Lemon. Garlic. Sweet Paprika. Thyme (or even parsley). Cream. Everyone loves this one pan chicken dinner ready in under 20 minutes! So many of you have made the Creamy Sun Dried Tomato + Parmesan Chicken Zoodles, tagging me in your pictures on Instagram, loving the flavours, but asking how to cut the fat content of the cream sauce without compromising on flavour. The answer is chicken stock (or chicken broth)....
Oven Baked Shrimp Scampi topped with flavourful golden, buttery, garlic parmesan breadcrumbs. The easiest way to cook shrimp in your oven in just 15 minutes! Serve as an appetizer OR a light meal with salad, garlic bread or pasta. Perfectly crunchy, delicious and buttery…you won’t be able to stop! BAKED SHRIMP So easy to make, you won’t believe the flavours coming out of your skillet OR dish when it’s done!...
I’m mad at these muffins. Mad because they took me three tries to get just right yesterday. Mad because the third variation turned out so well that I filled my belly with muffins before I went to bed last night. Fortunately, they’re composed of yogurt (instead of sour cream) and white whole wheat flour (instead of all-purpose flour), so they are more redeeming than your average muffins. I realize that being mad at an inanimate, edible object is totally ridiculous....
I’m pretty particular about my waffles. I want light, whole grain, crisp-on-the-outside, fluffy-on-the-inside, Belgian-with-deep-pockets, quintessential WAFFLES. No soggy waffles allowed! Bonus points if they freeze well so I can pop them in the toaster like Eggo’s. These waffles meet all of the aforementioned qualifications. After tweaking five batches of these waffles, I can confirm that oat flour waffles are the waffles I’ve been searching for all along. Oat waffles are the waffles of my dreams....
Make air fryer falafel for a lighter and healthy spin, and stuff it into warm pitas with plenty of tzatziki, hummus, and Greek salad. The mighty chickpeas, or garbanzo beans, have been a staple in my pantry for as long as I can remember. They’re a versatile, plant-based protein that can be enjoyed in salad, made into a curry, or enjoyed as a snack. But when blitzed with aromatics, it becomes an iconic Middle-Eastern meal - Falafel....
Have you met my favorite veggie burgers? If not, it’s about time! I have high standards for veggie burgers, and these put all the rest to shame. I have a feeling they’ll become your favorite veggie burgers, too. These veggie burgers are hearty and satisfying, and feature an irresistible combination of flavors. They start with a base of quinoa, black beans and oats. Then we amp up the volume with sweet potatoes, fresh herbs, and some carefully chosen seasonings....
This Chimichurri Chicken Avocado Salad deserves a DRUM ROLL… Using authentic Chimichurri as a dressing that doubles as a marinade keeps all of the incredible flavours of chimichurri in this bowl! After making a batch of this Authentic Chimuchurri with my dad and grilling chicken thighs with it, I KNEW a new salad was coming! Chimuchurri Sauce With minimal ingredients in the salad itself, the chimichurri is the star of this recipe....
I spent last week gallivanting around Denver with old friends, sharing meals with favorite bloggers and admiring those Colorado clouds—clouds so fluffy and low that I wanted to reach up and run my fingers through them. In contrast, this week has gotten the best of me. It started going downhill when my short, direct flight home turned into a lengthy tour of Missouri by air. Too bad I couldn’t see out the window from the middle seat....
I’m writing today because there are only two more days until my cookbook, Love Real Food, hits the stores and your mailboxes. I can’t wait! Since you seemed to love reading about the recipe development process for the cookbook last week, I wanted to offer the visual effects that I use in my food photos today. I’m using examples from the book so you’ll get some sneak peeks at the recipes, too....
About Jain Palak Paneer Palak Paneer, a beloved dish in North Indian cuisine, has tender paneer (Indian cottage cheese) in a creamy spinach (palak) gravy. This Jain Palak Paneer recipe is made without onions, garlic, ginger, or root vegetables, adhering to Jain dietary principles while maintaining the dish’s rich flavors and textures. During Navratri, some folks keep a proper phalahar fasting and do not include grains, cereals, lentils, etc. in their food....
