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How to Make Avocado Miso Soup

How to Make Avocado Miso Soup

This easy recipe for Miso Avocado Soup is light, quick, and healthy. There are variations on this staple all throughout the world. This recipe is a chefs favorite pick me up quick meal in busy kitchens. Restaurants often have batches of miso broth on hand 

Orange Sesame Chicken

Orange Sesame Chicken

Orange sesame chicken is such a standard take out classic. It’s a very simple dish with few ingredients. That being said it is a recipe that most home cooks and even a lot of chefs are intimidated by for no reason. The secret to making 

How to make Classic Shrimp Bisque

How to make Classic Shrimp Bisque

Classic Shrimp Bisque is certainly a mainstay in high end restaurants. Some recipes among chefs come and go with time and fashion, based on current trends, healthy diets, and availability, but this recipe is timeless. It has roots in French cuisine and the main ingredients 

Chicken Tinga Tostadas

Chicken Tinga Tostadas

Chicken Tinga is a classic delicacy in Mexico. This healthy low carb dish is protein heavy and low fat. It has a great balance of hot and cold, spicy and cooling, cooked and fresh textures and flavors. It eats like a bridge between an entree 

Pancetta Potato Soup

Pancetta Potato Soup

This easy recipe for Pancetta Potato Soup canned be whipped up in no time for cozy winter nights. It is creamy but without the added fat of using heavy cream. It has all the characteristics of a fancy baked potato. The use of new red 

Hot Mess Nacho Fries!

Hot Mess Nacho Fries!

What are hot mess nacho fries? Exactly what they sound like! Imagine a pile of hot, messy, fries loaded with nacho toppings. That’s it! These messy nachos are a meal into themselves and although you can’t stop eating them until gone, they are best for 

The Best Spicy Feta and Olive Dip

The Best Spicy Feta and Olive Dip

Spicy Feta Olive Dip is sooooo addictive! When you whip it up it’s hard to not start snacking on it immediately. It’s so tasty it will have even the non olive eaters believers in no time. And best yet it’s very versatile and easy to 

Smoked Salmon and Goat Cheese Dip

Smoked Salmon and Goat Cheese Dip

Smoked Salmon and Goat Cheese is a classic combination. We took these couple of ingredients and made it into a dip that takes less than 5 minutes to prepare. It is a smokey, citrusy, and slightly spicy treat that is sure to wow at dinner 

How to Make Salsa Verde

How to Make Salsa Verde

Salsa Verde takes a place as one of the master sauces in Mexico. It has a reputation as far and as wide as the number of variations you can find. The interesting thing is how incredibly versatile it is. Not only is it something that 

Over The Top Loaded Guacamole

Over The Top Loaded Guacamole

Over the top loaded guacamole is exactly as it sounds. Restaurants have made variations of guacamole with toppings for years. For this reason we took some of our favorite Chefs toppings and put them into one recipe. Of course guacamole can be great on its