Catherine Jessee

5 days ago | yahoo.com | Catherine Jessee

There's much more to Cheddar than meets the eye. Not only does a good Cheddar cheese make or break a perfect grilled cheese, but it's also important to have around for the occasional charcuterie board or snack. We gathered Southern Living staffers to test different brands of Cheddar cheese. We tasted sharp Cheddar cheese, specifically, because it's what we typically us for our super Southern recipes like pimiento cheese.

6 days ago | allrecipes.com | Catherine Jessee

My Mom’s Eggplant Lasagna Is the Comfort Food I Beg for All Year Long I’d take my mom's version over the classic any day. By Credit: Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Lasagna is the ultimate comfort meal. Cheesy, saucy, and warm, it’s exactly the sort of thing I want to eat when I’m sick, sad, or healing—but not necessarily something I want to cook for myself under those circumstances. Enter: Mom.

1 week ago | allrecipes.com | Catherine Jessee

Banoffee pie is the kind of dessert that has people genuinely asking for the recipe at a potluck. It’s an instant crowd-pleaser, combining the rich, complex notes of dulce de leche with the mild sweetness and velvety texture of fresh sliced bananas. While I enjoy the light, whipped creaminess of banana cream pie, it can sometimes have too much banana flavor for my taste—but banoffee strikes the perfect balance of salty, sweet, nutty, and buttery.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Catherine Jessee

Banoffee pie is the kind of dessert that has people genuinely asking for the recipe at a potluck. It’s an instant crowd-pleaser, combining the rich, complex notes of dulce de leche with the mild sweetness and velvety texture of fresh sliced bananas. While I enjoy the light, whipped creaminess of banana cream pie, it can sometimes have too much banana flavor for my taste—but banoffee strikes the perfect balance of salty, sweet, nutty, and buttery.

1 week ago | allrecipes.com | Catherine Jessee

The Easiest Way to Make Caramelized Onions is 'Nearly Stirless'Swap the stovetop method for this simple trick. By Credit: Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Caramelizing onions is famously time-consuming. It’s not especially difficult, but it does take patience, attention, and a bit of effort. That said, few things compare to the rich, sweetly nutty flavor of properly caramelized onions.