Are you familiar with mujadara? It’s a beautiful dish layered with lentils and rice at the bottom, followed by caramelized onions (the more, the better), and hopefully a couple of creamy or spicy sauces on the side. It’s one of my favorite items to order at Middle Eastern restaurants, and this recipe tastes just like it. Mujadara is served across the Middle East in various forms and goes by differing names, depending on where you are....
After proving how much we love lemon with our Chicken Scallopini with Lemon Garlic Cream Sauce and the Lemon Garlic Roast Chicken, we couldn’t stop there! This One Pan Honey Lemon Chicken is so easy to prepare, its a matter of throwing everything onto a baking sheet and letting the oven do the work for you! Sheet Pan Chicken There’s nothing better than only washing one pan! Honey Lemon Chicken is a family favourite, just like this Honey Lemon Garlic Chicken....
It’s asparagus season, and I can’t get enough of it. Roasting asparagus brings out its best. The tips get a little crispy in the oven, which I love, and the flavor is more concentrated than it would be if you steamed or sautéed it. Roasted asparagus is the perfect springtime side dish, whether for brunch or dinner. As a bonus, it’s simple to throw together while your main dish cooks on the stove....
If I had to characterize the past week in two words, they would be: pepper problems. These peppers gave me all sorts of trouble! I’d made these quick-pickled jalapeños a couple of times already, but these locally grown peppers were way spicier than the others. Just one little nibble of raw sliced pepper made me feel like one of those silly, red-faced cartoon characters with steam shooting out of his ears....
You guys are the best. You know that, right? Two months ago, when I shared my roasted cauliflower and lentil tacos recipe, I asked you to hop over to Facebook and vote for my recipe. You did, and my tacos won! That means my tacos will represent the United States at the United Nations’ 2016 International Year of Pulses celebrations. (Pulses are beans, lentils and other dried legumes and they were selected based on their significant health, economic and environmental benefits....
My favorite term of endearment in French has always been mon petit chou chou, which literally translated means “my little cabbage cabbage”. The French use it to mean something like “my sweetheart,” and it may or may not actually refer to a pastry instead of cabbage. Regardless, the literal translation made me giggle when I learned it in high school and it still makes me giggle today. Please, call someone you love a “cabbage cabbage” today and wait for their reaction....
Quick! Name this cocktail. I’m at a loss for what to call it. It’s not quite a sparkler, fizz or smash. It’s also not a daiquiri, which is made with rum, or a bee’s knees, although it’s close (this little pink number is made with vodka instead of gin). It doesn’t qualify as a martini, either, and let’s definitely not throw -tini on the end, which we all know is code for syrupy sweet, girly drinks....
Chinese takeout is something we all love right? Sesame Beef Stir Fry is a guilty pleasure and takes so little time to arrive to your door! But what if I told you that you could make something every bit as tasty, in just about the same amount of time… and YOU get to control the ingredients? Sounds amazing right? Sesame Beef Stir Fry Hey guys, it’s Amanda from The Chunky Chef, a recipe blog that focuses on comforting family recipes, and Smart Skinny Recipes....
Updated Dec 04, 2017 Vegetable oil is a sneaky little culprit. It’s in virtually everything nowadays. Flip over a package of any processed foods and more than likely you’ll see it listed as an ingredient. On top of that, you’ve been told it’s “heart healthy” and what you should use to cook with. It even has the word “vegetable” in it, further misleading it’s harmful true identity. What’s bad about vegetable oil?...
My addiction to this Sticky Chinese Barbecue Pork Belly is my husbands fault. Being a former Hong Kong resident, he introduced me to Char Siu when we first met…and it was love at first bite (with the pork). Normally, our New Years Eve ritual consists of going to a popular Yum Cha restaurant here in Melbourne and ordering serve after serve of Char Siu. But as life happens, this year it’s a no-go....
