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If you need a good, creamy dessert for your next tailgate or home gathering, this Layered Vanilla Crumble makes a bunch and is rather easy to put together. This is the perfect recipe for those days when you want to serve something special, but don’t have the time or energy to spend a lot of time in the kitchen.

Even if I can plan things well in advance, I don’t always have the time to make a really elaborate dessert for a group.  This layered vanilla crumble only takes about half an hour of actual prep to prepare a dessert for about 15, with the rest of the time involved just being waiting for it to set in the refrigerator.  And most people, myself included, really like the flavor and the mix of textures in this.  If you like vanilla, you really ought to give this a try.

Recipe and photo courtesy of Recipe Chatter

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Quick tip: Instead of Nilla wafers, you could use graham crackers.

This Cheesy Bacon Alfredo Shells recipe is a cheese and bacon lover’s delight, and it’s a great idea for a quick, filling meal at the end of a hectic midweek day.  Have it on your table in just about half an hour!

I know how it is to feel really hungry and worn down at the end of a long day, and it’s all you can do to muster the strength to slap something together to eat.  This cheesy bacon alfredo is perfect for a day like that.  It’s really quick, simple, and satisfying. Of course, you can expand this recipe as much as you like, though this makes a good bit as-is.  It’s hard to beat that bacon and cheese combo for a filling and satisfying meal, isn’t it?  Enjoy!

Recipe and photo courtesy of Creme de la Crumb

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Quick tip: Freeze individual portions for a quick lunch later!

In a food rut?  Feel like breaking out the grill but don’t want anything too complicated or too same-old, same-old?  Then try this Honey Sriracha Orange Chicken!  Wow everyone with the name, blow them away with the flavor!  It is simple enough for a weeknight family meal but sure to thrill your guests at your next grill-out!

Repeat after me:  “Asian food does NOT have to be hard.”  Sure, as with any food tradition, there are plenty of recipes out there that require a great deal of time, skill, or both, and an expert cook in search of a true gourmet challenge may want to attempt them once in a while.  But you don’t HAVE to be a brilliant master chef or endure an intense labor of love to put together a delicious Asian-style dish.

I found this recipe to be incredibly easy to follow, and the results were delicious.  That juicy blend of sweet and spicy really hit the spot, and it was great for getting me out of that food rut that I had fallen into recently–yes, it even happens to me, sometimes.  (It was also a great excuse to break out the grill on a pleasant summer evening during the workweek.)

Recipe courtesy of RecipeGirl

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Quick Tip: Add more sriracha if you like your food hot and spicy!

This Slow-Cooked Chinese Classic is Full of Yum!

I am a sucker for Asian cuisine.  Don’t get me wrong – there are plenty of good-old American dishes that I love, too:  red beans and rice, seafood gumbo, a warm bowl of chicken and dumplings on a frosty night… among many others.

But there is something about a well-executed Asian dish that gets me all tingly, sometimes. I can recall all too many times when I stopped at the Walmart deli, in need of a quick, inexpensive bite to eat, and ordered their version of General Tso’s Chicken.  If the homemade version of General Tso’s is like a week-long summer vacation on a Florida beach, reassuringly familiar yet also a nice escape from the everyday, the Walmart rendition of it is like a weekend version of the same trip:  You still enjoy it but usually leave feeling that it could have been so much more.

With this recipe to guide you, there is no need to settle for a lesser version of such a classic, so long as you have a crockpot and the time to let it work its magic.

Original Recipe Creme de la Crumb

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Quick Tip: If you like hot and spicy, add even more red pepper flakes!