Explore our curated collection of 12 recipes originally created by bluejeanchef.com.
Making soft pretzels are super easy and people will easily impressed by them. For some reason, making dough intimidates people, but it really shouldn't. In reality, doughs are very forgiving. This is a fun recipe to make for great snacks and parties. And the beer cheese dip goes perfectly with the pretzels.
You might think that Italian Wedding Soup is what is served at Italian weddings, but in fact the soup’s title is actually a reference to the perfect marriage between the green vegetables and the meat. This recipe uses ground chicken for the meatballs simmered in flavorful broth with pasta and escarole.
These apple cranberry mini Brie bites are super to serve to guests around the holidays, but they really could be your go-to appetizer year round if you wanted them to be.
Tourtière is a dish that I really only have once or twice a year, but it's one of my favorite meals. It's French Canadian in origin, but tourtières are eaten all across Canada, in the northern states bordering Canada, and frankly probably all over the world since good meals know no borders and have a tendency to travel far.
There is nothing like warm homemade bread. This recipe has been adapted from Jim Lahey's No Knead Bread recipe. It is an easy way to make amazing bread. Bake this dish in a Dutch oven for a crusty bread crust.
Mulligatawny is a traditional Indian curry soup and there are many variations. Some versions have meat in them and others do not. This is a vegetarian version. It is a hearty and delicious one pot meal. From One Pot Comfort by Meredith Laurence
Here's a super quick traditional tomato salsa that you can pull together in about 10 minutes. All you need is a food processor (or a blender).
This sherry sauce is a quick and easy pan sauce that can go over so many different dishes, but is especially nice with crab cakes.
Béarnaise sauce is a derivative of Hollandaise sauce - one of the five mother sauces of the culinary world. It's made just like Hollandaise, but using a tarragon-shallot reduction instead of lemon juice.
This open faced steak sandwich is easy to make if you use a blender to make the Béarnaise sauce. It's a sandwich that can hold its own as a dinner entrée.
When it comes to eggs for breakfast, few dishes are faster to prepare than an omelet. Now, I know what you're saying, there is some technique involved so it's bound to take a while, but honestly once you have that technique down, an omelet comes together very quickly - it takes no longer than frying an egg.
Crêpe cakes are so majestically beautiful. To me, they are a testament to the love the cook must have for those they cook for.