Nobody's going to give you the side-eye if you buy a bag from the grocery store, but homemade croutons are so quick and easy to make, they're totally worth making from scratch instead. Easiest Salad Croutons Homemade garlic croutons. They're the crunchy toppers I crave for ... continue reading... about How to Make Homemade Croutons
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Sautéed Spinach with Garlic
This sautéed spinach recipe with sweet, caramelized slivers of garlic takes just 10 minutes to cook for a healthy side dish that goes with any meal. Healthy Spinach Side Dish Who else is joining me on the eat-more-plants train? And doing it the super easy way? I see you! ... continue reading... about Sautéed Spinach with Garlic
How to Make Caesar Salad Dressing
This deliciously easy and authentic Caesar salad dressing recipe (made with or without anchovies) gets its signature creamy texture from good quality mayonnaise and sour cream with the tang of red wine vinegar. Creamy Caesar Dressing Recipe Homemade salad dressings are some ... continue reading... about How to Make Caesar Salad Dressing
Easy Glazed Carrots
Sweetened with brown sugar, orange juice, and butter, this glazed carrot side dish is a one-pan side cooked right on the stove, in the microwave, or baked in the oven, too. The BEST Brown Sugar Glazed Carrots Aren't carrots just the best? They're inexpensive, always ... continue reading... about Easy Glazed Carrots
Easy Chilaquiles with Eggs Recipe
Thanks to Taco Tuesday’s Mexican-fest that left you with an extra bag of tortilla chips, salsa, and hopefully avocado, all this recipe needs to add is a super simple homemade tomato and chile enchilada sauce and sunny side up eggs to make chilaquiles at home for one of the ... continue reading... about Easy Chilaquiles with Eggs Recipe
Chinese Chicken Salad with Sesame Dressing
This Chinese Chicken Salad takes the healthier high road than the heavier versions I always see at those popular food chains that everyone loves. It's made with crunchy romaine, wontons, and an almond crunch, and is topped with protein-packed chicken breast, pasta noodles, and a ... continue reading... about Chinese Chicken Salad with Sesame Dressing
How to Make Yummy Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Tossed in cinnamon and maple syrup, these roasted sweet potatoes perfectly caramelized exteriors give way to tender, creamy centers with each sweet bite, making them ready for any grain bowl, burrito, or salad that comes their way. Over the years I've learned I'm best at ... continue reading... about How to Make Yummy Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Hummus Veggie Wrap
Use store-bought or homemade hummus in this fast, fresh, and healthy vegetable-filled lunch, and add even more flavor by using your favorite vegetable flavored wrap or tortilla. Healthy Hummus Veggie Wrap This veggie wrap recipe is one of those "recipes" that seems more of ... continue reading... about Hummus Veggie Wrap
No-Mayo Potato Salad with Herbs
Easy to make and lighter to eat, this healthy no-mayo potato salad with fresh herbs and an easy olive oil dressing is the perfect side dish for a crowd. Healthy Potato Salad There are times when a mayo-free potato salad is exactly what's needed. Like those backyard ... continue reading... about No-Mayo Potato Salad with Herbs
The Best DIY Foil Packet Dinners
Cooking an entire dinner in a simple foil packet is every cook's dream. Everyone can choose their own ingredients, you can cook in the oven or on the grill, and there's minimal clean-up afterward when making these foil packet dinners. This post is brought to you by Reynolds ... continue reading... about The Best DIY Foil Packet Dinners
How to Make Quick-Pickled Onions
Quick-pickled onions can be made with just about any variety of vinegar sitting in your pantry and are ready to eat in just a few minutes time. Pickled onions hold a hidden superpower in the condiment world where they morph in flavor from being sweet like ketchup to tangy ... continue reading... about How to Make Quick-Pickled Onions
Arugula Salad With Shaved Parmesan Three Ways
The fresh bite of this arugula salad with a simple lemon dressing and shaved Parmesan is made three ways for three easy salad recipe ideas to go with any dinner's main course meal. What Is Arugula? Choosing a main course dinner idea is pretty easy to do. But when it comes ... continue reading... about Arugula Salad With Shaved Parmesan Three Ways
Chicken Piccata Pasta
This chicken piccata pasta's lemony white wine, butter and caper sauce makes a light and snappy coating for linguine with tomato bursts and mushrooms for an easy pasta dinner that won't weigh you down. I'm a serious fan of taking bleak weather days and giving them a zesty ... continue reading... about Chicken Piccata Pasta
Burr Trail Grill Pickled Beets
These easy pickled beets can be canned or made as quick pickles. Perfect for eating straight from the jar, or atop salads, sandwiches, and more! Easy Pickled Beets It’s about time I got on the pickling train, and there’s no better recipe to start than with these pickled ... continue reading... about Burr Trail Grill Pickled Beets
BLT Pasta Salad with Avocado
This creamy, easy BLT pasta salad recipe is loaded with tomatoes, arugula, and avocado, plus crispy bacon that's all topped with a super simple Ranch-style dressing made healthier with a combo of Greek yogurt and mayo. Easy BLT Pasta Salad You could say my collection of ... continue reading... about BLT Pasta Salad with Avocado
The Best Greek Chicken Marinade
