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If you have ever been in to a Cafe Zupas, there’s a good chance you’ve noticed the Wisconsin Cauliflower Soup on the menu. Zupas started in Provo, Utah in 2004, right when I was going to college at BYU. It has since grown tremendously and is famous for their delicious fresh food. I had to recreate this deliciously creamy, cheesy Wisconsin cauliflower soup at home! The great state of Wisconsin is known as “America’s Dairyland” and is particularly known for one of the world’s favorite foods: cheese!...

Homemade Baby Food As a mom to three kids, I know firsthand how the urge to make homemade baby food can be both exciting and a little daunting. And if you have a busy schedule or other kids in the house, finding the time to actually do it can seem impossible. But, there are so many healthy foods that you can transform into stage 1 baby food purees with hardly any work or special equipment at all!...

With these tasty recipes from around the world, you won’t even think about ordering takeout! Follow along for all of the family-friendly dishes that will turn simple and humble chicken dinner into a new dinnertime favorite. And while you’re here, be sure to check out our collection of Blackstone Griddle Recipes! Blackstone Chicken Recipes: 1. Hibachi Chicken & Vegetables Give your simple chicken and veggies an amazing makeover by making it Japanese steakhouse style!...

From madeleines to macarons, we have no shortage of tasty treats. Satisfy your sweet tooth and impress your friends with one of these amazing recipes. Plus, we have gluten-free options just for you! That way everyone has the opportunity for a yummy dessert. And with the taste of these, you won’t want to miss out! So what are you waiting for? Get to it! French Cookie Recipes: 1. Classic French Madeleines If you need a light and fluffy cookie to pair with a cup of tea, check out these Classic French Madeleines!...

I know that exactly how Christmas stockings are handled in everyone’s houses can vary considerably, but I also know that it’s so fun to fill them with small gifts our kids will love! This list—which I’ve broken up into subcategories including creative, educational, wearable, just for fun and items to use at the tables—will hopefully give you some new ideas for toddler toys and gifts to try this year! Use this list as inspiration and for specific ideas for stocking stuffers for kids, and tailor it to your specific child....

Aushak (also commonly transliterated as ashak) are Afghan dumplings filled with an oniony mixture. They’re kind of like ravioli, if your ravioli was filled with onion greens instead of cheese or meat. Serve aushak with a thick garlicky yogurt and a spiced tomato sauce–which can be either vegetarian or made with meat. The meat version of the sauce is called keema, which means minced meat. As I’m vegan, I made a vegan version of the tomato sauce using store bought vegan ground meat....

Amish Bread is so simple to make When it comes to simple, classic soft and tender bread, this is Amish white bread is my favorite, go-to recipe. I have been using this easy homemade sandwich bread recipe for years with only slight modifications to the original version that was probably shared with me by a college roommate or someone. I wish I could remember who! But this is the recipe that really taught me how to make bread....

What I love most is how every bite is a little different, as this antipasto salad is loaded with salami, pepperoni, plump mozzarella balls, olives, artichokes, sweet cherry tomatoes and many more great antipasto favorites. The mix of “meat, cheeses and vegetables” is always a winning combination. All I need to do is to present it in a cheeseboard fashion, and voila, I end up with a great company first course, or an easy weeknight meal....

Baby Food Storage Going through the effort to make homemade baby food really only works if you have a good plan for how to store the food to ensure that it stays fresh and that baby has plenty of opportunities to enjoy it. After making a LOT of baby food for my third kiddo to send with him to daycare, I got into a good routine of quickly making and storing baby food—both in the fridge and freezer....

We love serving this bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin with Scalloped Potatoes [Au Gratin Potatoes] or Easy Southern Cornbread Dressing, and you can dress it up with Easy Homemade Cranberry Sauce for a fabulous holiday meal! This post was sponsored by Iowa Pork. All thoughts and opinions are 100% my own. I’m so excited to be partnering with Iowa Pork again to bring you this bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin. We love cooking with pork, especially when entertaining, and I wanted to create a pork tenderloin recipe that would be suitably special for a holiday dinner party, without being difficult or time-consuming....

