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Caramelized Onion and Mushroom Crostini | foodiecrush.com

Caramelized Onion and Mushroom Crostini

Thinly sliced onions and chunky mushrooms caramelize with butter and Marsala wine to make the perfect jammy topping for this easy crostini appetizer with a silky sweet taste.

Caramelized Onion and Mushroom Crostini | foodiecrush.com

This recipe is brought to you by Vermont Creamery

Carmelized onions and mushrooms are my jam. Literally. Jammy. Because that’s what happens when the sugars of these two basic ingredients hit the heat and do their dance with sweet cultured butter. The sugars bloom and the onion and mushroom’s earthy flavors deepen to create a savory jam that becomes nearly as sweet as any preserve you’ll spread on toast.

That’s what makes this mixture the perfect topping for hand-held toasted crostini appetizers. And they are super easy to prep and cook too. Let’s party!

continue to the recipe… about Caramelized Onion and Mushroom Crostini

Categories: appetizers, family friendly, healthy, recipes, seasonal : fall, seasonal : spring, seasonal : winter, sponsored, vegetables and fruits Tags: appetizer, caramelized onion, crostini, mushrooms, onion

Heavenly Funeral Potatoes | foodiecrush.com #cheese #potatoes #augratin #recipes

Heavenly Funeral Potatoes Recipe

Funeral potatoes are an easy-to-make and even easier-to-love comfort food casserole that is totally heaven sent.

Funeral potatoes in baking dish with spoon

This recipe is brought to you by Cache Valley Cheese

The Best Funeral Potatoes Recipe

If you grew up in Utah, there’s a 99.9% chance you’ve had (and loved) funeral potatoes. If you haven’t lived in Utah, you’re likely scratching your head wondering what in the world am I talking about?!? Unless you’re from the South, then you may be in the know, too.

This potato casserole’s roots run deep in the LDS faith and are a long-lived staple at family gatherings of every sort, including potlucks, family dinners, and any Sunday night dinner. My Grandma used to serve them at Christmas with her Roasted Turkey Breast with Oregano and Lemon with warm potato rolls, and believe me, rarely were there any hash brown potato casserole leftovers to be found.

continue to the recipe… about Heavenly Funeral Potatoes Recipe

Categories: cheese, dinner, family friendly, recipes, salads and sides, seasonal : fall, seasonal : spring, seasonal : winter, sponsored, vegetables and fruits Tags: cheese, chicken soup, corn flakes, easy, hash browns, onion, potatoes, side dish

Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup recipe on foodiecrush.com

The Best Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

It may be an age-old wives tale, but according to mothers, grandmothers and any soup lover, there truly is no better cure for anything and everything that ails you than homemade chicken noodle soup made with chunky carrots, celery and always savory chicken stock. It’s the ultimate comfort food and incredibly easy to make.

Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup recipe on foodiecrush.com

The Best Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

Typically when I place my grocery haul on the grocery store check-out line conveyer belt, it’s a hodge podge assortment of ingredients that doesn’t give anyone a hint as to what’s going on in my kitchen at home. As voyeurs peeking into other’s lives, do the checkers notice (or even care) that you buy all organic with a side of doughnuts on every trip? That you buy enough food to feed an army or simply pick up a passel of frozen dinners for one? And do they judge your cooking skills—or lack thereof—depending on what exotic—or mundane—ingredients fill your basket?

So it wasn’t much of a shocker when I showed up to the 15 items or fewer line that the grocery store clerk asked me if I had someone at home who was under the weather thanks to my collection of a bottle of  Chloraseptic, two different brands of throat losenges, and all the fixin’s for homemade chicken noodle soup.

I’ll do everything and anything to cure my little girl’s wicked cold and sore throat. So when my baby doll requested a soother of soup for her sickly sore throat, as her adoring mother, I hopped to and got myself into the grocery store check out line and then straight back into the kitchen to whip up a homemade broth that makes the BEST chicken noodle soup from scratch, hands down beating anything out of a can.continue to the recipe… about The Best Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

Categories: chicken and turkey, dinner, family friendly, healthy, lunch, noodles, rice and grains, recipes, seasonal : fall, seasonal : winter, soups and stews, vegetables and fruits Tags: carrots, celery, chicken, chicken stock, comfort food, noodle, onion, parsley, soup

French Onion Dip | foodiecrush.com #easy #homemade #recipes #french #onion #dip #greekyogurt

French Onion Dip

This homemade French Onion Dip mixes sweet caramelized onion with Greek yogurt to make a healthy dip that’s the hit of the party.

French Onion Dip | foodiecrush.com #easy #homemade #recipes #french #onion #dip #greekyogurt

This recipe is brought to you by Stonyfield

You see it at every party as the host tries to steer guests out of the kitchen and into the actual party. But people linger, dipping into the appetizer nibbles, and always congregating around the food.

And what’s the favorite at every party? It’s always the chips and dip. Everyone loves a dip. Because what’s not to love?

And there’s pretty much no dip more lovable than an easy, savory, French onion dip. It’s the gateway drug for anyone who claims they don’t like onions. It’s caramelized and sweet, and sturdy enough to take on any veggie or chip.

The only thing better? The fact that this caramelized onion dip tastes better because it’s made healthier with organic Greek yogurt.

continue to the recipe… about French Onion Dip

Categories: appetizers, family friendly, healthy, recipes, sauces and condiments, seasonal : fall, seasonal : spring, seasonal : summer, seasonal : winter, sponsored, vegetables and fruits Tags: appetizer, caramelized, dip, french onion, greek yogurt, onion

Slow Cooker Turkey and Sweet Potato Chili with Quinoa | foodiecrush.com #slowcooker #turkey #chili #recipes #turkeychili #sweetpotato #quinoa #instantpot #crockpot

Slow Cooker Healthy Turkey and Sweet Potato Chili with Quinoa

Comfort food chili cravings never tasted so healthy, until now. This easy CrockPot chili is protein-packed with lean ground turkey, light and dark kidney beans, plus quinoa for an extra safety-net protein source that will keep you filled and full all day long and into the night.

two white bowls filled with crockpot turkey chili

The BEST Turkey Chili

It’s 5:30 p.m. and the sun has set behind the mountains and the sky has already settled into dark. There’s a chill is in the air and comfort food is what we’re all craving now. Turkey Pot Pie? Mac and Cheese? Sausage Lasagna? All delicious in their own right, but not exactly the lightest of fare.

