Delicious Discoveries: Your Ultimate Cookbook Adventure!

Cookbook

The Tried and True Cookbook Now Available! What’s Inside 150+ Recipes: These recipes are a collection of new, reader favorites and ones that go back generations in my family. I took all of the photos in the book and kept you in mind, knowing that food pictures are everything!  Exclusive Content:  I wanted to create

Deliciously Crunchy: Mastering the Art of Nigerian Akara Fritters!

How to Make Akara (Nigerian Black-Eyed Pea Fritters)

Why It Works Soaking the peas helps loosen their skins.  Removing the pea skins produces fritters with a uniform texture.  Whisking aerates and lightens the batter, yielding fritters with creamy and fluffy interiors. In Nigeria, akara―a golden fritter made from a seasoned batter of blended black-eyed peas―is part of a quintessential Saturday breakfast, sandwiched between

Whip Up a Delicious Chicken Pot Pie in Just 10 Minutes!

This Legitimately Easy Chicken Pot Pie Takes Just 10 Minutes to Prep

Why It Works Using store-bought puff pastry is an easy way of creating a crisp, flaky topping. Lemon zest brings brightness to the creamy chicken filling. As much as I love cooking projects like all-day lasagna, porchetta, and sourdough bread, I, like many busy parents, cook a lot of one-pot and one-pan recipes. Most evenings

Savory Lowcountry Chicken Stew: A Taste of Southern Comfort!

Lowcountry Stew Chicken

Why It Works Frying a small amount of flour in the cooking fat after browning the chicken and sweating the aromatics creates a toasty roux that lightly thickens the gravy. Using chicken legs instead of a whole chicken yields tender meat that isn’t at risk of drying out. Tell a person you want stew chicken

Deliciously Festive: Irresistible Gingerbread Cookies Recipe!

Gingerbread Cookies Recipe

Why It Works Creaming aerates the dough, reducing spread in the oven. Plain molasses has a bright and delicate flavor. Orange zest amplifies the aroma of the spices without getting in the way. Using ample flour prevents sticking and tearing of the dough. Gingerbread cookies are one of my all-time favorites, not just around the

Indulge in Comfort: North Dakota’s Creamy Knoephla Dumpling Delight!

Knoephla (North Dakota Cream-and-Dumpling Soup)

Why It Works Adding milk and baking powder tenderizes the dumplings. Resting the dough briefly after mixing relaxes the gluten for easier dumpling shaping. Stirring heavy cream into the soup off heat adds a welcome rich finish without running the risk of curdling the cream. I was fifteen minutes from Strasburg, North Dakota, Lawrence Welk’s