This Homemade Tartar Sauce is adapted from a culinary school recipe. Big restaurant flavors, in a smaller, super easy-to-make recipe. Skip the store-bought sauce and instantly upgrade any seafood dish.

Cannoli Dip comes together in 5 minutes with just 5 ingredients. It’s super easy to halve the recipe for a small group, or double it for a large party.

This Recipe For Cannoli Dip Is Perfect For Your Sweet Tooth!

A perfect cannoli is one of my favorite desserts, and also one of the most hard-to-find. It’s not exactly easy finding a great cannoli in the Detroit area. So unless I’m boarding a flight to Boston, it’s a dessert that lives largely in my dreams.

Sure, I could make them at home. But, making them from scratch is pretty labor intensive and not something I usually have time for.

So, I created this Cannoli Dip recipe as a simple way to enjoy some of the *flavors* of cannoli with minimal effort.

The mascarpone, ricotta and lightly sweet vanilla flavor are all there. The crunchy mini chocolate chips are bountiful (and, you can add chopped pistachios if you want). Truly, it’s like 98% as satisfying as a cannoli, and well, that’s good enough for me!

With over 100K page views, this 6 ingredient Miso Dressing recipe has livened up countless salads, veggies and bowls with sweet and tangy umami-packed flavor.

“I made this tonight and my daughters were amazed by the flavor of this dressing. So flavorful with a few simple ingredients.”

—Jill

This Miso Sesame Dressing Is Irresistible

With over 100,000 page views and counting, this six ingredient miso dressing has earned its place as a must-try Foxes Love Lemons recipe. The best part? It’s a cinch to make and uses ingredients you might already have in your pantry.

Use this umami-packed flavor booster of a condiment to elevate a simple bowl of mixed greens, or spoon it over roasted vegetables, a grain bowl, or a piece of fish or chicken.

Honestly, it’s just never a bad idea to have a jar of this in your fridge. I make a triple or quadruple batch whenever I make it, because I know every drop of it will go to good use, and quickly.

Be prepared for this miso salad dressing to steal the show when you make it.

The options are limitless with these Individual Charcuterie Cups. Grab some plastic cups and load them up with meat, cheese, fruit and all sorts of garnishes. Perfect for holidays and game day!

“I made these for a potluck and they were a huge success. I brushed the bottom of the cups with a little fig jam and added touch of high quality mustard on them after they were constructed. Delicious!”

—Diane

DIY Charcuterie Cups: A Single Serve Charcuterie Board

All the way from a Thanksgiving board to a charcuterie chalet and many stops in between, there’s no denying that this time of year is perfect for as many unique charcuterie board ideas as you can dream up.

Whether you’re entertaining a crowd or just having some snacks at home, this type of food is probably at its most popular during the holidays, but is a great idea for a gathering any time of year (bridal and baby showers, in particular).

I’ve made charcuterie cups for a ton of get-togethers, and below I’m sharing all of the tips and tricks I’ve learned along the way, as well as recommendations for the best things to include in your cups.

Use some shortcuts from the grocery store to put together everything on this Thanksgiving Charcuterie Board in 30 minutes or less, with the beautiful colors and flavors of autumn.

Thanksgiving Charcuterie Board Ideas For Your Holiday Spread

With years of experience crafting beautiful, seasonally inspired charcuterie boards, I know that it’s all about getting the right combination of flavors and textures.

A beautiful Thanksgiving charcuterie board welcomes guests to the celebration and sets the tone for the rest of the meal.

Whether you’re a charcuterie enthusiast or beginner looking for ideas, I’ll guide you step-by-step through my approach to selecting, arranging and styling a charcuterie board perfect for Thanksgiving or any fall get-together.

This Italian Chopped Salad is a restaurant favorite that’s easy to make at home. Crisp veggies, creamy cheese, pickly things, salty salami and an herby homemade dressing come together in the best way.

This Chopped Salad Recipe is a Restaurant Favorite!

When I was in culinary school, the students ran a restaurant at the school where the public could come in for lunch or dinner. The best part of this place was that you could get a super high-end, gourmet meal (featuring lamb or duck or something else really nice) for like $15 for three courses, all because it was made by students.

What’s funny is that a lot of customers who came in for lunch ignored the cheap lamb and duck entrees they could have gotten, and instead got the chopped salad as their meal. It was kind of an inside joke how popular it was.

