I combined mango chutney with just a small amount of tangy goat cheese to create bite sized Mango Chutney Appetizers with Goat Cheese and Papadums that look elegant and taste out-of-this-world-amazing! In a previous post, I talked briefly about the preponderance of mango trees in Sri Lanka and how much of my childhood that I spent there was entwined with this fruit. The mango tree even has great significance in Sri Lankan culture, because legend has it that, Sri Lanka accepted and embraced the religion of Buddhism for the first time over two thousand years ago, following a symbolic conversation about mango trees (!...

Rocky Road means slightly different things in different parts of the world. In the US, it’s famous mostly as an ice cream with chocolate, marshmallow and nuts.In the UK it contains chocolate, marshmallow, raisins and biscuits (cookies).In Australia there are so many types of Rocky Road, but whatever type it is it always contains the two main ingredients of chocolate and marshmallow. But it can also contain coconut, glace cherries, jelly (or jello) cubes, Turkish delight, nuts (usually peanuts) and sometimes even strawberry sauce....

I also show you the best way to make this delicious summer treat without an ice cream machine, and provide lots of ideas on how to vary the flavors, toppings, and mix-ins. This recipe is an instant classic! About this vanilla ice cream recipe This ice cream is packed with no holds barred vanilla flavor! So much better than store-bought ice cream. This is a French vanilla ice cream recipe with an unparalleled rich and creamy texture....

Summer is time to enjoy a tall glass of cool drinks. Cold coffee is a classic cold drink in summer that everyone loves. Almost everyone knows how to prepare cold coffee or iced coffee. But still, every time you see a cafe frappe in your favorite cafe, you crave a fancy glass just like that. For making this recipe I have used cold brew concentrate. You can use instant coffee powder or even coffee decoction using filter coffee pot....

I simply love pickles! Pickles can lift the taste of simplest of the meals. I love how a pickle can add another layer of flavor and taste even to a simple meal of every day Dal chawal sabzi meal. Some of the popular pickle/achar combinations are very very simple but they taste super yummy. Khichadi is incomplete without an accompaniment of Papad and achar, Pulao without a side of dahi and achar does not sound half as good, and Paratha and achar are simply made for each other combination....

These little spicy beef meatballs are packed with so much flavor and are great as starter recipes or side dish recipes for any party or gathering. Everybody loves a good get together. Good friends with good food is a recipe for good times. But not many like to play host. I love entertaining too, but not the work that goes into it. These beef meatballs are great to make ahead That’s why I LOVE a great make ahead recipe that’s easy and you can get most of the work done a day (or two) ahead, with very little prep work on the day itself....

I know a lot of you are busy with Memorial Day festivities today, so this is a perfect, super-easy little snack that you can whip up on the fly to take care of all your munchy needs during all your barbecue-ing (or movie watching or feelings-eating, whatever role Chex Mix plays in your life.) You’re going to need Rice Chex (or generic equivalent), white chocolate chips, a few juicy limes, and some butter....

What is Jhalmuri Jhalmuri is a spicy tangy puffed rice snack. The taste of dhal muni is quite unique due to the addition of a special ingredient, mustard oil. This is a famous Indian street food snack from Bengal and Bihar. This spicy snack is a combination of different flavours and textures that comes from many tidbits that are added in Jhalmuri. Green chillies add heat and onions add pungency and crunch....

You’ll need about 5 ears of corn. I love making this with fresh sweet corn, but you could also use frozen fresh corn. I would just avoid canned. You’ll cook the corn in a hot skillet and it will kind of pop around like popcorn. Since corn is so sweet, it tends to char easily. You want those nice blacked spots, but you don’t want it to burn so just keep an eye on it....

You’ll need a small wheel of brie. The rind is completely edible, but if you’re not a fan, just use a really sharp knife and cut some of it off like this photo below. The first flavor is a classic: pepper jelly. Tabasco is a widely available brand that you can find near the other jams and jelly’s at the grocery store. It’s exactly what it sounds like- jelly made with hot peppers....

