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Our Instant Pot Shepherd’s Pie recipe, ready in less than 30 minutes, is the best way to make this classic beef dinner! Made using mashed potatoes, ground beef, and mixed vegetables, this easy cottage pie recipe is perfect for a busy weeknight meal. Easy Shepherd’s Pie Recipe Everything from the ground beef filling to the mashed potatoes cooks quickly in the Instant Pot. Then, you transfer the ingredients to a casserole dish and place them under the broiler in your oven to brown the top and cheese....

These Instant Pot fajitas are incredibly easy to make and take just 15 minutes! One of the advantages of making steak fajitas in the Instant Pot is that they cook faster, but also, there is much less hands-on time than the traditional stovetop method. That means they’re easier to make if you’re busy, plus they make a delicious and healthy dinner, too. Make ’em with homemade fajita seasoning for maximum flavor....

FavoritePinShare With a buttery streusel topping, Irish apple cake is tender and spiced to perfection. Drizzled with a warm custard sauce, this is one dessert you won’t want to miss! Apples complement cakes, cobblers, and pastries beautifully. For your next baking adventure, you’ll have to try an apple galette, tart, or danish! Traditional Irish Apple Cake Recipe If you’re a sucker for apple desserts like me, you’re going to love this one!...

This is a reader-favourite recipe included by popular demand in my debut cookbook “Dinner”! Irish Beef and Guinness Stew Irish Stew may well be the mother of all stews. I mean, you know that anything simmered for hours is going to be a good thing. But this…. this is the stew of your dreams. Arguably the most deeply flavourful sauce of all stews, with a rich dark brown flavour, this is the best of the best....

Citrus fruits fit into many diets… but as we already know with oranges, some varieties don’t always jive with a low carb lifestyle. So, is grapefruit keto? And just how many carbs in grapefruit? Let’s take a close look at whether this fruit works with a carb-conscious lifestyle, plus talk about ways to make grapefruit and keto work together. New to counting carbs or keto? Learn the keto diet basics here and grab my printable keto cheat sheet system to make it easy....

I love my greens, but in my Russian Jewish family, I didn’t grow up eating them much. Instead, we had a lot of finely chopped salads, like creamy cucumber salad, tomato cucumber avocado salad, and a variation of this easy Israeli salad recipe. Fresh, chopped veggies are tossed with a simple, refreshing Israeli salad dressing (it’s just a simple lemon vinagrette!) for a bright and crunchy salad. Let me show you how to make Israeli salad – it takes just a few minutes and you’re going to love it!...

What makes them special is: To stay true to Italian cuisine, use fresh mozzarella or bocconcini (small, bite sized fresh mozzarella balls). Fresh mozzarella tends to be stretchy and stringy when melted. And soooooo good! If you use fresh mozzarella you want to serve the dish as hot as possible, before the cheese starts to harden. You may want to keep a pair of kitchen scissors handy, just in case....

Despite my occasional fantasies about selling our house and moving into a condo, due to Ben’s greatest vice, we’ll never actually be able to leave. Ben has a serious (and thus-far incurable) book-buying addiction. While I support Ben’s love of learning and admire the fact that he wants to read a biography of Benjamin Franklin in his free time (I’ll stick to perfecting the No Knead Focaccia in mine), the idea of attempting to transport these books to a new location makes my lower back quiver in fear....

Cauliflower hash browns are the keto breakfast side dish your plate has been missing! My 6-ingredient low carb keto hash browns recipe is incredibly easy to make and makes a savory accompaniment to just about any breakfast. Serve these with eggs and bacon for a classic diner meal. You’re going to love them! Low carb cauliflower recipes have always been an epitome of healthy comfort food for me. It’s no surprise that this veggie came to mind again for a keto hash brown substitute....

With spring almost over and summer creeping up in a hurry, I find myself making easy low carb snacks and other keto recipes that I can make quickly and are convenient to grab-and-go. That is where these delicious low carb keto sausage balls with cream cheese fit in perfectly! They require minimal effort, and this easy sausage ball recipe is simply irresistible. Years ago, I would hear people talk about sausage cheese balls, but I didn’t understand what was so great about them....

