Mac and cheese is a classic dish, but I like to jazz things up a bit by creating new versions such as jalapeno popper mac and cheese, chili mac and this spicy buffalo chicken macaroni and cheese. Mac and cheese is great on its own, but it’s even better when you amp up the flavor with crispy chicken and a generous amount of hot sauce. This buffalo chicken mac and cheese is so fun to eat, and it happens to be quite easy to make too!...

There’s not much better than a fabulous steak taco, and it’s so easy to make restaurant style carne asada at home. You can use this grilled meat in burritos, nachos, on top of a Mexican caesar salad, or simply serve it over rice and beans! I’ve got a lot of tacos on this site, in fact, I’ve covered most of the traditional favorites! One thing I’m missing is a steak taco, and I hereby present you with these incredibly delicious carne asada tacos....

In my house, we enjoy Mexican food at least once a week. Some of our favorites include chile Colorado, marinated carne asada, chile verde, pumpkin enchiladas, chicken fajita foil packets and this savory carne guisada. My local Mexican restaurant makes the absolute best carne guisada. I decided it was time to learn to make this classic dish at home! It turns out that this tender beef is actually quite simple to make, with ingredients that you probably already have on hand....

If you love a good bacon cheeseburger, you’ll adore this unique pasta dish! It’s packed with meat, cheese, tender pasta and of course bacon for a satisfying dinner the entire family will go crazy over. My kids love cheeseburgers, and they also happen to love pasta. I combined their two favorites to make this hearty bacon cheeseburger pasta. Let me just tell you, at first I was a bit skeptical of how this would all come together....

You can never go wrong with a good chocolate dessert, some of my favorite include chocolate coconut cake, chocolate peanut butter pie, chocolate chip blondies and these amazing cream cheese brownies. Cheesecake BrownieS Ingredients To make these cheesecake brownies you will need butter, semisweet chocolate chips, granulated sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, flour, cocoa powder and salt for the brownie layer. For the cheesecake layer make sure to have cream cheese, granulated sugar, an egg and vanilla extract....

Let the countdown begin! Twenty-five days until Christmas – Happy December everyone! I know I’ve been saying this all week, but I’m so excited for the holiday season, I just know it will be magical! I have so many fun new recipes to share with you all, and on a personal note, I can’t wait to enjoy the season! Watch all the holiday movies, find the perfect gifts, and bake all the cookies!...

I’m always looking for fast and simple ways to get lunch on the table. Some of my favorite options include avocado egg salad, rainbow veggie pinwheels, avocado tuna salad and this creamy and delicious chicken salad with grapes. You can never go wrong with chicken salad – it’s flavorful, takes minutes to put together, and is a great way to use up leftovers. This chicken salad with grapes has the perfect blend of sweet and savory, and is always a big hit....

You can never go wrong with chicken for dinner, whether it’s chicken riggies, creamy garlic chicken, bourbon chicken, chicken Florentine, chicken cacciatore or this simple yet totally satisfying scallopini. Chicken scallopini is one of those dinner options that looks fancy, but is actually surprisingly quick to make. The combination of crispy chicken with lemon just cannot be beat! What does scallopini mean? The Italian word “scaloppine” means small scallops, but in modern terms, this dish has become associated with meat that is sliced and pounded thin into cutlets....

Chocolate covered cherries are one of my all time favorite candies, along with rum balls, rocky road fudge and peppermint patties. These dessert recipes make great holiday gifts, party favors, or a snack to satisfy any chocolate craving. These cherries are also perfect for Valentine’s Day along with a homemade heart cake! My favorite candy store is See’s candy. And every time I go in there, I order chocolate covered cherries, they’re my all time favorite candy....

BUT how amazing do these chocolate dunked salted honey nut bars look (and sound)?!? Like salted honey and nuts?!?! Dunked in chocolate?!?!? The struggle to contain my excitement about these bars is REAL . I feel like I should mention that in the time frame of TWO days I made these bars FIVE times. Yes, five times. Over the past week, two batches were consumed solely by me, two batches traveled all the way to South Korea with my parents, little brother and little sister, and there is one batch left in my freezer....

This time between Thanksgiving and Christmas is always the most special. Holiday parties, holiday shopping, end-of-the-year craziness, and all while continuing to care for our families and ourselves! It’s a lot, but I still find this time to be magical. The nights are long and meant to be slowly enjoyed. And this short rib bourguignon is wonderful for that! It’s an easier way to create a French-style stew recipe! Beef Bourguignon is a French beef stew slow braised in red wine....

Short ribs are one of those foods. Until recently, I had never made them, but I am pretty sure they are my new go to food. Basically, I have already made them twice in the last two weeks and no one has complained. They are just that good. But you know what is not good? So not good that I honestly cannot stop thinking about how bad it was! Which means I have to tell you about it....

Cause um, I SO am. Gnocchi with ragu? Yes, please. Am I totally annoying you now? SORRY. I have kind of been in this mood lately where I am saying weird things and acting all funny. My random texts are even better. Pretty sure my brother thinks I am going through an early twenty’s life crisis. Pretty sure I just really like messing with him. I think it may be all these paint fumes, they are starting to get to my brain....

If you know me, then you know that I have a true love for a good layer cake. I find them beautiful, delicious, and at times a challenge to photograph. But I always end up loving them. I would say that nine and a half times out of ten, if you ask me to bake a cake, it will be a layer cake. If I’m baking for a chocolate lover, I turn to my standard three-layer chocolate cake....

We all know how much I love a good pizza, I have many many here on the blog. So I don’t say this lightly when I say…I’m pretty sure this is the best pizza I’ve ever made. Most of my favorites include an herb/pesto base, and more times than not burrata as well. This pizza is nothing like any of my other favorites. This pizza is more of a classic, but with a twist....

You can make this egg pulao recipe in pressure cooker or instant pot as well. If you want to make egg pulao without vegetables, skip the potatoes. Got leftover rice? I am also including instructions to make egg pulao with cooked rice in this post. Also known as Ande ka pulao, I started making this pulao when my kids were toddlers and on some evenings I had very limited time to make dinner....

It had been a big dream come true for me, making Gingerbread Men at home. I have always adored these cute little cookies during Christmas time and I have always wanted to make them at home. I don’t know what stopped me from until now, but when I am determined to make something, nothing can change it. I ordered the gingerbread man cookie cutter and it was delivered to me couple of days early, pushing me to make these Eggless Gingerbread Cookies finally!...

My first post on the blog this year and here am sharing a sweet treat – Eggless Honey Cake recipe to start off the new year on a sweet note. It so happened that almost all my recipes in the last couple of weeks have been sweets and am hoping to end this streak pretty soon. I do have some beautiful curries, breakfast recipes and snacks that I can’t wait to share them all here....

{the prettiest tree at the Little Italy Farmers Market} The thing I love about my family is that even though there are so many of us, we all love each other and get along. My siblings and cousins are truly my best friends and I would not have it any other way. I feel pretty lucky to have so many amazing people in my life. Since there are SO many of us, it’s hard to get us all in one place at the same time, but this past weekend we ended up doing just that, and it could not have been more perfect....

Long time no bread recipe right? I am here to amend that with this beautiful, super simple and easy to make no-knead Focaccia with Olives and Rosemary. Focaccia happens to be my favorite type of bread, as it requires no effort at all and most importantly, requires no kneading. My sister gifted me a kitchenaid stand mixer last year, which is such a great addition to my kitchen. I got into wrist related problems last year which made kneading dough next to impossible task....