If you’re planning to serve a seafood feast, also learn how to cook mussels and serve up some ridiculously delicious Thai coconut mussels! Get your oysters from somewhere you trust, no matter if that’s your local grocer or a fish monger. Look for signs of freshness: if it doesn’t look or smell right, be cautious. Ask when they were harvested and how long you can safely store them. Some oysters will come with a tag that indicates this information....

On a paleo muffin spree? These paleo breakfast muffins will have you racing out of bed. Coconut oil: Provides moisture to the muffin mixture. Bananas: Four large bananas, they can be ripe enough to eat but don’t need to be super brown like those you’d use in banana bread. Eggs: To bind everything together. Almond flour: or almond meal. To make this recipe nut free, you can use coconut flour....

For a more traditional pulled pork enchilada, make these carnitas enchiladas! These green chicken enchiladas are our go-to poultry option. BBQ pulled pork: To make BBQ pulled pork for enchiladas, use the linked recipe. It’s super easy – the slow cooker does the work for you! Enchilada sauce: You can find red or green enchilada sauces – this recipe works best with a mild red enchilada sauce. BBQ sauce: Make your own for a delicious homemade BBQ sauce for pulled pork, or use store-bought....

If you love potatoes, also try smoky roast potatoes, crispy garlic smashed red potatoes, and greek lemon potatoes. Mini potato recipe tips Choosing potatoes – mini potatoes (also known as creamer potatoes) create the perfect balance between crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Cooking them whole with the skin on keeps the steam inside and gives them their distinctly soft center. They come pre-sorted to be similar in size which means they’ll cook evenly and in just 30 minutes....

These salmon cakes are super tender and flavorful. They are beautifully crisp on the outside (without using any flour!) and moist inside. Plus, you don’t have to cook the salmon first. I’ll tell you why I make them with raw salmon in just a minute. Spoiler alert: it makes the best salmon patties! Not only are these easy to make for a quick weeknight meal, but they’re also great for meal-prep....

I love this time of year when local summer fruits start showing up at the grocery store. Bright red strawberries that are sweet as candy are my favorite. A close second is tart rhubarb. Put the two together into a strawberry rhubarb crisp or (in this case) a strawberry rhubarb cobbler and magic happens. Why you’ll fall in love with this strawberry rhubarb cobbler Sweet strawberries and tart rhubarb were made for each other....

Sugar for Babies As you may have noticed, I work really hard to keep this is a judgment free zone. Therefore, I want to start with this important message – This post is not meant to make you feel guilty or ashamed in any way if you’ve introduced sugar earlier than the recommendation. But as always, I want to provide you with evidence-based nutrition advice so that you can make a well-informed decision that’s best for you and your family!...

If you love noodles smothered in peanut sauce, also try our creamy coconut peanut noodles, carrot noodles with Thai peanut sauce, and Thai peanut noodle salad with feta peanut dressing. You only need a few basic ingredients to make them, there’s minimal prep required, and the recipe is really versatile. It’s a great fridge clean-out meal because, like astir-fry, you can use whatever vegetables you have in your fridge. Plus, it all gets made in one skillet!...

Looking for other vegan ice cream recipes to try? Look no further than this chocolate banana ice cream and this cherry garcia ice cream! Mmmm. If you don’t need/want to make vegan ice cream, give this strawberry ice cream recipe a shot! If your interest or perhaps confusion peeked around white balsamic vinegar in strawberry ice cream, let’s talk about some of the eyebrow-raising ingredients for this vegan strawberry ice cream recipe here (promise, it all makes perfect sense!...

If you’re a regular on my blog, you know I’m serious about pie – I have many pie recipes, and with good reason. I come from a pie-making family, and my granny’s apple pie was famous in my hometown. She was known for her flaky crust and perfect filling. You can bet the lessons she taught me stuck with me! My granny’s secret ‘trick’ to making the best apple pie is to pre-cook the pie filling....

