Enjoy this beautiful salad made with pantry-friendly canned chickpeas, pomegranate arils, fork-tender potatoes, and your favorite herbs (think cilantro! mint!). Toss it with a sweet and sour dressing made with lime juice and a little brown sugar. What’s Chaat? This dish is my version of the humble chana—it means “chickpea” in Urdu—chaat I grew up eating in Lahore, Pakistan. Chaat is a street food found in parts of South Asia, like Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh....

We tucked char siu into banh mi sandwiches, stuffed it into steamed buns, threw it into fried rice, and added it to noodle soups. We also snuck slices of it from my mom’s cutting board. She used NOH brand of char siu seasoning mix, which contained artificial coloring to create a cheery red exterior—just like what we saw and ate in Chinatown and Little Saigon. It wasn’t nuanced and complex in flavor, but she was cooking like many of her peers....

It’s basically a cheesy garlic bread, but so much more fun AND delicious! Cheese, garlic and bread – in pull apart bread form. You can’t go wrong. Guaranteed to be the most popular thing at any gathering you take it to! A CHEESY PULL APART GARLIC BREAD “You will never be able to look at garlic bread the same again….” If you haven’t tried this Cheese and Garlic Crack Bread before, let me warn you now: garlic bread will never be the same again....

This Cheesy Potato Casserole is an update on a very classic casserole. The old school version is a creamy dish of pure comfort food. I kept the flavors but ditched the canned soup for a homemade sauce! The result is a baking dish full of deliciousness that can be the main focus of a dinner plate served with a side salad or grilled protein. Video: How to Make Cheesy Potato Casserole I was pretty concerned that my kids wouldn’t touch this casserole — my five-year-old hates cheese....

On a brisk walk one day, we discovered the path covered with chestnuts. We gathered a bunch and took them back to where we were staying. Not knowing exactly how to cook them, but having seen plenty of NYC vendors with pans of hot chestnuts in them, we decided to pan roast them. We placed the chestnuts in a single layer in a large frying pan and put them on high heat....

This was going to be crispy pineapple chicken – until I started cooking and realised part-way through that I had no pineapple! We’ve ALWAYS got tinned pineapple in, so I’m thinking the kids have been raiding my cupboards for sneaky snacks. I guess I can cope with that - so long as they don’t find my chocolate supply! So I made a last minute change and went for Crispy Chinese Plum Chicken Stir Fry instead....

Chocolate + Stout Cake I’m not a big chocolate person. Nor am I a huge stout drinker. Yet, combine the two together for Guinness chocolate cake, and you have my attention. The two ingredients have a lot of dark, husky flavor notes in common and combined with a bit of flour, sugar, and sour cream they blend into a rich as old money dessert that’s perfect for any St. Patrick’s day party....

CHOCOLATE Zucchini Bread?? Are you MAD?? If you’re new to this whole Chocolate Zucchini Bread concept, here’s all you need to know: it is a “thing”. Probably initially born as a way to use up an abundance of zucchini when they’re in season, dolled up to entice little people (and big people who are as fussy about greens as little people). But then once people realised how ridiculously FUDGY zucchini makes it, the idea stuck....

“That good, eh? I’m glad you like them,” I answered smiling. We finally had to freeze the few remaining, lest we completely destroy our appetites for the entire day. The problem with these sticky buns, loaded with melted brown sugar and pecans, is that they are irresistible. And, once you have one, you must have another. Sticky buns are are baked in a pan with the nuts and sweeteners on the bottom....

Can you freeze Chicken a la King? Yes, you can freeze chicken a la king, but it is better if you eat it fresh. If you still want to freeze this dish wait until it has cooled, then place it in freezer-safe containers or freezer bags. Keep frozen for up to 1 month. What can you serve Chicken a la King on? While you can eat chicken a la king by itself it is usually served up on top of something else....

When I need a good party food or want to impress some friends I usually turn to mussels cooked in coconut milk and curry. It’s affordable, easy to prepare, and has a definite wow factor. These mussels take on the flavors of the broth which is spiked with lemongrass, pungent red chilies, and makrut lime leaves leaving them with a distinct Thai flavor. The mussels themselves infuse the broth with a light salty brine that cuts through the richness of the coconut milk....

Traditionally the “peas” are pigeon peas, often substituted with kidney beans (which is what we are using). The rice is cooked in coconut milk. Oh my gosh. This is one of those I-can’t-wait-to-make-it-again dishes. Our version is a little different from the traditional rice and peas in that we sauté onion and garlic to start the recipe, then add a little fresh grated ginger for added zing. Serve it with curry, roasted meats, jerk chicken or all by itself....

I’m sure we give the impression that we make everything at home from scratch, and could never order takeout. While we do enjoy cooking at home, we also absolutely love eating out. Chick-fil-A nuggets are one of our favorite comfort foods, and you will certainly not be disappointed by this copycat recipe. We love taking some of our favorite restaurant meals and then recreating them in the kitchen. It saves money, typically saves time, and always tastes so much better!...

It’s a fun idea visually, in my mind, which is where it will likely stay. (How many cranberries does it take to fill a bathtub?) You too can fantasize about swimming in a sea of cranberries, especially if they are baked into an upside-down cake like this one. Cranberry jewels surrounded by a caramelized sauce cover the surface and bleed their tart sweet flavor into a dense, orange-zest speckled cake....

Ready in just 30 minutes and truly easy to make, it’s perfect as a first course at dinner, but you can also serve a bowl of it for lunch. I was never a big fan of soups until I met my husband. He loves soups, and he’s the one who got me hooked on them. He used to make this amazing onion soup in the winter that I really loved....

From the number of pasta bakes and other pasta recipes on our site, I think you can guess how much we love pasta. I often make tomato-based pasta dishes, but today I felt like sharing a rich and creamy pasta bake. This one is definitely rich! Pasta smothered in a creamy sauce with a little garlic and a hint of white wine (optional) with parmesan, cheddar AND mozzarella! Not forgetting the shredded chicken (a great way to use up leftover chicken) and lots of lovely mushrooms....

This recipe answers one of the most pressing summertime conundrums, which is how on earth am I going to use up all this darn zucchini? If your garden is bursting at the seams with summer squash, this pasta is here to help you turn it into a seriously delicious and quick weeknight dinner. It’s the winning ticket to get a picky eater to eat more vegetables—it’s so creamy and luxurious, you’d never know that it’s full of hearty veg....

This post is sponsored by Love Pork. Stranded on a desert island with one food to take with them, sausages would be the hands-down winner for my kids every time. When I was younger, I remember sausages being served in one of only three ways – sausage butties, sausage and mash or toad in the hole! Jump forward 30 (ish) years and I’m amazed at the delicious creations people make using sausages....

Crispy Baked Chicken Legs If you ask me, on a sheer scale of munchability (new word) chicken drumsticks beat out chicken breasts any old day. I’d rather be grabbing a drumstick with my fingers and chomping that meaty flesh off the bone than daintily nibbling a chicken breast with a knife and fork! But, maybe that’s just me. So if you’re in my camp – or actually, even if you’re not (!...

“This noodle stir fry is off the charts when it comes to effort vs output.” This is an example of a fast meal you can make using Slow Cooker Crispy Chinese Shredded Chicken which is great for freezing. When it comes to fast meals, this is by far my best for effort vs output. These stir fry noodles are a complete meal with almost an entire bunch of Chinese broccoli tossed throughout the noodles and it honestly takes just 10 minutes to make using leftover Slow Cooker Crispy Chinese Shredded Chicken....