Gourmet Food on a Budget — 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.
Puff Pastry King Cake with Almond Filling was my first attempt at the venerable cake. Usually, this is a yeast cake, but I had puff pastry and almond filling on hand. This cake is very rich so a little bit goes a long way. Although the cake seems hard to make, it’s actually very easy.
I love to bake, but sometimes, shortcuts are the way to go. I used two short cuts, puff pastry from the frozen section in my supermarket, and almond paste from the baking section.
As good as holiday breakfast casseroles are, they are full of fat and carbs. I wanted to make a casserole that wasn’t so fat heavy but would have all the good flavors of the high-calorie one. Let me show you how to make a skinny breakfast casserole.
This is an elegant and easy to make a dessert that because it doesn’t have brandy, everyone can have. If you are concerned about caffeine, then use decaffeinated coffee instead.
Apple cranberry sauce isn’t just for the holidays. With very little sugar, have it on yogurt or spread it on toast. Making it in the Instant Pot just made things a lot easier.
Baked Potato Patties are a take on hashbrowns, but with more flavor, and a little easier to make. Almost everything is done in the air fryer so you don’t even have to get your kitchen hot.
These lamb chops are so flavorful thanks to marinating while they cook with a sous vide immersion cooker. We had them with a steamed artichoke and a small baked potato.
This is a great dish to have on a cold fall or winter night and comes together quickly thanks to the help of the Instant Pot.
You really do want to learn how to debone turkey so you can have a moist bird that everyone will love and is very easy to carve.
This easy zucchini casserole is ready in about 15 minutes so it’s a great side dish. It’s also a good way to use up leftover spaghetti sauce and bits of mozzarella you might have in your cheese drawer.
These candied jalapeno slices are so easy to make, you will wonder why you haven’t done this before. We like them on a cream cheese topped celery or cracker for a snack.