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Happy New Year everyone! I’m a little late to the draw here, as we’re officially more than halfway through the month, but I spent the first part of my new year soaking up the sun in Hawaii and it was glorious. I was so not ready to come back home to cold weather, though I did miss our pets! I also owe you a little bit of an apology, as I had meant to share this recipe for vegan risotto bolognese with you before the new year and close on the heels of my mouth watering black lentil bolognese, but it was so delicious I went into a holiday-no work allowed-food coma....

Stromboli, a word as fun to say as the dish is to eat! For the uninitiated, stromboli is a staple of Italian-American cuisine. It’s essentially pizza dough rolled around sandwich ingredients and baked to hot, puffy perfection. For my vegan version I’ve stuffed the stromboli with a grainy mustard, smokey sharp vegan cheese, flavorful vegan deli meat slices, spicy jalapeños, and sweet red onion. It’s like a delicious sandwich wrapped in pizza dough....

Monday Cheesy Lasagna Soup Tuesday Orange Chicken Wednesday Crispy Chicken Sandwiches Thursday Dirty Rice Friday Pan Seared Salmon Bonus Texas Sheet Cake Meal planning can be hard. And grocery shopping without a plan can be disastrous. Let me help! Having a meal plan makes life so much easier. So we have thoughtfully put together a curated menu of 5 amazing dinner recipes each week so you don’t have to plan....

Meal planning can be hard. And grocery shopping without a plan can be disastrous. Let me help! Tuesday Ground Beef Taco Meat Wednesday Creamy Apricot Pork Chops Thursday Meatloaf Hamburger Patties Friday Southern Fried Chicken Bonus Apple Crisp. Having a meal plan makes life so much easier. So we have thoughtfully put together a curated menu of 5 amazing dinner recipes each week so you don’t have to plan. And the best part is, I have a free shopping list of ALL the ingredients for all five recipes making shopping a breeze....

Having said that, we know how difficult it can be to think of almost anything after a long day at work or at play! So, to take the pressure off, we’ve rustled up a bunch of what we consider the best sides to serve with filet mignon. Why not try a few? What to Serve with Filet Mignon 1. Red Wine Mushroom Sauce This easy Red Wine Mushroom Sauce for Steak is the BEST!...

Babies and Water It’s certainly true that water is essential to our health. But when it comes to newborns and younger babies, they get all the hydration they need from their formula or breast milk. And, in actuality, giving water to babies younger than six months old can cause problems. Newborn stomachs are so small that you don’t want to fill them up with water so they aren’t hungry for feedings—breastmilk and formula have the nutrients and hydration babies need....

Hot Lunch Ideas I love using a kids lunch containers to increase the options I have when it’s time to pack lunch for day care and school, and these ideas are all super easy and super kid-friendly. Though the very best part just might be that none of them are very hard or time-consuming! I hope these hot lunch ideas—which can be packed and sent to daycare as an easy toddler lunch idea, preschool, or as a kindergarten lunch as easy school lunches....

Meal Prep Lunch Lunch can be the hardest meal of the day, as it can sneak up on us and so often we scramble for something to eat. So to help you get ahead with making healthy lunches for kids and to make it easier to feed yourself in the middle of the day, these lunch meal prep ideas are here to help. I almost never do full “meal prep” on the weekends because I simply don’t have hours to spend in the kitchen cooking, but I am always looking for smart, efficient ways I can meal-prep in the slivers of time I do have....

Banana Ice Cream There are so many things we can do with an abundance of ripe bananas (or leftover bananas that the kids have decided not to eat) and while we love Banana Bread, Banana Bread Muffins, Banana Cookies, and Banana Cake, we adore this Banana Ice Cream. Sometimes this is known as “nice cream”, but I don’t like the implication that other ice cream is potentially “mean cream” (kids are literal, what can I say!...

If you’re looking to throw together a full holiday meal, these side dishes are sure to make your menu complete. Check out these Perfectly Roasted Green Beans, Creamy Pea Salad with Bacon, and Italian Sausage Stuffing with Cranberries and Apples. Is your mouth watering yet? The flavor that is in this air fryer turkey breast with rosemary and garlic is simply amazing. This comes out of the air fryer so tender and moist and just melts in your mouth....

