Shrimp and Chicken Fried Rice Are you looking for a tasty meal that’s packed with flavor, is easy to prepare, and can be made in just one pan? This Shrimp and Chicken Fried Rice recipe is the perfect solution! This shrimp and chicken fried rice combines rice with tender shrimp, juicy chicken, eggs, a colorful…
Side Dish
Spanakorizo
Spanakorizo (Greek Spinach Rice) Spanakorizo is a traditional Greek spinach rice that is cooked with onions, garlic, dill, parsley, and herbs. Stir in a generous helping of feta cheese to complete the dish. This Spanakorizo is a perfect side dish for fish, roast beef, roast lamb, or chicken, like my Greek Lemon Garlic Chicken. The flavors…
Spanakopita With Puff Pastry
Spanakopita With Puff Pastry Spanakopita is the Greek savory spinach pie enjoyed around the world. This spanakopita with puff pastry combines a tasty mixture of spinach, feta cheese, eggs, onions, fresh dill, and other herbs and spices in a puff pastry dough. While traditional spanakopita is made with phyllo dough, this recipe uses puff pastry,…
Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce
Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce (Homemade Cranberry Sauce) This whole berry cranberry sauce incorporates fresh cranberries, orange juice, cranberry juice, Grand Marnier, sugar, vanilla extract, and a little cinnamon. Once you’ve had made from scratch cranberry sauce, you’ll never go back to the canned stuff. My uncle used to make this homemade whole berry cranberry sauce…
Jalapeño Creamed Corn
Jalapeño Creamed Corn This Jalapeño Creamed Corn incorporates a delicious balance of flavors and textures. You have the sweetness of the corn along with the heat from the jalapeños. Then you get that slightly salty flavor of the Parmesan cheese. All this is enhanced by the rich cream and cream cheese based sauce. The dish…
Sautéed Haricot Verts
Sautéed Haricot Verts Also known as French green beans, Haricot Verts are smaller and thinner than the American variety of green beans. Cooked property, they will be tender, yet still retain some crispness. This delicious sautéed haricot verts recipe is draped in garlic butter with shallots, and is topped with grated parmesan cheese. Ingredients 1…
Buttered Corn
Buttered Corn Buttered corn is one of the easiest side dishes you can make. This buttered corn is savory and sweet. You’ll enjoy it next to a variety of dishes, such as a Rib Eye Steak or some Chicken Enchiladas Rojas. It would also go great with BBQ, such as BBQ Ribs in the Oven,…
Mamaliga Recipe
Mamaliga Recipe Mamaliga is the Romanian version of comfort food. It is essentially a corn meal mush, that often has other ingredients added to it for flavor. This mamaliga recipe has butter, a variety of cheeses, and cream added to give it richness and creaminess. Originally a peasant food item, you now see it in…
Spinach Artichoke Puff Pastry
Spinach Artichoke Puff Pastry This Spinach Artichoke Puff Pastry recipe is for those of you who love spinach, and especially spinach artichoke dip. These Spinach Artichoke Puff Pastry cups are filled with a combination of four kinds of cheese, plus spinach and artichoke hearts. The outside of these spinach puffs is flaky and crispy, and…
Easy Caprese Salad
Easy Caprese Salad Occasionally, when my husband and I go to an Italian restaurant, we’ll start with an appetizer or two. One of our favorites is actually a very simple but delicious salad called a Caprese Salad. This is the perfect salad to accompany a Spring or Summer meal. The Caprese Salad, also know as…
Smoked Sausage Cornbread
Smoked Sausage Cornbread This Smoked Sausage Cornbread is the Cornbread you’ll want to serve next to your BBQ dishes this summer. Serve this cornbread next to dishes such as my BBQ Ribs in the Oven or my Oven Baked BBQ Chicken. Both made with my Homemade BBQ Sauce. This cornbread would also make a hearty…
Fluffy White Rice with Flavor
White Fluffy Rice with Flavor How many time have you tried the white rice at restaurant or dinner event and thought it was bland? It tastes like rice boiled in water, because it basically was rice boiled in water. Boring! This fluffy white rice is full of delicious flavor from the chicken stock, butter, onions,…