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Simple Hummus Recipe – Better than Storebought Hummus. This is my favorite hummus recipe! With a few simple tricks, you really can make creamy smooth homemade hummus and yes, we really do think it’s better than store-bought. Jump to the Easy Hummus Recipe or watch this quick video showing you how we make it. Watch How We Make It How To Make Smooth Hummus from Scratch In the past, if we were in the grocery store you could almost bet that one of us would throw a tub of hummus into our cart. What is Hummus? Just so we are all on the same page, let’s talk about what hummus is. Hummus Ingredients Chickpeas (or garbanzo beans) are the base for hummus. Tahini is a paste made from ground sesame seeds and it makes the hummus taste incredible. Making hummus without tahini: In the hummus-loving world, there are two camps. Brauðréttur og rúllutertubrauð. Hér á Íslandi er varla haldin afmælisveisla án þess að bjóða upp á góðan brauðrétt eða tvo.

Brauðréttur og rúllutertubrauð

Fyrir afmælisveislur geri ég vanalega venjulegan brauðrétt í eldföstu móti, rúllutertubrauð og svo einn annan brauðkynsrétt, til dæmis tortillur, ostasalat, skonsutertu eða annað slíkt. Ég er alltaf á höttunum eftir góðum uppskriftum af brauðréttum. Panko Mozzarella Sticks! I first discovered panko bread crumbs back in 1999.

Panko Mozzarella Sticks!

Please don’t ask me how I know that; I just do. I remember vividly reading a recipe that contained panko bread crumbs, and I remember vividly that I was nursing my second baby, and I remember vividly that I was hormonal and desperate, and the next thing I knew I was ordering panko bread crumbs from some market in Chelsea that the magazine recommended. On the phone, of course, because although I had a computer at the time, I certainly wouldn’t have been cool enough to use it to order panko bread crumbs. Plus, I was nursing. Not enough hands. Panko bread crumbs, in a word, are delicious. The Food Gospel According to Ruth: Caprese Dip. Well I am pretty sure this one speaks for itself!

The Food Gospel According to Ruth: Caprese Dip

I recently saw this on Pinterest and knew it was something I needed to have pronto! Caprese ANYTHING has long been a favorite of mine. Whether is it is salad as a side to dinner or shoved together on skewers, I love it and always have! The "recipe" I saw on Pinterest didn't even have a recipe per say, just pictures, and that was enough to pull me in drooling!

I can only imagine what this is going to be like during tomato season as it was perfectly scruptious with the cherry tomatoes that we used in late March. Here is what you do...are you paying attention? Get one large log of fresh mozzarella, cut it into cubes. Cook in the oven at 350 degrees until the cheese is completely melted and bubbly. Petite Lasagnas. Recipe slightly adapted from Hungry Girl (makes 12) 12 oz raw ground turkey ¼ tsp salt, divided ¼ tsp pepper 1 cup chopped onion ½ cup chopped mushrooms 14.5 oz can crushed tomatoes, or tomato sauce 2 cloves garlic, minced 3 tsp dried oregano, divided ½ tsp dried basil 1 ½ cups part skim ricotta cheese 24 small square wonton wrappers (the kind near the tofu in the refrigerated section of the produce dept) Mac and Cheese Cups. Perfect Guacamole Recipe. 1 Cut avocado, remove flesh: Cut the avocados in half.

Remove seed. Score the inside of the avocado with a blunt knife and scoop out the flesh with a spoon. (See How to Cut and Peel an Avocado.) Place in a bowl. 2 Mash with a fork: Using a fork, roughly mash the avocado. 3 Add salt, lime juice, and the rest: Sprinkle with salt and lime (or lemon) juice. Add the chopped onion, cilantro, black pepper, and chiles. Remember that much of this is done to taste because of the variability in the fresh ingredients. Hot Spinach Dip. Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries. Healthy Baked Chicken Nuggets. Chunks of all white meat chicken breasts coated in breadcrumbs and parmesan cheese then baked until golden.

Healthy Baked Chicken Nuggets

An easy chicken recipe your whole family will love. What can be more kid friendly than chicken nuggets, even the pickiest kids like them. Serve them with ketchup, bbq sauce or whatever you like to dip your nuggets into. Adults can serve them over your favorite salad for a satisfying lunch. Kids love finger foods or anything you can eat with toothpicks so when my daughter was young I would make her a dish of bite sized goodies she liked such as tomatoes, olives, pasta, etc. and served them with toothpicks and she always cleaned her plate!

Bacon Wrapped Jalapenos Recipe. One of the best grilled appetizers is bacon wrapped jalapeno peppers. This recipe is so easy to make and it only consist of 3 ingredients; fresh jalapenos peppers, cream cheese, and bacon. The jalapeno peppers are first sliced in half then seeded, stuffed with cream cheese, wrapped with bacon and grilled. You should consider wearing gloves when slicing and seeding the jalapenos because they can burn your hands. With the play offs coming up and the super bowl near this is a perfect recipe for game day. Enjoy. Ingredients: 6 fresh jalapeno peppers (halved lengthwise and seeded) 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese 12 slices bacon Cooking Instructions: Step 1: Pre-heat an outdoor grill to high heat. Step 2: Place onto the grill and cook until the bacon is crispy.