Creamy Jerk Rasta Pasta Recipe Kristen Carli/Mashed By Kristen Carli AND Mashed Staff/Updated: March 28, 2022 3:40 pm EST Let’s do Italian for dinner but season it like a Rasta. What do you get? Creamy Jamaican jerk Rasta pasta! Recipe developer Kristen Carli united two of the tastiest components from Jamaican and Italian cuisine for this beautifully blended meal idea. A main inspiration for this dish is the Rastafarian culture that began in the 1930s....
Every Topo Chico Flavor Ranked From Worst To Best Agave Photo Studio/Shutterstock By Elaina Friedman/June 23, 2022 4:40 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There was once a rumor that pop chanteuse Mariah Carey only bathed in mineral water. She dispelled the gossip in a 2018 interview with The Guardian, clarifying that she prefers to soak in cold milk. But we digress. Like all things chic, the carbonated refreshment is a little bit unnecessary, but nonetheless adored....
Grilled Steak Fajitas Recipe Cecilia Ryu/Mashed By Cecilia Ryu AND Mashed Staff/Aug. 4, 2022 10:14 am EST What takes 10 minutes to prep, 15 minutes to cook, and comes out tasting absolutely amazing? Why, yes, it’s steak fajitas! Just remember, in addition to the easy prep time, you’re going to want to let the steak marinate for at least two hours (or overnight). But think of it this way: If you prep the steak one day and let it marinate overnight, you’ll have your dinner on the table and ready to eat the next day in just 15 minutes....
How The Only Costco In Iceland Saved A Redditor dennizn/Shutterstock By Sophia Lo/July 6, 2022 6:56 pm EST If you’re out traveling, you might not be heading into local grocery stores to get everyday necessities. Instead, you’re more likely to be enjoying the local cuisine or popping into stores to pick up a snack or two. While it’s unlikely that you need to make a Costco run on an international trip, a Costco trip saved one traveler’s vacation to Iceland....
How Walmart Shoppers’ Food Habits Are Changing With Inflation Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock By Hope Ngo/Aug. 19, 2022 8:45 am EST High inflation has not been a friend to anyone we know, least of all the retail sector, which saw consumers cut back on spending just to make their dollars stretch out a bit more. The effect of that cutback was particularly brutal on companies like Walmart which, back in May, said its earnings had fallen short of what stock analysts had expected thanks to increases in fuel prices, higher labor costs, and high inventories (per CNBC)....
Instagram Can’t Wait To Try Valerie Bertinelli’s Family Cacciatore Dominik Bindl/Getty Images By Gina LaVecchia Ragone/May 23, 2022 8:57 am EST Before Valerie Bertinelli, starred in “Valerie’s Home Cooking” and “Kids Baking Championship” the affable star was already a great cook. She traces her love of cooking to her childhood (via Food Network), specifically, learning alongside her mother and grandmother. Bertinelli remembers the first thing she ever made when she was just a tween and says she is still trying to get her grandmother’s “cappelletti in brodo” just right....
Instagram Is Raving Over Rachael Ray’s Scrumptious Tuscan Vacation Mike Coppola/Getty Images By Hannah Beach/Aug. 26, 2022 3:01 pm EST Most of us know Rachael Ray best for her bubbly personality and her popular cooking show. However, there’s more to her than meets the eye, including her Italian roots. Ray is Italian on her mother’s side, and she credits her Sicilian grandfather with her love of cooking (via Biblio). Since she grew up hearing stories about Italy, Ray always dreamed about buying a house in the Tuscan countryside....
Is This What McDonald’s Restaurants In Russia Could Soon Be Called? Alena Ogolikhina/Shutterstock By Hope Ngo/May 31, 2022 10:34 am EST What do the phrases “Fun and Tasty,” “The Same One,” “Just Like That,” and “Open Checkout” have in common? These are just three of the names that, per CNN, fast food giant McDonald’s has registered with Rospatent, Russia’s patent office after the company said would be pulling out of the country for good....
Louisiana Seafood Gumbo Recipe Tricia Wheeler/Mashed By Tricia Wheeler AND Mashed Staff/Updated: July 6, 2022 9:59 am EST Gumbo is known as a Cajun dish, but it was actually brought to America by West African slaves. Before seafood was tossed into the pot, gumbo was primarily an okra and tomato stew. According to Serious Eats, the word “gombo” in some West Africa languages means okra. Tricia Wheeler of Peaceful Dinners has studied traditional Louisiana cooking and told us: “I learned to make gumbo from reading all of Paul Prudhomme’s cookbooks over the years....
Pepsi Just Dropped Its First Canned Mocktail Vitaliy Andreev/Shutterstock By Christopher Kane/June 17, 2022 3:53 pm EST The “spiked seltzer,” or canned sparkling water cocktail, is ubiquitous these days, having experienced a meteoric surge in popularity beginning about three years ago and netting a whopping $2.7 billion in sales between June 2019 and June 2020 (per Delish). While it is rather late, perhaps, for PepsiCo to get in the game in 2022, it is fighting for its share of what has become a very crowded market with its latest offering, which puts a twist on the ready-to-drink beverage....
