Italian Pane di Genzano

Pane di Genzano is a wonderful soft country bread, ideal for a picnic in the Italian countryside with cheese and salami. 

This Pane di Genzano comes with a crunchy and thick crust which belies its super soft interior. 

Garlic and Vegetable Cheese Spread

This garlic and vegetable cheese spread is so flavorful on crackers, bagels, rye toast, and crudités. 

This garlic and vegetable cheese spread is really easy to throw together at the last minute, yet it's elegant enough for a dinner party. 

Fresh Strawberry Cinnamon Roll Cake (with Lemony Glaze)

This cinnamon roll cake, filled with a cinnamon strawberry jam, is actually two giant cinnamon rolls stacked on top of each other and drizzled with a lemony glaze. 

This "cake" begins with two eight-inch yeasted cinnamon rolls baked in cake pans. The rolls are filled with a cinnamon-y strawberry jam, rolled up, baked, and drizzled with a lemony cream cheese glaze. 

Bolos do Caco with Chouriço

These chouriço stuffed bolos do caco are a delicious twist on the traditional Madieran sweet potato flatbread. 

  

Bolo do Caco originated in the Portuguese islands of Madiera, off of the coast of Africa. They are a flatbread that also includes sweet potatoes, which evidently do very well on the island and also help stretch a limited supply of wheat. 

El Pollo Loco Chicken Tortilla Soup (Copycat)

This El Pollo Loco Chicken Tortilla Soup is an amazing meal in a bowl. 

I love, love, love this chicken tortilla soup. It's loaded with shredded chicken and pico de gallo, and is topped with crispy tortilla strips. 

Cauliflower Cheese

Cauliflower Cheese is a delicious dish of cauliflower baked in the cheesiest cheddar sauce until it is bubbly and golden. 

Cauliflower cheese is the name for an English dish. No, it's not cheese made from cauliflower. It's cauliflower smothered in a sauce loaded with real cheddar cheese, and then baked. Along with the cheese, it's flavored with mustard powder and ground cayenne. 

Harissa Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner

This Harissa chicken sheet pan dinner, with leeks, potatoes, and yogurt sauce, is herby, flavorful, and takes chicken and potatoes to a whole new level.

This harissa chicken with potatoes, leeks, and a garlicky yogurt sauce is simple to make and can be ready in less than 90 minutes. It's a perfect "dinner for four" meal all in one pan. All you need is a salad and rolls and you're set!

Spelt, Barley, and White Wheat Rustic Loaf

This spelt, barley, and white rustic loaf is super easy to make in a morning or afternoon and is a pretty failproof way to capture the flavors of whole spelt and barley while using the structure that bread flour provides. 

 
This spelt and barley bread recipe takes advantage of the wonderful flavors of ancient grains while still maintaining the structure of an airy artisan loaf. 

Beer and Smoked Sausage Corn Chowder

This beer brat (or smoked sausage) corn chowder is a delicious midwestern-style soup. It's loaded with sausage, corn, cheese, and beer. It's creamy, cheesy, and hearty. 

This beer and smoked sausage corn chowder is smoky, cheesy, and loaded with fresh sweet corn. A bowl of this chowder is super filling. All you need is a salad, a glass of wine, and maybe a slice of bread, and you have lunch or dinner. 

Big Ice Cream Taco

This big ice cream taco is the perfect dessert for April Fools' Day or Cinco de Mayo. Your guests will be wondering "how did they do that?" 

This giant ice cream taco dessert will feed a dinner party full of friends and family. It's like a giant ice cream sandwich... Except it looks like a taco! 

Gyoza Wrapper Pizza Bites

These gyoza wrapper pizza bites are so easy to make and super fun to eat for an appetizer or snack. Plus, they only take minutes to assemble and bake. 

I know the flavor combination may sound weird but trust me, it's really good. 