And now that the fall season is here, the wrangling and jostling for the T.V. remote has begun. The World Series? (go Dodgers!). The Voice? (I’m with J-Hud Productions). More tears and tissues while crying with This Is Us? (I mean, seriously!) Or finally, a new Walking Dead? (My Smudge and I are convinced our Big Daddy should be Negan for Halloween.)

Our television viewing habits are as hotly debated as what sounds best for dinner.

But tonight, there’s one less argument to make because Big Mama (that’s me) thought ahead (for once) and put dinner in the slow cooker. And just like that, a healthy dinner is served.

And surprise, AliSmudge and Big Daddy don’t even complain that it’s oh-so good for them. But why would they? This turkey sweet potato chili is delish! And better yet, it’s so simple to make.continue to the recipe… about Slow Cooker Healthy Turkey and Sweet Potato Chili with Quinoa

Categories: chicken and turkey, dinner, family friendly, healthy, meat and seafood, recipes, seasonal : fall, seasonal : winter, soups and stews, vegetables and fruits Tags: chili, chili powder, crockpot, cumin, instant pot, kidney beans, onion, quinoa, red bell pepper, slow cooker, sweet potato, tomatoes, turkey

Matzo Ball Soup with Chicken Meatballs and Homemade Chicken Broth Recipe

Matzo Ball Soup with Chicken Meatballs is an easy and homemade way to celebrate Passover or any matzo ball craving—with a twist.

Chicken Noodle Matzo Ball Soup is the best homemade dinner to make anyone feel better | foodiecrush.com

I’m not Jewish. But I am definitely a matzo ball lover.

It all started with late night jaunts to the classic Canters Deli where I became an obsessive fan of matzo ball soup with all the fixins’ — noodles, matzo ball, kreplach, chicken and carrots. What the crap is a kerplach, you ask? It’s sort of a jewish tortellini and pretty darned good.

But oh, THE BROTH. That delicious broth that brought me back to my senses in those wee late night hours. If only I could replicate it—the broth, not the late hours. But I’m no Jewish mother—although my husband will say I do have the stereotypical tendencies. Sadly, those secret, Old World ways of chicken broth making may never make it to my stove.

But I do have a delicious recipe that hits home and curbs my matzo ball craving every time. And what better time to share with you than in celebration of Passover and Easter weekend? Yum. You’ll soon be a believer.

This ingredient list looks long, but is really easy. If you’re making your own broth, the key is a long, slow simmer for all of those veggie and chicken flavors to marry in holy matzo-mony.continue to the recipe… about Matzo Ball Soup with Chicken Meatballs and Homemade Chicken Broth Recipe

Categories: chicken and turkey, dinner, lunch, recipes, soups and stews, vegetables and fruits Tags: black peppercorns, carrots, celery, chicken, comfort food, craving, dinner, egg, garlic, kosher, leeks, lunch, matzo ball, meatballs, onion, parsley, recipe, soups and stews, thyme

German Potato Salad | foodiecrush.com

German Potato Salad

Hot red potatoes dressed in a warm bacon, mustard and vinegar dressing are what make this traditional German potato salad a family favorite.

German potato salad in cast iron skillet

I can taste the pucker now. It’s the telltale sign of the ultimate German potato salad. That vinegar punch mixed with spunky, grainy mustard in a bacon-studded dressing. The unexpected zing that makes me wonder who could possibly pass up a mayo-less ‘tater salad?

Not this German girl.

Although when I just asked Smudge her opinion on which photo to use as the main for this post, she said, “That’s potato salad? I didn’t know it was potato salad when we have it. I always thought it was just hot cooked potatoes.”

I suppose hot potato salad served in a frying pan threw her for a BBQ-side-dish-loop. Surprise is good for her. And for all of us when it comes to giving traditional dishes a try. Leave it to the Germans who originated Christmas, Legos, Nutella and the VW bug to hand down yet another classic.continue to the recipe… about German Potato Salad

Categories: family friendly, meat and seafood, recipes, salads and sides, seasonal : fall, seasonal : spring, seasonal : summer, seasonal : winter, splurges, vegetables and fruits Tags: bacon, bbq, mustard, onion, parsley, potato salad, salad, side dish

Best Easy Grilled Vegetables | foodiecrush.com

The Best Easy Grilled Vegetables

After years of practice on the grill, these are my tips for the best easy grilled vegetables, enhancing the natural sweetness of summer’s favorite vegetables with each smoky bite.

Best Easy Grilled Vegetables | foodiecrush.com

Adding more plants to meals is always at the top of my menu planning, and summer’s bounty makes it even easier to do. With a hot grill already fired up for grilled chicken, fish, or kebabs, I love slicing up whatever fresh vegetables I have in the fridge and tossing them on the grill for a simple mezze-ish platter side.

Even more, grilled vegetables are a healthy vegetarian main when chopped and added to this favorite healthy pasta salad (with avocado!), or added to healthy Mediterranean grain bowls, or made into one of my favorite easy grilled veggie sandwiches slathered with ricotta cheese.

Grilling coaxes out every bit of deep, roasted, sweetness from any plain old veg, softening and flavoring and bringing a lush, smoky char to each deliciously addicting bite.

This grilled vegetable recipe is another that isn’t so much of a recipe but a method to master, and easy to master it is. These grilled vegetables skip the marinade and the skewers, and there’s no need for a grilled vegetable grilling basket either.

Summer eats are meant to be simple, and these grilled vegetables are falling right in line.

continue to the recipe… about The Best Easy Grilled Vegetables

Categories: dinner, family friendly, healthy, How To, recipes, seasonal : spring, seasonal : summer, vegetables and fruits Tags: asparagus, bell pepper, eggplant, grilled, mushrooms, onion, squash, vegetables, zucchini

Indian Butter Chicken FoodieCrush.com

Indian Butter Chicken and Friday Faves

Ready in under 45 minutes, this Indian butter chicken is an easy weeknight dinner recipe your family will gobble right up!

Indian butter chicken in metal skillet with fresh cilantro

There is a glaring omission in the recipe repertoire of FoodieCrush which I am in the process of remedying as we speak. Chicken. Simple, easy and basic chicken.

While this recipe for Indian butter chicken tastes far from basic, it’s one I really can’t forget to share and is so simple to bring together that it works great as a weeknight meal. Even the picky kids will love its creamy, tomato flavor. Well, minus those pesky peas of course.

I’m such a fan of chicken thighs. I know, everyone boasts about the virtues of boneless chicken breast but where’s the flavor? It’s all in the thighs, people.

What other veggies I could throw into the butter chicken mix. Broccoli? Mmm, maybe. Carrots for sure. Mushrooms are an absolute yes, but I love mushrooms. Maybe even zucchini? Mmmm, I think so.

how to make butter chicken

What is Butter Chicken?

