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What’s your favorite steakhouse meal? Mine is a perfect filet mignon or sirloin steak paired with a blue cheese wedge salad. But you don’t have to go to a fancy steakhouse to enjoy this signature meal! I’ll show you how to make a wedge salad at home – it’s quick an easy. This is the keto wedge salad recipe you’ll want to keep coming back to again and again! I love wedge salads because they have all of the components you want in a salad: crunchy lettuce, sweet tomatoes, salty bacon, and creamy blue cheese dressing....

These keto healthy pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting are an absolute essential to make during pumpkin season — and you don’t have to be keto to enjoy them! They bake up soft and sweet with a rich icing (based on my sugar-free cream cheese frosting recipe). And thanks to a few easy ingredient swaps, they have no white flour or sugar whatsoever. Ingredients & Substitutions This section explains how to choose the best ingredients for keto pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting, what each one does in the recipe, and substitution options....

KFC fried chicken There are a wide range of restaurants that offer fried chicken on their menus. From KFC and Chick-fil-a to upscale trendy restaurants, there is a bit of a trend that can satisfy the cravings of fried chicken lovers in a variety of settings and price points. But that is not to say that making fried chicken at home is out of your grasp. It is certainly a worthwhile endeavor for those who want that crunchy exterior that yields to its juicy, tender interior with all of the flavor and texture that we have come to expect....

There are dozens of very good grilled pork chop marinades but this one really stands out. There is something about it that makes the taste very special. Perhaps it’s the perfect balance of sweet, pungent, savory, salty and tangy notes. Or the Asian-inspired flavors that are bold and big. Pork chops made with this marinade are out of bounds. There is plenty of flavor in every bite. This is the kind of a pork chop you just want to keep eating....

I’m still on my Indian food kick! Obviously my chicken korma, coconut curry chicken and tandoori chicken recipes needed a side dish, and keto naan bread – or low carb naan as it’s also called – is it! This keto naan with almond flour makes a delicious flatbread that pairs perfectly with Indian food, but also would be a great side to soup or salad. I can’t wait to hear what you all think about this keto naan recipe!...

This mango spinach banana smoothie is not only incredibly healthy, but it’s also refreshing, creamy, and flat-out DELISH. Now, before you question whether or not a green smoothie can truly taste that good, what if I said you can add mango and banana to your smoothie for a flavor that tastes like a tropical vacay? Now we’re talking. <—Unless I caught you mid-slurp. Go ahead and finish. We can high five over a healthy breakfast smoothie that’s reminiscent of an island getaway as soon as you come up for air....

The first few days of January are always bittersweet for me. I anticipate the holidays so much, then whoosh. One second I’m eating my family’s favorite Chestnut Stuffing and playing with my niece on Christmas morning, then the next I’m home and facing a loooooong winter. As much as I’d like to rewind and relive the long Christmas weekend over and over (another helping of Healthy Sweet Potato Casserole, please), I know part of what makes the holidays special is that they come but once a year....

Pav bhaji, Vada pav, misal pav and masala pav are some of the foods made with Indian dinner rolls. Each of one of these are so much flavorful, delicious and easy to make at home. For hygiene reasons, these are best prepared at home. I prefer to make all of these at home as my kids keep asking. Making masala pav is the easiest of all these and just takes about 20 to 25 mins....

About Matar Paneer Matar Paneer is a popular North Indian dish of Indian cottage cheese aka Paneer and peas cooked in a spicy and flavorsome curry. Matar Paneer translates to peas paneer where ‘Matar’ is the Hindi word for ‘peas’ and ‘paneer’ for “Indian cheese”. This classic dish is said to have originated in Punjab region but is made in numerous ways across the country. Every Indian home and even every family may have a different recipe....

It’s also the latest installment to the “I’m in my sweatpants and going to the store sounds like a lot of effort, so let’s see if I can avoid it” saga (this popular Chipotle Bowl was the first episode if you’d like to catch up). Better use of on-hand ingredients. No need to put on real clothes. This is clearly a win-win recipe (like Taco Salad and Cowboy Chicken) that we all can (and should) support....

