Chocolate sables are a lovely French shortbread cookie that has a "sandy" crumbly texture.
These are wonderful, pop-able chocolate cookies. These cookies are rustic in appearance and sophisticated in flavor. With two kinds of chocolate, both cocoa flour and grated bittersweet chocolate, these cookies will satisfy your cravings.
These Alabama Orange Rolls are so deliciously "orangey" in such a good way. And there's no cinnamon involved... just orange and more orange to flavor, fill, and glaze them.
Alabama Orange Rolls (or simply Orange Rolls in Alabama) are a sweet, sticky, and gooey treat you'll enjoy for breakfast, brunch, tea, or even dessert. Serve them with mimosas for a fun morning hanging out with friends.
This red, white, and blue potato salad is a tasty addition to a Memorial Day or summer potluck or barbecue.
This potato salad includes a combination of gold, red, and purple mini potatoes tossed in a simple oil and vinegar dressing rather than a mayonnaise-based dressing.
This Thai-Style Turkey and Jasmine Rice Soup is a tasty way to use up any leftover turkey (or chicken) meat.
Instead of making the usual turkey noodle soup, try this Thai-style version of turkey soup. The broth is flavored with lemon grass, ginger, and garlic for a bright taste, and the vegetables in the soup are simmered for just a short time, until they are "crisp tender."
These Cornbread Æbleskiver are a fun take on the traditional Danish pancake.
Danish aebleskiver traditionally are made with flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, milk or buttermilk, and eggs. Although less common, there are also yeasted versions, similar to the Dutch poffertje. They are traditionally served three on a plate.
These tahini and coconut muffins with chocolate chips and dried apricots have a wonderful unique flavor. You'll love them for both breakfast and an afternoon snack.
I made these muffins to use up the last of a jar of tahini I had in the back of the refrigerator. Tahini is a Middle Eastern paste made from sesame seeds and is typically used to make hummus, baba ghanoush, and sesame noodles. The flavor is similar to toasted sesame oil, but the texture is creamy.
This macaroni and cheese with asparagus an prosciutto is made in one pot and is ready in less than an hour.
This macaroni and cheese is prepared on the stove top in a single pot. It turns out so creamy and flavorful even though you don't have to make a separate béchamel sauce. Everything comes together in the same 4-quart pan.
These ham and egg cups are an easy and fun way to serve breakfast for a crowd.
When you need a tasty breakfast fo serve for brunch guests, or even for breakfast after a slumber party, this easy ham and egg cups recipe will satisfy any sized crowd. Plus, if you're really stretched for time, you can make a batch of these and enjoy them all week long.
Iced Gems are tiny shortbread cookies topped with a dollop of meringue icing. They are so tasty and "poppable."
Iced Gems originated in Great Britain and are sold in snack packets by McVitie's. They also make Chocolate Gems, which are shortbread topped with a dollop of milk chocolate, and Unicorn Gems, which also have different fruit flavors in the icing.
The recipe for the Cheese Danish Cups makes it so easy to prepare sweet rolls to accompany your Sunday Brunch for a crowd.
While I love creating my own Danish pastry with all of that laminated dough deliciousness, sometimes you need a recipe that takes minutes to assemble in order to feed a crowd.
This Dollywood-Style cinnamon bread recipe is a way to enjoy the famous bread sold at the Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, in the Smoky Mountains ofTennessee. Even if you'll never get a chance to visit the theme park, you'll get to enjoy this amazing cinnamon bread.
The original version is baked daily in The Grist Mill (which is over 100 years old/plus they mill their own flour) right there in Dollywood. Evidently they sell over 350 loaves an hour! It's served with either vanilla icing or apple butter.
Pissaladière is a classic onion and anchovy flatbread from the Provence region of France. The flatbread is a little thicker than Neapolitan pizza, and is often shaped into a large rectangle before baking.
The flavor contrast among the sweet almost caramelized onions and savory umami of the anchovies and olives created multi-dimensional deliciousness.
Hurricane Popcorn was first sold from a pushcart from the Windward Mall in Kaneohe, O'ahu, Hawaii. It was so popular, that the creator started The Hawaiian Hurricane Company and sells the very popular snack throughout the Islands in theaters, event venues, and stores.