For a herbaceous avocado-based dressing, make this avocado pesto salad dressing next! Avocado: Using creamy avocado omits the need for heavy dairy in this ranch! Other ingredients: mayonnaise, parsley, lemon juice, fresh dill, green onion, water, salt, and pepper. Herbs: Exaggerate or play with the herby flavor by blending in additional fresh herbs – chives, parsley, or cilantro all taste great. If you don’t have fresh herbs, dried herbs can work, too....

Awesome Christmas gifts for foodies We’ve put together a list of super awesome Christmas gifts for foodies that will make you look like a rockstar on Christmas morning. From must-have kitchen appliances to our favorite cookbooks and our most used kitchen accessories, these are the things we use and love. On a more personal note, we’ve mentioned our favorite charity at the bottom of this post as an option to donate to on behalf of someone who has everything....

“This post is a collaboration with Beef. It’s What’s for Dinner. managed by NCBA, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff. I received compensation, but all opinions are my own,” When to introduce beef to babies Short answer. As soon as your baby is ready to start solids, generally around 6 months. You may have been advised to start with infant cereal, then fruits and vegetables, and then meat. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the newly released Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025, these recommendations have evolved....

There are so many different ways to prepare and enjoy beets. I’ve certainly shared my fair share of them, which I will link below! And while I LOVE them simply roasted, my baby much rather prefer them incorporated into something else. Because it’s an excellent source of folate, vitamin C, fiber, and iron, to name a few, I want to incorporate this nutrient-dense vegetable into her diet as much as possible....

For a lighter and bubbly Caesar, try a Michelada! Make it a muddy caesar/dirty caesar But most Caesars, as good as they are, are made with Clamato juice. And if you ever read the ingredients list, it will probably make you cringe. While we look the other way when we’re eating out, making homemade Clamato juice is super easy and only involves 2 ingredients. To truly take brunch to the next level, also learn how to make mimosas!...

If you love flavorful burger recipes, also try our lamb burgers and our spinach feta chicken burgers. Rather than seasoning ground meat, we keep things simple and use bratwurst sausages that are already seasoned. We empty the meat from the casings, form it into bratwurst patties, and grill them to juicy perfection. Then we pile the burgers onto pretzel buns smothered in our easy mayo mustard sauce and sauteed onions and sauerkraut....

For more quick and easy carrot recipes, also try these quick garlic roasted carrots and spicy honey roasted carrots. This buttered carrots recipe is simple yet delicious. With just a few ingredients, they’re rich and buttery, with a punch of garlic flavor, and slightly herbaceous. These buttery carrots are classic at holiday dinners, but they’re also a quick and easy side dish for weeknights any time of year! Carrots – some regular ol’ carrots, nothing fancy....

Chili lime grilled corn on the cob is so finger-lickin’ good! Pair it with some grilled fish tacos and a watermelon margarita for a quintessential summer meal. We wait until it’s done on the grill to brush it with chili-infused butter, a squeeze of fresh lime juice, and minced cilantro before serving it hot. This summertime staple side dish is surprisingly easy to make, and pairs perfectly with other grilled or Mexican mains....

And the dressing. Truth → it’s all about the dressing. Sorry, broccoli. We love you—we really do—but this lemony buttermilk dressing makes the salad. Little broccoli florets are the perfect veggie to capture the maximum amount of dressing. Give it a minute to work its way into all the broccoli nooks and crannies, and your broccoli coleslaw will be even more stellar. Crunchy broccoli. It’s like being that person who eats all the broccoli from the veggie tray (dipped in ranch dressing, of course) before anyone even gets to the party....

Turn these sweet potato patties into a complete meal with a hearty salad like our arugula and wild rice salad, crispy kale salad with beets, or roasted broccoli salad with lemons and almonds. We make them with roasted sweet potatoes, almond flour, chives, and panko. Panko is our go-to breading ingredient for a perfectly crunchy exterior every time. We pan fry them until golden using real butter, because butter makes everything better....