool not only for flipping delicate fish, but also for sliding under pancakes, cookies, fritters, omelets, basically anything you need to lift off a pan! The triangular head is wide enough to hold a bunch of vegetables or a burger without some of it breaking off the side (unlike some of my other spatulas), and the slots mean excess oil gets left behind....

Like our readers, we found ourselves in the kitchen for much of 2020. We stocked our cupboards with simple ingredients to sustain ourselves and our families. Like you, we baked Banana Bread and No-Knead Bread. We cooked our way through major holidays, birthdays, and special events. Below are the recipes that we turned to time and again throughout 2020 to sustain ourselves and our loved ones, some new this year and some old favorites....

It’s great on its own, in a bun or a sandwich, or as a tasty filling for a lettuce wrap. There’s something about slowly cooked meat. It’s true for beef (see this pot roast recipe), pork (boneless pork roast), and it’s also true for chicken. Add some bbq sauce, and you’re in for a real treat. The homemade barbecue sauce I use here is delicious and very easy to make, but you can obviously use any sauce that you like....

Who needs fast food, when this homemade dish is ready in just ten minutes? Even the leftovers are good, especially in a salad. I love salmon. It seems like people tend to either love strong-tasting fish such as tuna and salmon, or delicate white fish such as cod. Me? I belong to the first group. I adore salmon. Especially thick, fatty salmon steaks. Although I usually make baked salmon, or grilled salmon in the summer, I have to say that pan-fried salmon is so delicious, especially when cooked in butter....

Pasta with salmon really is a match made in heaven isn’t it. I love a good pasta recipe, but cooking it with cream and cheese can make the dish feel quite heavy. This version is a made a little lighter with the addition of spiralized courgette (zucchini), little chunks of sugar snap peas and a good sprinkling of lemon zest. Pan frying the salmon Have you jumped on the spiralizer wagon yet?...

Perhaps because if stored in a cool place, they’ll last several months, well into winter. Butternut squash is the queen of winter squashes. The taste is so good, and so consistent, that from what I understand, most “canned pumpkin” that we use to make pumpkin pie is actually made with a variety of pumpkin more akin to the butternut squash than to the pumpkins we use for jack-o-lanterns. Butternut Squash Pasta Sauce The ever fabulous Garrett came over recently with a pint of roasted butternut squash purée and a mission to create a pasta sauce with it — a butternut squash pasta sauce....