If you’ve never tried Indian butter chicken before, I’m so sorry. Because you’ve been missing out your whole life!

Essentially, butter chicken is a creamy chicken dish that’s made with a spiced tomato sauce. As the name suggests, it’s made with a healthy amount of butter and heavy cream. It’s not super spicy, but you’re welcome to amp up the heat if desired.

What’s in This Butter Chicken?

Most of the ingredients needed for this easy butter chicken recipe are spices and other aromatics. You may have to buy a few for this recipe, but they can all be used in lots of other recipes too.

For this Indian butter chicken, you’ll need:

  • Vegetable oil
  • Butter
  • Onion
  • Spices
  • Tomato paste
  • Tomato sauce
  • Bay leaf
  • Cream
  • Chicken thighs
  • Salt and pepper
  • Frozen peas
  • Lime
  • Fresh cilantro

serving indian butter chicken over basmati rice

How to Make Butter Chicken

To make this Indian butter chicken, first cook the diced onion in a little olive oil and butter until translucent. Add the spices to the skillet and continue cooking until fragrant. Stir in the tomato paste and sauce, along with the bay leaf.

Slowly stir in the cream, then bring to a boil before turning down the heat and simmering for 5 minutes.

In a separate skillet, cook the diced chicken in a buttered and oiled skillet until it’s brown on all sides. Transfer the chicken to the tomato cream sauce and continue cooking until the chicken is no longer pink on the inside.

Add the peas and remaining butter to the sauce and continue cooking until the peas are heated through. Serve the butter chicken over basmati rice, then garnish with lime and cilantro.

Is There a Cream Substitute I Can Use?

If you’re trying to make this butter chicken recipe a little healthier, you may be able to use full fat plain Greek yogurt in place of all or part of the cream. I’ve never made this recipe as such, but you can give it a shot. Let me know if you make it this way!

Can I Prep This in Advance?

As with most recipes, Indian butter chicken is best the day it’s made, but leftovers reheat well thanks to the tomato cream sauce. If you have leftovers or want to meal prep this recipe, I recommend reheating it in a saucepan with the lid on to prevent the chicken from drying out.

Depending on how much sauce you have left over, you may need to add a splash of cream to the pan as well to loosen up the leftover chicken.

butter chicken and basmati rice on plate

Tips for Making Indian Butter Chicken

If you only have chicken breasts on hand, go ahead and use them in this easy butter chicken recipe. Thighs have the most flavor though, I’m telling you!

If you prefer spicy Indian dishes, you can add a dash of cayenne to this recipe. A little goes a long way, so be careful.

Finally, you can add in lots of other veggies to this butter chicken, if desired. I kept things super simple with frozen peas, but pretty much any vegetable tastes divine in the tomato cream sauce.

More Easy Chicken Recipes You’ll Love

  • Easy Tandoori Chicken with Vegetables
  • 7 Spice Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowls
  • Oven Roasted Chicken with Lemon Rosemary Butter
  • Easy Shredded Chicken and Zucchini Tacos
  • Honey Mustard Chicken
  • The Best Baked Chicken Breasts

If you make this recipe, please let me know! Leave a comment below or take a photo and tag me on Instagram or Twitter with #foodiecrusheats

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Indian Butter Chicken

Ready in under 45 minutes, this Indian butter chicken is an easy weeknight dinner recipe your family will gobble right up!

Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian
Keyword butter chicken
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories 913 kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil divided
  • 4 tablespoons butter divided
  • 1 onion diced
  • 3 teaspoons garam masala
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1 6 ounce can tomato paste
  • 1 cup tomato sauce
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 1 pound boneless chicken thighs cut into 1 inch pieces
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • ½ cup frozen peas defrosted
  • ½ lime
  • Cilantro leaves for garnish

Instructions

  1. In a large, high-sided skillet or 6-quart pan, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high heat, add 1 tablespoon butter. Add onion and cook for 4-5 minutes or until translucent.

  2. Add garam masala, ground ginger and chili powder and cook for 2 minutes, stirring often.

  3. Stir in tomato paste, tomato sauce and bay leaf and cook for 2 minutes.

  4. Add cream, bring to a boil, reduce to simmer and cook for 5 minutes.

  5. Meanwhile, season chicken with kosher salt and pepper. Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil and 1 tablespoon butter to a large skillet over medium-high heat and add chicken. Cook for 4-5 minutes or until chicken is lightly browned on all sides.

  6. Transfer chicken to tomato cream sauce and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.

  7. Add peas and remaining butter to sauce and cook until peas are warmed through and butter is melted. Garnish with lime and cilantro leaves and serve with basmati rice.

Nutrition Facts
Indian Butter Chicken
Amount Per Serving
Calories 913 Calories from Fat 738
% Daily Value*
Fat 82g126%
Saturated Fat 46g288%
Cholesterol 304mg101%
Sodium 956mg42%
Potassium 1122mg32%
Carbohydrates 23g8%
Fiber 6g25%
Sugar 11g12%
Protein 26g52%
Vitamin A 3496IU70%
Vitamin C 28mg34%
Calcium 129mg13%
Iron 3mg17%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

This week started off slightly off-kilter thanks to a flu bug that will keep me from enjoying Mexican food again for a good long while. Such a shame.

Thanks to this bug-imposed cleanse, I spent the entire day of Monday bed-bound which gave me the chance to catch up on all residual episodes of the new season of Real Housewives of OC plus reruns of BH and Atlanta. Sometimes you just need to let your mind not think. Which makes a perfect match with anything on Bravo. I heart Bravo.

After a full day mind-suck filled with 4-inch heels and plenty of contrived circumstances (shockingly placed hand to heart as my jaw drops at just the right banal beat) I balanced out the vixen-fest with my DVR’d episodes of Dr. Oz.

I find myself intrigued with his cheesy visuals of fat expanding in the body or how the liver detoxifies that circle the really good, solid health information he actually delivers. Even if my husband says it’s more like an informercial and some of it simply isn’t pretty. I on the other hand, can’t keep from perusing through each and every episode.

On Monday my husband was at my sick side as we watched Dr. Oz interview Joe Cross about his documentary Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead and witnessed his wicked juicing ways.

By Wednesday I  figured I may as well keep the unscheduled cleanse going which resulted in this:

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With a swift print of a 20% off coupon for Bed, Bath and Beyond and not much food yet in my stomach, the decision to buy the tricked out 900 Watt Breville Juice Fountain was easily made. My justification was food blogger research —aka tax write-off —and hey, it’s almost Mother’s Day. Plus, I WAS SICK!

