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The Best Lemon Parmesan Gnocchi Recipe This creamy Lemon Parmesan Gnocchi recipe is seriously so easy to whip up and so amazingly flavorful! It has a flavorful, creamy sauce that is comforting but also brightened by the lemon juice and zest. This dish is elevated enough to impress guests at a dinner party, but down to earth enough to satisfy even the pickiest eaters at the dinner table. Gnocchi itself is chewy and tender, and will soak up some of that tangy, creamy sauce....

For a low carb version try my Loaded Cauliflower Bake! Loaded Mashed Potato Casserole Want to take your Mashed Potatoes up a notch this Thanksgiving?! Then you have to give my Loaded Mashed Potatoes a try! This casserole is the BEST way to prepare baked potatoes to feed a crowd (and with no peels in sight). Enter this delicious and easy Loaded Mashed Potato Casserole. (Well, I call it a casserole because it’s baked in a casserole dish, but it’s just all the components of a baked potato minus the peels....

FRI-YAY! I am so excited to be bringing you one of my all-time favorite breakfast casseroles. It’s loaded with shredded potato hash browns and tons of sauteéd spinach, bell peppers, and mushrooms. Not only is it a cinch to whip up, but it’s also totally customizable! Be it sausage, ground chicken/turkey, shredded rotisserie chicken, or meatless – with tons of veggies like I made it. The options are endless. Once you’ve got your protein picked out, grab your favorite cheese and start shredding....

If you are looking for a variety of side dishes for your holiday table, take a look at our Christmas recipe collection. Creamy Potato Mash Who doesn’t love a side of mashed potatoes to compliment their roast during the holidays?!! Creamy, buttery and all around delicious. There is only one problem. Best mashed potatoes need to be made right before serving to get the light texture right. And there isn’t always time....

The pepper and cumin in the rasam acts as a soothing relief. This pepper and cumin rasam mixed with hot rice and some ghee is something I grew up on. Rasam as such is a comfort food for me. A bowl of hot rasam and rice with some vegetable or appalam / papad is all I need to make myself comfortable. There are many different rasam varieties and this is Milagu Jeera rasam is one of the popular ones....

This spice cake right here was a home run all a round. There’s something you have to know about me. I love eating layered cakes, but making them is a completely different story. I hate dividing batter out into pans. Using a serrated knife to level off the cake when it’s baked. Then frosting a cake so that the crumb doesn’t get into the frosting. It requires real, hard work....

I’ve made this recipe for years and was SHOCKED when I realized it wasn’t on the blog, so I’m fixing that now and sharing this Super-easy and really delicious recipe with you. I made them for a friend’s birthday recently and the next day she texted me “How are they so moist on day two?!?” -That’s how good they are. Pro Tips for Moist, Amazing Vanilla Cupcakes Measure your flour correctly!...

Love Pasta as much as I do? Then give my Pasta Carbonara and Pasta with Garlic and Oil a try! The BEST Mushroom Spinach Pasta This recipe is an easy, flavor packed, meat-free pasta dish that the whole family will love! The creamy parmesan sauce pairs perfectly with the earthy flavors of mushrooms and spinach. Even without the meat, this pasta still feels substantial and slightly meaty due to the mushrooms!...

This is the sweet potato casserole of your dreams! It starts with a cinnamon and vanilla-scented sweet potato souffle. Don’t worry; you don’t have to boil or bake the sweet potatoes if you don’t want to – canned sweet potatoes work, too! We’ll push them through a ricer or mash them up and load them with melted butter, half and half, cinnamon, vanilla, and eggs. But don’t let me forget to tell you about that jump lump streusel on top!...

Hi friends! How are we doing today? Are you ready for Thanksgiving yet? So.. confessing the weeks dilemma in 3…2…1… We were suppose to be making a very warm buttery, pecan pie here together on the blog today. But then last week, I made this huge beautiful pie and it rained so in order to take some pictures, I waited a whole day without touching the pie — the things I do for pictures....

