I never make appetizers, but today, today I did!! I feel like I should get a pat on the back or something…Whoo Hoo! I don’t know why I never make appetizers, I mean they are SO good. Like better than a full meal because with an appetizer you just get to keep snacking, which is awesome. Well I guess I kind of know why I never make appetizers. It’s because I pretty much never entertain....

I have a house full of shrimp lovers, and they always request seafood recipes including shrimp etouffee, popcorn shrimp, and this simple but satisfying shrimp linguine pasta dish. If you love seafood and pasta, you’ll also want to try my famous crab mac and cheese! My local Italian restaurant makes the best shrimp linguine, and I decided it was time to recreate the dish at home. My version features seared shrimp and tender pasta in a flavorful cream sauce, and it always gets rave reviews....

It’s Memorial Day weekend and summertime is here! It’s the season for icy, cold creamy desserts, chilled drinks, big salads, and so much time spent enjoying long, sun-filled days outside. I just love summertime and I’m so excited it’s here! I knew these pretty popsicles would be the perfect easy recipe to share for the holiday weekend. You really do have to make these, there is no excuse, they are so simple!...

If there’s one recipe my cousin Abby asks me to make every fall it’s a white chicken chili. Well, white chicken chili and a classic chicken noodle soup. I took care of the chicken noodle soup back in October so I figured it was time to cross the white chicken chili off the list too. If you haven’t figured it out yet, Abby loves soup! For the longest time I wasn’t on the “white chicken chili” train, but I’ve changed my tune....

Sharing an easy, weeknight, takeout-at-home-style dinner, Crispy Sesame Garlic Chili Oil Noodles. Homemade spicy chili oil with crispy garlic, shallots, and sesame seeds all tossed with quick-cooking rice noodles and fresh herbs. These noodles are saucy, just a little spicy, and the recipe comes together in no time at all (about 25-minutes). Perfect for busy weeknights when you’re looking for something with a little more flavor, but still quick, and delicious....

It’s been the longest time since I shared a recipe with peanut sauce. But I love this sauce. Every time I make it I ask myself why I don’t use it more often. I’m seeing a chopped peanut salad in our future for sure! The idea for this recipe came pretty naturally. I was at Whole Foods, and they had a great cut of flank steak and nice-looking fresh mangos....

Well, these are different! I never make burgers, but something inside me really wanted to make THIS burger. Something chipotle salmon was the original idea. And then a burger just sounded so fun for the spring and summer months. I decided a burger could be a great recipe, so I nervously tested the recipe, and you all? These burgers are something special. So special that my dad mentioned this might be his favorite dinner of all....

When I made Sourdough Burger Buns, the original plan was to make KFC style Veg Zinger Burger but then I didn’t have any luck finding iceberg lettuce. As the burgers were soft and fluffy, I dreamed of making street-food style Tawa Burger. Our vegetable bounty was just delivered and after the soap & water bath, they were resting on our dining table and I had to think on my feet to use the burger buns quick enough to keep up with our dinner plans....

Or maybe it’s your dinner and then lunch tomorrow. Oh yeah, that should be they way it goes. Like you can eat the pasta warm (or not, whatever you prefer) tonight for dinner and then have it cold tomorrow for lunch. Two meals, made in 20 minutes or less?!? I know it’s cheesy and all, but I have to say, that is totally “killing two birds with one stone”. Kind of perfect for these busy summer days, huh?...

I went to college in San Diego, and aside from the year round beautiful weather and amazing beaches, another hallmark of the area is the seafood. There are fish taco restaurants everywhere you look in San Diego, and as a college student looking for an inexpensive yet delicious meal I frequented them often. Although it’s been years since I lived there I still love a good seafood taco, especially when shrimp is involved....

Honestly speaking, there was a time when I didn’t bother making garam masala at home (you could call it a phase of laziness). It was only about 4-5 years ago that I began grinding my own blend. And got totally hooked! Besides infusing your dishes with distinct flavors, at the same time garam masala enhances the overall sensory experience of the dish many folds. Why Make Garam Masala at home Before we begin to take about how amazing this spice mix is, I need to talk about why you need to make your own....

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There are a few Thanksgiving recipes that are must-haves at my holiday meal. My family always requires that I make sausage stuffing, sweet potato casserole with pecans, candied yams, corn souffle, butterflake rolls, pumpkin cheesecake and fresh cranberry sauce. It’s so tempting to just pick up a can of cranberry sauce for the holidays, but once you try making homemade cranberry sauce, you’ll never go back to the store bought stuff!...

Homemade Goldfish. Yes, we are making them, and HBH family, I am so excited. These are fun! And delicious. Of course. It’s probably not a secret at this point, but I’m really having a lot of fun making homemade versions of my favorite childhood foods. Just a couple weeks ago, I made homemade cinnamon toast crunch. Before that, it was homemade frosted brown sugar cinnamon pop tarts. Before those pop tarts I made homemade chocolate fudge pop tarts....

I have been hinting about this recipe all week, and I’m pretty excited to finally be sharing this honeycrisp apple pandowdy with you all today. I’m sure you guys have noticed, but I have definitely switched into full-on fall mode. Don’t hate me, but I am loving creating these cozier recipes and using up all the perfectly sweet September apples. I feel like this is OKAY. I mean, fall officially starts a week from today, so really I am just preparing you guys with all the delicious recipes… You can thank me later when you’re baking up this pandowdy, smelling it’s amazingness as it bakes, and then enjoying every last warm, gooey bite....

Here’s the thing, baking cookies and putting them in a box isn’t really a hard thing to do, right? Yeah, we get that. But baking cookies and arranging them in the box, not only to look cute but also be protected, and then properly shipping them off…well that can be a little tricky. One of my favorite Christmas traditions is shipping out Christmas cookie boxes to friends, family, and people I work with....

I never really thought I’d be saying this about matcha, but I’m genuinely so excited to share this recipe. Not only do I love the drink itself, but I love how pretty this latte is. It’s ever so perfectly sweet, totally delicious, and beautiful! To back up a little for you, I’m not someone who regularly enjoys tea. I do love a homemade lemon hibiscus iced tea, but I make it more like lemonade and less like tea....

The names were all Asher’s choice…if it was up to me, I would have gone with completely unconventional names like Hermione and Granger…because well, I am a Harry Potter freak. Also, just putting this out there, when I do finally get a dog, his name will most definitely be Hedwig (the white owl in Harry Potter). It may seem weird, but I love that name and I desperately want a white husky, with a grey strip down its nose and blue eyes....

When the winter months roll around, I find myself baking up plenty of dessert recipes including eggnog cake, thumbprint cookies, Oreo stuffed cookies, peppermint patties, peanut brittle and these delightful little Italian cookies. Italian Cookies Ingredients To make Italian cookies make sure you have butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, almond extract, flour, baking powder and sprinkles. For the frosting you will need powdered sugar, vanilla extract, almond extract and cream....

Today let’s travel to the land of many beauties – Kerala. It is rightly called as God’s own country, with its very picturesque & scenic locations. As I have said multiple times in the past, I have been to Kerala many times and still, there is a lot to explore! Being stuck at home on quarantine, I am letting my mind wander over the past travel memories, reminiscing gorgeous locales and beautiful food we devoured....