Recipes for Real Life
One of my absolute favorite ingredients to work with is the carmelized onion. Nothing can compare to the sweet and savory flavor drawn out over the slow-cooking process. Carmelized onions take time (at least an hour … if a recipe says you are carmelizing onions in 15 minutes, it’s a lie!), but they are incredibly …
Elaborate lunches are not my thing. I’m a teacher, so I have about 25 minutes to eat before it’s back to class. It’s a challenge to come up with healthy, make-ahead lunches that are filling and tasty. This salad covers all the bases and you can mix up the ingredients for a variety of options. …
Food and cooking has always played a large role in my family. Over twenty years ago, my mom decided to create a cookbook compiling recipes from both sides of our extended families. That cookbook has been a go-to for my family’s meals ever since. My aunt Terri submitted a delicious recipe for a sausage and …
When I lived in New York, I would frequently find sausage and pea pasta on the menu at Italian restaurants, but when I returned home to the South, I couldn’t find them. I decided to make my own (with a Southern twist), and my first original recipe was born. It has remained one of my …
Whenever you plan to make Vegetable Fried Rice or a good stir fry, you need to make your yum yum sauce a night in advance to make sure that the flavors have time to combine. My son once walked to the grocery store to buy a bottle of pre-made sauce when I forgot to do …
When ordering white rice at an Asian restaurant, you will notice that it’s light, fluffy, and sticks together. You can make this type of rice at home by, first, rinsing the starch off of regular converted white rice and, then, cooking it through a steaming process. You will want to do this a day ahead …
I am not a fan of deep frying at home; it’s just not a skill I’ve mastered. But my son loves buffalo wings, so I found a way around the frying. Baking the wings on a rack keeps the chicken out of the fat, so the skin gets nice and crispy. There are two added …
I often find when I order a spinach artichoke dip at a restaurant, I get a lot of creamy cheese and a little spinach and artichoke. This recipe from my mom has ample amounts of both vegetables making for a much heartier dip. You can adjust the amount of artichokes and spinach to your liking. …
After our pandemic Super Bowl party of 3, we had lots of leftovers. I decided to incorporate some leftover spinach artichoke dip into a sandwich using the viral TikTok wrap hack. If you don’t have leftover dip, you could always use your favorite store-bought version. I cook my chicken breasts using this method from Gimme …
This salad incorporates the classic combination of blue cheese, pears, and walnuts. The peppery arugula stands up nicely to the blue cheese, and the lemon juice and pear add brightness. This is a great side salad with steak. I take help from the supermarket by purchasing glazed walnuts, but you could, of course, make your …
