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How To Make The Best Carne Asada Are you planning a stay-at-home Cinco De Mayo celebration this year?  Making your own carne asada is easy and delicious!  With a bit of preparation and grilling, you’ll have the signature dish for a festive celebration to serve friends and family. Carne asada translates in English to “grilled meat” and refers specifically to grilled beef.  You can use skirt steak or flank steak to make carne asada.  Flank steak is a bit leaner and has a more intense flavor.  Skirt steak has a similar flavor but contains slightly tougher fibers. Ingredients: 1 ½...

Introduce Your Family to Greek Cuisine with a Simple Build-Your-Own Gyro Bowl Celebrate the tastes of the Mediterranean with a simple dish your entire family will love.  Greek cuisine incorporates the use of olive oil, fish, lean meats, herbs and grain, and fresh vegetables to create delicious and heart-healthy meals.  You don’t need to go to a fancy restaurant to enjoy a Greek meal. The hardest part of this meal is just browning the ground lamb with spices.  Once you’ve prepared the meat, add it to a bowl with the other ingredients.  Layer the ingredients on the pita for delicious...

Choose Fast or Slow for Scrumptious BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwiches Hectic schedules can make getting dinner on the table challenging, while other days the smell of dinner simmering all day in the slow cooker can warm your soul.  This simple recipe will fit the bill in either situation.  In fact, this BBQ pulled chicken sandwich is so easy kids can make it! Ingredients: 2 pounds TBS boneless, skinless chicken breast ½ cup water (for Instant Pot only) 2 tsp. garlic powder 1 cup barbeque sauce (choose your favorite) ¼ cup Italian salad dressing ½ cup dark brown sugar ⅛ black...

Put a Delicious German Dinner on Your Table in 30 Minutes The bratwurst may be one of the most popular and delicious traditional foods shared with us by our German friends and ancestors.  With a history dating as far back as the 1300s, this self-contained food item was originally created as a way to use up all the meat scraps so that not a single valuable piece of protein would be wasted.  In fact, the German etymology of “brat” means without waste and “wurst” means sausage.  Today, the bratwurst is a bit more dignified and has developed into over 40...

Looking for a special dish for St. Patrick’s Day but corned beef isn’t your thing?  How about a warm and delicious Irish Shepherd’s Pie?  Irish Shepherd’s Pie dates back to the 1700’s when Irish housewives searched for innovative ways to prepare frugal dishes using leftovers.  Today, the dish continues to feature easy-to-find ingredients that come together as an ultimate comfort-food dish. Irish Shepherd’s Pie can seem a bit more daunting for inexperienced cooks because of the number of steps and ingredients.  However, if you break it down and measure all your ingredients out before you start, it’s really a very...