This whole wheat carrot bread is a great way to incorporate leftover carrots into a beautiful sandwich-style loaf of bread.
This whole wheat carrot bread is easy to make and the master recipe is a great template to use any leftover veggies, carrots or otherwise to bake a loaf of bread. You could substitute butternut squash, sweet potatoes, beets, or even pureed kale or spinach.
Check out this amazing Cinnamon Nut Roll Coffee Cake. While it is called a coffee cake, it really is a brioche bread, with all of the richness of eggs and lots and lots of butter.
And, it's "no knead!" The dough is stirred the night before and left in the refrigerator overnight. It is kind of a sticky mess when you first put it together, but it comes together during the cold fermentation. It also seems like not enough dough at all for a bread the size of an angel food cake. Well... it is... surprisingly enough.
This grilled provolone with turkey, prosciutto, spinach, and pickled jalapeño sandwich (with crusty no-knead bread) will take your grilled cheese game to all new heights.
For me, grilled cheese is the ultimate comfort food. With crispy grilled bread filled with warm melty cheese, it's the answer to your need for something crispy, soft, warm, melty, and crunchy all in one sandwich.
This stir-fried ginger tomato beef is one of my favorite wok dishes.
This recipe, from Grace Young's book, Stir Frying to the Sky's Edge, is the author's take on a dish her mother used to prepare for Grace and her brother to get them to eat more rice.
This fluffy focaccia with garlic oil and herbes de Provence is crispy and airy, and just the right size for serving four to six for dinner.
This focaccia has a super soft interior with a thin and crispy crust. It takes very little effort make. There's no kneading required... just four stretch and folds every 15 minutes to develop the dough. It rises beautifully and is simple to shape.
This marbled rye bread is a wonderfully flavored loaf. Plus, it's an easy recipe for experimenting with baking bread with rye flour.
I always thought that marbled rye bread was made from two different doughs based on two different flours.. one white rye, one pumpernickel. I've since discovered that it's typically the same dough made from the same flour, with half of it dyed brown with caramel coloring.
I've been on a quest to find an orange chicken recipe that tops the one from the chain with the happy panda.
I'm a little obsessed with orange chicken because, if you ask my oldest grandson what is all time favorite food is, he will tell you that it is orange chicken, and I have been on a quest to find the recipe that beats his favorite take-out version.
These Coconut-Ginger Turkey Meatballs are wonderful as an appetizer. You can also shape them into a larger size and serve them with Asian-style noodles, rice, and/or vegetables for a complete meal.
These Coconut-Ginger Turkey Meatballs consist of ground turkey combined with the flavors of ginger, sesame oil, garlic, coconut milk, scallions, fish sauce, and red pepper flakes.
Beignets, fried yeasted dough treats, are most famous in the U.S. as served by Cafe du Monde in New Orleans.
At the restaurant, they are presented generously dusted with powdered sugar along with a cafe au lait.
These pork and cabbage egg rolls are super crispy and filled with a wonderfully seasoned ground pork and cabbage mixture.
These Chinese-American style egg rolls (meishi chunjuan) are extra large (burrito-sized) and packed with filling. Just one egg roll with a side salad is enough for lunch for me (although you may catch me shaving off a slice or two from the leftovers).
This slow cooker white bean and chicken chili includes layers of flavor from chicken broth, sauteed onions and jalapeños, and bone-in chicken thighs.
This slow cooker chicken chili begins with a base of chicken broth and pureed canned hominy. It's a great way to add a corn flavor as well as thicken the base without a roux.
These Peppermint Patty Brownie Bites, stuffed with York Peppermint Patties, are such a fun treat!
Peppermint Patties are on my short list of favorite candies. After all, chocolate and mint are pretty much a perfect pairing.
Rieska is an everyday Finnish Flatbread. This version is moist, slightly sweet, and perfect spread with salty butter.
There are several versions of this bread, including with barley or with potato. This one, from King Arthur, is probably the simplist one to make of the lot.
This Thai cabbage salad is light, refreshing, and loaded with all of your favorite Asian flavors.