Sourdough Multi-grain Grape Muffins

These sourdough multi-grain grape muffins, which also include Kamut, maple syrup, and amaranth, have a wonderful nutty sweet flavor. 

These muffins have a lovely sweet nutty flavor from two kinds of flour and amaranth, and are filled with chunks of fresh grapes. 

Mini Chicken Tostada Appetizers

Mini Chicken Tostada Appetizers - Tiny tortilla shells filled with a lime and cilantro marinated chicken, Napa and red cabbage, salsa, and cumin sauce. Adorable. You can eat them in one bite.

These mini chicken todadas are comprised of tiny flour or corn tortillas filled with chicken, cabbage, salsa, and a sour cream cumin sauce. 

Gin Gimlet

This gin gimlet, a refreshing cocktail with the perfect balance of slightly sweet lime juice and the juniper and herbal flavors of gin, is a wonderful classic drink. 

This is a strong cocktail with the tart lime balanced with the botanicals of the gin. It's very gin forward. 

Dragon Fruit Cheesecake Tart

This dragon fruit cheesecake tart is a tasty way to feature the refreshing flavor of dragon fruit in a bright and colorful cheesecake dessert.  

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This cheesecake tart begins with a Graham cracker crust that is topped with a layer of vanilla bean cheesecake and a layer of dragon fruit custard. 

Lemon Ginger Ice Cream

This lemon ginger ice cream is tart and creamy with little bursts of sweet candied ginger throughout. 

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This homemade lemon ginger ice cream is incredibly creamy and so scoop-able. The texture is smooth and the flavor is super lemon-y from the lemon syrup you make with the juice of the lemons. 

Chocolate-Espresso Cakes with Burnt Caramel

These amazing little chocolate-espresso cakes are filled with a mocha French butter cream and topped with a fabulous burnt caramel sauce. 

 

These little cakelets are moist, chocolate-y, and have a hint of espresso flavor that's there mostly to enhance the flavor of the chocolate. I have to admit, this is probably the best chocolate cake I have ever made or tasted. Seriously. 

Blood Orange Posset

This blood orange posset is such a rich and creamy dessert. Plus, with it's bright citrus-y flavor, it is totally refreshing. 

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Posset is a chilled silky and creamy dessert with an amazing mouthfeel. While it might look like pudding or mousse, it's anything but. Plus, it's super easy to make. 

Asparagus with Lemon, MInt, and Red Peppers

This asparagus with lemon, mint, and red peppers takes what might be considered a bland vegetable and amps it up into a spicy and flavorful side dish. 

This asparagus can be served hot or at room temperature and is a wonderful side dish to go with steaks, chops, and chicken. It has so much flavor. 

Irish Batch Bread

Irish Batch Bread: Four loaves of bread baked in one pan!

Traditional Irish Batch Bread is a white bread that is made in batches of two to four one pound loaves in one pan. The bread is dark (almost black) on the top due to the high temperature of your oven, and browned on the bottom. Once it's baked and cooled, it is then torn into individual loaves.

Casatiello Napolitano (An Italian Easter Bread)

Casatiello Napolitano is a savory Italian Easter bread with an enriched dough filled with salami and cheese. 

This casatiello is wonderful on its own fresh from the oven, dipped in sauces and soups, and toasted and buttered. 

Soto Ayam (Indonesian-Style Chicken Noodle Soup)

Soto Ayam is an Indonesian chicken noodle soup made with a bright, citrusy, and gingery broth as its base.  

Soto Ayam begins with a broth of turmeric, lemon grass, ginger, onions, and garlic in which you poach a whole chicken along with aromatics such as coriander, cumin, and pepper. 

Irish Potato Cakes

Irish Potato Cakes are a delicious way to use up leftover mashed potatoes. If you don't have any leftover mashed potatoes, it is well worth making up a batch just for these potato cakes. 

These Irish potato cakes, or potato pancakes, are creamy on the inside and crispy on the outside. 

