Author: CookDiaries

  • Family-Friendly Weeknight Dinner Recipes

    Ingredients: Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 8 ounces ziti  2 tablespoons unsalted butter  1 tablespoon canola oil  2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts 2 cups small cauliflower florets  1/2 medium onion, chopped  1 pound cremini mushrooms, sliced  1 clove garlic, minced  2 tablespoons all-purpose flour  1/3 cup dry white wine  1 cup chicken broth  2/3…

  • Monkey-Bread Danish

    You’re probably familiar with monkey bread–that sticky-sweet pastry you pull apart to eat (preferably for breakfast). Well, in this recipe, we take that idea and make individual monkey-bread Danish. Each pastry is pieced together so you can pull it apart, but for a twist, we add a rich cream-cheese filling and a coating of cinnamon…

  • Cheesecake

    Ingredients: Crust: 1 cup graham cracker crumbs 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted 1 tablespoon sugar Filling: 16 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature 2/3 cup sugar 1 cup sour cream 5 large eggs, room temperature 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1/2 cup heavy cream Serving suggestion: Fresh or Marinated Berries, or Raspberry Sauce Directions: Position a…

  • Keto Hot Chocolate

    Making your hot chocolate with heavy cream instead of milk doesn’t just make it Keto friendly, it also makes it so much better. Sweeten it with your favorite Keto friendly sweetener (we like Swerve) to make it the best warm Keto winter drink there is.  INGREDIENTS: 2 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder, plus more for garnish 2…

  • Cashew Butter

    Once you taste how great homemade cashew butter is, you’ll never go to back to store-bought. The coconut oil makes the butter just a little creamier, but you can omit it if you don’t normally keep it on hand. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Ingredients: 2 cups raw cashews 1/2 teaspoon salt 3…

  • Double Chocolate Bars

    Ingredients: 1 package (15-1/2 ounces) Oreo cookies, crushed 3/4 cup butter, melted 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk 2 cups (12 ounces) miniature semisweet chocolate chips, divided Directions: Combine cookie crumbs and butter; pat onto the bottom of an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. In a microwave, heat milk and 1 cup chocolate…

  • Seafood Creole

    “This is a spicy sauce similar to etouffee. By adding seafood, it becomes Seafood Creole. Due to the seasoning mix, it is quite spicy. This can be controlled by adjusting the amount of the peppers. I like mine full strength, but for the wife I have to cut the peppers down to 1/8 teaspoon each….

  • Creamy Reuben Soup

    Everyone loves the cheesy bread topping on French Onion Soup so we stole from our favorite Reuben and turned it into soup! Filled with everything you love about a reuben, this is about to be your favorite soup.  INGREDIENTS : Extra-virgin olive oil 6 slices rye bread, cut into 1″ cubes 1 small onion, finely diced 1 carrot, peeled…