We’ll see how long this juicing thing lasts. But with husband on board and his obsession with cucumber juice in full swing with a 7-iron in hand as we speak, this Very Green Juice with kiwi and cucumber is at the top of the weekend’s recipe list. After we get our tomatoes planted.

Friday Faves

If they would have taught music history like this I may have actually stayed awake because I would have been singing and along.

In for the save! An on-demand aka printable Mother’s Day card that’ll get you that extra piece of pie.

A future contender on The Voice and she’s only eleven years old. Proud to say she’s a Utahn too.

My mom and Oprah told me I should read this book about loss and healing through inner strength. And a lot of hiking boots.

Schmooze or lose: a lesson in business that doesn’t have to be cheesy. Unless, like me, you love cheese. 

After perusing blogs heavy on photos of cupcakes, chicken wings and barrels of pasta, I sometimes like to lose myself in these short stories that bring me along on the journey of two brothers in search of simple adventures.

Have you fallen victim to fellow diners who always want to split the meal but then stiff the tip? This free tip calculator app lets you leave the table still as friends and with your head held high. 

I am such a bath whore, savoring my nightly ritual no matter what time I go to bed. These DIY bath salts will make my soak that much more stellar. 

My dream Mother’s Day brunch if I wasn’t going out: Salmon Salad Sandwich with Avocado Mayo, Rhubarb Floats and finish it off with Lemon Pound Cake. 

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Categories: chicken and turkey, dinner, family friendly, friday faves, recipes, seasonal : fall, seasonal : winter, splurges, vegetables and fruits Tags: butter, chicken, cilantro, cream, dinner, Friday Faves, garam masala, Indian, lime, onion, peas, recipe, tomato paste, tomato sauce

Easy Pico de Gallo Salsa Fresca | foodiecrush.com

Pico de Gallo Recipe (+15 More Salsas That Are Dip-alicious)

Made with fresh plum tomatoes, onion, jalapeño and a squeeze of lime, this pico de gallo recipe is unbeatable. Serve it with chips or atop any Mexican food.

pico de gallo recipe

“Hi there, Heidi! I’m on the hunt for a yummy salsa to celebrate Cinco De Mayo with. Any recipe recommendations you could share with me? :)” ~Cynthia P.

I was actually debating whether to roll out this pico de gallo recipe on Cinco de Mayo or save it for summer break. I’ve been on Cinco de Taco olé overload these past few weeks and figured you have too. But after I received this request, I realized my spiced up work is not done.

How can I deny readers when they make a request?

And so, I’m not giving you just one recipe, but this pico recipe plus 15 more links to get your dipping party started in mere minutes after chopping.

What is Pico de Gallo?

Who’d you rather chip? Pico de gallo or salsa? This blender salsa recipe is my hands down FAVORITE and reminiscent of what you’ll find at your favorite Mexican joint. It’s a salsa. Not a pico de gallo.

What’s the diff? Both feature onions, jalapeño, lime juice and cilantro. The difference is that traditional salsa uses canned tomatoes while pico de gallo features fresh chopped tomatoes.

Pico de Gallo Salsa Fresca ingredientscontinue to the recipe… about Pico de Gallo Recipe (+15 More Salsas That Are Dip-alicious)

Categories: appetizers, family friendly, healthy, recipes, seasonal : spring, seasonal : summer, vegetables and fruits Tags: cilantro, jalapeño, mexican, onion, tomatoes

Green Bean Casserole with Onion Rings | foodiecrush.com #recipes #sidedish #beans #casserole

Green Bean Casserole with Onion Rings

The classic green bean casserole gets a real food upgrade with fresh green beans and an easy to make, homemade mushroom sauce for a creamy side dish with a surprise crispy ingredient-crunch.

green bean casserole with onion rings in white baking dish

This recipe is brought to you by Alexia Foods

Homemade Green Bean Casserole Recipe

I see you over there, saying to yourself, “But Heidi, the classic green bean casserole is my favorite. Why go changing it?”

I get it. The classics are hard to leave behind, especially when they’re tied to food memories of time spent with family. But times change, tastes evolve, and the last time I was passed an 11×13-inch casserole dish of green bean casserole, it was a smattering of stunted, semi-green beans slathered in a greasy goop of a greyish gravy instead of a flavorful sauce.

Thanks, but I think I’ll pass.

So unless you’re still using a rotary telephone or parading to the sock hop in your poodle skirt, I’m betting you’ll be more than happy to consider this Thanksgiving side dish upgrade, too.

The original green bean casserole was created during the era of home cooks transitioning from making real-food, from-scratch meals to relishing in the time-saving methods that cooking from a box or can delivered. Now…I am the first one to raise my hand when asked to try a method that saves time in the kitchen. But I won’t sacrifice flavor or taste for the interest of time.

That’s why when I can call out my inner Sandra Lee and create a semi-homemade dish that combines real, fresh ingredients with real, time-saving ingredients, everyone (especially me) is happy at the table.continue to the recipe… about Green Bean Casserole with Onion Rings

Categories: dinner, family friendly, recipes, salads and sides, seasonal : fall, seasonal : winter, sponsored, vegetables and fruits Tags: green beans, mushroom, onion, onion rings, side dish, Thanksgiving, white sauce

The Best French Onion Soup | foodiecrush.com #easy #rcipe #best #soup #onion #frenchonion

The Best French Onion Soup

This traditional French Onion Soup recipe has a rich, decadent broth loaded with caramelized onions and topped with everyone’s favorite part: the toasted bread and melty cheese.

The Best French Onion Soup | foodiecrush.com #easy #recipe #best #soup #onion #frenchonion

Homemade French Onion Soup

If there’s one soup I absolutely cannot resist, it’s homemade french onion soup. I’m a bit of a snob when it comes to F.O.S., so don’t bother with that watery broth or get stingey with the onions. And please, make sure that cheese is plentiful and melty and creates a serious cheese pull.

As an expert french onion soup taster, I’ve narrowed down my very most favorite versions. There’s that one from that French Bistro in San Francisco, and the one I first had when I was probably 11 or 12, shopping with my mom at Trolley Square with lunch at The Pub, now known as Desert Edge Brewery, where they still serve a very good version. I seriously thought I had hit adulthood with our special lunches out.

