You know when you see a recipe for a fast, fabulous appetiser but when you read the recipe, the ingredients cost $30 involving things like a fillet of wild caught cedar smoked Alaskan salmon (don’t you dare think of getting less than the best!) and 5 different types of herbs? I see recipes like that in gourmet magazines and I so want to be that kind of person who can spend a small fortune to be able to make gourmet food fast....

Madeleines It’s another classic French baking recipe courtesy of Chef Jean-Baptiste! Boy was he determined to get this one just perfect. The reputation of his motherland is on the line here, after all!! There were many, many Madeleines made in the quest to perfect this recipe and find answers to all the what-ifs in the making. We aren’t fussy around these parts… not at all! 😂 So what makes a perfect Madeleine, according to a French chef?...

Maple syrup is just so much of what’s right with the world! Placing it in a cookie can only make it more so. The cookie brings out maple syrup’s sweet natural flavor and pairs it with the velvety taste of brown sugar and the bittersweet bite of fresh walnuts. Allow to cool on the cookie sheet for a minute or two before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely....

It’s not that you don’t want to delight in these preserved goods. You do! It’s just that… they’re so precious, right? You want to save them for a special occasion, right? Or maybe, just maybe, there’s only so much toast with heirloom fruit jam that you can eat, right? Well, my friend Marisa McClellan, a.k.a. the Canning Queen, just came out with a brand new cookbook to help us all with our canned goods dilemma....

I just love saying that word. What Is Rutabaga? What’s a rutabaga? Well, it’s sort of a large turnip glancing in the direction of a sweet potato. It’s yellow in color on the inside, and tastes sort of like a turnip, but somewhat less bitter. It’s also called a “Swede” or a Swedish turnip. I don’t think you can escape Minnesota without having had your fair share of rutabagas, and my dad is no exception....

This 20-minute recipe is ideal for a weeknight dinner or for your holiday table. Leftovers are great too! Sweet potatoes are amazing. And when cooked in the microwave, then mashed with tasty ingredients such as butter and cinnamon, they are a real treat. These tasty additions make the naturally delicious root vegetable even more palatable, and the preparation is done entirely in the microwave - can you say EASY? Oh, and leftovers are excellent too!...

My family always gives me grief about how often I make Middle Eastern dishes for family dinners. Or, as they usually say, “Middle Eastern inspired” dishes. Hmph! I don’t think I make that many Middle Eastern dishes. Though….I just remembered….I do have an entire Middle Eastern recipes collection on my blog! Well, there’s a good reason for it! I love food with big flavours and Middle Eastern food is loaded with flavour....

And it just happens to be made with only 6 ingredients: Nutella, cream cheese, biscuits for the base, butter, cream and icing sugar (confectionary sugar). That’s it! This no bake sweet treat is dedicated to all those who declared it to be such torture that the last recipe I shared was a luscious hearty Irish Beef & Guinness Stew when they are in the middle of a heat wave. 😉 That some of my readers are currently freezing their tails off with me in the Southern Hemisphere winter while others are enjoying summer in the Northern Hemisphere makes it rather fun as a food blogger because it means I get to share recipes that swing between opposite seasons....

These Morning Glory muffins are like carrot cake cupcakes, though not as sweet and at least somewhat more nutritious. They’re mixed with grated carrots and apple, along with raisins, walnuts, and spices. Curious about where Morning Glory muffins first originated? Most bakers attribute them to the Morning Glory Cafe on Nantucket, an island off the coast of Massachusetts. That was in the 1970s when bakers were first starting to experiment with adding vegetables such as grated carrots and zucchini to their baked goods....

This is a cookbook exclusive recipe! This recipe is exclusive to my debut cookbook Dinner which includes a how-to video for every recipe. Just scan the QR code! Just to explain…. I know, it’s confusing! You’re so used to getting recipes on my website – there’s over 1,200 of them, after all. And here you are looking at a tasty recipe video and I haven’t provided the recipe. 🙀 I’m not just doing this to torture you, I promise....

This recipe is vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free Easy mushroom rice pilaf recipe Today I will be sharing with you how to make mushroom rice in easy steps (don’t forget to watch the video at the end). This recipe would make you think again if you don’t love mushrooms. Even my picky eater couldn’t resist it. I have been making simple rice pilaf over time and I must say this mushroom rice takes the hat....

When I was young, every birthday was the same. We gathered at my grandparents’ house to celebrate the four July birthdays (technically, my grandmother was born in June, but she gets lumped in with the July babies), unfolding card tables and chairs to fit the entire extended clan. There was so much food: vermicelli heaped with scallion oil, egg rolls straight from the fryer, chicken curries, my favorite shrimp and sweet potato fritters, and, above all, one giant bakery cake from Publix, always brandished with great fanfare....

This is a reader-favourite recipe included by popular demand in my debut cookbook “Dinner”! 🌶 Welcome back to Indian Week! 🌶 This week there will be three brand new, iconic Indian recipes to make your very own Indian feast: Plus a colourful side salad – a Cabbage & Carrot Thoran-style Salad! (PS I am literally obsessed with that salad…) Naan recipe Truly fluffy, chewy, bubbly naan has eluded me for years....

The cilantro, kalamata olives, olive oil, and lemon juice elevate this simple salad into a delicacy. And using fully cooked octopus means it’s so easy to assemble. Ingredients You’ll only need a few simple ingredients to make this flavorful octopus salad. The exact measurements are listed in the recipe card below. Here’s an overview of what you’ll need: While we very much enjoyed the meaty platters of parrilla we were served: It was succulent, flavorful, and well-seasoned....

Enjoy as it is or serve with Mississippi chicken, garlic chicken thighs, baked pesto butter salmon, garlic bread, and more. Olive oil pasta recipe Whether you choose to call this dish spaghetti with olive oil and garlic or Pasta Aglio e Olio, it is a classic Italian pasta dish that is beloved by many. A perfect weeknight meal, this dish is flavor-packed and comes together in just minutes! It is simple to make and only requires a few ingredients that you likely already have on hand....

The original recipe We can’t take all the credit for this one though. We have adapted it from a recipe we found and loved on Damn Delicious. You can get the full recipe here, however, it is not Paleo. We switched it up a little with different vegetables and also ditched the refined sugar. All in all, this is one tasty and well-rounded meal surely to satisfy all of the mouths in your household, and here is a snapshot of how ours comes together....

When I ask Chris to ‘just try a little bit of this mushroom’, his response is always: ‘Why would I want to eat fungus? You’re basically offering me mould ‘. …and that’s why the kids won’t eat mushrooms too. Unlike with my fungus-hating husband, I have the power to make the kids try something. We have a rule in our house. You can’t say you don’t like something unless you’ve tried it....

Just for fun, the Simply Recipes team got covet-y and spilled the beans on what we really want this holiday season. And because we’re a wishful bunch, we narrowed down our list to the delicious and delightful kitchen and food products we hope to unwrap this year and categorized them into two sections: our favorite gifts under $50 and our big-ticket dream wishlist beyond any dollar restraints. P.S. Got tons of gifts to wrap?...

10 minutes in a hot oven and they emerge wonderfully succulent and flavorful! The entire recipe takes just 25 minutes to make. I always have a bag of shrimp in the freezer. They are quick to defrost and very easy to cook. They’re tiny, so they cook really fast! Plus, my entire family loves them so I make them fairly often. These oven-baked shrimp parmesan are amazing. The combination of butter, garlic and Parmesan is delicious, and - just as important - this is such an easy recipe....