Honey-Glazed Scallops are ready in just 15 minutes! Serve these sweet scallops with rice and broccoli for a light and healthy dinner. Honey-Glazed Scallops are ready in just 15 minutes! Quick Honey Glazed Scallops Happy Thursday! Here are those scallops I promised you. We eat seafood often, but scallops always feel like a treat. A …
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Butternut Squash and Spinach Lasagna
Looking for the best vegetarian lasagna recipe? You’re in the right place. This Butternut Squash and Spinach lasagna will become one of your favorites! This lasagna is stuffed with vegetables and combines Ricotta, Parmesan, and Mozzarella cheeses to create the ultimate Fall and Winter comfort food. This delicious veggie lasagna recipe is healthy, meatless, gluten-free …
Chicken Pot Pie Soup
I hope that wherever this post finds you today that you’re well, staying very warm, and feeling ready to cozy in for a winter weekend ahead. I’m already counting down the hours until I can pack away my computer and call it a “week” and start weekending. Because it looks like this is going to …
Butternut Squash & Sausage Stuffed Shells
There has been a rowdy heat wave in michigan, late, late into the months we call autumn. David & I planned to go to a cider mill Friday, but just could not bring ourselves to do it in eighty degree weather. The point is to bundle up in plaid and quilted vests! Not have heat …
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Brie + Cheddar Apple Beer Soup with Cinnamon Pecan Oat Crumble.
Although, I actually heard the temps in Ohio where a little chilly over the weekend too. So does that mean the rest of you guys are catching some colder temps as well?? I am kind of hoping so because I am really excited about soups this fall. I have so many many on my list …
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Honey Mustard Salmon
This recipe for honey mustard salmon is seared salmon fillets coated in a sweet and tangy honey mustard sauce. Add broccoli to make it a one pot meal! I try to serve salmon at least once a week in my house, some of our favorites include marinated salmon, honey garlic salmon and this salmon with …
93 Easy Fall Recipes for Celebrating Cozy Season
Fall is the best season for eating. It just is! There’s tons of produce, from fresh apples to winter squash, to cold-weather greens like kale that begin to appear in farmers’ markets and supermarkets. But it’s also just cool enough that it doesn’t feel absurd to preheat the oven, or put a big pot on …
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Baked Garlic Butter Chicken
Savor the rich and comforting taste of our Baked Garlic Butter Chicken. Juicy chicken breasts basted in golden garlic butter, seasoned with rosemary, and topped with melted Italian cheese. Juicy Baked Garlic Butter Chicken When it comes to comfort food recipes, my Baked Garlic Butter Chicken stands out from the crowd. Chicken dinner recipes are …
Pumpkin Risotto with Bacon
This isn’t your everyday risotto. A mixture of bacon and onion is sauteed in a hot nonstick pan. With the onions tender and the bacon just on the brink of crispiness, Arborio rice and some essential spices are stirred in. Chicken broth is then added and the pan is covered, where it simmers over low …
Turkey Pot Pies with Bacon, Caramelized Onions + Butternut Squash
These little turkey pot pies are the perfect recipe for fall. They’re basically the food equivalent of jumping in a pile of leaves while wearing an oversized sweater and plaid flannel scarf. It’s no secret that I have a fondness for pot pie… well, all pie, really. My classic chicken pot pie is a tried …
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Slow Cooker Herbed Chicken and Rice Pilaf.
