An Indispensable Guide To Cutting Recipes In Half

Recipes are great. They encourage us to try new spices and play with different techniques. The only problem is that sometimes they make way too much food. Sure, there are occasions when we need to make chicken dinner to feed eight people, but those times are rare. Sometimes a couple dozen cupcakes are necessary, but we only want to bake a half dozen more often than not.

Quick Pressure Cooker Potato Salad

This Quick Pressure Cooker Potato Salad Recipe is so easy you’ll fall in love with making potato salad again. Cooking the eggs and potatoes together in the pressure cooker, you’ll get quick, perfectly cooked eggs and potatoes every time.

Ingredients

• 6 medium russet potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 4 large eggs
• 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley
• 1 tablespoon dill pickle juice
• 1 tablespoon mustard
• Salt and pepper to taste

Quick Chinese Fried Rice

It’s a real quick chinese recipe that you can whip up in 15-20 minutes. Chinese fried rice recipe is a very popular chinese recipe, and I guess that everyone has his own recipe for it. But, this recipe is seriously my favorite these days. I don’t even need to wait for meat (if you are using chicken or any other meat) to defrost or anything. I am not using any “meat” as such in this recipe, I am just using some bacon. Genius, right? Although I am sure many other people use it for their fried rice too.

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Baked Honey Garlic Chicken

A take-out favorite that you can make right at home, baked to crisp perfection. It’s healthier, cheaper and so much tastier!

Ingredients:

• 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch chunks
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 1 cup Panko

For the honey garlic sauce

• 1/3 cup honey, or more, to taste
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon Sriracha, optional
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 2 green onions, thinly sliced
• 2 teaspoons sesame seeds

Honey Garlic Shrimp Skillet

It’s been awhile since I’ve done a shrimp recipe. The last one I think was coconut shrimp which turned out amazingly good. Especially with that chilled pineapple sauce.

So here we have a super simple honey garlic shrimp recipe, all done in the comfort of your skillet. It’s yummy, it’s healthy and oh so easy to make.

Prep time

5 mins

 

Cook time

15 mins

 

Total time

20 mins

 

Serves: 4

Skinny Shrimp Alfredo Pasta Bake

  

An unbelievably cheesy, creamy lightened-up pasta bake that you can easily make ahead of time. Just pop it right in the oven before serving!

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 40 minutes

Yield 4 servings

Paleo Bang Bang Shrimp Tacos

These Paleo Bang Bang Shrimp Tacos taste just like the real thing! Crunchy, spicy, and all around perfect!

Healthy Garlic Shrimp Pasta

Healthy Garlic Shrimp Pasta is for the nights when motivation to cook is low and desire to bust into the blue box of mac and cheese and/or call Domino’s Pizza is high.

A quick, easy, and healthy garlic shrimp pasta recipe with vegetables and white wine.

Yield: Serves 6
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes

One Pot Zucchini Mushroom Pasta

 An incredibly creamy, hearty pasta dish that you can make in just 20 minutes. Even the pasta gets cooked right in the pot!

Ever since I made that one pot pasta several weeks back, I’ve been on the hunt for more recipes like this – easy, effortless and sure to be a hit with the entire family. And this zucchini mushroom pasta is exactly that.

Taco Bake

Perfect recipe to change up Taco Tuesday, Taco Bake is a great family friendly recipe that is husband and kid approved!
No matter how you make this it is sure to be a crowd favorite! 

Cook time:  30 mins
Total time:  30 mins

Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Breakfast Shake

A shake for breakfast? Why not when it’s healthy, right? This consists of six basic ingredients ingredients you likely always keep on hand and it can be ready in no time. Chocolate for breakfast, count me in!

Three Cheese Pasta Bake

For those who are obsessed with delicious pasta dishes like we are, then you’ll love this recipe. It’s DELICIOUS!

