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My Paella Recipe with Beef will be one of your favorite one-pot dishes! It’s a breathtaking combination of flavorful arborio rice with beef, chorizo, seafood, and vegetables. Let my easy paella recipe be the crowd-pleaser at your next cookout! Shrimp Paella with Beef My shrimp paella with beef is loaded with everything you will love: juicy and tender seasoned sirloin steak, crisp beans, fresh shrimp, and the best part of the dish - colorful arborio rice with those crispy toasty little bits....

Now, one thing that is missing on my photos, is the optional sauce that I usually make from fresh passion fruit. However, I visited a few grocery stores and nobody had passion fruit. Don’t forget to check out these other delicious ice cream recipes from #IceCreamWeek! Monday S’mores Ice Cream via A Cookie Named Desire Coffee Chocolate Ripple Ice Cream via An Italian in my Kitchen Unicorn Ice Cream via The Tip Toe Fairy Tahini Ice Cream with Chocolate Chip Cookies via The Floating Kitchen No Churn Honey Nut Ice Cream via Honey and Birch Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Praline Crunch Ice Cream via Heart of a Baker Peanut Butter Lovers Ice Cream via Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt Cotton Candy Ice Cream via Homemade Hooplah Butter Pecan Ice Cream via Zagleft Bourbon Vanilla Bean Ice Cream via Vanilla and Bean Mint Mojito Coffee Ice Cream via The Little Epicurean Strawberry Banana Ice Cream via The Bitter Side of Sweet Peanut Butter Ice Cream via Pretty Simple Sweet Vanilla Rainbow Ice Cream via Go Go Go Gourmet Lychee and Cherry Swirl Ice Cream via My Food Story Brigadeiro Ice Cream via Olivia’s Cuisine Salted Pretzel Ice Cream with Chocolate and Peanut Butter via Cake Over Steak Strawberry Black Sesame Ice Cream via Madeline Marie Blog No Churn Caramel Chip Ice Cream via Fearless Dining...

FavoritePinShare These peanut butter cheesecake brownie bars are made with moist creamy layers of dark chocolate brownie and peanut butter cheesecake. The yummy peanut butter and rich chocolate flavors throughout make this an irresistible treat! This recipe will be your first choice when you need an ooey gooey homemade dessert that everyone will go crazy over! If you are like me and love the amazing combo of cheesecake and brownies, then try Hershey’s chocolate cheesecake brownies recipe or hot fudge peanut butter cup cheesecake brownies or chocolate chip cheesecake brownies....

FavoritePinShare If you are looking for the perfect holiday dessert, then this is it! This peppermint pie with an oreo crust has all of the flavors that you want to serve your guests throughout the season. It’s creamy and delicious, and you won’t be able to stop at one slice! I LOVE peppermint desserts. If you ask me, it’s the best food that comes out in the month of December! If you love it as much as I do then you have to try this Peppermint Cheesecake, these delicious and easy Triple Chocolate Peppermint Cookies and don’t forget about this Peppermint Bark!...

FavoritePinShare Philly Cheese Steak Cheesy Bread with just a few simple ingredients is the taste of Philly for a crowd! It comes together in just minutes with major flavor in each bite! With tender cuts of meat, melty cheese, tangy Worcestershire sauce, and fresh veggies, the flavors of Philly cheesesteaks are irresistible! I like to use these tasty ingredients in things like sloppy joes, stuffed peppers, and even egg rolls for a cheesy twist!...

FavoritePinShare This fun PIZZA ON A STICK brings life to any party and flavor to any tailgate! A fun appetizer for both kids and adults to enjoy. Hey friends! It’s Becky from The Cookie Rookie back with another recipe! I’m always in search of quick and easy snacks and appetizers to bring to parties. I’m married to a huge sports fan, so it feels like we are always attending a tailgate of one kind or another....

Portobello mushrooms that are… soaked in a quick but high-impact balsamic-soy marinade (a riff on my tried-and-true Grilled Portobello Mushrooms) double stacked and stuffed with havarti cheese slathered in pesto (and more cheese) piled inside a fluffy brioche bun, and topped with grilled onions and tomatoes …tend to elicit one of two reactions. Reaction One: GIMME. Or Reaction Two: Why are we calling a portobello mushroom a burger again? Whichever camp you fall in—I grew up in the (meat) burger-loving Midwest, so even though I fall solidly in the Reaction One group, I can hear Reaction Two’s concerns—try this Portobello Mushroom Burger recipe anyway....

These potatoes are the perfect accompaniment to a special meal! They go great with Coq au Riesling, Roasted Chicken or my famous Rosemary and Garlic Roast Beef. Potatoes + Cream + Cheese. What’s not to love? This dish, in all its cheesy creamy glory, makes the perfect side dish for when you want to impress guests or a special someone! Made popular by Julia Child, this French classic shouldn’t be confused with Pommes Dauphine, which are crispy potato puffs and the subject for a future blog post....