Read This Before Adding Toothpicks To Keep Sandwiches Together Patrick Civello/Shutterstock By Kimberley Laws/Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 9:59 am EST While the toothpick has been doing its job for years, most people rarely give it a second thought. Whether it’s busily holding a potentially sloppy sandwich in place, doing the toothpick test for baking, or picking detritus from between someone’s teeth, humans tend to take this handy stick of wood for granted....
Reddit Is Thrilled About These Potential New Taco Bell Items KULLAPONG PARCHERAT/Shutterstock By Rachael Grow/June 14, 2022 1:14 pm EST Taco Bell giveth and it taketh away. It’s hard to know how long our favorite menu items from the Mexican-inspired fast food chain will stick around for, and what items might be added next. Its sprawling menu continues to fluctuate, giving fans whiplash when popular Taco Bell menu items like Nacho Fries, Loaded Grillers, and Queso Chicken Wings suddenly disappear....
Redditors Are Drooling Over The UK’s Costco Cafe Andriy Blokhin/Shutterstock By Lauren Farkas/Aug. 3, 2022 5:16 am EST A lot of Costco regulars might agree that its food court in the United States is nothing to push a shopping cart past. Experienced members of the big-box retailer know that while sniffing deals within the store, they’re likely to catch a whiff of freshly cooked pizzas, hot dogs, and a menu full of Costco’s popular food court eats....
Simple Chile Verde Recipe Molly Madigan Pisula/Mashed By Molly Madigan Pisula AND Mashed Staff/May 17, 2022 12:09 pm EST Chile verde isn’t really a typical “chili” as we know it (no beans, for one thing), but is rather a green chile stew that originates from Northern Mexico. It’s usually made from pork, as in this recipe, plus the “chiles verdes” (or, green chiles) from which it takes its name. Recipe developer Molly Madigan Pisula sticks close to a traditional version of the dish here, but notes that she uses ingredients that can easily be found in most grocery stores –- hence the use of jalapeños and poblano peppers instead of fresh Hatch green chiles....
Some Aldi Shoppers Aren’t Exactly Thrilled With This Gelato Flavor stockcreations/Shutterstock By Aimee Lamoureux/July 10, 2022 5:23 pm EST The dog days of summer are a prime time to enjoy ice cream. This sweet, creamy dessert was ranked as America’s number one summer food in a 2015 Harris Poll commissioned by Mars Ice Cream (via PR Newswire). But some people might want to switch things up a little, and the frozen Italian treat known as gelato might be just what they are looking for....
The Best Chick-Fil-A Meal, According To A Dietitian Facebook By Brianna Corley/Aug. 22, 2022 11:55 am EST Bringing the United States better-for-you options for less has been a challenge that Chick-fil-A has tackled head-on. The chain has long been considered healthier than many of its fast-food competitors. In fact, according to a 2009 report from Nation’s Restaurant News, Chick-fil-A was one of the first quick-service restaurants to add salads to its menu....
The Best Horseradish Sauces You Can Find At The Store photocrew1/Shutterstock By Sophia Hart/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 3:33 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. You may have gone out to restaurants and ordered a nice plate of ribs or roast beef and experienced a surprising kick upon eating the dish. You may have not been able to pinpoint what that fiery taste came from st first, but soon came to realize that it came from the white, creamy horseradish sauce that accompanied the meat....
The Best Way To Marinate Meat, According To Science Candice Bell/Shutterstock By Karen Hart/Updated: July 16, 2022 9:04 pm EST If you’re a carnivore, chances are you’ve had to marinate meat at some point in your cooking journey. According to culinary scientist Jessica Gavin, a perfect marinade is like a flavor bath for your beef, chicken, fish, and pork that finds its way past the meat’s surface. It results in a delicious, tender, juicy experience for your mouth....
The Fancy Popeyes Dinner Date That’s Making Instagram Envious Elliott Cowand Jr/Shutterstock By Chase Shustack/July 18, 2022 10:10 am EST When you think of taking your partner out for date night, you’re probably not thinking about treating them to a dinner of cheeseburgers and fries at your local McDonald’s. Date nights usually entail fine dining, atmosphere, and dressing up nice — all things that most people don’t consider when going for fast food....
The Odd Thing Customers Are Supposedly Finding On Aldi Shelves Matthew Horwood/Getty Images By Naomi Kennedy/Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 7:48 am EST It seems like Aldi shoppers are always in for a surprise when they step foot inside the German grocery store. Though probably best known for its budget-friendly fridge and pantry staples, the chain has also become famous for its seasonal items, like advent calendars, which have become so popular with customers that the grocer has dubbed the products’ annual release on the first Wednesday in November National Advent Calendar Day....