Slow Cooker Herbed Chicken and Rice Pilaf. I turned everyone’s favorite dinner into an easy and delicious slow cooker recipe using pantry staples like wild rice, autumn herbs, and chicken breasts. This slow cooked chicken dinner is a hearty, but healthy meal to come home to after a busy day. The best part? It’s the …
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Shumai
Shumai, literally translated as to cook and sell, is a staple of dim sum cuisine consisting of an open-topped dumpling filled with steamed ground pork, and sometimes finely chopped shrimp or Chinese black mushrooms. When it’s cooked, shumai is often garnished with a single pea, a fish egg, or a small piece of carrot on …
Zhajiangmian
Zhajiangmian is a Shandong specialt, consisting of wheat noodles in soybean sauce and vegetables such as summer radish and sliced cucumbers. The sauce is usually made by cooking ground pork or beef in combination with fermented soybean paste. There is also a vegetarian version of the dish that substitutes the meat with smoked tofu in …
Shanghai hairy crab (Shanghai maoxie)
Easily identifiable by the patches of scruffy dark hair on its claws, the succulent, moist, and meaty Shanghai hairy crab is a delicacy that is large as an adult person’s palm. Its flesh is firm, yet tender and delicate, so it is always steamed whole, without any seasonings, while the meat is much sweeter than …
Mapo doufu
Sichuan in origin, mapo doufu consists of tofu cubes settled in a spicy sauce containing minced meat, traditionally beef or pork, and fermented black beans known as douchi. The dish is said to have been invented in a small restaurant called Chen Xingsheng in Chengdu back in 1862, while the name of the dish comes from the lady cook …
Sweet and sour sauce (Táng cù)
Sweet and sour sauce is usually associated with the authentic Chinese combination of rice vinegar and sugar. The probable origin of this sweet and sour mixture is the Chinese province of Hunan, where it was originally used as a condiment or a sauce for fish, meat, and vegetables. Some theories claim that the Chinese province …
Century egg (Pi dan)
Century egg is a Chinese delicacy made by preserving duck, quail, or chicken eggs in a saline solution that consists of salt, clay, and sometimes ash, quicklime, or rice hulls. The solution causes the yolk to develop a creamy texture, and it changes the egg whites into a dark-colored, jelly-like substance. The dish is thought …
Chinese crullers (Youtiao)
Youtiao is one of the most popular breakfast foods in China, consisting of Chinese breadsticks that are fried in pairs and connected in the middle. The result is a puffy snack that is crispy on the exterior and tender on the interior. Youtiao dates back to the Song Dynasty when the leader Qin Gui, under …
Kung pao chicken (Gong bao)
A staple of westernized Chinese cuisine and one of the favorite dishes of foreigners in China, kung pao chicken is a spicy stir-fry dish made with diced chicken, vegetables, peanuts, and Sichuan peppercorns. It was invented in the Sichuan province and has a unique, interesting origin story. In the 19th century, a boy named Ding …
Chicken Broccoli and Sweet Potato Sheet Pan Dinner
Easy dinners like this were made for busy weeknight meals! This Chicken, Broccoli, and Sweet Potato Sheet Pan Dinner will quickly become a new fall fav! It’s so easy to make, clean up is a breeze and your whole family will love it! Chicken Broccoli and Sweet Potato Sheet Pan Dinner This is a healthy …
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One Pan Pork Chops with Apples and Onions
This pork chops with apples and onions dish is a deliciously light and flavorful meal that’s perfect for Fall. Plus, it’s all made in ONE pan! These pork chops have everything you love about a comforting Fall dish… mouthwatering, well balanced flavors, is healthy yet hearty, and is made in just ONE pan in 30 …
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Sweet ‘n’ Spicy Roasted Butternut Squash Pizza w/ Cider Caramelized Onions + Bacon.
I think it is safe to say that I am pretty into fall. Lucky for us, for every season there are multiple pizzas to accompany it. Pizza is just that kind of food, an all the time, every season, kind of meal. It’s adaptable, and can be topped in more ways than I can count. …
Sheet Pan Chicken with Sweet Potatoes Apples and Brussels Sprouts
When you go out to eat or make meals at home, do you gravitate towards the familiar, or do you crave variety? As much as I like to flatter myself by insisting I like to try new things, when I step back and examine the three most recent dinners I cooked, they are all eerily …
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Easy Maple-Glazed Roasted Turkey Breast
Keep the holidays simple with an Easy Maple-Glazed Roasted Turkey Breast! You get the best tender, juicy white meat and a flavorful crispy skin — all with about 15 minutes of prep. It’s the perfect addition to your Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. How to Make Oven Roasted Turkey Breast | 1-Minute Video If you’re like …
Butternut Squash Pasta Carbonara
Butternut Squash Pasta Carbonara is the perfect fall meal and it will likely become a staple for you this time of year. It’s deliciously creamy (even without egg), it’s rich and hearty, it has the perfect balance and blend of flavors (bacon + butternut squash + sage) and it’s a meal your whole family will …