Tasty Recipes for the Home Cook
Tasty Recipes for the Home Cook
This farro salad is loaded with veggies and makes a healthy, fresh side to accompany most any meal. It’s simple and customizable. Great for making ahead and holds up well stored in the fridge.
Serve along with these chicken leg quarters or grilled steak for an easy dinner.
Sautéing the chicken first makes this Chicken Vegetable and Rice Soup extra flavorful. It is also nutritious and packed with vegetables, hitting the spot any time of the year. Update: This post was originally published in 2020. Most of the original content is below, but it has been updated with an added Recipe Highlight section and additional images. Minor changes have been made to make …
This Slow Cooker Chicken Rice Vermicelli Soup might look simple, but it is comforting and packed with flavor. It’s the perfect soup to warm your body and feed your soul during the wintery cold and flu season. Don’t you hate it when you order chicken soup and there’s hardly any chicken? Remember that commercial years and years ago with the slogan “Where’s the beef?” Well, that’s …
Classic grape-nut pudding gets an update with Cinnamon Whiskey Maple Cream Sauce. Delicious served hot or cold, this pudding is a dessert with maximum comfort level. Happy November, or better yet, Happy post-Halloween!! Did you have a ghoulishly scary night filled with goblins, ghosts, and zombies? Well, there weren’t many of those around my house, but there were plenty of Spider-Men, SWAT teams, and inflatable costumes. Have you seen those …
This light summer dish has chili lime salmon and mango peach salsa on a bed of creamy grits. The slight heat of the chipotle chili pepper perfectly balances the sweetness of the mango and peach salsa. This meal comes together in just about 30 minutes! Woo hoo!! I’m excited—it will be staycation time with visitors next week! I’m looking forward to a full week of family, …
You don’t have to rely on day-old rice to make great fried rice. This Unfried Ham and Egg Unfried Rice uses uncooked rice, eliminating the need to plan ahead. Plus, it doesn’t require constant watch and stirring like the traditional method. Have you ever wanted to make fried rice but didn’t because you didn’t have any day-old rice in the house? I have! In those instances, I had …
Ground pork in an aromatic lemongrass sauce, served over rice noodles, is super easy to make. This Vietnamese Ground Pork Rice Noodle Bowl can easily be on the table in 30 minutes, and it is equally good at hot or room temperature. A winner all around! Hi, y’all! Thank you for joining me. I am so glad to be back and excited to share my first recipe!! So …
Take-out fried rice can be a hit or miss. This flavorful homemade Pork Fried Rice is loaded with an abundance of pork and eggs. It satisfies every time! Have you ever been as underwhelmed with your take-out fried rice as I have? Have you had one that may have looked so tasty that you couldn’t wait to dig in, but your excitement turned into disappointment when …
Looking for a dinner idea for a new Asian recipe? These quail egg stuffed pork meatballs served with rice noodles are just what you need! Serve with a sweet, salty, garlicky dipping sauce and fresh condiments for a meal full of flavor and texture. Quail egg is not an ingredient I typically use. In fact, I have never used it. But lately, it has grabbed …
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