6 Tasty Pizza Ideas for National Pizza Festival Month
October is National Pizza Festival Month, and there are a lot of ways to prepare pizzas. Aside from the usual mushrooms, pepperoni & green pepper choices, here are a few of our favorites using any sized pizza crusts you prefer – either store-bought or homemade pizza crust. I usually use about 8 inch diameter crusts. I make my own tomato pizza sauce, and for the most part, my pizzas are baked at 400 degrees F for 12 –...
October Food Holidays & Events
Here are October Food Holidays & Events. Most of these holidays are based out of the USA, with others sprinkled in here and there. Find other months on The Year in Food Holidays & Events page. Eat Better, Eat Healthier Month: Eat Better, Eat Healthier Month: Easy Nutrition & Health Guidelines Browse Healthy shows, Healthy recipes Browse Organic shows, Organic recipes Browse Vegetarian + Vegan shows, Vegetarian recipes,...
How to BBQ an All-American Cheeseburger
What could be tastier than a perfectly grilled, juicy, All-American Cheeseburger? Not much, I suspect with all of that ooey gooey cheese melting off the sides of the burger, fresh & tasty toppings on it, and a fluffy, lightly toasted bun. Awwww, man! Although it’s a classic American recipe, this is certainly something I crave, and love making too. Such a simple dinner made relatively quickly, is tempting to most taste buds,...
National Cheeseburger Day is Ooey Gooey Good + 2 BBQ Recipes
It’s National Cheeseburger Day, and there are so many ways to make cheeseburgers and so many ways to love them. I will, however, revel in the beauty of a perfectly charcoal grilled hamburger with real, ooey, gooey cheese melted on it. It’s not always the best idea to make burgers using the leanest beef because fat provides more flavor and moisture. Ground chuck is a good choice for burgers. You can purchase ground chuck at...
How to Cook Piquillo Pepper & Beef Tostadas + Video
Tostadas are a great Mexican or Tex-Mex, depending on how you look at it, meal. They are messy, but they are fun. The best part? They are ridiculously quick, inexpensive & easy to make! What I’m shocked at is that I haven’t published a tostada recipe on the site before…Who knew? We make these bad boys all the time…Now, you can too. So, let’s get something tasty into your systems, and learn how to cook...
How to Bake Shepherd’s Pie from Scratch
One of my favorite “soul food” recipe is Shepherd’s Pie… …What’s not to love with this traditional, tasty combination? Mashed Potatoes and Ground Beef with tasty home-style spices. This recipe may be just how your grandmother made Shepherd’s Pie, but she may have even called it “Cottage Pie” from the more “English” translation. If it isn’t the same as...
How to Cook the Best Hamburgers in Town
Unless you are a vegetarian or vegan, you likely enjoy eating hamburgers. Hamburgers are definitely a North American staple, and this may be an understatement. Each family usually has their “own way” of making burgers, with different mixtures of ingredients, secret sauces and hidden spices. This is a basic hamburger recipe that’s solid each and every time. They stay moist with the “secret” ingredient, and...
How to Cook Meatballs
Just about every culture has some sort of meatball recipes. This is a basic meatball recipe that can be used for just about anything, including burgers, just shape them differently. However, once you’ve mastered this recipe, try adding other spices, using different types of crumbs, etc. to make something entirely uniquely your own, or to adapt it for other ethnic recipes. You may want to prepare these in advance without pan...
How to BBQ Southwest Burgers
Whether it’s a hot summer or in the dead of winter, we all crave that BBQ flavor of the grill. Sometimes, burgers are all you need to fill that void. It’s fun to play around with burger flavors, and what is more “summertime” than the southwest flavors of the USA? Play around with different crumbs to change flavor and add small ingredients to create the flavors you desire. Check out my Southwest BBQ Burgers!...
How to Cook Impromptu Linguine with Meatballs: Cupboard Cooking
This is one of the meals we created during our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike! We had everything in the house already, except onions, which is fresh produce we are allowed to use in this challenge. It was delicious, nutritious and helped us clean out our pantry cupboards! Try it – it’s easy to cook too. Type: Pasta Recipe Serve with: Garlic Bread, if desired and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese Prep time: 5-10 min Cook...
How to Cook Meatball Soup
It’s a great idea to learn how to cook meatball soup because it’s rather quick to create and is full of protein for those who love more “stuff” in their soup, but has lots of broth for us soup lovers out there! A favorite comfort food in our household is meatball soup like my mom used to make! It’s not Italian in nature, as you may think. In fact, I would say it’s taste is more from our Eastern...
How to Cook Sentationally Stuffed Peppers with Chevre
My mother has always made stuffed peppers since I was little, and they’re one of my favorites – a type of soul food of mine, if you will… …This recipe is embellished or “snazzed” up from our traditional recipe, but every bit as delicious! ~ Kimberly Edwards Type: Main Dish Recipe Serve With: Sour cream or plain yogurt Prep Time: 12 min Cook Time: 1 hr Yield: Serves 4 Ingredients: 1 lb lean Ground...
Chipotle Steak Salad Bowl Rocks: Dallas Restaurant Review
I’ve never had a Chipotle restaurant meal that I didn’t love. Their burritos are huge like FreeBirds, their salad bowls are my favorite, burrito bowls look amazing, etc. They have chicken, steak, ground beef, barbacoa and I believe one other type of meat to choose from. I always grab a salad bowl…they’re so filling even though it’s salad. They come with their signature Chipotle-Honey vinaigrette...
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