With Pumpkin Energy Balls, Pumpkin Overnight Oats, and Healthy Pumpkin Cookies all vying for attention, it’s easy to wonder if a simple loaf of pumpkin bread is really what you should be rushing to make when the seasons turn. Let me put it this way: if you haven’t baked this healthy pumpkin bread recipe yet, you can’t even call it fall. This is the BEST healthy pumpkin bread recipe you’ll ever make!...
While everybody is obsessed with green everything for St. Patrick’s Day, I’m sitting here, sipping a glass of this creamy homemade Irish cream and feeling really proud of myself. There’s something magical about making your own booze or liqueur. It’s the same with making bread or cheese from scratch. It’s an extra step from just liking to cook, that feeling of “I care so much about food/drinks that I made this with my bare hands, even though I could have gone to the store to get something similar”....
Today I’m showing you how to cook sirloin steak in the oven! I’m a big fan of cooking steaks on the stove and then finishing them in the oven — I do this with other cuts too, including filet mignon and New York strip. This one has a little extra richness from the butter, and always comes out perfectly cooked. But that’s not the only reason to love this top sirloin steak recipe....
Since many fruits are naturally higher in sugar, anyone on a low carb or ketogenic diet needs to think carefully about what works on their personal keto fruit list. Pomegranates are a popular fruit, but are pomegranates keto friendly? How high are pomegranate carbs? Let’s answer those tricky questions here, and talk about ways you might be able to make pomegranate keto friendly. New to counting carbs or keto? Learn the keto diet basics here and grab my printable keto cheat sheet system to make it easy....
Spaghetti squash is one special pasta alternative. Unlike other squash varieties such as butternut and pumpkin, its long strands make it the perfect choice for veggie pasta dishes. But, is spaghetti squash keto? Get the definitive answers here, including carbs in spaghetti squash and delicious ways to have spaghetti squash on keto. Wondering about other keto foods? Take a look at the carb counts in this lengthy keto food list, or use some simple keto cheat sheets to get started....
Be sure to check out my Slow Cooker Sausage Gumbo recipe for another amazingly easy way to cook up juicy sausage. The cooking process might be a bit longer in the crockpot, but you just can’t beat that classic sausage and gumbo flavor. Can we all just agree that using the air fryer method for cooking is the best? It doesn’t really matter the type of sausage that you use as this cooking method works perfectly with all different kinds of sausages....
One of our favorite local restaurants does a weekly “KFC night” as in Korean Fried Chicken. One full order of chicken is supposed to feed four people, but Ben and I always manage to polish off the entire thing on our own. It is too good to resist. Today’s air fried Korean fried chicken wings are inspired by our local KFC night, with the twist of the air fryer....
I’m here to fulfill your dreams of keto apple pie! Yes, you might have thought that a low carb apple pie was impossible. But it’s not! Your day just got a little sweeter. 😉 And there is a secret to this keto apple pie filling – it’s made from yellow squash! Yes, you can have your veggies AND your sugar-free apple pie all in one delicious bite. If putting summer squash in pie filling sounds a little strange, don’t be deterred....
You know I love anything pizza, right? And because I know many of my readers do too, I have new one to add to your arsenal – a keto chicken crust pizza recipe! This low carb chicken pizza crust has only FOUR ingredients (plus salt), and is one of the easiest things you can make. Making a chicken crust pizza keto is very straightforward, because all the ingredients are naturally low carb....
I love mangoes! I haven’t really put much thought into “what’s my favorite fruit”, but I think Mango is a strong candidate. One thing I have to say, though, is that mango in Brazil is a thousand and two times better than here in the States. :( Sorry, American friends! And I even tried searching for the mango that I like (the one that is orange, really sweet and soft inside and green and red on the outside) to no success!...
