FavoritePinShare Hey Recipe Critic readers! It’s Chelsea back from Chelsea’s Messy Apron with a perfect summer dessert – a nectarine sundae. But first, how was your Memorial Day? I hope you all had a wonderful day and enjoyed good weather! Although summer is still a couple of weeks away, we have already been grilling like crazy. To be honest though, my family tends to grill year round. The husband and I love grilled food!...
Ever since learning to make Grilled Cauliflower Steaks, I’ve been completely enamored by the delicious simplicity of grilled veggies. It’s the same way I feel about roasted vegetables in the winter—10 minutes of effort for a plate piled high with scrumptious, healthy satisfaction. Grilled portobello mushrooms have a mega advantage over baked portobellos mushroom recipes: NO clean up at the end! Simple Grilled Portobello Mushrooms To make these delicious marinated grilled mushrooms, you’ll need one main ingredient (ahem, the portobellos) and a few simple ingredients for the marinade....
In about 10 days, the streets of NYC will be filled with drunk people wearing green clothing and shamrocks. Me? I’ll be hiding at home, putting my booze into good use: food. Oh yeah, a few bottles of Guinness go a long way: beef stew, chili, bread, onion rings, soup and, wait for it, chocolate cake! ? And, okay, I admit it. Maybe we will drink a glass or two....
This easy pan seared halibut recipe with lemon butter sauce will show you how to cook halibut perfectly every time! Just like baked Chilean sea bass, this pan fried halibut could pass for a special meal at a fancy restaurant — but it’s surprisingly fast and easy to make. Cooking halibut this way tastes decadent, thanks to the butter lemon sauce for halibut, but it’s healthy, too! If you have any hesitations about fish, halibut recipes (like this one) taste mild and just might turn you into a fan....
Move over Mozzarella Sticks because there’s a new gooey cheese appetizer in my life and her name is grilled halloumi cheese. What’s halloumi cheese? Let me introduce you. Halloumi is a firm cheese that originated in Cyprus. It’s made with some mixture of goat’s, sheep’s, and cow’s milk and is popular throughout the Mediterranean.A unique trait of halloumi cheese is its high melting point which allows it to be cooked directly on the hot grill plates without melting into total oblivion....
FavoritePinShare Ham and Cheddar Sliders are soft and buttery baked rolls filled with sliced ham and ooey gooey cheese. They are the perfect quick and easy crowd-pleasing meal! The combination of smokey ham with a melty cheese is undeniably good! Try Easy Ham and Swiss Stromboli or Hot Ham and Swiss Pinwheels for more of this great ham and cheese pairing. Delicious Ham and Cheddar Sliders My life has been crazy lately!...
FavoritePinShare Healthy Chicken Pasta Salad is a spinach salad with penne pasta, grilled chicken, cherry tomatoes, toasted slivered almonds, and a fresh citrus vinaigrette. Hey everyone! It’s Chelsea from Chelsea’s Messy Apron. I’m bringing a healthier spinach and chicken salad with pasta today and I hope you all love it! Instead of the typical mayo or cream-laden based dressing, this dressing is very light and citrus-y making this salad so much healthier than most pasta salads....
Whether you like desserts with fruity flavors, chocolatey flavor, or a mixture of both, there’s a recipe here for you. Along with my full list of healthy desserts, the recipes you’ll find here use healthy swaps that don’t compromise on flavor. Instead of looking for healthy desserts to buy, these homemade recipes taste delicious and are better for you. And, that’s great news for those of us who love to dabble in desserts on the daily (ME)....
FavoritePinShare Baked to a buttery golden brown, these blueberry-filled scones are a soft, flaky treat bursting with tart and juicy flavor. Drizzled with a perfectly sweet, homemade icing, this mouthwatering pastry is going to be your new favorite way to start your day! There isn’t anything better than a warm, flaky pastry. For breakfast, with coffee, or just to satisfy a sweet craving danishes, muffins, and rolls are other pastry recipes sure to deliver!...
FavoritePinShare Super easy and better than store bought, Italian Seasoning is a MUST have in your pantry! One of the best seasonings there is, this Italian Seasoning is used on most everything! Making your own seasoning is cheap, easy and just smart! You will know exactly what is and isn’t in your spice rack. Try my homemade ranch, taco and fajita seasonings for more homemade goodness, with optimal flavor! Italian Seasoning Recipe Making your own seasonings just make sense....