Three Cheese Pasta Bake

Ingredients

• 1 16 ounce package ziti pasta
• 2 10 ounce jar alfredo sauce
• 1 8 ounce container sour cream
• 1 15 ounce container Ricotta cheese
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
• ¼ cup fresh parsley, chopped
• 1 cup Mozzarella cheese

Chicken and Bacon Pasta with Spinach and Tomatoes in Garlic Cream Sauce

Chicken and Bacon Pasta with Spinach and Tomatoes in Garlic Cream Sauce – delicious creamy sauce perfectly combines all the flavors: bacon, garlic, spices, tomatoes. You might want to double this recipe!

Avocado Chicken Salad

Avocado Chicken Salad Recipe

• Prep time: 10 minutes
• Yield: Enough filling for two sandwiches or salads

Ingredients

• 1 cup finely chopped cooked chicken
• 1 ripe avocado, seeded and peeled
• 1 apple, peeled, cored, and finely chopped
• 1/4 cup finely chopped celery
• 1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
• 2 Tbsp finely chopped cilantro or parsley
• 2 teaspoons lime juice or a tablespoon of lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• Pinch of freshly ground black pepper

• Sandwich bread or salad greens

Garlic Herb Cheese Bombs

Garlic Herb Cheese Bombs – amazing cheese bomb biscuits loaded with Mozzarella cheese and topped with garlic herb butter. Easy recipe that takes 20 Minutes.

Garlic Herb Cheese Bombs Recipe

Makes 20 | Prep Time: 10 Minutes | Cook Time: 10 Minutes

Ingredients:

2 cans (7.5 oz. each) refrigerated biscuits
4 oz. Mozzarella cheese, cut into 20 cubes
4 tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
Some fresh parsley leaves, finely chopped
A tiny pinch of salt

3-Ingredient Orange Chicken Sauce Recipe

Eat it on top of white rice and enjoy. I think veggies would be good with it such as green peppers or broccoli.

Orange Chicken Sauce Ingredients:

• 1 Cup BBQ Sauce (Sweet Baby Ray’s)
• 1 Cup Sweet Orange Marmalade (Smucker’s)
• 2 TBSP Soy Sauce

Crispy Chicken Ingredients:

• 3-4 Chicken Breasts (We used 3)
• 1 Cup Flour/1 Cup Cornstarch (You can use both or either/or)
• 2 Eggs
• Oil (We used vegetable oil)

Baked Garlic Parmesan Potato Wedges

 Garlic and parmesan seasoned potato wedges oven roasted to golden tender perfection!  

Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

30 mins

Total time

45 mins

Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 3-4 large russet potatoes, sliced into wedges
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
• ½ cup shredded parmesan cheese
• optional: fresh parsley (or cilantro), ranch or blue cheese dressing for dipping

Slow Cooker Korean Beef

Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

4 hours

Total time

4 hours 10 mins

Amazing and flavorful beef that slow cooks to tender melt in your mouth perfection! This will be one of the best meals that you will make!

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1 ½ pounds Flank Steak
• ¼ cups cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons Sesame Oil
• ½ teaspoons mince Garlic, Cloves
• ½ cups Soy Sauce
• ½ cup beef broth
• ¾ cups Brown Sugar
• ¼ cup onion, chopped
• ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
• sesame seeds and green onions, for garnish

Three Cheese Chicken Broccoli Alfredo

Delicious homemade three cheese alfredo gets tossed with pasta, broccoli and chicken.  It is quick and easy and out of this world good!   It will become an instant favorite!

Prep time

5 mins

Cook time

15 mins

Total time

20 mins

Serves: 6-8

Crock Pot Honey Garlic Chicken

We’re only dealing with 5 ingredients here plus a seasoning or two. Super easy, I’m telling you.

Crock Pot Honey-Garlic Chicken – Easy crock pot recipe for chicken thighs cooked in an incredibly delicious honey-garlic sauce.