Traditionally, fried chicken wings are floured or battered and then pan-fried, deep fried, or pressure fried. The breading adds that nice, crispy exterior that many enjoy. But let me offer you an alternative. How about intensely flavorful and fall-off-the-bone tender fried chicken wings? Here is my quick and easy pan fried chicken wings recipe that everyone in my family enjoys, especially the kids. These pan fried wings win by a wide margin over many other fried wing recipes we tried....
Are you a leftover person? Because I am! Perhaps it just comes with the territory of being a food blogger, but I will always vote for lunch leftovers over a cold sandwich. This quick and easy pork stir fry is my latest leftover obsession (as is this Egg Roll in a Bowl recipe). It’s easy to pack, can be reheated in a microwave, and will keep you full all afternoon....
Focus on: “rustic”. Seriously, whoever decided to start using the word “rustic” as a synonym to “not looking too professional” has my heart forever. ❤️ Yes, I am perfectly aware of my baking limitations. The good news: this potato galette might look homemade (as opposed to looking like it was made by a famous french pastry chef), but it tastes INSANELY amazing! You gotta trust me on that! And that’s the beauty of a galette, which is another word for “rustic tart”....
It’s hard to play favourites with recipes, but if I had to, this Pumpkin, Halloumi and Avocado salad wins. And given that it’s been the most popular recipe on the blog since I first posted in over a year ago, it seems to be your favourite too. This doesn’t really surprise me. Whether you’re an avid salad eater or a notorious salad avoider, this is the salad for you. It’s filled with three of the most universally loved ingredients....
Admittedly, the success of this dish did not come as a complete surprise to me though. The marinade here is an adaptation of my wildly popular Killer Chicken Thigh Marinade, which I can literally drink on its own. It’s that good! Similarly, it works amazingly well on slow-cooked chicken breasts. I’ve been asked for a slow cooker chicken breast recipe a number of times on this blog, so here it is, and you won’t be disappointed....
Is the weather a dominant topic of conversation where you live too? It comes up often in Wisconsin. I wonder if people in California or Florida talk about the weather with the same frequency? Can you bond over pleasant temps and abundant sunshine the way you can over frigid air and permaclouds? While I can’t give you that answer, I can say with certainty that, no matter the temperature and region, we can all unite around simple, delicious weeknight dinners such as these spaghetti squash boats with chicken and bacon (or one of these other healthy baked casserole recipes)....
Cranberries are one of my favorite seasonal foods during the holiday months. For many of us, cranberry sauce comes to mind (and my sugar-free cranberry sauce recipe is one of my most popular ones yet!). But there are so many other wonderful ways to use cranberries. This stuffed delicata squash recipe with beef, goat cheese, rosemary, and cranberries is a perfect example. Winter squash is not traditionally considered a low carb food, since it’s rather starchy compared to other vegetables....
After all you’ll tell yourself, why should you dress up, pay good money, wait for a seat, and suffer outrageous markup on wine in a restaurant, when you can make a chef-level dish like this elegant spinach stuffed salmon at home? Michelin star who? Michelin star YOU! Even if you’ve never baked salmon before, you can nail this recipe. The steps are very straightforward. For even more tips (including what kind of salmon to buy and more), check out this post on How to Cook Salmon....
I’m so glad chili season is upon us! For this chili, I used both the ROTEL chunky diced tomatoes with green chilies and the Hunt’s crushed tomatoes that I purchased at my local Walmart. ROTEL has a mild variety of that same product, so if you’re not into spicy food, just get that instead. I like using canned tomatoes because they make my life so much easier! I’m already so stressed with everything else, at least dinner making needs to be semi- therapeutic, right?...
Is there anything more luxurious than a perfectly roasted beef tenderloin? Filet mignon has always been my favorite cut of steak, but more recently, I experimented and learned how to cook beef tenderloin roast whole — and I’m in love. This beef tenderloin recipe is simple but so impressive. Everyone will be wowed! I use my favorite stovetop-to-oven method for this beef tenderloin recipe. Browning the meat on the stovetop creates a flavorful crust, while finishing it in the oven ensures that the inside remains juicy and tender....
