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Cheddar and Sour Cream Corn on the Cob Seasoning

May 15, 2018 by Tanya Leave a Comment

This Cheddar and Sour Cream Corn on the Cob seasoning is a delicious twist on traditional corn on the cob. Serve it along side your favorite cookout meal for a fun and tasty side dish. This post may contain affiliate links, please read my full disclosure here.

There is something magical about grabbing an ear of corn with both hands and chowing down. Heck, you could use one hand for all I care but corn eaten off the cob is just simply amazing. There’s a relaxation that comes along with it that I just can’t explain. In our house, we eat a ton of corn on the cob. It was one of my cravings during my pregnancy and if I ate it, we all ate it.

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Pressure Cooker Salmon with Creamy Herb Parmesan Sauce

May 2, 2018 by Tanya 1 Comment

This Pressure Cooker Salmon is the perfect quick and elegant meal. Top it with a creamy herb parmesan sauce for a quick and fancy meal. This post may contain affiliate links, please read my full disclosure here.

I would have never imagined that I, Tanya, would be cooking salmon in an electric pressure cooker. Not too sure why I am surprised since I use my Instant Pot for just about everything. I’ve made sous vide egg bites and cornmeal porridge for breakfast and this beautiful shrimp paella for dinner and meal prep lunches. But fish, in the pot? Yes, it can be done and it’s so awesome. …

Perfect Air Fryer Steak with Garlic Herb Butter

April 9, 2018 by Tanya 5 Comments

If you are wondering how to make the perfect air fryer steak than look no further. This method of cooking steak in the air fryer provides perfect juicy steak each and everytime. This post may contain affiliate links, read my full disclosure here.

I only had the intention of making fried foods when I purchased my Air Fryer. Little did I know how amazing this appliance was and that it could make much more than fried food. I already used it to make chicken for my Healthier General Tso’s Chicken in the Air Fryer and I used it often for roasting vegetables, but that was it. Then I discovered that my air fryer could make juicy steak. Well to be fair, it wasn’t my discovery…I was scrolling through Facebook and someone posted a picture of a beautiful ribeye they had prepared in their air fryer.

I was so in awe and excited about steak in the air fryer that I couldn’t wait to tell my husband. I expected him to be just as shocked and in awe as I was but apparently he already knew that the air fryer could cook steak. Unbeknownst to me, there is a picture of a steak with cooking times right on the side of my air fryer. I guess I’m not that observant. Either way, I was determined to make steak in my air fryer and I went out and bought a ribeye that very same day.

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Healthier General Tso’s Chicken Recipe in the Air Fryer

March 20, 2018 by Tanya 4 Comments

This healthy General Tso’s Chicken Recipe is still fried but “fried” in the air fryer and can be made in less than 30 minutes. Top it with the amazing general tso sauce for an easy and quick weeknight dinner. This post may contain affiliate links, please read my full disclosure here.

I have a few rules when it comes to General Tso’s chicken. It must have crunch, it must have a little spice, and it must be saucy! At least that was my experience the first time I tried this dish. It was almost 10 years ago when I first had it at a restaurant in Durham, NC during law school. I first tried this dish during a study break with friends and I fell in love. It was also during this study break that I bit into one of the hot peppers that comes in the dish and I couldn’t breath for a good minute. The peppers are not to be eaten, the peppers are not to be eaten. I wish I knew that before I took a bite.

Despite the incident with the pepper, the dish was delicious. The chicken had the perfect crunch and the sauce was a perfect combination of sweet and salty. The depth of flavor was amazing. It’s a dish that I came to love and recreate in my kitchen quite often.

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Copycat Rice a Roni

March 13, 2018 by Tanya 17 Comments

This Copycat Rice a Roni recipe is even better than the boxed version. Make it in the Instant Pot for a hands off quick, easy, and healthier side dish. This post may contain affiliate links, please read my full disclosure here.

