Home cooking can be approachable & enjoyable
This skillet steak and potatoes is a gourmet meal yet simple for everyday. It’s a one-pan family style, quick and easy recipe just doesn’t get any better. Juicy and tender ribeye steak, pan seared potato wedges with a side of bread and salad gives you a complete meal in no time! My kids absolutely love having steak like this.
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The best Egg Salad Sandwiches that are made with simple ingredients and very customizable. When I think of these sandwiches I’m thinking spring, summer, picnics, tea parties, bridal and baby showers. All you need are hard boiled eggs, mayonnaise, mustard, onions, celery, fresh dill/chives, salt/pepper and your favorite sandwich bread. I promise you will make these again and again!
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A delicious staple dish in every Pakistani South Asian house. Tender chunks of Sirloin roast that have been simmered in aromatics, whole and powder spices with potatoes. It’s a flavor packed main course prefect for any day any occasion. Enjoy served with roti, fluffy naan or basmati rice, believe me you want to give this recipe a try!
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Homemade chicken tortilla soup made from scratch is the best! Bowl of soft shredded chicken breast, bold smoky flavors from spicy chipotle peppers with fire-roasted tomatoes and crispy corn tortillas is a satisfying meal with leftovers! There there many variations to make chicken tortilla soup, but like all this starts with homemade chicken stock and has amazing Mexican flavors.
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Homemade hot chocolate is the easiest drink you can treat yourself with in winter. It’s chocolatey, creamy and luscious and so easy to make. This recipe is made with a combination of cocoa powder and chocolate chips. Adding the cocoa powder to hot water really brings out the flavor and dissolves well with the milk. The chocolate chips add the extra chocolate flavor and the creamy texture. This combination prevents the watery consistency of a hot chocolate that sometimes people complain of.
After some quick searches on the internet, I came to learn that this now popular drink was introduced to the New World from Mexico. Here is an interesting read about the history of hot chocolate https://www.history.com/news/hot-chocolate-for-strength
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There is not a single memory of Christmas without the amazing aroma of Christmas Fruit Cake baking in the house. For me the Christmas season starts with getting all the ingredients together for baking this old British tradition. I could safely say this is very true all across Pakistani Christian homes during the Christmas season. The Christmas Fruit Cake is a type of cake made with a simple warm spices and loads and loads of variety of dry/candied fruits and nuts. There are many variations to the Fruit cake in different countries throughout the ages. Holidays are all about the traditions, celebrating old ones and creating new traditions. Traditions teach us so much about who we are and what’s important to us. Today I am sharing a tradition that is very close to my heart. I hope you enjoy it!
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There is no complete Thanksgiving menu without a sweet potato casserole. This dessert-like side dish is popular for a reason: made with roasted sweet potatoes, flavored with warm fall spices and sprinkled with a brown sugar streusel marshmallow topping. It’s a great make ahead dish that everyone will enjoy.
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This fresh easy pasta salad comes together so quickly. It is loaded with so much Mediterranean flavor and pairs well with any menu. This pasta salad is great served cold, so it’s a prefect make ahead dish.
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One pot flavored Chicken and Rice Pilaf cooked in mild spices doesn’t get easier. Pulao is a dish that is made with basmati rice, meat or veggies, herbs and spices cooked in stock/broth. This dish is aromatic and mildly flavored and very easy to make. There are many different variations across the region resulting in some amazing flavor combinations. I am excited to share how I make this for my family….
This is a very popular Pakistani/Indian side dish of rice that goes great with any curry. It’s a simple one pot dish, full of aromatic flavors from whole spices, onions and peas.
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