Gourmet Food on a Budget - Recipes, Methods, and Meal Planning - Ever Forward, Ever Flavorful
This honey jalapeno chicken gets a sticky, glossy glaze after it cooks, and it pairs with colcannon stuffed twice baked potatoes for a complete, playful dinner. It works just as well on a Tuesday as it does for a Halloween table.
Grave Digger Pie is really Shephard's Pie dressed up for Halloween. It's beginning to get colder in the Northern Hemisphere, so this is a good, easy, and thrifty dish to make to start the Holiday season.
Pumpkin Chocolate Pound Cake combines pumpkin's earthy richness with chocolate's decadence in a moist and flavorful pound cake.
Ahoy, mateys! Grab your cutlasses and hoist the Jolly Roger because September 19th is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, and we're here to help you celebrate in style. This year, we're adding a twist to your pirate-themed soirée with a deliciously daring recipe: the Skull Cheeseball. Avast, ye landlubbers, for this cheesy delight, will have your crew saying "Arrr!" in no time.
Instant Pot Transylvanian goulash is similar to Hungarian goulash with the addition of sauerkraut. You might think that the briny, fermented flavor of sauerkraut would clash, but it enhances the flavor even more.
Bacon-wrapped brown sugar hotdogs, or Dead Men's Fingers, are the easiest appetizer you will ever make. Just put it in the crock pot and forget them until serving time.
Applesauce Upside Down Cake with Red Hots is a candied apple in cake form. It's great while it's still warm. Although it might look complicated, it's actually a very simple cake to make.
A Halloween wreath looks lovely on your front door and makes a heartfelt welcome to your visitors whether they are ghouls and goblins, or just regular friends and family.
Boo! No, these are not really bat wings - they are chicken wings napped in oyster sauce. This recipe was given to me by Chef John Farion a long time ago and this was the first time I made it. John did good, these were excellent.
This Halloween Pumpkin Fortress Cake is stuffed with cream cheese and has red food coloring. With decorations, it's meant to be a "scary" treat for the season. Wafting with pumpkin spice, the cake has an espresso glaze to remind you of a good coffee house cake. Surprisingly, it's a pretty simple cake to make.