How to make a Simple Summer Cheese Board in 10 minutes

How to make a simple Summer Cheese Board in just 10 minutes! Tailor your cheese board to the season with these unique combinations and presentation ideas – filled with summer fruits, complimentary cheese, nuts and wine pairings! Everything you need to know about how to build the best cheese board. Summer Cheese Platter If you …

Free 5 Day Meal Plan featuring 30 Minute Meals with Pecans

Pecan Crusted Tilapia with a fresh Bruschetta or Grilled Cauliflower Steaks with a Pecan Pesto, which one would you choose? The good news is, you don’t have to! These are just two of the recipes found in my FREE 5 Day Meal Plan with all 30 Minute Meals featuring pecans. Nutritious 30 Minute Meals A …

Easy Grilled Balsamic Caprese Chicken Recipe

Easy Grilled Balsamic Caprese Chicken – the ultimate summer grilling recipe! Juicy delicious balsamic marinated grilled chicken breast topped with vine ripe tomatoes, melting fresh mozzarella and basil! A perfect healthy dinner recipe everyone loves that comes together in minutes. Balsamic Grilled Caprese Chicken I’ve been waiting a while to share this one with you. …

Easy Vegan Grilled Pineapple with Coconut Ice Cream

This easy Vegan Grilled Pineapple Dessert screams summer and only has 3 ingredients! The juicy grilled pineapple is topped with creamy Coconut Ice Cream then drizzled with salty caramel! It’s hands down the most addicting dessert recipe you’ll have this summer! Easy Grilled Pineapple Recipe Happy Birthday to me! Today I am officially 35 years …

Châteaubriand

Contrary to popular belief, the word Châteaubriand does not refer only to a cut of beef, but to a method used to grill or roast a thick cut of beef tenderloin. The steak was originally prepared by a chef named Montmireil in 1822 for a French author, diplomat, and statesman Francois René Vicomte de Chateaubriand. …

Ratatouille

This colorful Provençal vegetable ragout is traditionally made with simple, easily accessible ingredients: courgettes, eggplants, green and red peppers, tomatoes, onions, garlic, and parsley. The name ratatouille stems from the old Occitan word ratatolha, and the French word touiller, both meaning to toss, or to stir up, referring to the cooking process in which the ingredients are first simmered separately—seasoned with …

Crème brûlée

This traditional egg custard dessert consists of egg yolks, cream, sugar, and vanilla, with a hard, burnt, toffee crust. The combination is cooked, transferred into ramekins, poached in a bain-marie, then well chilled. The chilled custard is typically set in wide, flat dishes, and is then topped with brown sugar which is either caramelized under …

Foie gras

French for fatty liver, this decadent, expensive food product is made by using a controversial force-feeding process known as gavage, in which corn is fed to ducks and geese (primarily to the hybrid male Mulard ducks) through a feeding tube.   The livers of birds which are force-fed in this way are enlarged and full of a buttery, slightly sweet …