This easy chicken marinade infuses chicken of any cut with the classic Greek flavors of lemon, garlic and oregano plus Greek yogurt for a more tender bite. The Best Greek Chicken Marinade Hey, ho, whaddya know?!!! You ready for the best? Because I'm giving you the ... continue reading... about The Best Greek Chicken Marinade
Healthy Quinoa Salad
Bright flavor and bold bites are what make this healthy quinoa salad with chickpeas, black beans, mango and avocado in a limey dressing an easy side dish or simple vegetarian meal. This recipe is brought to you by Kroger Of all the foods I thought I'd be a fan of once I started ... continue reading... about Healthy Quinoa Salad
How to Cook Quinoa Perfectly Every Time
As a gluten-free option to grains, and as a part of healthy meal prep, this is how to cook quinoa like pasta so it's light, fluffy and cooked perfectly tender every time. In this era of eating more superfoods, quinoa is a fantastic way to get loads of healthy plant-based ... continue reading... about How to Cook Quinoa Perfectly Every Time
5-Ingredient Chipotle Chicken Taquitos
Crispy, crunchy, and oh-so-incredibly easy, these chipotle pepper flavored chicken taquito roll-ups call for just 5 ingredients and can be baked or fried for a super fast appetizer, dinner or snack. Easiest Chicken Taquitos When I was a teenager in high school, my friends ... continue reading... about 5-Ingredient Chipotle Chicken Taquitos
How to Make Classic Banana Bread
Bananas are always in season, and even better if they've hung around a bit, making any time the right time for this classic banana bread that's moist, sweet, and perfectly delicious every time. When I asked my Instagram followers if the internet really needed another ... continue reading... about How to Make Classic Banana Bread
Mediterranean Orzo Salad
This vegetarian Mediterranean orzo pasta salad with crunchy vegetables and spinach, briny olives, and feta cheese makes a healthy, easy-to-make, meal-prepped meal or flavorful pasta salad side. I LOVE any recipe that shines with Mediterranean flavors, and this orzo salad ... continue reading... about Mediterranean Orzo Salad
How to Make the Best Shrimp Scampi
This shrimp scampi recipe is the best way to make easy look elegant with large shrimp bathed in a garlicky, lemony butter sauce then dished up as an appetizer or served as a main with pasta, zucchini noodles, or over rice. How to Make the Best Easy Shrimp Scampi When it ... continue reading... about How to Make the Best Shrimp Scampi
Best Ever Healthy Granola Recipe
With just the right amount of maple syrup sweetness, this healthy combo of oats, nuts, dried cranberries, and flaky coconut is an easy granola recipe you can eat chunky or clumpy, and perfect to eat with yogurt or milk. Let's clear one thing up: All granola is not created ... continue reading... about Best Ever Healthy Granola Recipe
Crab and Avocado Eggs Benedict
Brunch doesn't get better than with this variation of the classic egg benedict that amps up the star power with crab and avocado. Ask and ye shall receive! A few weeks ago I shared a photo of my crab and avocado eggs benedict on my Friday Faves. And like most anytime I ... continue reading... about Crab and Avocado Eggs Benedict
How to Make Poached Eggs the Easy Way
Whether it's for weekend eggs Benedict or every day avocado toast, this is the foolproof way to make poached eggs on the stove top, in the oven, microwave or the Instant Pot. No technique shows off an egg's rustic elegance as much as the humble poach. Just as delicious ... continue reading... about How to Make Poached Eggs the Easy Way
Mediterranean Chicken Quinoa Bowl with Broccoli and Tomato
Chicken quinoa bowls have staked their healthy claim on quick and easy meal-prep dinners that are flexible enough to mix and match ingredients for take-to-work lunches that never get boring, too. Healthy Chicken Quinoa Bowl This quinoa bowl combines what seems to be my ... continue reading... about Mediterranean Chicken Quinoa Bowl with Broccoli and Tomato
French Toast Casserole with Maple Bacon and Pecans
This overnight french toast casserole is where sweet cinnamon swirled bread gets soft and custardy with eggs, topped with maple sweetened pecans and bacon for an easy make-ahead breakfast everyone loves. Big batch overnight breakfast casseroles are the key to easy morning ... continue reading... about French Toast Casserole with Maple Bacon and Pecans
Asian Glazed Orange Chicken
This sticky sweet and spicy orange chicken sauce with ginger and garlic dresses up juicy chicken thighs for a fast and easy dinner. Easy Orange Glazed Chicken In the world of family cooking, unless you're a vege/pesca/non-chicken-eating/atarian, you can never have too many easy ... continue reading... about Asian Glazed Orange Chicken
Easy Tandoori Chicken with Vegetables
Traditional tandoori chicken is made in a clay oven, but this version of the classic Indian chicken dinner is baked on a sheet pan with Indian spiced vegetables for a complete meal any night of the week. Sheet Pan Tandoori Chicken Chicken dinner ideas that are full of ... continue reading... about Easy Tandoori Chicken with Vegetables
How to Make the Best Minestrone Soup
My Grandma's easy minestrone soup recipe is one of the healthiest vegetable-loaded soups you'll make, and it tastes far better than any of those Olive Garden copycat recipes thanks to the secret ingredient in the savory broth. Easy Minestrone Soup Recipe "It is well worth ... continue reading... about How to Make the Best Minestrone Soup
