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Aug 31, 2024

Hash Brown Potato Waffles

If you love hash brown potatoes, this is one of the easiest ways to make them at home. They turn out crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside, exactly the way you want them. 

Hash Brown Potato Waffles stacked on a small white black-rimmed plate.


This hash brown potato waffle recipe also gives you a great reason to own a waffle iron. It's no longer a single use kitchen electric! 

Aug 28, 2024

Pan-Seared Scallops with Black Beans and Red Pepper Sauce

These Pan-Seared Scallops with Black Beans and Red Pepper Sauce can be served either as an appetizer, first course, or main course. 

Pan-Seared Scallops with Black Beans and Red Pepper Sauce in white bowls.


This tasty and colorful seafood dish takes just about 35 minutes to make and it's wonderful for a light dinner with friends. 

Aug 26, 2024

Chocolate Chip Pecan Banana Muffins (Small Batch)

These small-batch chocolate chip and pecan banana muffins are loaded with chocolate chips and pecans, plus, they are a great way to use up that last banana! 

Chocolate Chip Pecan on a yellow cake stand.


These are pretty much portable mini banana breads in muffin form, but the chocolate chip and pecan to bread ratio is much higher, perfect for chocolate and pecan lovers. 

Aug 24, 2024

Mexican Street Corn Salad

This Mexican Street Corn Salad takes the flavors from the grilled corn (elotes) that is sold by street vendors in Mexico (and here in parts of Los Angeles) and incorporates them into a delicious salad. 

Mexican Street Corn Salad servings in bowls.


Mexican street corn is grilled corn that is slathered in a mixture of mayonnaise, cotija cheese, chili, and lime and then sold on the cob. There's also a version of street corn, called esquites, where the food vendor strips the corn from the cob, tosses the ingredients, and serves it in a plastic cup. 

Aug 19, 2024

Blackberry-Lime Breakfast Cake

Make this blackberry-lime breakfast cake and watch it disappear. It is loaded with two heaping baskets of blackberries, and the batter is flavored with the zest of two limes. 

Blackberry-Lime Breakfast Cake with a slice pulled out.


This breakfast cake comes together in just a few minutes, and takes about 45 minutes to bake.  It's kind of like making a giant muffin! 

Aug 17, 2024

Eggplant Gratin

 This eggplant gratin is an easy-to-make cheesy side dish that everyone will love. 

Eggplant Gratin with a chive garnish.


Serve this eggplant gratin as a side dish or even as a light main course. I love it with warm sourdough bread slices on the side for dipping in the sauce. 

Aug 16, 2024

Jamaican Coco Bread

Coco bread is a soft and slightly sweet Caribbean bread made with flour, yeast, coconut milk, and a little bit of sugar. 

Jamaican Coco Bread in a basket with one roll in front.


Coconut milk is a surprisingly wonderful addition to this bread. It adds a tiny hint of coconut flavor that is almost indiscernible. It's more fragrance than flavor and the coconut flavor is super mild. In fact, if you aren't told about the coconut milk, you might not even be able to tell. 

Aug 13, 2024

Whole Wheat Quinoa Bread

This whole wheat quinoa bread is packed with high protein quinoa and flax seeds. 

Whole Wheat Quinoa Bread on a cutting board.


This whole wheat quinoa bread is wonderful sliced and buttered, and also makes delicious avocado toast. 

Easy Sourdough French Country Bread (Made with Sourdough Discard)

This sourdough country bread is made with sourdough discard. To make this delicious bread, you don't have to worry about making sure your sourdough starter is perfectly ready when you mix it into your dough. 

Easy Sourdough French Country Bread on a cutting board.


This Easy Sourdough Country Bread is so hands-off, and you make it with just five ingredients... bread flour, whole wheat flour, water, salt, and sourdough discard. 

Aug 10, 2024

Summer Vegetable Tart

This savory vegetable tart consists of a crispy buttery pre-baked phyllo crust filled with a warm mixture of sauteed vegetables, thyme, and goat cheese. 

Summer Vegetable Tart on a white cake stand with a piece in front on a small plate.


The tender vegetables, combined with the goat cheese and seasoned with black pepper and thyme, are so flavorful. 

Aug 9, 2024

Fresh Mango Salsa

This mango salsa is so refreshing, spicy, and fabulous as a dip with chips or as a topping for grilled seafood or fish tacos. 

Fresh Mango Salsa in a black bowl with homemade tortilla chips.


When mangoes are available, I love to make this mango salsa. It's great for a snack with chips, on salads, and as a topping for grilled fish or chicken. It's so juicy too, and, just like my recipe for grilled pineapple salsa, this salsa adds some acid to your favorite short rib or carnitas tacos. 

Aug 7, 2024

Vietnamese Chicken Salad (Goi Ga)

Vietnamese Chicken Salad (Goi Ga) is a refreshing warm weather no cook recipe that is a popular dish in both South Vietnam and in U.S. Little Saigon communities. Goi Ga actually means "chicken salad."

Vietnamese Chicken Salad (Goi Ga) in a bowl with peanuts on top.


This crunchy and spicy salad is filled with shredded chicken, cabbage, carrots, chiles, and lots of fresh herbs. It's also dressed with a sweet, salty, spicy, and tangy dressing. 

Aug 5, 2024

Herb and Asiago Breadsticks

If you love grabbing the warm breadsticks from the bread basket of your favorite Italian restaurant the minute they place them on the table, you'll love these herb and asiago cheese breadsticks. 

Herb and Asiago Breadsticks in a fabric lined basket.


These breadsticks are loaded with three types of fresh herbs; basil, parsley, and oregano. Plus, the asiago cheese is both in the dough and on the crust of the breadsticks. 

Aug 4, 2024

Sourdough Beer Bread

This sourdough beer bread has a lovely and distinctly sourdough flavor from the combination of the beer and the fermented dough. 

Sourdough Beer Bread Slices in a basket.


The beer in this recipe replaces the usual water in a sourdough bread recipe. This seems to strengthen the sourdough flavor of the loaf. Plus, the bread seems to gain more tang over time.