Egg Bread Hoagie Rolls

If you need a sandwich roll recipe, try these egg bread hoagie rolls. They're just the right size for your favorite hearty sandwich. 

Fill these hoagie rolls with your favorite hearty sandwich fillings, including cold meats and cheeses, hot meatballs or pastrami with mustard and pickles, French dip ingredients, Italian beef, or Philly cheesesteak. 

Sourdough Tangerine Muffins

These sourdough tangerine muffins are a great way to use up your extra sourdough discard. Plus, they are tangy and delicious. 

 

If you maintain a sourdough starter, these tangerine muffins are a great way to use up some of the extra discard when you feed your levain. 

Sausage and Spinach Breakfast Casserole

This sausage and spinach breakfast casserole takes all of the great ingredients from a hot diner breakfast and layers them into a casserole dish. 

 

If breakfast is your favorite meal of the day, you definitely need to try this breakfast casserole. 

Porcupine Meatballs

For a wonderful retro dinner, try these porcupine meatballs. They are super easy to make and your whole family will love them. 

Porcupine meatballs get their name from the rice in the meat mixture, which, once it cooks, sticks out like little spikes, or porcupine needles. The rice in the meatball mixture is used in the place of the traditional cracker or bread crumbs that are usually used to make meatballs. 

Ginger-Lime Tea Cake

This moist and flavorful ginger-lime tea cake includes a ginger and lime infused batter, a ginger-lime soak, and a lime-infused glaze. 

The fresh ginger and lime combination is amazing. Next time, I'm making extra ginger-lime syrup just so I can keep some to make cocktails or to mix with sparkling water. 

Colcannon Cakes | Irish Potato Pancakes

These Colcannon Cakes are the perfect way to use up any leftover Colcannon you may have. 

I cannot emphasize how much I loved these Colcannon cakes. They are so good. They are worth making an extra large batch of Colcannon just to have leftovers to make these potato pancakes. 

Black Sesame Shokupan (Japanese Milk Bread with Yudane)

This black sesame shokupan (Japanese milk bread) is soft and fluffy. It's ideal for breakfast toast and sandwiches. 

 

With a nutty and slightly sweet flavor, this bread smells heavenly. You'll love spreading the first slice with soft, salted butter and devouring it then and there. 

Durum Wheat Sesame Bread

This durum wheat sesame bread includes a gorgeous golden crumb with a crunchy seeded crust. 

This bread is made with a combination of one-third bread flour and two-thirds durum flour. It's fabulous for breakfast toast, sandwich bread, or for dipping into your favorite sauce. 

Chocolate Chip Breadsticks

These chocolate chip breadsticks are a tasty treat filled with chocolate in between layers of sweet soft-crispy bread. 

These chocolate chip breadsticks are wonderful for breakfast, as a snack, and even dessert. They are really fun to make, and the shaping and laminating technique is totally flexible and easy. 

Boeuf Bourguignon | Beef Burgundy

This boeuf bourguignon is a classic French stew with beef, bacon, carrots, mushrooms, pearl onions, and a whole bottle of wine. 

This French classic dish, made famous by Julia Child, raises stew to a whole new level. This dish is delicious the day that it is made, and even better if you give it a chance to rest overnight in the refrigerator. 

Sheet Pan Shrimp, Roasted Potatoes, & Prosciutto

This sheet pan shrimp, roasted potatoes, and prosciutto is a wonderful quick and easy seafood dish that you can make for a weeknight family dinner or an easy "company's coming" elegant meal. 

You might not think of potatoes and shrimp together, but this combination, which also includes thinly sliced prosciutto, is absolutely a delicious harmony of rich flavor and texture. Plus, everything roasts together in one pan. 

Corn and Crab Bisque

This corn and crab bisque is absolutely elegant and flavorful, and is the perfect soup for a dinner party.

This corn and crab bisque is spicy and rich, and the mix of the sweet corn and crab spiced with cayenne is reminiscent of the flavors of Louisiana. 