I think it was so beloved for a few reasons: 1.) It was always SO FRESH, because all of the ingredients were freshly chopped right before service, 2.) It had a ton of awesome stuff in it, and 3.) good homemade dressing. And maybe the secret 4.) is that it reminded people of what the Olive Garden unlimited salad would be like if that salad was actually good?

Whatever the case, I’m recreating it today, and I hope you love it as much as all those people turning down cheap gourmet meals did.

This Halloween Charcuterie Board is an Instagram-worthy showstopper. It’s super easy to assemble with spooky snacks that will be loved by monsters of all ages.

This Halloween Cheese Board is Perfect for Your Halloween Party

Over 600,000 people have come to this site for our Halloween food ideas. There’s baked goods, jello shots, drinks and a few savory but spooky snacks.

But none of the ideas are easier to put together for a party than his Halloween Charcuterie Board. It’s one of my favorite unique charcuterie board ideas.

This post will walk you through everything you need to know to build a board just like this. From choosing the meats and cheeses, to rounding out the board with other cute snacks (I’ll tell you exactly where to buy them), to where to find all the creepy decorations, it’s all here!

This is the Best Seasoning for Salmon, because it comes from a salmon cooking expert. It’s the perfect blend of savory, sweet, herby and tangy, and works for any cooking method.

The Only Salmon Seasoning You’ll Ever Need

When it comes to seasoning salmon, it’s time to go beyond salt and pepper. With years of developing salmon recipes that now show up at the top of Google, like Salmon Pasta and Salmon Patties with Canned Salmon, I have some experience in this area.

After experimenting with different blends, I’ve developed a salmon seasoning recipe that consistently delivers exceptional results.

This salmon rub recipe enhances the natural richness of the salmon and is perfect for a wide range of cooking methods.

Shrimp Ceviche recipe is a restaurant-quality party appetizer that is simple to make at home. So fresh, healthy and easy!

Ceviche Shrimp

“I made this as an appetizer for a 4th of July party. It was excellent and a huge hit with the guests!”

—Kristine

In my Butchery class in culinary school, it seemed like we were ALWAYS butchering (de-shelling and de-veining) shrimp. It’s a crucial skill for any chef, or any home chef who loves seafood.

That left the classes that ran the student restaurant with a LOT of shrimp to use, and it ended up in a LOT of ceviche (which, coincidentally, we also learned about in our Food Chemistry class).

We would make big batches of the best shrimp ceviche and serve it as an appetizer or light lunch at the restaurant. The guests raved about it. They especially loved it on warmer days, because it’s elegant and delicious, but tastes so light and fresh. It’s just as great at home!

The secret ingredient in the best Homemade Pesto recipe is actually baby spinach. It mellows the bite of the basil just a little bit, so that the flavor of the pesto doesn’t overpower other ingredients. Plus, it’s nice and bright green!

Homemade Pesto Sauce Is Worlds Better Than Store Bought!

Basil pesto is one of my favorite ingredients, but I have to confess that sometimes, the basil flavor is simply too strong for my tastebuds.

I like basil, I really do. But depending on how pungent the basil used to make the pesto is, sometimes it has a way of overpowering every other flavor in the dish I’m using it in.

Last month, I noticed that one of my favorite little gourmet grocery stores included spinach on the list of ingredients in their basil pesto.

At first, I thought this was really odd. But after buying it, tasting it, and using it in recipes, I’ve realized this is truly the perfect solution.

Just a bit of spinach, added in with the basil, has a way of ever so slightly mellowing the bite of the basil. The flavor of the basil absolutely still shines through. It just doesn’t overpower. Plus, the spinach keeps the pesto nice and bright green as an added bonus.

The homemade pesto recipe below is the result of many rounds of testing, until I got the basil-to-spinach ratio just right, just like the gourmet grocery store.

What Is Pesto Sauce?

The name “pesto” comes from the Italian word pestare, which means “to pound” or “crush,” referring to the traditional method of making it with a mortar and pestle.

Classic Italian pesto sauce is made by blending fresh basil, garlic, pine nuts, Parmesan cheese or olive oil. It can be a smooth or slightly textured paste. It’s often used for pasta, but can be a great addition to sandwiches, soups and vegetables as well.