Glenda Embree: Making Homemade Easy shares easy, approachable recipes to help you create delicious weeknight dinners, I believe cooking from scratch doesn’t have to be complicated and that YOU can do it. My simple recipes, tutorials, and cooking tips will help you get weeknight dinners on the table with less stress. Forget takeout or the drive-thru. Let me show you how to make homemade easy.
The Steamy Secret to Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs & Easy Recipes to Take to an Easter Potluck
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Dear Reader, With just a little over three weeks until Easter, I've been dusting off Spring recipes and thinking about brunches, potlucks and eggs. Even though the price of eggs is still a cause for some pocketbook stretching, there's no need to cut them out of your holiday celebrations. Just be sure they are perfectly cooked and none go to waste. Start now to collect unique recipes to use hard-boiled eggs in your meal plans. Deviled eggs and egg salad sandwiches are delicious, but hard-boiled eggs can be SO much more! PLUS, try this new cooking technique so your hard-boiled eggs turn out perfectly every time. How to Make STEAMED Hard-Boiled EggsMake perfect hard-cooked eggs every single time. Steam them instead of boiling. The whites are tender, the yolks creamy and delicious, and they are easy to peel. Get the Easy Recipe: Steamed Hard-Boiled Eggs Healthy Egg Salad with Crispy Rice and Spicy VinaigretteThis is not your Nana's egg salad. No bread needed to enjoy this healthy, full-meal dish. It's great for brunch, lunch and even a quick weeknight dinner. It's even better the second day, and you'll be craving the easy, spicy vinaigrette. Crispy rice adds to the palate-pleasing variety of textures and combines with beans to make a protein-packed sensation. Jump into Spring with this satisfying new way to use hard-boiled eggs. Get the Easy Recipe: Healthy Egg Salad with Crispy Rice and Spicy Vinaigrette I'll be sharing more egg recipes for Spring over the next few weeks leading up to Easter, but for today, here are some ... Easy Recipes for an Easter Potluck Crunchy Broccoli Salad with Grapefruit VinaigretteFresh and crunchy broccoli and sliced almonds are tossed with slivers of red onion and balanced by tangy pops of sweetness from Mandarin oranges in this refreshing salad, perfect for any Spring occasion. You'll want to make the delicious dressing made with fresh grapefruit juice in bulk to have on hand for all your warm-weather salads. Quick and easy and loved by young and old. Get the Easy Recipe: Crunchy Broccoli Salad with Grapefruit Vinaigrette Strawberry Cottage Cheese Salad One of the fastest salads to toss together in a pinch is also one of the most favorite potluck side dishes. Only four simple ingredients are needed to make this delectable Jello salad. It will get rave reviews wherever you serve it! Get the Easy Recipe: Strawberry Cottage Cheese Salad Cauliflower Gratin (Cheesy Cauliflower)Comfort food side dishes don't get any better than this easy recipe for creamy, cheesy and indescribably delicious Cauliflower Gratin (Cheesy Cauliflower). The cooking method is not the traditional one you remember. It's so much better. It's perfect with ham, chicken, roast pork and beef. You can't go wrong with this mouthwatering dish at your next potluck. Get the Easy Recipe: Cauliflower Gratin (Cheesy Cauliflower) Air Fryer Asparagus RecipeYou and your guests are gonna swoon for my tender-crisp air fryer asparagus recipe. This scrumptious Springtime side dish can be on the table in under 10 minutes with or without the creamy Hollandaise. The oohs and aahs won't stop when you share this delectable Springtime favorite. Get the Easy Recipe: Air Fryer Asparagus with 5-Minute No-Cook Hollandaise Sauce Mandarin Orange Salad | Easy 5-Ingredient Orange Jello SaladMandarin Orange Salad is a cool, citrus-y, and refreshing addition to the menu at any special gathering. The delicious mandarin orange jello salad only requires five ingredients. You can’t beat creamy, cool, and luscious for a show-stopping crowd-pleaser. I'm always asked for the recipe. And in my family, it's a cherished holiday tradition as well as a favorite Spring and Summer side dish. Get the Easy Recipe: Mandarin Orange Salad Cream Cheese Lemonade Pie RecipeYou’ll only need six ingredients and 10 minutes to make THREE of these bright and luscious lemonade pies! Cream Cheese Lemonade Pie will be the requested dessert for warm weather occasions. When you need a bright, sweet, and refreshing dessert, this is the recipe you should reach for. You guys, it’s SO good! Lemon Bars with Shortbread Crust Lemon bars are tangy, zesty, citrus perfection with just enough sweetness to make them irresistible. This is an incredibly easy lemon bar recipe. Serve this easy dessert recipe anywhere, any time, for any occasion. They will disappear amongst rave reviews at backyard BBQS, potlucks and picnics, graduation parties and family celebrations. Seven ingredients are all you need to create a 9x13 pan of easy lemon bars. We've barely scratched the surface of all the great recipes for Easter celebrations. But, I hope these deliciously easy recipes for eggs and for potluck specialties will get you started thinking about your holiday menu and find their way into your regular meal rotation this week, too. Have a wonderfully blessed week! I hope you get to share a meal with the people you love most (and that someone else does the dishes!) Hugs friend! What's For Dinner?This is the part of the newsletter where I share recipe ideas from some of my best blogging friends and myself to inspire you with what's for dinner at our houses this week. That gives you seven days worth of new recipes to inspire you for your own delicious meal plan. Enjoy!
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Glenda Embree
Glenda Embree: Making Homemade Easy shares easy, approachable recipes to help you create delicious weeknight dinners, I believe cooking from scratch doesn’t have to be complicated and that YOU can do it. My simple recipes, tutorials, and cooking tips will help you get weeknight dinners on the table with less stress. Forget takeout or the drive-thru. Let me show you how to make homemade easy.
Dear Reader, Who knew it could be so easy to bring out the little Italian Grandma in you? These easy Italian-inspired dishes are favorites any time of year, and they're loved by young and old alike. Quick to the table and perfect for busy weeknights. Hugs on a plate from Grandma (and you) — there's just nothing better than that! Mangia! Italian Chicken Cutlets Crispy, tender and juicy Italian Chicken Cutlets are perfect as a quick and easy main dish with your favorite sides, like House Salad,...
Dear Reader, We don't do much in the way of St. Patrick's Day celebrations in our family. But we do enjoy our own spins on a couple of suitable recipes. And with the onset of Spring, we've got no shortage of favorite greens that we definitely love celebrating. Fill up your menu with some of our favorite recipes for March! Colcannon Soup This rustic and hearty soup celebrates the flavors of Irish Colcannon even though it takes a non-traditional form. This may well be one of the best potato...
Dear Reader, Tacos aren't just for Tuesday! And taco-inspired dishes can bring a crowd to the table in minutes. Whether it's for a busy weeknight or a bigger get-together, a Taco Bar or Mexican Food buffet is always a huge hit. And that's no surprise at all. There are so many delicious possibilities. Satisfy your next taco craving with some of these delicious Mexican recipes! Delicious 10-Minute Taco Dip Chicken Street Tacos, Dinner in Minutes from Leftovers Homemade Enchilada Sauce, a...