- Creative Meals for Today's Cook

Easy Shrimp Pad Thai

Full of perfectly balanced, complex flavors, with lots of easy to find ingredients – this Shrimp Pad Thai is great for the everyday home cook!

Pad Thai is arguably one of the most popular dishes to come out of Thailand. And for good reason! Great Pad Thai is lightly bodied, with complex, vibrant flavors, and well-balanced. The problem is, to get those perfectly balanced flavors, you’re often presented with a laundry list of hard to find ingredients. Go too far to the other end of the spectrum and you whittle away some …

This Vegetable Coconut Curry Soup is rich, creamy, and packed with bold flavors and loaded with veggies.

This Vegetable Coconut Curry Soup is rich, creamy, and packed with bold flavors and loaded with a ton veggies. Hiya! How were your holidays?! Nothing short of wonderful, I hope. It was just Mr. HNN and I for Christmas and New Years Eve. I'm now in my final weeks of pregnancy so traveling long ...

Got 10 minutes? That's all you need to make Tuna Sashimi and Avocado Wonton Cups. Perfect for parties and impromptu get togethers.

Got 10 minutes? That's all you need to make these Tuna Sashimi and Avocado Wonton Cups. Perfect for parties and impromptu get togethers. ...

Prepare your taste buds! Tender, juicy steak on crusty garlic bread, with aged provolone cheese, rich caramelized onions, and a drizzle of parsley oil.

Prepare your taste buds for these incredible steak sandwiches! Tender, juicy steak on crusty garlic bread, with aged provolone cheese, rich caramelized onions, and a drizzle of parsley oil. Hiya! So it's been a few weeks since I last posted. I've slowly been slipping into that end of summer lull ...

This is another recipe from my mom. I suppose that's what the holidays are all about - food, family, and tradition. As a child, it's something my mom made on numerous occasions. Birthdays, holidays, or dinner parties; this dish is easily adaptable for any event.

Fun, festive, and SO easy to make! This Candy Cane Ice Cream Pie is a dessert that everyone will love and it's totally customizable!This is another recipe from my mom. I suppose that's what the holidays are all about - food, family, and tradition. As a child, it's something my mom made on numerous ...

This easy Orange-Maple Glazed Ham is perfect for the holidays, feeds a crowd, and takes only minutes of prep time!One of the things I love about a glazed ham is that it's SO easy to prepare! Got 10 minutes? Then you can prep an awesome meal that feeds a crowd! Most of the time spent on this recipe ...

Easy to make, this Christmas Breakfast Oven Cheese Fondue can be made the night before and baked while you're opening gifts.

Simple ingredients and totally delicious - this custard-like Christmas Breakfast Oven Cheese Fondue can be assembled the night before and baked while you're opening gifts. There's something about Christmas breakfast that's just better than all other breakfasts, in my opinion. I don't know if it's ...

Pepparkakor (Swedish Ginger Cookies) - a family recipe and Christmas cookie favorite! These thin, spiced cookies make the holidays extra special.During the winter months when I was a kid, my mom liked to bundle me in a knit hat, the kind with a puff-ball on top. But it wasn't just any knit hat with ...

Glogg is powerful stuff. A Scandinavian drink that warms the soul on cold winter nights, it's perfect this holiday season!This recipe is adapted from the Swedish side of my family's cookbook. Glögg, pronounced like glug, is one of those drinks that may sneak up on you - I affectionately call it the ...

Looking to transform that leftover turkey sandwich? Try a Turkey Bao - made with turkey, hoisin sauce, sriracha, cucumber, scallions, and cilantro in a freshly steamed bun.Hey everyone! I hope you had a great week. For those of you celebrating, I hope you had wonderful Thanksgiving! Did you eat ...

This Thanksgiving are you looking to mix things up in the most delicious way possible? Then you've got to try this Pumpkin Bread Pudding! Do you love pumpkin bread? For me, no autumn is complete without the aroma of it baking in the oven. Well things may have changed slightly. I may need to update ...

Chef Patrick O'Connell describes it as, 'liquid autumn'. Rich, mildly sweet, and silky smooth - this Apple Rutabaga Soup is one of the tastiest soups I've ever had! When I was living in DC, I had the fortunate pleasure of dinning at The Inn at Little Washington. The interior design of the Inn is ...

Hey everyone! I have a very special post to share with you today! To celebrate Thanksgiving, I have joined 6 other amazing bloggers to throw you a virtual Thanksgiving dinner!I can’t believe it’s November already! Which means Thanksgiving is right around the corner - eek! Do you know what you're ...