I love pumpkin soup in all forms but this pumpkin and cauliflower soup is a serious contender for my favourite. It’s thick and creamy and since the vegetables are roasted it’s full of bold and caramelised flavours. There’s nothing like a hot bowl of soup to warm you up during winter, and this vegetarian soup will be a hit with the whole family. And although it takes a little longer than other soups because you are roasting first, it is so worth the wait....

FavoritePinShare Quick and Easy Homemade Enchilada Sauce is a thousand times better than a can, and ready in no time! Perfectly spiced, thick and delicious, this will be your go to from now on. I love making my own mixes and sauces from scratch. It’s always easier than you think and cheaper than you expect. Try some of these favorites like this Homemade Cheese Sauce, The Best Homemade Alfredo Sauce and Amazing Homemade Taco Seasoning to get you started....

While I’ve had New Year’s Eves that fall on both sides of the glittery skirt/sweatpants spectrum, I’ve always enjoyed celebrating it. The eternal optimist and calendar junkie in me relishes the idea of a scheduled fresh start. Plus, I’m a lover of any excuse to celebrate with some bubbly (especially Strawberry Champagne), a cheese ball, and sharing a night with a few people I care about. This year, I’ll be pouring these raspberry champagne floats when the clock strikes midnight (and maybe Hot Buttered Bourbon for a nightcap)....

(Many thanks to DREAM for sponsoring today’s post!) While I am still recovering from all the delicious food I ate at the Everything Food Conference, I am never one to say no to comfort food. Especially when it involves truffle! Okay, maybe not REAL (fresh) truffles, as my bank account is still a little sore from all the recent traveling. But truffle oil surely does the trick! And, if your bank account is a little chubbier than mine, you could definitely use some shaved truffle in this dish for an even more luxurious version....

If you are making a steak, you must try my Red Wine Reduction Sauce! This sauce is flavorful, rich, and the perfect pairing to a pan-seared or grilled steak. It uses the drippings from the steak as the base and fresh ingredients that complement each other so well to bring it all together. And, it takes under 10 minutes to make! Best Red Wine Sauce for Steak If you know anything about me, you know I love cooking steak for my family....

FavoritePinShare Air Fryer “Roasted” Cauliflower is perfectly tender, crisp and full of amazing flavor. You are going to love how easy it is to make this delicious side dish! Air Fryer vegetables are the best, they get roasted to the perfect texture both inside and outside. These tried and true recipes will prove it to you, from Potatoes, to Broccoli and Brussel Sprouts. Air Fryer Cauliflower I love my Air Fryer, it is changing the way I make food and especially my vegetables....

These easy roasted cauliflower parmesan steaks, or as I like to call them, cauliflower parm, make everyone want to eat more veggies! This simple cauliflower parmesan recipe comes together with just 8 basic ingredients and is a low carb, vegetarian twist on chicken parm. When I received my friend, Erin’s, The Well Plated Cookbook, I immediately flipped through the pages looking for some low carb options – and this one instantly caught my eye!...

This post is brought to you by Morton Salt. The truffles are dark-chocolate dipped, then topped with a crunch of coarse sea salt, one of the pro tips shared at the Morton Next Door Chef event I attended last fall. Read on for the tasty details about the recipe and the event too. Getting a homemade salted caramel sauce to a consistency that’s thick enough to enrobe in melted chocolate to create a caramel-filled truffle, yet soft enough to still melt and ooze when you bite into it, is a tricky endeavor that I’d prefer to leave to a French pastry chef....

FavoritePinShare Sausage Mushroom Breakfast Bake is a blend of sautéed smoked sausage and fresh vegetables, added to a scrambled egg mixture then baked in less that 30 minutes. This breakfast bake is perfect for the holidays! Breakfast for the holidays is one of my favorite traditions! If you love breakfast casseroles as much as I do, try The Best Breakfast Casserole, Tator Tot Breakfast Casserole or Slow Cooker Breakfast Casserole....

Whether it’s sauteeing or stir frying vegetables, making them on the stovetop is often the fastest way to cook them. This tutorial will show you how to saute asparagus in just 10 minutes. The key to this simple sauteed asparagus recipe with garlic and lemon? Start with olive oil to saute, then add a lemon garlic butter at the end. (I use a similar method to make sauteed zucchini, too....

I’m going to start this post by being completely honest with you. While the chicken in this recipe is delicious, the real star here is the batata harra (or the Lebanese potatoes, if you’d prefer). Maybe it’s because I’m going through a major carb phase, but I was utterly obsessed with them! As in, I gave my husband two or three and devoured the rest of the potatoes by myself....

I believe passionately that enjoying a healthy, balanced diet should never EVER leave you feeling deprived. What inspires my recipes here (and every recipe in my upcoming cookbook) is creating nutritious meals that taste so fabulous, you forget that what you are eating is “healthy.” This Skillet Lasagna with Basil, Italian Sausage, and Butternut Squash is the perfect example. Every forkful delivers the kind of wrap-you-up, grandma’s-cooking comfort that we seek from lasagna, but the ingredient lineup is shockingly good for you (just like in this Sweet Potato Pasta)....