This Thai cabbage salad is amazing. I could eat mass quantities. I've made this salad several times, and each time, I wonder why I don't make it more often.
Dutch Macaroni is a common weeknight meal in the Netherlands, especially if you have hungry kids to feed.
Dutch macaroni is typically made with ground beef, red peppers, onions or leeks, and other vegetables, along with a bit of cheese added at the end. I've also seen recipes that include pickles, which I can't wait to try too.
This Couronne Lyonaise is a French bread that originated in Lyon, France. This one includes both a sourdough starter along with a little bit of yeast.
This bread is shaped like a crown - thus the name "couronne." My shaping method is a work in progress, but the bread itself is amazingly flavorful.
These Mini Ciabatta Loaves are deeply flavored from the dark brown and shatteringly thin crust.
Ciabatta means "slipper" in Italian. The bread is very light and is typically roughly shaped due to the high hydration.
These scalloped potatoes with caramelized onions are a lightened up version of one of my favorite comfort foods, potatoes gratin.
Instead of cream, this dish calls for broth and caramelized onions to add flavor. The result? An amazingly tasty and light potato dish that goes perfectly with roast beef, ham, or lamb chops.
This sourdough pancake recipe produces amazingly fluffy and flavorful pancakes.
If you maintain a sourdough starter, making these pancakes is a great way to use up any leftover sourdough discard you might have. The resulting pancakes, while not actually sour, have a wonderful flavor and tenderness. Plus, they are nice and light.
These hot chocolate cookies are a tasty treat made with packets of hot cocoa mix. How fun is that?
They're topped with a marshmallow part way through baking and then topped with melted chocolate after baking.
These sourdough cornbread muffins are a quick and tasty way to use up some of your sourdough starter.
These muffins, even though they contain a tiny bit of maple syrup, are for those who prefer their cornbread on the savory side. They are slightly crumbly and wonderful for dunking into chilis and stews.
This chicken enchilada soup is thick and filling, and adapts all of the flavors of chicken enchiladas into a delicious and comforting soup.
Even though it takes about an hour of cooking time, this chicken enchilada soup is so easy to make, and it includes all of the ingredients you might find on an enchilada plate.
BBQ glazed meatloaf with sweet potatoes and pearl onions - both dishes have a wonderful mustard-y barbecue sauce flavor, one with a sweet mustard barbecue sauce, and one with a Carolina red hot mustard sauce.
The sweet potatoes and onions have a subtle heat and the meatloaf is flavored of a variety of sauces, including a sweet mustard barbeque sauce.
These creamy coconut brigadeiros are a traditional Brazilian candy. They are similar to a candy truffle, but they are somewhat softer. Brigadeiros are considered Brazil's national treat.
These coconut brigadeiros are a tasty take on the traditional chocolate version, but they are made with coconut! They are swoon worthy.
For an easy sourdough bread, make this loaf. It includes white spelt, bread flour, and lots of poppyseeds, and the sourdough flavor is amazing.
If you're just starting out on your sourdough journey, this spelt and poppyseed sourdough bread is an easy loaf to make. The method is simple and the resulting loaf has a wonderfully sour flavor, a crispy crust, and an airy crumb.
This black bean and sweet potato soup is a great way to throw together a few root vegetables and pantry ingedients to make a quick and delicious meal.
This soup recipe only takes about 30 minutes to make and will result in a hearty and nutritious dinner for at least eight. Serve it with a thick slice of sourdough bread for dipping.
This fresh tomato salsa, also called pico de gallo or salsa fresca, is a classic Mexican topping or dip primarily made with ripe tomatoes, fresh chiles, and diced onions.
The first time I made this salsa, I took it to a party with a Mexican food theme and it was clearly the winner in the "salsa wars."
These apple latkes are both tart and sweet, and are perfect for breakfast and even dessert.
These apple latkes are from the book, A Sweet Year: Jewish Celebrations and Festive Recipes for Kids and Their Families by Joan Nathan, the author of King Solomon's Table, a quintessential compendium of Jewish recipes from around the world, along with 11 other cookbooks.
