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Salad with tortilla strips and dressing.

Homemade Southwest Salad Dressing Recipe

March 27, 2025 By Joe Boyle 154 Comments

Southwest Salad Dressing Recipe. Just like the former McDonald’s southwestern salad dressing, you can make it at home. It’s a tangy blend of spices combined to make a great Southwestern salad.  If you’re someone who loves Tex-Mex flavors and is always on the lookout for a perfect dressing to complement your salads, rice bowls, or…

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Caramelized onions in a cast iron skillet.

Quick and Easy Caramelized Onions

October 15, 2024 By Joe Boyle 1 Comment

Caramelized onions are a fantastic addition to many dishes but traditionally take about an hour to make. Not anymore.  Let me show you how to get excellent results in as little as 30 minutes.  Using this easy caramelized onion technique, you can have these delicious onions ready for your steaks or burgers, or to add…

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"All-Purpose Homemade Brown Gravy Recipe"

How To Make Brown Gravy Recipe (No Drippings)

November 30, 2023 By Joe Boyle 3 Comments

Create your own rich and savory brown gravy at home, no need for drippings in this recipe! And it tastes delicious! Make a roux and add a few herbs and spices with beef broth. A little cooking time develops intense flavors in the gravy.  Brown Gravy Without Pan Drippings? Making gravy is not that hard….

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A bowl of mango salsa that is ready to eat.

Easy Mango Salsa Recipe

July 3, 2023 By Joe Boyle 1 Comment

Here is an easy spicy mango salsa recipe that elevates the flavor of any dish it is served with. Fresh mangoes add sweetness to this savory salsa. This easy-to-make salsa is bursting with the vibrant flavors of ripe mangos, red onion, red bell pepper, and fresh cilantro. It’s the perfect accompaniment to dishes like fish…

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Russian dressing, corned beef, Swiss cheese, and rye bread on a table.

Homemade Russian Dressing Recipe

April 28, 2023 By Joe Boyle 4 Comments

Looking for a creamy and savory dressing? Unleash the flavor with this homemade Russian dressing recipe. Perfect for sandwiches, salads, and an appetizer dip. How To Make Russian Dressing This dressing has a fascinating history that dates back to the early 1900’s. Initially known as โ€œRussian Salad Dressing,โ€ the name’s origins are unclear. I’ve read…

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A gravy boat full of chicken broth gravy.

Easy Homemade Chicken Gravy from Broth Recipe

November 22, 2022 By Joe Boyle 49 Comments

Homemade chicken gravy made from scratch using broth is simple and quite tasty. It only takes a few minutes to stir together, and no pan drippings are necessary. You’ll be surprised at how much flavor you can achieve with chicken broth and a few key seasonings. In my last post, I showed how to make…

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Two large jars filled with chicken stock.

How To Make Chicken Stock

November 2, 2022 By Joe Boyle 2 Comments

There are so many uses for chicken stock like soups, casseroles, and gravy. Making your own is not hard and you will be rewarded with restaurant-quality flavor. I’ll show you how easy it is to make chicken stock from a rotisserie chicken carcass and skin. This recipe post contains affiliate links. See our Privacy Policy…

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"Blue cheese salad dressing recipe"

Homemade Blue Cheese Salad Dressing Recipe

January 25, 2022 By Joe Boyle 1 Comment

This easy homemade blue cheese salad dressing recipe is creamy and contains just the right ingredients to make the blue cheese flavor shine. If you are a blue cheese lover like me, then youโ€™ve got to make some of this delicious homemade blue cheese dressing. Inspiration To Make This Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe When you…

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Bowl of seafood sauce with poached shrimp.

Seafood Comeback Sauce Recipe

March 23, 2021 By Joe Boyle 5 Comments

Seafood Comeback Sauce is a spiced-up variation of classic Mississippi Comeback Sauce…the scrumptious dip for just about any food. This recipe is specifically targeted to make any seafood taste extra special. When you’re in the Southern United States and order seafood, it will usually come with a special sauce. Not tartar sauce, but a mayo…

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Stack of Easy homemade flour tortillas.

Easy Homemade Flour Tortillas with Only 4 Ingredients

August 5, 2020 By Joe Boyle 11 Comments

If youโ€™ve never made your own homemade flour tortillas, youโ€™re in for a treat. Itโ€™s surprisingly simple, requires just four basic ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen, and the results are lightyears better than store-bought. Plus, youโ€™ll save a little money too. A batch of 10 to 12 fresh tortillas costs about 70…

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Spoonful of enchilada sauce.

Simple Homemade Enchilada Sauce Recipe

January 16, 2020 By Joe Boyle 4 Comments

With just a few basic ingredients you can make your own Homemade Enchilada Sauce and you’ll never have to buy that canned stuff again. Enchilada Sauce Recipe If you have followed my blog for any length of time, you know that I like to keep things pretty simple. So to make this recipe we’re not…

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Bowl of homemade cranberry sauce.

Homemade Fresh Cranberry Sauce Recipe

November 19, 2019 By Joe Boyle 3 Comments

I always make my own homemade fresh cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving and Christmas. It takes no time at all to make and tastes so much better than canned, jellied cranberries. This is grown-up cranberry sauce: fresh berries, sauteed onion, dry red wine, apple pie spice, and toasted hazelnuts. It’s a flavor explosion in your mouth….

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Burnt red onion jam. Burn some red onions under your broiler, put them in a food processor with a little good balsamic vinegar, capers and salt to taste. | joeshealthymeals.com

Burnt Red Onion Jam

October 24, 2017 By Joe Boyle 1 Comment

Burnt red onion jam needs to be on your list of tips for making food taste fantastic. It is perfect with a steak or on pork.  Mix it into your mashed potatoes for a special treat.  Put some in cream cheese and spread it on a toasted baguette. The possibilities are nearly endless for this…

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Overhead view of a poppy seed salad with strawberries.

Homemade Poppy Seed Dressing

July 10, 2016 By Joe Boyle 3 Comments

Summertime and the livin’ is easy.  Perfect time for a refreshing strawberry salad with homemade poppy seed dressing.  That’s right…homemade.  The heck with those bottled dressings, all full of preservatives; disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, sorbic acid, xanthan gum!  Who needs it…even my computer doesn’t think these are real words, but they’re in the bottled stuff!…

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Small bowl of cooked cranberries.

Red Wine Cranberry Sauce Recipe

November 17, 2015 By Joe Boyle 1 Comment

Thanksgiving Day.  One of the three best days of the year.  Time for some red wine cranberry sauce.   This is much like the cranberry zinfandel conserve I posted a couple years ago with a few twists.  I thought I should update that post since it was before the printable recipe and before DSLR camera….

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