But my new number one favorite French Onion Soup is from Nordstrom Café Bistro. It’s where my mom and I usually stop for a bite when we go shopping together, which in all honestly is actually our excuse to get this french onion soup. I loved it so much after eating it so many times that I asked them for the recipe, and surprise, surprise, they said yes. It’s now replaced my original french onion soup recipe here on the blog because it really is so much better.continue to the recipe… about The Best French Onion Soup

Categories: cheese, dinner, family friendly, lunch, recipes, seasonal : fall, seasonal : spring, seasonal : winter, soups and stews, splurges, vegetables and fruits Tags: cheese, dinner, french onion soup, gruyere, onion, recipe, soups and stews

Pumpkin Soup | Foodiecrush.com

Pumpkin Soup with Crispy Sage

This creamy pumpkin soup is made with just 7 ingredients! I like to stir in a little mascarpone cheese to bump up the creaminess factor and always add a sprinkle of crispy sage leaves on top.

Pumpkin Soup with Crispy Sage

I won’t waste a lot of time explaining why we had this creamy pumpkin soup, not that the big birthday wasn’t speeeecial, but because for me, the night got hijacked by the soup. Sorry babe, maybe next year.

This soup isn’t about pumpkin puree, or extra veggies to make it sweeter, or crunchy bits to make it more manly. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

It’s just that this pumpkin soup recipe is so killer. And so simple. Like, 7 ingredients simple. Plus a slurp of cheese. Done and done.

A few weeks ago, some friends helped us celebrate my man’s belated birthday dinner at Park City’s Canyons Resort and their award-winning restaurant, The Farm. The menu meets and delivers on the hyper hot trend of farm to table, with all ingredients sourced within 50 miles for max freshness and keeping it local, local, local. And man, this place does deliver.

While the littles were mesmerized by the pea soup amuse bouche, I was totally transfixed by this pumpkin soup that was served with homemade marshmallows. I HAD to have the recipe.

I had barely mentioned this fact to our patiently attentive server and next thing I knew, Chef Steve Musolf swooped in, deftly dodging the growing number of empty wine bottles and generously obliged, delivering a fresh copy of the recipe to the table.

Go ahead. Put it on your Thanksgiving table. And then maybe on your leftover turkey. And afterward over pumpkin pie. It’s really that good.continue to the recipe… about Pumpkin Soup with Crispy Sage

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Easy Homemade Beef Broth Stock | foodiecrush.com #beef #stock #broth #soup #recipes

Easy Homemade Beef Broth Stock

A rich and flavorful homemade beef broth stock is one of the essential recipes every home cook should have in their array of kitchen cooking basics.

Easy Homemade Beef Broth Stock | foodiecrush.com #beef #stock #broth #soup #recipes

Back in the day there were recipes home cooks didn’t even have to think twice about how to make because they made the same dishes so often no recipe was needed. Cooking was done by touch, intuition, and repetition.

Remember when you’d ask grandma how she knew when the pie dough had enough moisture or how she could tell the chicken was cooked through? The answer was annoyingly cryptic and didn’t really help things when she replied, “You just know.”

But now, with pre-made ingredients and an avalanche of recipe options at our fingertips, we can make just about any style of cuisine without batting an eye. But as a byproduct of creating these dazzling Pinterest friendly meals, making some of the good-old, most commonly used basics, like homemade broths and stocks, has fallen out of favor.

It’s time to get back to the basics friends. Back to real good real food.

Easy Homemade Beef Broth Stock | foodiecrush.com #beef #stock #broth #soup #recipes

A few months ago I shared my recipe for the very best chicken stock because it seems that homemade broths and stocks are rarely on the must-make radar of today’s home cook. The reasons vary from assuming it takes way too much time to make them from scratch to being unsure what ingredients go in the dang recipe (and fyi it isn’t just the meat that matters, its the bones!)

That’s why I’m waving my foodie recipe wand and pulling the beefy secrets out of my hat so that….TADAAAA!!!! Your bone stock broth cure is here.

This post breaks it all down, with simple steps and fool-proof instructions that’ll put you on your way to making homemade beef stock with confidence. Let’s go.continue to the recipe… about Easy Homemade Beef Broth Stock

Categories: dinner, family friendly, healthy, meat and seafood, recipes, seasonal : fall, seasonal : spring, seasonal : summer, seasonal : winter, soups and stews Tags: bay leaves, beef, beef bones, beef chuck, bone, broth, carrot, celery, garlic, onion, parsley, peppercorns, soup, stock, thyme

Creamy Chicken and Mushroom Stuffed Bell Peppers | foodiecrush.com #stuffed #peppers #bell #chicken #creamy #recipe

Creamy Chicken and Mushroom Stuffed Bell Peppers

Fresh green bell peppers become their own all-in-one serving vessel when stuffed with chicken, rice, mushrooms, and a creamy mushroom-infused sauce to create a weeknight dinner that puts the all the essential nutrients in one easy-to-make and totally delicious dinner.

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You know how you have staples in your culinary repertoire? Those dishes that no matter how gourmet you try to fool your family and friends into thinking you are—and more often trying to convince yourself? The recipes that are the staple for Sunday night comfort food cravings and oh so easy to make on a weeknight, too?

This here recipe is one of them. Crave-a-licious.

I first shared this stuffed bell pepper recipe nearly 5-years-to-the-day-ago and after referring back to it so many times over the years, I felt it needed an update. Five years ago it was one of our go-to, favorite dinners then, and it absolutely still is today.

My mom used to make stuffed peppers with hamburger and tomato sauce, but as I kid I was so. not. into. peppers. Ew. But true to form, I began to like them the more I had them. I keep telling myself my little girl AliSmudge would be making the turn too. And she has. Oh yes, she’s a fan too.

My man and and I came up with this stuffed bell peppers recipe that will forever be in our top 5 favorite meals to make at home: Creamy Chicken and Mushroom Stuffed Bell Peppers for the all-in-one-dinner-for-the-stuffed-bell-pepper-win.

continue to the recipe… about Creamy Chicken and Mushroom Stuffed Bell Peppers

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Chunky Citrus Guacamole Recipe | foodiecrush.com

Chunky Citrus Guacamole

Chunky with a citrus-ey accent or both lime and orange juice plus a hit of spice and just enough girth to make any chip happy, it’s the perfect combo to welcome some spring weather with a few salty corn chips and a nice cold beverage.

Chunky Citrus Guacamole Recipe | foodiecrush.com

If it weren’t for guacamole serving as my avocado gateway, the jury is out on whether I would ever have become an avocado fan. Now, they’re one of my favorite things to eat, so how could it be there was a time I didn’t like them?

Just like artichokes, it wasn’t until I was in my late teens that I finally gave in to even trying avocados. I have no idea where my aversion stemmed from. Maybe I just had an aversion to fruits and veggies that started with the letter A?