It’s an explosion of big, BIG flavours – and it’s a really quick and easy recipe. Kung Pao Chicken Kung Pao Chicken is a Chinese takeout favourite that is mouthwateringly good and highly addictive – so it’s a good thing it’s easy to make at home so we don’t need to order takeout every time we crave it!! We love the strong flavoured sweet-sour-savoury sauce with the signature tingle of numbing heat from the Sichuan pepper!...

FavoritePinShare Lemon coconut cake is the perfect combination of delicious flavors and a soft texture! Moist and topped with the flaked coconut, this cake is insanely delicious and SOO good! A soft, spongey cake that is filled with sweet flavors and topped with a kick of lemon is totally my thing! If you love cakes like this as much as I do then go ahead and try this Blueberry Lemon Pound Cake, Black Forest Cake or this incredible Praline Apple Bundt Cake....

I’m so excited to be sharing this low carb & keto food list with you today! I’ve been working on this for months. I wanted to make sure that I don’t miss anything and have the most accurate information. The nutrition information and carb counts for this list of keto foods came straight from the USDA Food Composition Database. If you’re just getting started, make sure to also check my full guide about how to start a low carb or keto diet and calculate your macros using the low carb keto macro calculator....

It’s Mexican night and you know the salsa and guacamole are going to be amazing, but what if you’re following a keto diet? You need low carb chips! But can keto tortilla chips actually taste good and pair well with guacamole? Yes, they can! If you’ve been following my keto recipes, you know I’m a firm believer that almost any food can be made keto — and this keto chips recipe is no exception....

This is a cookbook exclusive recipe! This recipe is exclusive to my debut cookbook Dinner which includes a how-to video for every recipe. Just scan the QR code! Just to explain…. I know, it’s confusing! You’re so used to getting recipes on my website – there’s over 1,200 of them, after all. And here you are looking at a tasty recipe video and I haven’t provided the recipe. 🙀 I’m not just doing this to torture you, I promise....

Make it either way you want – Creamy, delicious & indulgent like the one in your favorite ice cream placeOrLight, healthy and tasty like the home style!! I have the instructions and tips for both. If you are a vegan I have the options for that as well. Any fruit milkshake is made by simply blending a fruit with milk, sweetener and most often ice cream. It is the rich and luscious ice cream that adds richness, flavor and creamy texture to any milkshake....

FavoritePinShare Mashed Cauliflower is smooth, creamy, and light. It’s the perfect side dish if you’re looking to for something low in carbohydrates and calories. You won’t even miss potatoes with this flavorful mash. Whether you’re in need of a low carb side or just want a delicious creamy dish, this Mashed Cauliflower is for you! They’re just as yummy as mashed potatoes. Pair them with Garlic Butter Herb Prime Rib, Beef Tenderloin, or Lemon Garlic Butter Flank Steak with Mushrooms....

I prize recipes that combine pantry staples and fresh ingredients to create fast, healthy meals. Mixing fresh and pantry items means that I only need to buy one or two things to make dinner. Cooking and shopping this way is often less expensive, AND because pantry items are typically quick and convenient, I can get dinner on the table sooner too. Just like Garlic Pasta, this healthy Mediterranean pasta is a perfect example....

I’m not one to rush to superlatives or swoon at the concept of a soul mate, but these mint brownies are THE ONE. A lifetime lover of chocolate mint, and self-proclaimed brownie aficionado, I can say with confidence that no other chocolate mint dessert touches these mint brownies. They are transcendent. The brownie layer is deep, dark, and decadent – a chocolate lover’s paradise. On its own, it risks being too rich, but the fluffy, fresh mint layer majestically lightens and balances it....

FavoritePinShare Mummy cookie bites are a ghoulish and festive treat for the Halloween season! Amazingly delicious, the white chocolate mixed with the oreo truffle is the perfect combination! These mummy cookie bites are such a fun treat to make! They are yummy and your kids will go crazy over them! If you want to try out a few more festive holiday treats, try this Halloween Charcuterie Board, these Mummy Hot Dogs, or these Mummy Mini Pizzas....