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You Go, Grill! Great Grilling Ideas

You Go, Grill! Great Grilling Recipes & Ideas

Posted by Tastefully Simple on July 7, 2022

Banish boring cookouts with amazing grilling recipes sure to please at your next meal or gathering. From sliders to grilled corn and steak to the best burgers, click for great taste.

6 DIY Dressings (and a video!)

6 DIY Dressings (and a video!)

Posted by Tastefully Simple on June 2, 2022

Have you ever read the ingredient label on a bottle of salad dressing? The list can be both long and chemical-sounding (what is Propylene Glycol Alginate, anyway?) and often contains preservatives, artificial flavors and dyes. If I’m going to eat a luscious bowl of healthy veggies, I want the dressing to be luscious and healthy read more »

Your Blueprint to Building Better Burgers

Your Blueprint to Building Better Burgers

Posted by Tastefully Simple on May 26, 2022

Better Burgers are just a sauce away. Take your grilled burgers up a notch with artisanal sauces and fresh takes on an American cookout classic.

How to Make Your Own Bagel Board

How to Make Your Own Bagel Board

Posted by Tastefully Simple on May 19, 2022

Bagels are such beautiful things. So delightfully tender and chewy on the inside. So perfectly crackly on the outside. While I haven’t had the pleasure of visiting New York yet, someday I vow to eat my way through that city – savoring every slice of pizza, fresh bagel and authentic black-and-white cookie along the way. read more »

Beer Bread for Breakfast? Sweet!

Beer Bread for Breakfast? Sweet!

Posted by Tastefully Simple on May 17, 2022

Fresh. Golden. Buttery. Bountiful Beer Bread Mix® has been a beloved best-seller for decades, and it’s one of my family’s all-time favorites. Just add beer and butter. Bake. BOOM. That’s it! Your house will smell divine, and there’s fresh-baked bread on your table in less than an hour. It’s amazing with chili, soups, pastas, you read more »

Easy Meal Planning: Five weeknight favorites

Easy Meal Planning: Five weeknight favorites

Posted by Tastefully Simple on May 12, 2022

I’m always looking for the stars. Not the heavenly kind – the ones that show up next to product names, movie reviews and recipes online. Those ratings submitted by other people who have bought the stuff, seen the show or made the food, do more to influence me than all the slick ad copy that read more »

Make Any Night a Fiesta!

Make Any Night a Fiesta!

Posted by Tastefully Simple on May 5, 2022

Are you celebrating Cinco de Mayo today? Even if you don’t commemorate the victory of the Mexican army over the French in 1862, it’s a great reminder that a pitcher of margaritas, a tableful of tacos and a gathering of good friends make any occasion a fiesta! Whether you are celebrating a graduation, Mom or read more »

5 Questions to Ask BEFORE "What's for dessert?"

5 Questions to Ask BEFORE “What’s for dessert?”

Posted by Tastefully Simple on April 26, 2022

People are passionate about dessert. Helen Keller is credited with the famous quote, “Life is short and unpredictable. Eat the dessert first,” while famous humorous Erma Bombeck advised, “Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart.” Dessert, it seems, is IMPORTANT. I know when I am preparing read more »

How to Make Orange Chicken (Oven or Air Fryer)

How to Make Orange Chicken (Oven or Air Fryer)

Posted by Tastefully Simple on April 21, 2022

Honestly, it’s hard to beat Chinese take-out. Sweet and sour chicken. Hunan beef. Shrimp lo mein. General Tso’s chicken. From the entrees to the egg rolls, there are so many deliciously crunchy-crispy items on the menu. But what if you don’t feel like leaving the house or tipping for delivery? It’s easy to put your read more »

8 Ways Tastefully Simple Meals Kits Are Deliciously Different

8 Ways Tastefully Simple Meals Kits Are Deliciously Different

Posted by Tastefully Simple on April 19, 2022

In the musical play, “The Music Man,” there is a rousing number where the citizens of the small town of River City sing in excited anticipation of the arrival of their mail order deliveries via the “Wells Fargo Wagon.” Call me crazy, but I feel a similar thrill when the mail truck drops off a read more »