Notice something different on my blog? There’s a jump to recipe and print option on the top every (well most) of my post! I’m sure many will appreciate that they don’t have to read my ramblings. Although, if you’re reading this, you are the real MVP. I like writing about each dish and I love when others read about it. If you choose to utilize my new and improved jump to recipe button and skip my ramblings, make sure you scroll to the notes and step by step photos. That way, you know what to expect when creating these recipes in your kitchen. Now back to my rambling…

You ever have a random craving for a meal from your childhood? Happens to me quite often. I’ll be thinking of what to create in my kitchen and I’ll get a sudden urge for a dish I hadn’t had in years. That’s how it was when it came to this Rice a Roni. Even as an adult, I used to buy the flavored rice and pastas from the dried goods section of the supermarket. Once I realized that these things were full of sodium and other no no ingredients, I stopped buying them. As a matter of fact, I discovered that it was much easier and cheaper to make flavored rice out of ingredients I already had in my pantry.

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Zucchini Mushroom Chicken

March 6, 2018 by Tanya 1 Comment

This zucchini mushroom chicken is a chinese restuarant dish that can be on your dinner table in a hurry with minimum ingredients. Coated in an amazing sauce with tender chicken pieces makes this meal a winner. This post may contain affiliate links, please read my full disclosure here..

There was a point in my life that I ordered chinese food about once a week. I mean, how convenient is to sit at home, order dinner over the phone, and have it delivered piping hot at your door? Pretty convenient I’d say. And I would continue to do this until I realized that sometimes that food wasn’t piping hot when it reached my door. Or sometimes I’d shell out 40 bucks for a meal that I could make for a fraction of the cost. Or sometimes the meals I ordered were very high in sodium which can cause a host of health issues.

So cooking Chinese dishes at home became a thing for me and it should become a thing for you too. So about this Zucchini Mushroom Chicken…omg delicious!!! Not only are the flavors of this dish amazing, but if you follow my technique for this recipe, you will end up with the most tender pieces of chicken breast you ever had in your meal.

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Orange Poppy Seed Bundt Cake

March 1, 2018 by Tanya Leave a Comment

This Orange Poppy Seed Bundt Cake is a delicious citrus flavored cake with the perfect amount of poppy seed crunch. Enjoy it for breakfast, lunch, brunch, or an after dinner dessert. This post may contain affiliate links, please read my full disclocure here.

March has arrived and I’m super hype about it. I’m only a few months closer to my all time favorite season, summer. But in the meantime, I’ll just enjoy the fact that it’s not freezing cold here in Carolina. Speaking of warmer weather, the change in temperature has made me want to get in the kitchen and bake more. Oddly enough, the warmer it is outside, the more I crave desserts like cakes and oven baked pies. So let me start by sharing this Orange Poppy Seed Bundt Cake Recipe with you….

Sous Vide Egg Bites Recipe in the Instant Pot

February 21, 2018 by Tanya 56 Comments

Here’s an easy and delicious way to prepare the Sous Vide Egg Bites Recipe in the Instant Pot. A creamy and delicate egg all in two bites…or one if you want to gobble it up. This post may contain affiliate links, please read my full disclosure here.

Hello World! I feel like I’ve been flooding my most recent blog post with a ton of Instant Pot recipes. Let me apologize and start by saying that I won’t be posting only Instant Pot recipes. But Gosh darn it, that Instant Pot is amazing. I’m used to making soups, stews, and one pot meals in it but I was intrigued when I discovered that I could make eggs in the Instant Pot. No, not boiled eggs (which I hear is a great way to make a ton of boiled eggs) but creamy delicious egg bites.

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Pressure Cooker Turkey Chili Recipe

February 14, 2018 by Tanya 1 Comment

This Pressure Cooker Turkey Chili Recipe is not only delicious, but has only a 25 minute under pressure cook time. It’s the perfcet one pot dinner than can be made on any weekend or weeknight.

Oh how I love my pressure cooker! Although I took a leave of absence from the blog, I’ve been getting great feedback on my Instant Pot recipes, like this Pressure Cooker Shrimp Paella or this Instant Pot Jamaican Cornmeal Porridge Recipe. So of course the first recipe I had to share on my return to blogging was this Pressure Cooker Turkey Chili Recipe.

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Tanya

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