This list tells me that you all love healthy recipes that still taste delicious. ME TOO. You’re also busy. I HEAR YOU. The dishes on this list are easy and quick. You can expect many more quick, easy, healthy, and incredibly delicious recipes from me in 2020! You also can expect MY COOKBOOK. It is packed with my best recipes EVER—all brand new and never before published, including many wonderful, healthy, and easy dinners....

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! It’s officially less than a month until Christmas so it’s completely acceptable to bring out the Christmas recipes and I’m kicking it off with these Oreo Cheesecake Balls. Oreo balls, or oreo truffles as they are also known, have been around for years but I still find people who are yet to try them. And boy are you in for a treat if you haven’t!...

This apple, onion and cider-braised pork roast has ‘autumn’ written all over it, but it’s hard not to like it at any time of the year, even summer. This dish would also be a great option if you want to supplement turkey for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. It’s very simple, relatively quick to make and is quite fool-proof. There is no need to worry about the internal meat temperature and meat thermometers....

I feel wrongfully punished by the brevity of peach season, an injustice I bear by purchasing peaches in irrational quantities. Using my supply to work peaches into every meal (this list of peach recipes has plenty of ideas to keep us busy) is a challenge I embrace with enthusiasm, starting with breakfast. A Peach Smoothie is the move when I want a best-behavior healthy start. For something more indulgent, I’ve been known to top Peach Crisp with yogurt and call it breakfast....

Who can resist rich and velvety cream cheese filling on a bed of crisp and buttery graham cracker crust? That’s what this recipe serves up. With the perfect balance of sweet, tart, and creamy, this cheesecake will blow your taste buds away. The filling is light and not overly sweet. Together with the crust, it creates a magnificent texture contrast that I can only describe as heavenly. Best of all, it only takes three steps to make it....

Pineapple Sheera Pineapple Kesari or Pineapple Sheera is a South Indian sweet pudding where roasted semolina is cooked with ripe pineapple, sugar and ghee. An artificial color or saffron is added to impart an yellow or orange color. You can always find pineapple kesari on most restaurants and Tiffin center Menus all over Karnataka. This classic sweet dish is made in the same lines as the traditional Sheera, an Indian semolina pudding....

Nothing makes my family smile like a hot lasagna on the table. After you try this Pressure Cooker Lasagna, you might want to give my Four Cheese Lasagna a try as well! 😊 This post is sponsored by Campbells®. All opinions are my own. Lasagna in the pressure cooker? Well, color me surprised! When Campbells® invited me to participate in this project by creating a prepless recipe that would be helpful to busy families, I panicked....

This post is sponsored by Icons of European Taste, a joint promotional campaign to promote Prosciutto di San Daniele, Grana Padano and Prosciutto di Parma. If you love easy appetizers, make sure to also get the recipes for Roasted Garlic Baked Ricotta, Blue Cheese Fig Tart, Baked Camembert with Garlic and Rosemary and Hot Smoked Gouda Bacon Dip. The easiest savory tart you will ever make! It’s official! Christmas season is here....

Cream cheese frosting. One of my less-polite habits is wiping all but the thinnest layer of frosting from my slice of cake, because I find most frosting recipes to be overly sweet or even greasy. I’ve even gone so far as to demonstrate this behavior at weddings, which is usually the point in the evening when, if he didn’t already at the sight of my attempted line dance to “Cotton Eyed Joe,” Ben pretends he doesn’t know me....

The festival is celebrated for 9 days and the first day marks the birthday of God Ganesha. Various kinds of modaks are made in households to offer during the Pooja. While the traditional modak are made with rice flour, the fancy ones can be made with mawa, milk powder, dry fruits, flour and even with semolina. Rava Modak Rava modak are sweet dumplings where the outer covering is made with semolina and the stuffing is made with coconut, jaggery and cardamom powder....