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For more pastry and fresh, seasonal vegetables, try these Pesto, Caramelized Onion and Boursin Tarts! Summer for me is the time to make the most out of incredibly ripe and fresh fruit and vegetables. I love finding and creating recipes that don’t hide fresh vegetables and fruit behind other flavours and ingredients. Time to let them shine! The vegetable I get most excited for is tomatoes. It’s easy to find plump red tomatoes all year round, but the summer is when we get to see real diversity....

When I was getting ready to bake this Sweet bun, my thoughts kept going back, to my days of growing up in Chennai. This sweet bun is my mother’s favorite and she would ask me to pick them up every time I am going to Adyar Bakery. She would enjoy this mildly sweet, soft, and fluffy bun embedded with tutti-frutti with her evening coffee. I also love this sweet roll as it is mildly sweet and works perfectly as an evening snack....

WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE THIS RECIPE Pumpkin cake — you can use a store-bought cake or box mix, but I prefer my Pumpkin Cake recipe. You can halve it or make two nine-inch layers and freeze one for later. Cream cheese — make sure to purchase the full-fat block of cream cheese and not the spreadable cream cheese from a tub. Powdered sugar — if you forgot to pick up powdered sugar, here’s my Homemade Powdered Sugar Recipe....

WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE THIS RECIPE Cinnamon — save the effort of using a grinder to break down cinnamon sticks and use ground cinnamon. Ground cinnamon has a sweet and woody flavor with a slight citrusy note. Ground ginger — I do not recommend buying fresh ginger to grate as the spice blend won’t be shelf-stable. Allspice — this tastes like a combination of cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg but don’t skip it as it adds a peppery taste to the blend....

Looking for more Easy Breakfast Recipes? Try my Churro Waffles or my Pumpkin Oat Bars! These light and fluffy Pumpkin Spice Pancakes are perfect for a chilly Fall morning! Pancakes are always a treat in my house and when Fall comes around we love adding in pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice to our favorite Pancake Recipe. This recipe is my husbands go to for making pancakes. Instead of a traditional pancake recipe where you fold in the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients he adds an extra steps that is oh so important!...

The Punjabi cuisine is very diverse, but there are dishes that are very specific to the region like Makki di roti and Sarson ka Saag. The first thing that comes to my mind when writing about Punjab is the movie Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge. If you know me, you would know that I am a diehard fan of Shah Rukh Khan and this is my ever favorite movie. I can watch this movie infinitely a number of times and still would not get bored of it....

It simply doesn’t make any sense why most people pet a cat or dog but eat a part of a pig (bacon) for breakfast or a part of the cow (steak) for dinner. What is the difference between a dog and a pig? Yes, they look different, but they both have feelings. They form connections with family and friends, and they both want to live, such as we do....

For big rhubarb fans, try this Roasted Rhubarb Bakewell Tart. Absolutely heavenly! As the seasons change and the days get warmer, it becomes easier to find lovely rhubarb in shops and markets. And how glad I am! That means that we are into pie season, which for my money is the best way to use rhubarb. For something so crunchy, it is remarkable how rhubarb becomes so tender and juicy when baked....

This recipe is sponsored by Kroger. Asparagus pizza is sure to become your favorite spring meal! And bonus: the prep time on these is super fast! You can make these for lunch in between the hustle and bustle of the day, or for dining al fresco when the weather is beautiful out. I start mine with store-bought naan to make this quick to assemble but you can also make your own naan flatbread with my 2-ingredient recipe or use my lazy pizza dough recipe instead....

Feeding breakfast to a crowd? Try my Easy Breakfast Bake or my Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole. They’re both so easy and taste amazing! The Best Sheet Pan Pancakes Pancakes and waffles. There’s nothing better than starting your day with light and fluffy pancakes or waffles. It’s kind of like dessert for breakfast, and I am 100% okay with that! These Sheet Pan Pancakes are such a brilliant and easy hack!...