Prep time:  5 mins

Cook time:  6 hours

Total time:  6 hours 5 mins

Roasted Guinea Hens with Spring Beets and Runner Beans

At L'Enclume, fresh runner beans, a fleeting spring treat that is stronger in texture and flavor than green beans, are served alongside roasted local guinea hens, prized for their richer taste compared with chickens. Look for guinea hens at your butcher or order them from D'Artagnan (or substitute chicken breasts or thighs; we won't tell).

serves 4

4 hours, 30 minutes 

Herb and Mustard-Crusted Rack of Lamb

In the Mediterranean, lamb is what’s eaten in the spring—for Easter, Passover, Norooz, and, if it falls in spring, Eid. It's usually very young lamb that’s eaten, barely weaned if at all, the meat pale pink and mild, with none of the gamy-ness older lamb has.

Romaine and Mandarin Orange Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing

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Club Pasta Salad Recipe

If you lovе club sаndwichеs, this pаstа sаlаd is somеthing you аrе surе to еnjoy. This sаlаd combinеs аll of thе аmаzing ingrеdiеnts of а club sаndwich into а dеlicious pаstа sаlаd thаt is pеrfеct for summеr.

Lamb and pumpkin pizza

Pizza doesn't have to mean the cheese and tomato, try out something a bit more elegant with this tasty lamb and pumpkin mixture.

Mini Tiramisu

Make this Italian classic tonight's dessert. Individually sized and made with coffee and booze, this Italian classic has never been easier to whip up.

Crispy Lamb With Cumin, Scallions and Red Chiles

• 30 minutes
• Yield4 servings

Dongbei cai is the food of Northeast China.

Glazed Shiitakes With Bok Choy

• 30 minutes
• Yield6 to 8 servings

Gorgeous glazed shiitake mushrooms and tender green bok choy sparked with ginger, sesame and hot pepper work beautifully against more staid flavors, so consider serving them next to a traditional roast chicken or turkey. They also are delicious draped over a pile of rice.

Chicken Paillard With Curried Oyster Mushrooms

• 25 minutes
• Yield4 servings

Chicken breasts account for 60 percent of the chicken sold in stores, and about three-quarters of those are the boneless, skinless variety, according to MarketResearch.com. But the food-obsessed often turn to the juicier chicken thigh instead.

Sautéed Chicken With Meyer Lemon

• TimeAbout 30 minutes
• Yield4 to 6 servings

Instead of letting the age-old combination of salt and time tame the bitterness of lemon pith, heat and sugar speed the process along here, pickling the citrus in minutes.

Crisp Stuffed Chicken Cutlets

• 25 minutes
• Yield3 servings

The chef Alexandra Raij modeled this recipe on a traditional Spanish dish called flamenquines, in which flattened chicken breasts are stuffed with ham and cheese, then rolled up, coated in egg and bread crumbs and fried.

Mississippi Roast

An Internet darling of a recipe, a favorite of mom bloggers and Pinterest, Mississippi Roast is traditionally made by placing a chuck roast in a slow cooker and simmering it beneath a stick of butter, a package of ranch dressing mix, another of “au jus” gravy mix and a handful of pepperoncini.

Christina Tosi’s Crockpot Cake

Christina Tosi, the pastry chef and an owner of Momofuku Milk Bar, sits near the beating heart of David Chang’s eclectic and innovative Momofuku restaurant empire.

Vaguely Vietnamese Slow Cooker Pork Tacos

6 to 8 servings

This recipe uses a mixture of hoisin and fish sauces as braising liquid, and is a riff on an old Corinne Trang recipe for wok-fried rib tips.

Braised Pork With Red Wine

• Time2 hours
• Yield4 servings 

Ingredients

• 2 pounds boneless pork shoulder, cut into large chunks
• Salt and pepper

Slow-Cooker Cassoulet

• Time 5 to 7 hours
• Yield At least 4 servings 

Many look down their noses at the slow cooker, but it's perfect for some dishes. Stews, for one. This sausage, duck and white bean stew is rich and hearty, and you can leave the dish wholly unattended for five to seven hours as it cooks. Brown the meat before you put it in the pot or not.