profile

A Culinary Journey with Chef Dennis

🔥 What's HOT in the Kitchen this Week...

Published 10 days ago • 1 min read

Hi again Reader --

Here’s what’s new on the website this week!

If you try any of these recipes, will you please rate it on the blog? Your rating helps others to find the best recipes. Thank you!

​Squash Casserole Recipe​

Squash casserole in a white bowl.
Creamy, cheesy, and topped with a golden, buttery cracker crust, our Summer Squash Casserole is the Southern classic your dinner table has been missing. Quick enough for a weeknight and crowd-pleasing enough for family gatherings, it’s the perfect side dish that’ll win everyone over effortlessly. It’s packed with crispy, cheesy goodness that’ll have even the […]

​Pineapple Stuffing Recipe​

Pineapple stuffing with a fork in it on a white plate.
Our Pineapple Stuffing is sweet, buttery, and the kind of cozy, crowd-pleasing side dish that pairs perfectly with a holiday ham or turkey dinner. With juicy crushed pineapple, soft bread cubes, and a rich, buttery base, it’s the kind of sweet side dish that gets piled high before anyone even reaches for the carving knife. […]

​Applesauce Cake Recipe​

Applesauce cake being taken out of the pan.
Our ultra-moist Applesauce Cake is bursting with flavor from warm spices and slathered in a luscious cream cheese frosting. It’s the kind of cinnamon-kissed cake that tastes like fall, but you never have to wait to enjoy something so quick, easy, and downright irresistible. If our Applesauce Cake had a résumé, “disappears at potlucks” would […]

​Marry Me Chicken Pasta​

Marry me chicken pasta in a white bowl.
Creamy, rich, and packed with bold Italian flavor, our Marry Me Chicken Pasta is a total showstopper of a weeknight dinner. It’s fast, indulgent, and absolutely bursting with sun-dried tomatoes, tender chicken, and a cream sauce that sparks pure joy at the table. Home-cooked flavor is so downright dreamy that it should come with a […]

​Cajun Shrimp Pasta​

Cajun Shrimp Pasta on a white platter.
If you’re looking for a quick and easy dish that your whole family will love, our Cajun Shrimp Pasta is guaranteed to bring smiles to your dinner table. The combination of sweet, succulent shrimp, bell peppers, and onions, with just the right amount of heat, takes this pasta dish to a whole new level of […]

​Easy Brioche Bun Recipe​

Brioche buns in a basket.
Golden, tender, and full of rich flavor, our Brioche Bun recipe delivers bakery-level results straight to your home kitchen. These buttery buns are soft and sweet, yet sturdy enough to handle the juiciest burgers and the messiest sloppy joes. They’re those “go ahead, grab another” kind of buns. Brioche dates back to 15th-century France, where […]

​Cowboy Cookies Recipe​

Stack of cowboy cookies on a white plate.
Our Cowboy Cookies Recipe makes big, bold cookies loaded with old-fashioned oats, chocolate chips, and buttery pecans. Each delicious cookie is chewy, nutty, and indulgent enough to make that first bite worth every minute spent wrangling the wild west of the day. These rugged little beauties are for cookie lovers with a bit of a […]

Looking for more?
​Find the perfect recipe from my full list here​

A Culinary Journey with Chef Dennis

Ask Chef Dennis

As a classically trained chef with 40+ years of experience in the kitchen, I share my time-tested recipes, knowledge, and chef tips to help you create easy-to-make restaurant-quality dishes to help you find the joy of cooking. Sign-up for my Weekly Newsletter and never miss my recipes!

Read more from A Culinary Journey with Chef Dennis

Hi Reader, There’s ripe… and then there’s “if I don’t use this today, it’s over.”If you’re also staring down a bunch of fruit with a fast-approaching expiration date, these desserts are your sweet way out. Fresh Fruit Desserts Goodbye guilt at the bottom of your fridge! WHAT'S INSIDE... Strawberry Gelato Peach Cobbler Pound Cake Blueberry Cobbler Individual Strawberry Shortcakes Strawberry Shortcake Roll Easy Strawberry Coulis Blueberry Buckle Easy Apple Turnovers Best Lemon Gelato Best...

1 day ago • 2 min read

Hi again Reader -- Here’s what’s new on the website this week! If you try any of these recipes, will you please rate it on the blog? Your rating helps others to find the best recipes. Thank you! Crunchwrap Supreme Recipe (Copycat) Our copycat Crunchwrap Supreme brings one of your favorite guilty pleasure drive-thru meals to your home. It’s easy to make using fresh ingredients you can pick up at your local grocery store. Packed with flavor, our copycat crunchwrap supreme will definitely have...

3 days ago • 1 min read

Hi Reader, I don’t always have a dinner theme… but when I do, it usually involves tortillas, lime, and something with a little kick. Call it Taco Night, Tex-Mex Tuesday, or just “something good for dinner.” My Summer Tex-Mex These are easy and filling, but definitely won't weigh you down. WHAT'S INSIDE... Easy Chicken Quesadilla Tex-Mex Chicken Enchiladas Loaded Tater Tot Nachos Cowboy Caviar (Texas Caviar) Quesadilla Sauce (Taco Bell Copycat) Beef Chile Colorado Homemade Chamoy Sauce Crack...

5 days ago • 2 min read