The fideo noodles are toasted in vegetable oil to add depth of flavor to this authentic sopa de fideo recipe. The noodles are then cooked in the tomato broth to absorb all the delicious flavors. Finish with freshly squeezed lime juice and cilantro, or add additional toppings of your choice. This recipe is a warming and filling lunch, dinner, or appetizer. For more soup recipes, try my minestrone soup, chicken noodle soup, or taco soup....

Healthy Spinach Casserole with Quinoa and Lentils Over the years, I’ve lightened up several popular casserole dishes and have shared several recipes like my pumpkin lentil casserole, broccoli quinoa casserole, and cheesy rice and bean casserole. Now it’s the turn of a creamy, cheesy baked spinach casserole recipe. Traditionally, a spinach and cheese casserole focuses entirely on spinach as its key ingredient and falls somewhere between cheesy creamed spinach and a green bean casserole (as it sometimes contains cream of mushroom soup, too)....

If you are a fan of big salads, that are good enough to serve as a meal, take a look at our Salmon Cobb Salad with Lemon Dill Dressing. Let me tell you something. I have a tumultuous love-hate relationship with salads. Surely I am not the only one! I know they are good for me but they just don’t excite me in the same way something warm and gooey like a grilled cheese sandwich does....

Filled and coated in a wonderful strawberry cream cheese frosting, this cake has strawberry flavoring through and through. Try making my strawberry shortcake recipe, strawberry pie recipe, strawberry chocolate cake recipe if you have extra strawberries on hand. Or, try my red velvet cake recipe or vanilla cake recipe if you want another easy cake recipe. What You Need to Make This Recipe Leavening agents — this strawberry cake uses both baking soda and baking powder....

Excuse me while I go nibble on some leftover caprese pasta. It may take me a few seconds to devour this light, refreshing, yet guilt-free and creamy salad. I may get a little lost in all the avocados, and fresh sliced strawberries and may be too busy to continue writing this because i’ll be spending my time swooning over the little bits of mozzarella covered in balsamic glaze. Let’s be real....

Hello summery brunch goodness! Let’s rephrase that – hello summery brunch goodness that will have your guests raising their pinkies while drinking their morning coffee because this stuffed french toast is that luxurious. We’re making swanky swanky food that’s ridiculously easy to pull together. This strawberry cream cheese stuffed french toast is going to be a hit with 3 year olds and 63 year olds alike. If I could eat one kind of food forever (and ever) and still fit into my clothes, I would eat this stuffed french toast....

This cake is so eye-catching with its beautiful pink frosting and fresh strawberries on top. It’s definitely going to become the focus of attention at every upcoming summer gathering. Want another irresistible cake? Try my red chocolate strawberry cake recipe, lemon cake recipe, and strawberry cake recipe. What You Need to Make This Recipe Strawberries — buy the reddest strawberries as they’ll be the sweetest. Strawberries do not continue to ripen once picked, so make sure to get the best ones....

Or give our Strawberry Galette a try while juicy strawberries are still in season! Both recipes are so easy to make! As much as I love my chocolate cake, once the summer months are here, I am all about fruit desserts. Unpretentious and non-fussy, they are crazy delicious, especially when served with ice cream for a bit of creaminess. Fruit Cobbler There so many ways in which you can use summer fruit in baking....

There are few things better than baking with seasonal summer berries. Try out my Summer Peach Cake with Red Berries! Berries are quite possibly THE thing I love the most about summer. The presence of berry desserts signals holiday for me more than anything else. This tart makes the most of summer berries, giving them the chance to shine on top of a light tart. The berries are the stars, so choose the most seasonal and fresh berries you can get your hands on!...

published Sep 17, 2021, updated Sep 03, 2024 Sweet and sour ribs hit the right balance of the five defining flavors of cooking. There’s a touch of sweetness from the fruity jam, sour tanginess from ketchup and vinegar, some slight bitterness from a variety of earthy Chinese spices, a dash of salt, and the natural savory flavors in the pork itself. After cooking low and slow, these tender sweet and sour pork ribs are broiled to develop a crisped, brown crust coated in the sticky, mouthwatering sauce....