There are as many guacamole recipes out there in the world as there are stars in the sky and we all have our favorite, and this chunky homemade version is mine.

My husband came up with this guacamole recipe years ago and it was one of the first recipes I published here on the blog when I announced the first issue of FoodieCrush magazine along with some of my favorite things. But after making this guacamole time and time again, my photos and this post were in need of an update.continue to the recipe… about Chunky Citrus Guacamole

Categories: appetizers, family friendly, healthy, lunch, recipes, sauces and condiments, seasonal : fall, seasonal : spring, seasonal : summer, seasonal : winter, vegetables and fruits Tags: appetizer, avocado, blogger interview, chili powder, citrus, dip, guacamole, jalapeño, lime, onion, orange, recipe, smoked paprika, tomato, vegetarian

Quick Korean Kimchi Slaw Recipe | foodiecrush.com

Quick Korean Spicy Slaw Recipe

This quick coleslaw version of Korean kimchi has all of the classic Asian flavor but is ready to eat in 30 minutes or less.

Quick and Easy Spicy Korean Slaw Recipe | foodiecrush.com

Kimchi is having it’s day in the culinary spotlight with a whole new slew of devotees who are loving the vibrant flavors of its age-old traditional Korean fermented flavors.

And then, there are the haters. Okay, that’s a strong word. Let’s instead call them the misinformed, those who sadly share a not always positive perception of kimchi. “Ew, it smells.” “Why would you bury your food in the ground?” “It must be hard to make.”

Hardly so. Especially when you make take all the flavors to make a quick Asian cabbage slaw instead. continue to the recipe… about Quick Korean Spicy Slaw Recipe

Categories: family friendly, healthy, recipes, salads and sides, seasonal : spring, seasonal : summer, vegetables and fruits Tags: asian, bell pepper, cabbage, coleslaw, Korean, onion, salads, sesame seed, slaw, spicy

Tomato Avocado Cucumber and Maui Onion Salad | foodiecrush.com

Tomato Avocado Cucumber and Maui Onion Salad

This simple tomato, cucumber, and avocado salad gets a spicy Mexican-flavor kick from jalapeños and a fresh lime and chile dressing that makes it a terrific side dish for any meal.

Tomato Avocado Cucumber and Maui Onion Salad | foodiecrush.com

I’m not a chef. I’m a home cook. But many of my recipes are inspired by dishes I’ve enjoyed that were created by real life chefs. It’s one of my favorite reasons for eating out, to get new inspiration for le bloggity blog.

I had a rendition of this simple tomato salad at a restaurant called Monkeypod Kitchen while vacationing in Maui. A friend of mine who lived in Maui for a time messaged me while we were there that we MUST make it a point to eat at Monkeypod, it was one of her favorites.

Friend recommendations are always the best.

The menu was full of delicious, fresh fare, and being the tomato caprese salad lover that I am, once I spied this salad with a flavorful twist on their menu, I was immediately intrigued. continue to the recipe… about Tomato Avocado Cucumber and Maui Onion Salad

Categories: family friendly, healthy, lunch, recipes, salads and sides, seasonal : spring, seasonal : summer, vegetables and fruits Tags: avocado, chile powder, cilantro, cucumber, jalapeño, lime, onion, salad, tomato

French Onion Grilled Cheese Sandwich | foodiecrush.com

French Onion Grilled Cheese Sandwich

French Onion Grilled Cheese Sandwich | foodiecrush.com

Today is a big day in the world of cheese lovers. It’s National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day. Two snaps and let’s celebrate.

I know. They make food holidays out of the oddest of food themes: Bologna Day (October 24). Fruit cocktail day (May 13). Bicarbonate of soda day (December 30). What?

But for pretty much every food lover everywhere, Grilled Cheese Day is officially one to break bread for. I mean, it’s cheese. And I’ve made it my goal to share a cheesy fave every GCDay since I started this bloggity blog back in 2011. So let’s dig into this melty onion, cheesy favorite between two slices of sourdough bread.

Who needs brothy soup anyway?continue to the recipe… about French Onion Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Categories: cheese, dinner, family friendly, lunch, recipes, sandwiches, seasonal : fall, seasonal : spring, seasonal : winter, splurges, vegetables and fruits Tags: butter, cheese, grilled cheese, gruyere, lunch, onion, sandwich, sourdough

Macaroni Salad with Smoked Mozzarella and Proscuitto | foodiecrush.com

Macaroni Salad with Smoked Mozzarella and Proscuitto

This easy, tangy pasta salad mixes traditional macaroni salad with Mediterranean flavors to create a new family favorite potluck salad.

Macaroni Salad with Smoked Mozzarella and Prosciutto | #easy #recipe #Italian foodiecrush.com

Common etiquette rules that if you’re invited to a friendly BBQ, you offer to bring something to add to the pot.

So when I ask the big question, I often hear, “Sure that would be great. How about a side dish?”

Many hosts think they’re doing you a favor by offering the wide berth of side dish options. But this simple phrase can throw some self-respecting cooks into a triple gainer upside down axel with a spin.

Bringing a “little something” to a barbecue or potluck shouldn’t be that hard, but the vast spectrum of “side dish” gets some of us sideways.

But it doesn’t have to be like that at all…continue to the recipe… about Macaroni Salad with Smoked Mozzarella and Proscuitto

Categories: cheese, lunch, noodles, rice and grains, recipes, salads and sides, seasonal : spring, seasonal : summer, vegetables and fruits Tags: buttermilk, capers, celery, macaroni salad, mayonnaise, onion, parsley, pasta, pasta salad recipes, peperoncini, prosciutto, red wine vinegar, salads and sides, side dish, smoked mozzarella, spring, summer

The Best Steak Fajitas on foodiecrush.com

The Best Steak Fajitas With Simply Scratch

A homemade spice blend and killer marinade infuses flavor into thin cut steak for these fast and easy homemade steak fajitas made in the skillet.

The Best Steak Fajitas in cast iron skillet

Laurie McNamara’s blog Simply Scratch reminds us that no matter how busy life gets, sometimes we just need to slow down and take the time to cook a proper meal, like these onion and sweet bell pepper topped Steak Fajitas.

One with real, honest, unadulterated ingredients your grandma would recognize. There’s simply nothing like a true homemade meal. Especially one void of preservatives and artificial ingredients, yet simple enough to entice all levels of home cooks.

For a few years now, we’ve been turning to Laurie’s blog, Simply Scratch, for solace in the kitchen. Her photography is beautiful and her food styling is seemingly effortless. Her recipes are nourishing and familiar without being too time-consuming or elaborate. She even has several recipes for those with diet allergies and restrictions to appease us all.

