This easy Asian cucumber salad recipe makes a absolutely delicious refreshing cold side dish. The cool cucumber salad has a mildly sweet and spicy sesame dressing and is tossed with onions and sesame seeds. It is also called Sunomono, Japanese cucumber salad and Smashed cucumber salad. The crisp cucumber onion salad not only goes great with Asian inspired dishes, but also makes a great combo with BBQ meats or all sorts of sandwiches. While it is far less salty and sour than pickles, it can Continue Reading
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When you want a comfort food for dinner, it is hard to beat this Chicken Bacon Ranch Casserole Recipe. Not only does it make a hearty complete meal the family will love, but it is super easy to prepare too! Rotisserie chicken or chicken fingers are combined with pasta, broccoli, cheese, ranch seasoning and a few other items then topped with bacon and cheese. All these delicious flavors meld together delightfully to create chicken bacon casserole pasta dinner for any night of the week. How to Continue Reading
Puff Pastry Pizza with Vegetables
This puff pastry pizza recipe is easy to prepare and a fun twist on traditional pizza. The vegetarian puffed pastry pizza is a great main dish for pizza night or serve as a delicious and easy appetizer. The puff pastry dough is covered with pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese and veggie pizza toppings. Of course you can swap the toppings you put on the puff pastry crust a bit. Lean meats are also a good choice if not vegetarian. Puff Pastry as Pizza Crust Using pastry for making pizza is a Continue Reading
Italian Ricotta Pie Recipe
Sweet ricotta pie is among the most popular Italian desserts, particularly for serving at Easter, so much so that it is often called Easter Ricotta Pie or even simply Easter Pie. The delicious pie is made with a sweet cookie-like crust called Pasta Frolla, which is of course the vessel for the creamy ricotta filling. I did not grow up with Ricotta cheese pie as a child. I learned to love the Italian dessert working in Italian restaurants. Not all had the classic sweet pie dough, so after Continue Reading
Mongolian Beef Recipe
This Mongolian Beef recipe is my take on the popular and absolutely delicious stir fry dish like you can get at P. F. Chang's restaurant or your local Chinese takeout. The tender beef stir fry recipe is in a savory and sweet brown sugar and soy sauce with green onion slices. Try your hand at making your own Mongolian Beef stir fry at home. The Mongolian sauce is made with common pantry ingredients, no specialty sauces in this version of the recipe. Save money and ensure there is no MSG in Continue Reading