Gourmet Food on a Budget - Recipes, Methods, and Meal Planning - Ever Forward, Ever Flavorful
Recipes and tips for foods you might want to serve for a holiday celebration, special occasions, or just because you want something a little fancy.
Chicken Birria Tacos start with dried New Mexico, negro, and chipotle chiles simmered into a deep, smoky adobo with chicken until it shreds easily. Since it is made in the slow cooker, and you can use frozen chicken, it's a very easy dinner.
Snapper packets are stuffed with pre-cooked shrimp, sealed in foil, cooked six different ways. An easy weeknight dinner for anyone who wants more fish in their routine, with a probe thermometer doing the doneness guesswork for you.
Chimichurri Steak Sous vide means you can use a relatively inexpensive cut of meat, like flap steak, and turn it tender. The sauce is meant for dipping, or in this, case for marinating as well.
Wafer Torte is a no-bake cake with yogurt cream, Nutella, and rose preserve. Top with fresh strawberries and boysenberries, then chill for at least three hours so the wafers soften into a sliceable cake. No oven needed.
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Rosemarie turkey burgers are seasoned with Aleppo pepper, oregano, spearmint, jalapeño, cilantro, garlic powder. They are good for you with wheat germ. Serve on whole grain buns with yogurt toum, chopped cucumber with mint, and crumbled feta.
These naturally colored Easter eggs are made with onion skins and cranberry black tea for beautiful marbled shells. Wrapping the eggs in cheesecloth holds the onion skins in place, while the Instant Pot cooks them perfectly in just a few minutes. A light coating of neutral oil brings out the color and shine. Once admired, the eggs are perfect for deviled eggs, egg salad, or sandwiches.
This budget-smart copycat glaze — built from pantry staples and a block of piloncillo — delivers that iconic lacquered, caramelized crust you thought you could only get from a $90 mail-order ham.
A deep dish chicken pot pie made easily with rotisserie chicken, frozen vegetables, a creamy classic French sauce, and a premade pie crust developed for Pi Day but excellent for any cold day.
A no-bake Chocolate Mascarpone Tort with a buttery Danish-cookie and saltine crust, mixed in two stages for the right texture, and finished simply with cocoa—made to share with the ones you love.