Needless to say, when we found out she was publishing her first book, Simply Scratch: 120 Wholesome Homemade Recipes Made Easy we were thrilled, because this girl knows how to cook.

Her Skirt Steak Fajitas recipe at the bottom of this post was one of the first to catch our eye. And here’s why…

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continue to the recipe… about The Best Steak Fajitas With Simply Scratch

Categories: blog crushes, dinner, family friendly, healthy, meat and seafood, recipes, seasonal : fall, seasonal : winter Tags: dinner, fajitas, mexican, onion, peppers, steak

Winter Green Salad with Orange Honey Mustard Vinaigrette on foodiecrush.com

Winter Green Salad with Orange Honey Mustard Vinaigrette

This fresh and healthy winter salad recipe with spinach, romaine, mushrooms, apple, and almonds features the best citrusy honey mustard dressing.

Apple, Pear and Mushroom Green Salad with Orange Mustard Vinaigrette | foodiecrush.com #recipes #healthy #dressing

‘Tis the season to embrace balance.

It’s the time to do the dance and fancy footwork when toeing the line between giving into each and every one of your holiday mouth cravings (hello to Mom’s homemade fudge) and listening to your head—and often times your bloated belly—and take a side step to the lighter side of everything bright, fresh and joyful that winter’s produce forks over.

Literally.

It bears repeating that salads should never, ever be bastioned to only spring and summer eats. Let the cucumbers and tomatoes wait for their day in the sun because winter is the time to really play with our produce.

This salad is one of my everyday favorites. In fact, it was one of my normal weekday lunches that after I put it together made me thing, “Geez, that’s a great salad. I should make that for the blog sometime.”

Duh.

Why I think that the way I eat on a simple, everyday level isn’t blog worthy astounds me sometimes. Because good food doesn’t have to be fancy, or ironic or always Pinterest perfect. Nope, not at your house or here at mine, either.

continue to the recipe… about Winter Green Salad with Orange Honey Mustard Vinaigrette

Categories: healthy, lunch, recipes, salads and sides, seasonal : winter, vegetables and fruits Tags: almonds, apple, delallo, gorgonzola, lunch, mushroom, onion, pear, romaine, salad, spinach, sponsored, vinaigrette

How to make salsa verde on foodiecrush.com

How to Make Hatch Chile Salsa Verde

How to make salsa verde on foodiecrush.com

Right now. It’s happening. And there’s no better time to take advantage of it—of every single, last, bit(e).

There’s truly no better—and easier—time of year to eat seasonal. Fresh fruit is literally falling from the trees and the bounty of the summer harvest is at full throttle, artfully displayed in droves at farmer’s markets in small towns and big cities alike. Even grocery store produce tastes fresher and looks better. It’s here for one and all to savor.

How to make salsa verde on foodiecrush.com

continue to the recipe… about How to Make Hatch Chile Salsa Verde

Categories: appetizers, healthy, recipes, sauces and condiments, vegetables and fruits Tags: chiles, eat seasonal, garlic, hatch chiles, mexican, onion, salsa, salsa verde, tomatillos

Fresh Tomato Pasta Sauce recipe on foodiecrush.com

Easy Tomato Pasta Sauce Recipe

Fresh Tomato Pasta Sauce recipe on foodiecrush.com

If you’re like me, cooking is simply part of life’s continuing education. Just when I think, “I’ve got this down pat,” or “There’s no possible way this could taste any better,” I get schooled once again.

Take for example the basic, elemental pasta sauce. The one that is so simple it works as the foundation for so many tomato-based recipes where other ingredients do the glitzy red-carpet-look-at-me-I’m-the-star work and the tomato sauce simply shines in the background.

I thought I knew this recipe just by intuition and from following recipes handed down to me from family or ones I’d learned from my hoarder’s collection of magazines.

But I have just discovered, I was doing it all wrong.

Fresh Tomato Pasta Sauce recipe on foodiecrush.comcontinue to the recipe… about Easy Tomato Pasta Sauce Recipe

Categories: cheese, dinner, family friendly, lunch, noodles, rice and grains, recipes, sauces and condiments, vegetables and fruits Tags: butter, easy, homemade sauce, onion, parmesan, pasta, tomatoes

Grilled Vegetable Sandwich for foodiecrush.com

Grilled Vegetable Sandwich with Herbed Ricotta

It’s mid-summer and I am soaking it in. Even my numbed-by-pain-killers-broken-wrist can’t dull the memories in my post-week-at-the-beach-where-did-the-humidity-go-summer-lovin-skin. It’s what summer’s all about and I have the tan to prove it.

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With just 2 more weeks of July we’re narrowing down to the final 2 recipes for FoodieCrush Grilling Month. Break out the ticker tape because this week it’s a parade of a veggies on the grill.

So far this month we’ve sharpened our grilling skills with recipes for Grilled Pork Chops with Spicy Balsamic Grilled Peaches and headed to the sea for a bite of Grilled Swordfish with Smoked Paprika and Herbed Fruit Salsa. This week we’re circling back to dry land and the farmer’s market to take advantage of summer’s opulence.

Too often we get caught in our tried and true methods of steaming, baking and sautéeing when it comes to cooking veggies. But it’s summer, time to shake things up by biking rather than driving, wearing short shorts instead of maxi skirts and smiling extra sweetly at the cute barrista who always gets your name right…just because you know you can.

And when it comes to cooking, it’s time to break out of the expected because it’s summer and the grill is where the flavor. is. at.

Grilled Vegetable Sandwich for foodiecrush.com

continue to the recipe… about Grilled Vegetable Sandwich with Herbed Ricotta

Categories: cheese, dinner, lunch, recipes, sandwiches, seasonal : summer, vegetables and fruits Tags: arugula, ciabatta, eggplant, herbs, mushroom, onion, red bell pepper, ricotta, sandwich, vegetable, zucchini

BBQ Baked Beans on foodiecrush.com

The Best BBQ Baked Beans and 5 More Baked Beans to Love

Just the thought of this recipe for BBQ Baked Beans makes the top of my mouth hurt. Because willpower and baking beans simply do not mix.

BBQ Baked Beans on foodiecrush.com

This is my mom’s baked beans recipe and with it comes a flood of summer memories. Of coming home after a full, hot day swimming, swimming, swimming and diving and flipping and flirting at the pool. Then finally home to the coolness of the air conditioned house where my mom often had these babies on the stove, percolating their way towards dinner.