Cheesy Burger Buns

These cheesy burger buns are the perfect vehicle for serving your favorite burgers and sandwiches. 

This recipe for these cheesy burger buns is super simple, and you will end up with light and fluffy burger buns with a delicious hint of cheese scent and flavor. 

Orange and Strawberry Whole Wheat Muffins

These orange and strawberry whole wheat muffins are filled with the flavor of fresh oranges and strawberries. 

 

Make these orange and strawberry muffins for breakfast, brunch, or a sweet afternoon treat. They are made with orange juice and orange zest and are loaded from top to bottom with strawberries. The combination of orange and strawberry is fabulous, and the heat from the oven helps concentrate the strawberry flavor. 

Slow Cooker Cheesy Chicken and Frito Casserole

This slow cooker cheesy chicken and Frito casserole is an easy and tasty weeknight meal that everyone will love. 

With just a tiny bit of heat and spice, this Tex-Mex inspired casserole is both kid- and adult-friendly and completely satisfying. This comforting casserole takes very little hands on time to make and the resulting dish is wonderful. 

Chocolate Chip Marble Square Blondies

Chocolate chip marble square blondies are made with browned butter, two kinds of chocolate chips, as well as bread flour to help them be both soft and chewy. 

These marble squares are inspired by King Arthur Baking's recipe of the year, a big chocolate chip cookie. In fact, in their catalog, the name is Supersized, Super-Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies. 

Glazed Tangerine Donut Cake

If you love old-fashioned buttermilk donuts, you'll love this glazed tangerine donut cake. Plus, this donut cake is drizzled with a delicious tangerine-flavored glaze. 

Of course you can use any citrus flavoring you like... or just use a vanilla glaze. 

Bagel Chips from Leftover Bagels

Homemade bagel chips: turn your leftover bagels into a savory and crunchy appetizer or snack. 

These bagel chips are so easy that you really don't even need a recipe. There are just three ingredients, bagel, olive oil, and seasoning, and they take just a few minutes to make. 

Spicy Stir-Fried Beef with Carrots, Celery, and Chiles

This spicy stir-fried beef with carrots, celery, and chiles is wonderful meaty dish. You can serve it as dinner for four with rice or noodles, or as part of a multi-course meal for a crowd. 

This succulent stir-fry is intensely flavored with the beef, vegetables, and chiles, and is stir-fried with a bit of soy sauce, grated ginger, minced garlic, sesame oil, and scallions, along with some salt and pepper. 

Stir-Fried Beef and Broccoli

This stir-fried beef and broccoli is so much more flavorful than any take-out version. 

Serve this stir-fried beef and broccoli over rice for an amazing lunch or dinner. 

Pork Spring Rolls with Spicy Plum Dipping Sauce

These Pork Spring Rolls are so easy to prepare, and they are perfect for a party. 

Along with the pork, these tasty pork spring rolls (or Vietnamese-style summer rolls) are filled with fresh vegetables and herbs and then wrapped up with rice paper spring roll wrappers. You can make them in advance and keep them in the refrigerator until your guests arrive. 

Ka'ak Asfar (Palestinian-Style Turmeric Bread)

It's not easy to describe the delicious flavor of this ka'ak asfar. This bread is slightly sweet but the sweetness is counter-balanced with the savory flavors of various seeds and spices. 

These little loaves are soft, round, and sort of flat, but still sliceable for spreading and dipping.

Tempura Onion Rings with Homemade Dipping Sauce

If you love all things tempura, and especially if you are a fan of onion rings, you'll love these tempura onion rings. 

These tempura onion rings are exactly what I was craving. They are crispy, lightly crunchy, and not at all greasy. 

Apple Buns

These apple buns, made with an enriched dough, are filled with a dollop of sweet cinnamon apples. 

These apple buns are wonderful for breakfast or as a treat with soup for lunch. They'd also be wonderful as part of a spread for an afternoon tea.