A Kiwi classic Bacon and egg pies (just like my ultimate bacon and egg pie) are a classic in New Zealand and Australia. That flaky puff pastry, those golden-yellow egg yolks, fat chunks of salty bacon, and that heavenly smell of baking pies, are as much a part of the Kiwi identity as those sprawling farming landscapes, or a pavlova for that matter. My mother used to make these a lot for me when I was a kid, and these would often be my school lunch....

We have a great all-purpose pie crust recipe but in the last several years I have fallen in love with this recipe. I stumbled upon years ago on the Land O Lakes website (and no, this isn’t sponsored by Land O Lakes, but I wish it was because they’d probably send me a crap-ton of butter, right??) and it caught my eye because it’s not like other pie crust recipes....

This vibrantly colored version of my vanilla roll cake is made with a light sponge cake and filled with lightly sweetened whipped cream! Happy Pride Month everyone! I know I’m a little late to the party this year, but I’m thrilled to share this delicious rainbow roll cake to celebrate pride month this year! I wanted to make something just as vibrant as the rainbow ice cream cake I made a few years ago....

Ingredient & Equipment Notes Fresh corn on the cob – Fresh corn provides a delicious, creamy base for this soup and is by far the best choice. In a pinch, frozen corn would be a close second. Don’t use canned corn for this recipe. Tomatoes – You can use any variety of garden tomatoes here. Little ones work the best, but if you happen to have large tomatoes in your garden, just quarter them before roasting and you’ll be good to go....

Ingredients Needed Fresh tomatoes– You can experiment with different tomatoes you are growing, or from the store. Standard tomatoes, tomatoes on the vine, and romas all work great. Cherry tomatoes will have more seeds and tend to have a more acidic taste. Onion – yellow or white, but red works great if that’s what you’ve got. Fresh garlic – fresh works best, as opposed to garlic powder, or bottled garlic. Carrot – 1 carrot adds sweetness and also neutralizes tomato acidity Olive Oil Kosher Salt and Black Pepper Boursin Cheese – any flavor variety....

Kudos to y’all. I’m not that mom. I had dreams of being that mom. Turns out that just stresses me out and leprechauns are a whole lot less fun if the leprechaun also makes them cry. We have fun in other ways–last night, we got home later than expected and had a late-night French fry date and talked and laughed. We were eating fries (on the couch!) at 11:00 pm, but that was my kind of fun momming....

The dog days of summer mean a lot of ice cream, sorbet, and popsicle recipes! But it also means a lot of fruit desserts, because of the bounty of fresh fruits at the grocery store. Easy fruit sorbet, fruity soda syrups, fresh fruit syrups (like this grilled pineapple syrup, lychee syrup, rhubarb syrup, lemon syrup etc.), and fruity popsicles like this lychee cantaloupe popsicles, peach melba popsicles, and mango coconut popsicles are frequent guests in our household during summer months....

What kind of chocolate should I use for chocolate ganache? The kind of chocolate you choose is a matter of personal taste. Traditionally, ganache is on the slightly bitter side of the spectrum, so the Ganache Mafia might hunt you down if they discover you’ve used milk chocolate in your ganache. My feelings? Yeah, milk chocolate isn’t the traditional choice, but who am I to judge you and your chocolate choices?...

Steel Cut oats are whole oat groats that have been chopped into pieces. They have an entirely different texture than regular old fashioned oats, and I knew they would be really great in a cookie. You can make this recipe with all steel cut oats, but I found I especially liked it with a combination of steel cut and old fashioned. It’s just more great texture and the old fashioned oats help give the cookies a little shape....

I’ve eaten French onion soup at a lot of places, and recently had what I would rank as the absolute best. When My husband and I went on our Alaskan cruise recently, (read more about it here and here) our last stop on the Ruby Princess was Victoria, B.C. I wrote about all of the excursions we did at each stop on our cruise, but I didn’t tell you anything about Victoria because I wanted to save it for French Onion Soup!...