Serve as an accompaniment to this French-inspired dish; chicken in wine and mustard sauce or enjoy as a vegetarian main dish! French fries, or chips in the UKS, are such a worthy dinner staple and a busy parent’s best friend. An unfailing table-pleaser and quick to prepare, either from scratch or from the freezer. But do you ever get the ‘fries again’ guilt? As tempting as fries themselves, and with a sneaky dose of goodness in both the onions and mushrooms, these fried potatoes are guilt-free....

Bravas, cañas (a small glass of beer), and a board of cured ham are a pure laidback Spanish vibe. Compliment your patatas bravas with my Italian charcuterie platter for a super quick tapas table. OK, it’s not strictly Spanish, but close enough for me! This post contains affiliate links. When you purchase through our links, we may earn a commission. What are patatas bravas? A Spanish tapas menu staple from Madrid, as popular abroad as they are in their homeland....

published Nov 02, 2022 Chicken is one of those proteins that is just so versatile. There are many different ways to prepare and cook it — I love recipes like roasted coconut milk chicken, Iraqi grilled chicken, or Moroccan chermoula chicken. So many recipes from around the world, so little time, am I right? Today’s meal is called peri peri chicken. Sometimes called piri piri chicken, the dish gets its name from the spicy, sweet, and sour peri peri sauce that it is prepared and served in....

published Dec 14, 2022, updated Apr 24, 2024 Have you ever heard the Iranian saying, “He behaves as if he has had partridge and fesenjan”? Today, we’re not talking about the partridge — we’re talking about the thick, spiced stew known as khoresh-e-fesenjan. This fesenjan recipe was considered a dish of royalty with its intricate ingredients and rich, almost festive flavor. Nowadays, these ingredients are pretty easy to come by!...

When choosing this theme of readymade products made at home, I clearly remember Srivalli mentioning not to use any recipes from your own cuisine. I still made this paruppu podi for the theme because this is something I always bought from stores in India along with me on my trip back to the US. Amma always made the plain paruppu podi at home and packed it for me. I buy small packets of garlic paruppu podi from Ambika Appalam stores and mixed a part of the garlic powder into the homemade paruppu podi....

What You’ll Need for This Recipe Potatoes: I used Yukon gold potatoes for this recipe but Klondike and baby red potatoes work well too. Sweet Pickles: You can use a sweet relish or fill a measuring cup with chopped sweet pickles then top off with pickle juice How to Make Potato Salad Quarter your baby potatoes and transfer to a large pot. Fill with water until they’re submerged by two inches and add two teaspoons of salt....

If you love easy muffin recipes as much as I do, try my Double Chocolate Muffins or my Blueberry Streusel Muffins! Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins You guys have been going crazy for my Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread! It’s not surprising why it’s super moist, perfectly spiced and swirled with sweet cream cheese throughout the loaf. I had a couple readers ask about making it into muffins so I went ahead and adapted the recipe to make pumpkin cream cheese muffins!...

Perfect for dipping chips or taquitos in or drizzling over nachos, burritos, enchiladas, quesadillas, or even birria tacos, this cheesy sauce works with everything! You will love how easy it is to make from scratch as well. It’s going to disappear fast, so you’ll want to make extra. What You Need to Make This Recipe Cornstarch — this helps thicken the homemade queso, making it perfect for dipping! Evaporated milk — make sure to buy evaporated milk and not sweetened condensed milk....

Let me start by saying that in no way is kimchi fried rice the most photogenic thing to picture. In fact, I don’t see it winning any beauty awards anytime soon. But you know what it is good at? Tasting. We’re talking about sauteed onions, a quick grab of frozen peas and carrots, leftover rice, a little soy sauce, a little hot sauce and basically what you have in lunch or dinner in a snap....

Comforting Indian Red Lentil Dahl in 30 Minutes! This red lentil dahl is a quick and satisfying, comforting meal, perfect for busy weeknights. It’s made with wholesome pantry staples, uses one pot, is packed with protein, fiber, and nutrients, and is ready in under 30 minutes! With a combination of red lentils, coconut milk, and several Indian spices, this dal recipe is also super wholesome and comforting while being a naturally vegan crowd-pleaser!...