A wonderful way to entertain family and friends in an outdoor setting is with a backyard barbecue party. With proper planning and the right environment people will be talking about your party all summer. Important factors to think about when entertaining are things like the barbecue grill, seating, lighting, and of course the menu planning.
If you've ever wondered about cooking with stinging nettles and done a bit of poking around on the Internet, you've probably found a lot of recipes for soup. Now, I love soup, but I also recently sautéed some and included them on a pizza that was brimming with bacon, cheese, and garlic. I don't think I'll be turning my nose up at nettles ever again!
Infuse brownies and the frosting on them with your favorite dark beer to assemble a decadent treat that will become a sweet standard in your home. Move over, green beer, this is a better way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day!
Topping the list of items for New Year's Resolutions appears to be losing weight, hands down. We all want to be slimmer so that when summer rolls around, we're not rolling around. Being satisfied when you are finished with your meals helps tremendously. To that end, get some insight into foods that experts claim will help you keep your New Year's Resolution, dissolve your muffin waist, reduce your love handles and flatten your belly.
Are you concerned about using wine in your cooking? Do all your dishes end up swimming in Merlot or drenched in Chardonnay? Not sure how to balance the natural flavors in your food with the wine you have in your home? Get some great advice about how to do so without covering the flavor of your food and, before you know it, you'll be visiting your wine rack as often as you visit your spice rack when turn on your stove!
A downright festive breakfast or brunch dish for between the holidays, these crepes are easy to make and you can easily double or even triple the recipe if you are feeding a crowd.
A trip up north to celebrate birthdays introduces others to the joys of Bacon Belgian Waffles. If this is something you've yet to experience, I highly recommend choosing a lazy weekend morning and get ready for a treat. Make them mid-to-late in the morning and enjoy alongside cups of hot coffee and fresh sliced melon. Before you know it, you'll be planning weekend brunches featuring these waffles monthly or more often still!
Spring is a great time to freshen your interior and it doesn't have to break the bank. Whether it's metallics, specific colour tones, textures, there is likely something to appeal to everyone and bring your decor into 2018.
Forget take out. You can just keep things all in the kitchen when you put together your favorite Chinese restaurant favorites right at home. A handful of ingredients and less than half an hour of effort will get you one of your favorites on the table.
Flavor-packed Mexican chorizo, roasted hatch chiles, and tender sweet corn come together to make stunning tacos. Get ready to give a nod to a Tex-Mex dish inspired by the produce of early autumn.
Eating healthier in the New Year doesn't have to be a chore if you choose foods that contain their own natural sugars and give them their own stay in a hot oven for a bit. You get a healthy side dish and a warm kitchen!
Holiday entertaining often leaves us with lots of question marks in our menu planning when it comes to side dishes to pair with the stellar main courses we choose. Embrace the season and consider Brussels sprouts cooked with crisp bacon and tangy apple cider.
The holidays are upon us and if you are feeling like sitting down and eating a bowl of cookie dough, consider a safer and more festive option and make these stunning Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles and become a hero to friends and family alike!
On Christmas Eve Eve, it seems like the perfect time to share a festive drink ingredient that was borne of the kind of leftovers that usually get tossed and a desire to make something a little magical for the holidays.
Get a stunning vegan stir fry dinner in under a half hour while resting assured that it's a meal that everyone around the table will love. A peppy ginger stir fry sauce, crisp tofu, and a variety of vegetables are just what you need when kitchen prep for Thanksgiving is filling so much time.
Grab your Instant Pot and get ready for a delightfully creamy corn and potato chowder. In a half an hour, you can have a perfect bowl of comfort food during a week that's busy enough with planning for Thanksgiving.
Packed with lots of fresh vegetables, tender beef, and tantalizing udon, this quick stir fry is just what you need on a busy day. A sauce that's brimming with ginger, garlic, and more brings it all together before you get it to the table.
When a soybean organization asks chefs for their favorite miso recipes featuring meat, poultry, and seafood, the results are delicious. Get the two first prize winning recipes and you'll agree that when miso meets meat, beautiful things happen!