“These are inspired,” were the first words my husband Omar spoke after biting into one of these sandwiches. Having already polished one off hours before post photoshoot, I just gave an excited and knowing grin. A sweet and smoky barbecue sauce, slathered over thin slices of tofu which have been fried until chewy. Paired with a zingy pineapple relish, just a little bit spicy. Sandwiched between two slices of toasted sourdough bread, one slice generously topped with mashed avocado, and the other slathered with vegan mayonnaise....

Every culture has a dish made out of ground meat. Be it some meatballs or lasagna or different versions of Picadillo like Puerto Rican Picadillo or Filipino Giniling, which is Asian picadillo and Australian Savoury Mince. Ground meat recipes are quick and easy and can be full of different varied flavors. Check out our collection of favorite Ground Beef Recipes! If you’re looking for some ground meat recipes, try my fabulous lists of Ground Chicken recipes and Ground Pork recipes....

One bite into these deliciously crunchy tacos and we bet you won’t be able to stop. They’re that addictive. We’ve got all the tips for you, so you’ll be making them perfect every time. Yeah, we eat a lot of tacos. Birria Tacos, Ground Beef Tacos, Shrimp Tacos, Chicken Tacos… the list goes on. If this keeps up, we might have to rename our blog to TacoPlate! But what can I say, they’re so good and so fun....

Finger Foods for Baby After baby starts solids and is ready to move onto finger foods, you may feel a little confused by exactly what to serve and how to serve it. Which is totally normal because it can be scary to let baby feed themselves this way and we may not have any experience doing this—or we may have totally forgotten from our last kiddo! This list of finger foods for baby will cover some great first finger foods to start with, then set you up with plenty of healthy options from each food group....

When you are in the mood for something tasty but don’t want to heat up the oven, puppy chow is the way to go! We also like making Salted Brown Butter Rice Krispie Treats, Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies, and Fruity Pebbles Rice Krispies Treats! I grew up enjoying puppy chow (for humans, not dogs) so it was a shock to me that my husband had never even heard of it until we started dating....

These Old-Fashioned Bread & Butter Pickles are a time-honored staple in our home and one of my husband’s favorite things ever. This recipe is from Paul’s Grandma Robertson by way of my mother-in-law. They are so popular in fact that when Paul asked for a dozen jars of these bread & butter pickles for Christmas, his brothers joined in and everybody ended up with jars of pickles under the tree!...

Many scampi aficionados would scoff if you add or subtract anything to it. But at the Beisers’ we experiment with our classics all the time. A few years back, my husband tweaked it just a little by adding some extra Cajun flavors for one special dinner. It was AAAmazing! That was Valentines 2017… ❤ We want to share this recipe with you this year so you can try it this coming Friday!...

Here we have it folks. The cookies of your dreams. The cookies that have been missing from your lives. Cookies that will make you go a little crazy. Cookies with a secret ingredient that you already know about because it’s in the title of this post 😛 . May I present: Chewy vegan tahini chocolate chip cookies. Well, I say chocolate chip, but really we’re talking dark chocolate chunks. A bar of good quality dark chocolate, chopped up and mixed into the cookie dough for pools of rich, melty chocolate....

Today, I am bringing you Chicken Bog, a version from the American Lowcountry, specifically South Carolina. If you ask my six year old son what his favorite food is, he will always say “chicken and rice.” I guess that’s why he rated this recipe “a thousand out of ten.” It’s a pretty simple dish, the kind of thing that folks have probably been cooking for an inexpensive dinner that can feed a crowd for generations....

What are No Bake Cookies? Drumroll please… cookies you don’t have to bake! Genius! These are quick and easy and require common household ingredients. Most no-bake cookies are quite similar and call for some variation of ingredients that include: sugar, milk, butter, cocoa powder, peanut butter, vanilla extract, and oatmeal. You can add nuts, chocolate chips, raisins, or whatever you want to the mixture. Why you’ll love these No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies I made so many batches of this no bake cookies recipe when I was growing up!...