Imagine juicy shrimp, beer-battered just right, mixed with crunchy coleslaw, creamy avocado, and a tangy chipotle mayo, all wrapped up warm in corn tortillas. So good! And here’s the best part: you don’t have to wait for Taco Tuesday to enjoy them. Seriously, these tacos are so delicious, I could eat them any day of the week. Once you try them, trust me, you’ll be hooked too! I sure do love my tacos....

What is Italian Wedding Soup? Italian wedding soup is a delicious broth soup filled with meatballs (the protein), and spinach (the primary vegetable, although there is also celery and carrots). It is a fantastic soup that is loaded with flavor and texture in every bite. Why is it that Italians make the best soups? I know our versions are probably fairly Americanized, but we just love this Zuppa Toscana, my Slow Cooker Tuscan White Bean Soup, and this Easy Minestrone Soup!...

I make it with just a few ingredients, and it tastes just like the marinade from my favorite Korean restaurant. It’s sweet, savory, and a little tangy all at once, making every bite delicious. Once you try it, you’ll never want to use store-bought marinades again. Give it a try, and get ready for some seriously tasty meals! What is Bulgogi Sauce? Bulgogi sauce is a blend of few easy ingredients to make Korean BBQ recipes like Bulgogi....

It’s summer! Time to fire up that grill! You don’t have to be a burger connoisseur to truly appreciate a properly cooked, tantalizingly juicy burger. But most people seem to agree that homemade burgers are so different from fast food burgers that they are practically a different thing entirely. When I was a kid learning how to grill, I LOVED to press our burgers with the flat back of the spatula....

There’s this dish I love ordering at a local Burmese restaurant–you guessed it–kaukswe (also spelled khao suey, khow suey, khao soi, and khow soi–you get the idea). It’s one of those dishes that has a hundred and one different versions, and some may be barely recognizable from others. Kuakswe means noodles, but the term is also used to refer to this curry style of noodle dish. The spelling khao soi is more commonly used when talking about the Thai and Laotian versions, and khao means noodles and khao soi referring to cut noodles (often egg noodles)....

If you are looking for creamy, saucy seafood pasta dish with bold flavors, you sure are in for one major treat. After our NOLA visit in the past, we are super fans of Creole and Cajun foods. We have some great seafood recipes from New Orleans. Shrimp Recipes like Pastalya, Cajun Shrimp Scampi and New Orleans BBQ Shrimp are some of the real flavor benders on GypsyPlate. Today’s Cajun Shrimp Pasta sure fits into that category, and hits the right spot if you are looking for something decadently creamy delicious, loaded with BOMB Cajun flavors....

Melt in your mouth tender pork shoulder braises for hours in a chili pepper based sauce. Don’t worry! This one isn’t too spicy. Though, if you want, I’ll teach you how to turn it spicy! Dried chili peppers are one of the things that sets Mexican and Southwest-style cuisines apart. They can range from mild to fiery, and always bring their own unique flavor profiles. Chilis shine in my Birria Stew, and it’s counterpart, Birria Tacos....

If you love soup that has the flavors of some of your other favorite dishes, be sure not to miss my One Pot Lasagna Soup or our favorite Easy Cheesy Taco Soup! Cheeseburger Soup If you’re looking for a rich and delicious soup that brings the flavors of summer into the winter months, this easy cheeseburger soup recipe is for you! It’s made with lean ground beef, so it’s plenty filling, and has a creamy potato and cheese base that is pretty much the ultimate when it comes to satisfying hungry families....

Perfect for when the temperatures start to dip, the whole family is going to love slurping this tasty soup down. Make a huge pot of this deliciousness, and cozy up to the biggest bowl you can find! We just love soups in the fall and winter time. They’re the best way to warm your belly and your soul. We have some cracking soups here on GypsyPlate, like Pesto Tortellini Soup, Greek Fasolada, and our all time favorite, Zuppa Toscana....

I’ve got one last iconic Nebraska recipe to share as part of Nebraska Week here on House of Nash Eats! This one is perhaps lesser known, but so delicious that it’s well-worth including in my American Eats series to represent my home state. The classic “tin roof sundae” was created in the tiny town of Potter, Nebraska at the Potter Sundry back in the 1930’s and became so well-loved that ice cream companies like Blue Bunny, Turkey Hill, Breyer’s, and even Baskin-Robbins have created tin roof ice cream recipes using these flavors....