Fire up the grill for easy skewered shrimp with zesty mango-lime vinaigrette—juicy, charred seafood ready in under an hour for summer BBQs, quick healthy dinners, or tropical appetizer ideas perfect for beginners.
Classic Italian balsamic bruschetta with ripe Roma tomatoes, fresh basil, garlic and Parmesan on toasted French bread. Essential summer appetizer for tomato season.
Thyme focaccia made simple with a bread machine: a dimpled, olive-oil-rich flatbread scented with fresh thyme, cracked black pepper and flaky kosher salt. Crisp edges, soft airy middle.
Squid is cooked in a base of delicious seasonings made with onion, garlic, hot chili peppers and paprika, which gives the squid lots of yumminess and great texture.
Buttery shortbread bites rolled in paprika, cayenne, curry powder, and cumin. A savory, spice-crusted appetizer that's totally unexpected and completely addictive.
Nothing says comfort food like grandma's cookin'. I have simplified the process with canned beans but feel free to use a comparable amount of fresh. I also replaced the lard in Grandma's recipe with (marginally more healthy) butter.
Don't let the summer go to waste and try this savory salmon dish that you will want to enjoy everyday.
Fried calamari with spicy anchovy mayonnaise: squid rings in a graham cracker and flour coating fried crisp, served with a bold anchovy-cayenne dipping sauce. A restaurant appetizer at home.
Brine for roasted chicken steeps a whole bird overnight in salt, brown sugar, lemon, garlic, bay, peppercorns, jalapeno, and Mediterranean herbs. The result: juicier, deeper-seasoned roast chicken from skin to bone.
Baby Spinach Salad with Grilled Onions,Tomato Vinaigrette recipe
Rack of lamb coated in coarse-grain mustard and rosemary, crusted with cracker crumbs, and roasted hot and fast. Looks like a showstopper, takes 30 minutes flat.
Always popular sausage is homemade breakfast sausage patties seasoned with sage, thyme, allspice, nutmeg, and a little brown sugar and cayenne. No casings needed, just mix, shape, and freeze. You control exactly what goes in.
Homemade hot Italian sausage made from scratch: pork and fat ground with fennel seeds, paprika and a fiery hit of red pepper flakes. Control the heat and salt yourself, then stuff into links.
Stir-fried okra with cumin, fennel, and cayenne pepper. Indian-spiced, low-slime technique that makes okra converts out of skeptics in under 30 minutes.
Savory pumpkin, bacon, and blue cheese soup balances earthy pumpkin and molasses against funky gorgonzola, smoky bacon, and a hit of cayenne. A bold, creamy fall soup that comes together in about 15 minutes.
Fresh arugula and Roma tomato topping with lemon juice and olive oil. A peppery, bright salad topping for pizza, bruschetta, grilled chicken, or flatbreads.
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