Our Favorite Chicken Nachos Recipe

My family’s favorite chicken wings with shredded chicken, beans, lots of melted cheese, and all the toppings! We make them on a large sheet pan, which means they’re easy and there’s less cleanup for you! These chicken nachos are so delicious! They’re inspired by our raw chicken enchilada, with grilled chicken cooked in a salsa verde sauce (made with store-bought or homemade tomatillo salsa). We use the same salsa verde chicken in these loaded nachos. To make things super easy, I make sheet pan nachos, which means you pile tortilla chips on a large baking sheet and top with cheese, … Read more

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The perfect recipe for Chocolate Creme Brulee

Our chocolate creme brûlée is the ultimate chocolate dessert! It’s surprisingly easy to make, and you can make it up to three days ahead, making it perfect for fun! Our family is obsessed with this chocolate creme brûlée recipe. It’s satisfying, rich, creamy, and incredibly delicious. If you love the classic creme brûlée, you must try this chocolate version. And if you’re on the hunt for Valentine’s Day desserts or something perfect for a date night, this is it! Trust me. Another thing I love about crème brûlée is that you can make it ahead of time (up to three … Read more

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Our Favorite Chicken Marsala Recipe

Everything we love about classic chicken marsala with a few twists to make it even better! Our recipe, with a delicious Marsala wine and mushroom sauce, is simple and made in one pan for easy cleanup. Chicken Marsala is a classic for a reason, and this recipe is my favorite way to make it. While you’ll often see it with chicken breasts, chicken thighs make this Italian-American dish special. They are always incredibly juicy and tender, which I love! I actually use chicken thighs in most of our chicken recipes. I like to serve this Chicken Marsala with a simple … Read more

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Easy Lemon Chicken Marinade Recipe

This is the best lemon chicken marinade we’ve tried. Use our simple marinade for tender, juicy, and flavorful chicken. You can use it in a variety of chicken cuts and recipes, including baking, grilling, or cooking in a skillet. This versatile lemon garlic chicken marinade is perfect for all cuts of chicken. We’ve been using this marinade for a while now (it was originally inspired by these delicious lemon chicken thighs). Although it is good for chicken, it is also delicious with pork, fish, and vegetables. We’ve used it in many of our chicken recipes, including these lemon garlic chicken … Read more

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Easy Greek Chicken Marinade Recipe

Our Greek marinade chicken and yogurt ensures juicy, tender, and flavorful chicken! Use this easy recipe for a Mediterranean-inspired marinade for chicken breasts or chicken thighs! I have used this Greek marinade many times lately. Usually chicken, but it works with other proteins, too! It calls for ingredients that I usually have on hand and makes an amazingly flavorful chicken. Like our lemon chicken marinade, we use fresh lemon juice, but we also add other ingredients like Greek yogurt, balsamic vinegar, dill, and oregano to really explode the Mediterranean flavor. I love this chicken Caesar salad or by adding my … Read more

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Easy Pickled Red Onions – Mel’s Kitchen Cafe

These pickled red onions add a delicious tangy, sweet crunch to sandwiches, burgers, salads, and more! They keep well in the fridge for several weeks. Meet one of my favorite condiments in the whole world! Make chopped onions everything better, and it would not be easy to do. The Best Way to Slice an Onion Pickled onions are best when the onion slices are very thin. Like, very, very small. If you have amazing knife skills, you’re good to go! For the other 99.9% of us, it’s a mandoline slicer {aff. link} it comes very well here. I have held … Read more

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A Child Friendly Weekly Meal Plan

This website may contain affiliate links and advertising in order to provide you with recipes. Read my disclosure policy. This week’s kid-friendly meal plan is here to save your sanity! It’s full of quick, kid-approved dinners that are easy to make and guaranteed to keep everyone happy (yes, even picky eaters)! This week’s kid-friendly menu is a lifesaver, trust me! It’s full of foods that are super easy to put together and guaranteed to keep everyone at the table happy (yes, even the picky eaters). And, if you’re like me, a little chocolate dessert at the end of the day … Read more

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Easy Homemade Oat Milk Recipe

How to make oat milk with a few simple ingredients in about five minutes! Our oat milk recipe is easy and perfect for baked goods, cakes, smoothies, coffee, or cereal. I really like oat milk and I like to make it at home. Homemade oat milk is inexpensive and delicious and only requires a few simple ingredients, which I bet you already have sitting in your kitchen! When I realized how easy it is to make oat milk, I found myself making it. Whenever I’m baking and realize I’m out of regular or dairy-free milk, homemade oat milk is my … Read more

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Easy Steel Cut Oats Recipe

This is my family’s favorite steel cut oats recipe! I do it on the stovetop, but I’ve also included tips for cooking steel cut oats in a slow cooker or pressure cooker (like the Instant Pot). My family usually eats oatmeal for breakfast. We love it almost any way we can, like this easy oatmeal recipe with rolled oats, our baked oatmeal, and even turned into energy balls with peanut butter and honey. We call steel cut oats “sweet oats” in our house and we absolutely love them. Steel cut oats are whole oat groats cut into small pieces (instead … Read more

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Easy Fried Shallots Recipe

This is our quick and easy recipe for fried shallots! They become crispy and delicious. Sprinkle them on salads, mashed potatoes, soups, and more! You’ll be hooked once you try our fried shallots recipe. You can add them to almost any dish. I add them to holiday sides like green bean casserole, but they are also wonderful sprinkled over scrambled eggs, mashed potatoes, and salads like our green bean salad or potato salad. Like fried garlic or fried onions, fried shallots are easy to make at home. We will be roasting our shallots, keeping this recipe as simple as possible. … Read more

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