Fire-Roasted Tomatoes: This recipes calls for the use of canned fire-roasted diced tomatoes. The fire roasted adds a lot of extra smokey flavor, which we highly recommend. If you want to make the soup base completely from scratch, roasting your own tomatoes, you certainly can following this recipe! Basil: It’s extremely important to use fresh basil in this recipe. Nothing compares to the flavor of fresh basil and dried just won’t cut it!...
What Makes A Pilaf A Pilaf? There are many different ways to prepare rice, and pilaf-style is just one of them. So, what sets it apart? The cooking method! Pilaf is prepared by cooking the rice in a type of broth, typically chicken or vegetable, instead of plain old water. Other ingredients like spices, butter, and cheese are typically added as well. How Do You Melt Cheese in Rice? It’s all about the timing!...
Make it a happy birthday with these fun, colorful cupcakes. They are easy to make, and perfectly soft and delicious. If you are looking for a Funfetti Cake, be sure to check out my recipe for an entire 3 layer Funfetti Cake. What kind of sprinkles should I use? You can use any kind of regular jimmy sprinkle. A rainbow mix is the traditional choice, but you can feel free to mix and match to your liking, or the liking of the birthday boy or girl....
My mom used to make pizza pockets for me to bring in my lunchbox. It was my favorite lunch to get. I make them now for my own kids and they are as popular as ever. You could put any toppings you want on the inside, though pepperoni is our favored classic. My mom used to use the cut ‘n’ seal from Pampered Chef to make them, but you can always just use the method I give you here....
I HAVE FOUND A DELICIOUS RAW VEGAN DESSERT! Phew, I feel better. Look at the labels on this post, I labeled it as healthy. Once you check out the ingredient list you’ll understand why. It totally is! I mean, it’s got raw chocolate powder which has some calories, but it also has a lot of great nutritional value. I was feeding these brownies to my kids during a meeting and my friend said, “whatever works!...
What if I don’t have a cast iron or oven safe skillet? If you do not own a cast iron or oven-safe skillet you can still make this recipe, but it will require more dishes and a little bit more time. What you will need to do is sear the steaks and the vegetables in a skillet, just as the recipes call for. Then transfer all the ingredients to an oven-safe dish (like a sheet pan) to finish cooking in the oven....
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Prep Time: <15 minutesSlow Cooker Time: 8 to 10 hours, lowYield: Serves 4 Ingredients 1 lb. boneless beef short ribssalt and pepper3 TB worcestershire sauce6 medium-size yukon gold potatoes, chopped1 red bell pepper, seeded and sliced1 tsp basil1 tsp oregano Instructions Heat a skillet over high heat. Season the short ribs with salt and pepper and sear them on each side. Transfer to the bottom of a 5 to 7 quart slow cooker....
Bacon is good stuff by itself. Add a little heat and some sugar and wowzers, you’ve got yourself bacon nirvana! This candied bacon is sure to impress and totally simple to make. It transforms the delicious bacon strips into this sweet and salty candy with a nice slight chew. The slight heat leaves your taste buds craving more. Really, it is just ridiculously good. It could be served plain or incorporated into almost any dish where you’d use regular bacon....
The Meat: Charcuterie means cooked or cured meats in French. It makes sense — charcuterie boards of the past were made up of a wide selection of cured meats. Today, you’ll see a lot of other ingredients used, but that doesn’t make your choice of meat any less important. Some of our favorites to include on our Thanksgiving charcuterie board are: CapicolaSalamiPepperoniProsciutto The Cheese: These days, charcuterie boards are so much more than just meat....
Chocolate in Peppermint Joe Joe’s Copycat: We highly recommend you use high quality chocolate chips to ensure the best flavor and texture when it is melted. A couple of our favorites are Guittard and Ghirardelli, and they should be available at your local grocery store. Peppermint Extract: Crushing Candy Canes: To crush my candy canes, I simply put them in a resealable plastic bag and hammer them with my rolling pin until they are completely crushed....
What makes our recipe the best? We first conducted an extensive blind taste test of every brownie mix on the market and pitted it against our own brownie recipe. When our recipe came in third place, we went back to the drawing board to create a new recipe that could beat them all. After 20 rounds of recipe development, we created a new brownie recipe that was able to withstand our blind taste test, proving itself to be the best brownie recipe ever....
You all are in for a treat, because today we are giving you a fun chocolatey twist to this classic family favorite snack! Really, we believe chocolate belongs in most baked goods. We are huge fans of chocolate in The Stay At Home Chef household. While our classic banana muffins sure are a favorite snack, sometimes we just wish there was an extra hit of something sweet inside. So, we took to the kitchen and began experimenting on how to make our favorite banana muffins even more amazing....
How to Choose a Butternut Squash: When picking out a butternut squash, first look for color. It should be a solid beige color and not have any deep cuts or bruises. Sometimes they get a little scratched during shipping and at the grocery store. Small surface only scratches are fine. Next, pick up the squash. If it feels heavy for its size, it’s a good one. Time Saving Tip: If you want to make the prep work a bit easier, you can usually find pre-cut squash in the produce section of most grocery stores....
A delicious vanilla cake batter is cooked in a belgian waffle maker and then layered with whipped chocolate ganache. It is a unique and fun cake the whole family can have a hand in making. It’s as easy as making waffles! Can I use a different style of waffle maker? This recipe, as pictured, is made using a belgian style waffle maker. You can use other style of waffle irons but the ratios of cake to frosting will be different based on the size and shape of your waffle....
Freezer Instructions One way to make this snowflake bread recipe ahead of time is to prep and then freeze it. You can either freeze the dough before baking or freeze it after you’ve baked it: Dough Options There are several different options you can use when it comes to the dough for making star bread, each of which has its own fun twist on the texture and design of your final loaf....
My kitchen is full of amazing gizmos and gadgets, but sadly, an ice cream maker is not one of them. Do you have the same problem? Hey, it’s okay! In this recipe I have you making the gelato by hand….no ice cream machine required! It really doesn’t take much work to make this recipe, you just have to do it in a 4 hour block where you’ll be home. It requires a quick whisking every 30 to 45 minutes....
No bake desserts are a staple dessert in our house. Know what else is a staple in our house? Nutella! We always have massive jars of Nutella in our pantry because we absolutely love it. This year for National Cheesecake Day I developed a no bake cheesecake designed for Nutella lovers. The result is a light and fluffy cheesecake that is swirled with my favorite chocolate hazelnut spread. It’s not dense like a baked cheesecake....
What can be used to thicken pie filling? There are a handful of common agents used to thicken pie fillings. Flour, cornstarch, tapioca, and gelatin are the most common ones. Each of them has their advantages and disadvantages and are used for different purposes. Strawberry pie is now commonly made with a gelatin based filling to make things easier. While you certainly can add a package of strawberry jello in as your pie thickener, we like to use from scratch cooking and find that a cornstarch based filling produces a more enjoyable result....
It’s a rare day that you wouldn’t find pizza dough in our fridge. Sometimes we need a last minute meal and pizza is our favorite go-to. You can put almost anything on a pizza and make it good. This dough is great because you can make a batch (or double batch), toss it in the fridge, and then I know that you’re covered for dinner emergencies for the next two weeks....