A beautiful cheese or charcuterie board is a must at every party! Here are some of our tutorials: How to Assemble a Beautiful Cheeseboard, How to Make a Charcuterie Board and Fall Harvest Cheeseboard (easily customizable to other seasons). The best cracker to add to your next cheese platter! Homemade bread chips, or “crackers”, were always on our table growing up. Whenever my mom had some bread that was getting stale, she would slice it, brush with olive oil and toast in the oven until crispy....
FavoritePinShare Honey Orange Glazed Chicken combines delicious spices and a sweet and tangy honey orange glaze. This makes the perfect meal for your family and has amazing flavor! It is no secret that I love a good chicken dish. I am always trying to find new ways and different flavor combinations to use for my family. Usually most of my chicken dishes can be made in 30 minutes or less, but this glaze takes time to make....
See separate directions for brown basmati rice – How to cook Brown Rice. How to cook Basmati Rice The biggest mistake most people make which results in gluey rice is using the wrong rice to water ratio. The correct rice to water ratio is 1 : 1.5 (1 cup of rice to 1.5 cups of water). Most people use 1 3/4 cups of water or even 2 cups of water, AND they rinse the rice which makes it waterlogged and makes the mushy rice problem even worse....
FavoritePinShare This Berry Galette is the dessert of the summer! Fresh summer berries fill an easy to make crust. Serve it warm with a big scoop of ice cream for one of the best desserts you will ever make! Try Mixed Berry Crisp for a similar but more crunchy fruit dessert. Or Strawberry Cobbler that also has the sweet fruit and buttery crust your family will go crazy for! Homemade Fruit Galette This Fruit galette is a no-fail recipe that will allow you to get creative with a classic French dessert and make it your own....
FavoritePinShare This light and fluffy homemade funfetti cake are perfect for every celebration! A white cake bursting with rainbow sprinkles is so delicious and will have everyone asking for a second slice. You cannot host a celebration without a cake! If you want to try out some more tried and true cake favorites, then start with this Cinnabon cake, this amazing butter pecan cake, or this family favorite pineapple upside-down cake!...
This easy oven roasted zucchini recipe is such an easy and healthy side dish, it’s sure to become a staple. I love sharing how to make all kinds of low carb vegetables in the oven, and zucchini is definitely one of my faves… especially in the summer. In fact, every summer I try to see how many zucchini recipes I can squeeze in. This baked zucchini in the oven is my 6th recipe this season!...
There’s something about the smell of pancakes that always puts a smile on my face. A stack of sweet, light, and fluffy pancakes is arguably the best breakfast food there is. And when it comes to pancakes, IHOP knows their stuff. Thankfully, it’s easy to replicate their recipe! No need to change from your PJs to have a bite of their delicious buttermilk pancakes. Bring the taste of IHOP right into your kitchen with this recipe....
This creamy carrot ginger soup is simple to make, warm without being spicy, and has a refreshing touch of citrus at the very end. Its rich and velvety and filling, which is going to trick you into thinking that I’ve added cream, but in fact this is an entirely vegan carrot soup. It’s cozy, restorative, and I’ve been relishing having a big bowl every day for lunch. No matter how far the mercury dips (or since I don’t own an actual, old-school thermometer with mercury, no matter how low the “feels like” temperature my weather app displays), recipes like this carrot ginger soup fortify my body and soul alike....
It’s a quintessential holiday food, but turkey also makes a delicious protein source all year round. The question remains: Is turkey keto friendly? Let’s find out here, including carbs in turkey (in many forms, including carbs in turkey bacon and carbs in ground turkey) and delicious keto turkey recipes. Wondering about macros in other meats? This keto food list has many listings, and these keto cheat sheets can tell you at a glance....
It is National Grilled Cheese Day, after all. And I like to celebrate food days in grand style! Last year, I made my now famous Trainwreck Grilled Cheese! The husband loved it and the media ended up picking it up and it went crazy viral. ‘Til this day, Tim says it’s the best thing I’ve cooked for him. I politely choose to ignore it, as I’ve made things that are way more complicated than a grilled cheese....