It took just one step through the door and me and my swimsuit soaked shorts were making a beeline for the stove. There was always a wooden spoon sitting to the side, laced with the dried sauce from my mom’s stirring of the baked beans. One lick and that set off the need for more.

BBQ Baked Beans on foodiecrush.comcontinue to the recipe… about The Best BBQ Baked Beans and 5 More Baked Beans to Love

Categories: family friendly, recipes, salads and sides, seasonal : summer, vegetables and fruits Tags: bacon, baked beans, bbq, beans, green pepper, onion, side dish

Porter Caramelized Onion Dip | foodiecrush.com

Porter Caramelized Onion Dip and Crushing on The Beeroness

Porter Caramelized Onion Dip | foodiecrush.com

Being deemed The Beeroness—which in drink-speak is similar to bearing the title of  Princess, Duchess or Queen—has plenty of responsibilities that come along with the nobility. Luckily for us commoners in the ways of ale, stouts and malt liquor, we have food blogger and author Jackie Dodd to lead us down a beer-inspired foodie path. And with recipes like her Porter Caramelized Onion Dip, you’ll be bowing down in no time.

Jackie Dodd of The Beeroness

With just two years of blogging under her belt, the lovely Jackie Dodd has made an indelible impact of bringing beer to the culinary forefront through her popular food blog, The Beeroness, where she shares recipes that infuse craft brews of hops and barley into everyday foods.

Sporting the tagline “Have your beer and eat it too,” Jackie focuses on craft beers as the flavor enhancers to recipes sweet and savory and everything in between on her blog and has newly released The Craft Beer Cookbook, 100 Artisanal Recipes for Cooking With Beer.

Jackie’s ambitions as a food blogger didn’t start in the kitchen, but rather with her drive and determination to realize her desires to be a part of the craft beer world.

“I really wanted to be a part of the craft beer community but I didn’t brew,” says Jackie. “So I started to write recipes for the beers I loved, started to take photos of them and it caught on.”

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But creating a food blog wasn’t familiar territory for this beer connoisseur.continue to the recipe… about Porter Caramelized Onion Dip and Crushing on The Beeroness

Categories: appetizers, blog crushes, cheese, entertaining, recipes, splurges, vegetables and fruits Tags: beer, blog crush, cheese, cream cheese, dips, entertaining, food blog interview, onion

Sausage Pasta with Marsala || foodiecrush.com

Sausage and Marsala Pappardelle Pasta

We all have our favorite recipes. And we all have vices. This recipe combines the best (best?) of both of them in my little world.

Sausage Pasta with Marsala || foodiecrush.com

I’ve been sitting on this recipe ever since I started blogging. It’s one of those recipes I make it at least once a month, a favorite staple in our house and one I break out when company shows up unexpectantly because I always have the ingredients on hand.

Sausage and Marsala Pappardelle || foodiecrush.com

But because it’s such a favorite for dinner, it’s usually dark by the time I’m done cooking and we’re hungry and there’s no light to take a pretty picture or any pasta left  anyway. Oh, the life of a food blogger, balancing hunger pains of the family for you my lovely readers.continue to the recipe… about Sausage and Marsala Pappardelle Pasta

Categories: cheese, dinner, family friendly, meat and seafood, noodles, rice and grains, recipes, splurges, vegetables and fruits Tags: dinner, italian, mushrooms, onion, pappardelle, pasta, ream, recipes, red bell pepper, rosemary, sausage, tomatoes, wine

Mexican Turkey Meatball Sandwich | FoodieCrush.com

Mexican Turkey Meatball Sandwiches with Avocado Smash and Game Day Sweepstakes

Mexican Turkey Meatball Sandwich | FoodieCrush.com

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I’m just saying it now. So get out your cute little Moleskins, grab a pen and take heed.

2013 is the year of the meatball.

No matter it’s nationality—Italian, Swedish, Vietnamese, Greek, every country has it’s version of meatballs—the meatball is a ubiquitous culinary staple that is the figurehead of  basic, down-to-earth, comfort food. In. My. Mouth.

Mexican Turkey Meatball Sandwich | FoodieCrush.com

The meatball has even made its way into popular culture, including as the title of one of my all-time favorite movies now being made into a T.V. series  by none other than the creator of Friday Night Lights (I’m so ready to discover  who will become my new Riggins, IF, and that’s a big IF, he can be replaced.) Are you ready for the summer? Are you ready for the good times? Ah, yes, about now I certainly am.continue to the recipe… about Mexican Turkey Meatball Sandwiches with Avocado Smash and Game Day Sweepstakes

Categories: chicken and turkey, dinner, giveaways, lunch, recipes, sandwiches, vegetables and fruits Tags: avocados, breadcrumbs, cilantro, craving, garlic, meatball, mexican, onion, oregano, recipe, sandwiches, spicy, turkey, turkey sandwich

Pepperoni Italian Egg Skillet from foodiecrush.com

Friday Faves and a Pepperoni Italian Egg Skillet

Pepperoni Italian Egg Skillet from foodiecrush.com

It’s the last weekend before the final gorge, aka Thanksgiving.

But before you sweat it out over the pumpkin pie with distant cousin Miranda who doesn’t hesitant to tell you allllll about her kids amazing experience at the gifted children’s private school where they’re getting straight A’s or listen to Uncle Barry’s wife #4 who he met on his most recent trip to Baja, we must eat breakfast. Something that’s hearty enough to nourish us early in the a.m. and carry us past noon or until the big bird sings and more “interesting” relatives show up.continue to the recipe… about Friday Faves and a Pepperoni Italian Egg Skillet

Categories: breakfast and brunch, cheese, friday faves, recipes, vegetables and fruits Tags: basil, breakfast and brunch, cheese, craving, eggs, Friday Faves, italian, onion, pepperoni, potatoes, recipe, skillet, spinach, tomatoes

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  • Toast to the toasts! Thinly sliced onions and chunky mushrooms caramelize with @vermontcreamery cultured butter and Marsala wine to make the perfect jammy topping for this easy crostini appetizer for a silky sweet taste at any party or get together. #ad #talkbuttertome #cheesebutterlove recipe link in profile https://www.foodiecrush.com/caramelized-onion-and-mushroom-crostini/
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  • Did you know that eating 1 cup of beans a day can add 4 years to your life? That’s what I learned from @maraishriver ‘s interview with @danbuettner @bluezones so I headed straight to my Grandma’s minestrone soup recipe chock full of beans, veggies, and goodness ... and maybe a longer life too! @todayshow Get the recipe in my bio https://www.foodiecrush.com/best-minestrone-soup/ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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