All Recipes — Amanda Frederickson

Holiday Crostini

Today I am channeling Martha Stewart of the 80s for this easy and tasty holiday crostini recipe I created with La Brea Bakery.

I love flipping through vintage food magazines and came upon this amazing spread of tea sandwiches that Martha created for a holiday party spread many years ago. I was blown away with one how gorgeous they were but also how simple they were. Everyday ingredients put together to create something stunning. Inspired by these crostini I decided to create my own holiday spread using my favorite sandwich bread from La Brea Bakery.

HolidaysAmanda FredericksonDecember 15, 2017crostini, appetizersComment

Grilled Pound Cake with Oranges and Whipped Cream

In true Southern California style, this past weekend it was 80s degrees...in the middle of December! Even thought I grew up in Florida and am used to warm holidays, sometimes the weather this time of year is totally confusing. Where is the white Christmas that I see all over social media???!

DessertAmanda FredericksonDecember 11, 2017citrus, cake, pound cake, orange zestComment

Fridge Foraging: Skillet Chicken Thighs with Potatoes, Lemon and Bread

Tonight's fridge foraging used chicken thighs, stale bread, fingerling potatoes and lemon. It is a play on the famous Zuni Cafe Chicken with bread salad.

Fridge Foraging, ps - chicken thighsAmanda FredericksonDecember 07, 2017chicken, one pan dinnerComment

Holiday Recipe Project with Thermomix

If you are not familiar, Thermomix is a blender / food processor / stand mixer that also cooks, sautés and steams - it is basically my sous chef in the kitchen. For the past couple of months I have been working with them to create my very own holiday recipe booklet! This booklet is filled with some of my very favorite holiday recipes, made especially for the Thermomix. It’s available today in a special holiday bundle that includes a Thermomix TM5 and all its accessories, another Thermomix baking cookbook , and a cute cake stand. Make sure to check it out and let me know what you think!

Amanda FredericksonDecember 01, 2017Comment

Spinach and Artichoke Dip

To me, Thanksgiving is all about easy comfort food. Especially if I am hosting, I don’t want to be worrying about anything last minute. The name of the game is to totally enjoy myself and hopefully not stress.

I love to make food that is tasty but also can be made ahead. That goes for appetizers too - no reason to be making any dishes that require last minute attention. Enter my spinach and artichoke dip. I took the traditional spinach and artichoke dip and lightened it, by adding more spinach and artichokes, and the result is one of the tastiest dips ever. Also make sure to serve this with toasted crunchy baguette slices.

Thanksgiving, EasterAmanda FredericksonNovember 21, 2017dip, holiday appetizer, spinachComment

Buttermilk Fantails

Excited to share that I am partnering with Thermomix to bring you some amazing holiday recipes over the next couple of weeks!

First up amazing Buttermilk Fantails. Move over parker house rolls, there is a new dinner roll that I am serving on my Thanksgiving table.

Thanksgiving, Baking, Thanksgiving 2018Amanda FredericksonNovember 16, 20171 Comment

Overnight Praline French Toast

In my family, breakfast the morning of Thanksgiving and Christmas are just about as important as the holiday dinner themselves. So don’t skip out on making a delicious breakfast to celebrate the holiday. This Overnight Praline French Toast is super easy to pull together and the best part is since most of the work is done the night before, it can just be baked off the morning of.

ThanksgivingAmanda FredericksonNovember 09, 20171 Comment

Leftover Turkey and Biscuits

Every Thanksgiving the same question comes up - what can I do with all of my Thanksgiving leftovers? There are only so many sandwiches that a person can make and eat before it gets old. This leftover turkey and biscuit recipe is perfect for all of that leftover turkey.

You could even freeze the turkey and make this at a later day. If you don’t have turkey, feel free to swap in cooked chicken instead.

ThanksgivingAmanda FredericksonNovember 09, 20171 Comment

Molten Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter

Give me all the chocolate please. Well, let me rephrase that. Please give me anything that has to do with chocolate and peanut butter. I absolutely cannot resist that flavor combination. And don’t even get me started on what happens when you put them together in a molten chocolate cake – it is the most unbelievable dessert out there. You should probably go make it, right now.

Dessert, What's NewAmanda FredericksonOctober 30, 2017dunkin' donuts, chocolate, peanut butterComment

Orecchiette with Chicken Sausage and Wilted Greens

Hands down orecchiette (even though I never seem to spell it correctly - thank goodness for autocorrect) is my all time favorite pasta. I learned how to make it from scratch in cooking school and from that moment fell in love with these chewy little pieces of pasta.

Amanda FredericksonOctober 25, 2017weekseats10291 Comment

Passion Fruit Tart

Passion fruit wasn’t something I really discovered until I moved to California. Growing up in Florida, we didn’t have it for some reason. You would think that in a tropical climate like South Florida it would be growing everywhere. Maybe it was and I had no idea! (Which is a bummer because I love passion fruit.)

Dessert, Entertaining, What's New, PieAmanda FredericksonOctober 22, 2017Comment

Cauliflower Pizza

I am a big fan of pizza and could probably eat pizza (or tacos) pretty much everyday of the week. Although that sounds delicious, it is probably not the most healthy of diets. Enter caulfilower pizza. When I want pizza but want one that is a little more nutritious, this is what I turn to. Although it is not exactly like pizza dough, this cauliflower pizza is pretty darn close.

Feel free to put all of your favorite toppings on the crust. I like old school pizza sauce, cheese and basil but the sky is the limit in what you can top with pizza crust.

What's New, Vegetarian, DinnerAmanda FredericksonOctober 16, 20172 Comments

Grilled Fig and Prosciutto Pizza

Dinner, Entertaining, Easy DinnerAmanda FredericksonOctober 15, 2017Comment

Apple and Blackberry Galette with Rosemary

Did you know that you can use a grill just like an oven? Today I am using my Traeger to spend the day outside, grill and make dessert all at the same time.

I love entertaining and entertaining outside is even better. Today I am making an apple and blackberry galette with a rosemary crust. Perfect for a sunny fall day spent outside.

Baking, DessertAmanda FredericksonOctober 15, 2017apple, apples, galette, blackberry1 Comment

Upside Down Banana Cake

I love food brands that remind me of a time and place in my life. Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee at Home is one of those brands. Going to school in Boston, I like every other college kid in town, had an iced coffee every morning, even when it was below freezing and snowing. I even interned at the advertising agency that held the Dunkin’ account and made some horribly embarrassing advertising campaign for Dunkin’ Donuts as my final project that thankfully has been lost (hopefully).

Dessert, What's NewAmanda FredericksonOctober 12, 2017banana, upside down cake1 Comment

Chicken and Biscuit Pot Pie

Chicken pot pie is my ultimate comfort food. Ever since I was a kid, this has always been my favorite recipe….well let’s be honest, I was just in it for the biscuit topping.

What's New, Dinner, Entertaining, HolidaysAmanda FredericksonOctober 01, 2017comfort food3 Comments

Quinoa Stuffed Eggplant

I have always been a fan of eggplant especially in the summer. Right now the farmer’s markets are overflowing with eggplants of all varieties. I love all the different color purples that range between the lightest almost white shade of purple to the deep dark almost black purples. I am constantly amazed by the color of fruits and vegetable.

What's New, What's in SeasonAmanda FredericksonSeptember 25, 2017epplant, stuffed eggplant, quinoaComment

Dutch Apple Cake

This past summer we embarked on an epic European vacation. One of these days I will get around to posting some of those pictures here, but until then lets talk about this apple pie/apple cake situation that we encountered on our trip. The first leg of our trip was LA to Amsterdam. We later went onto Denmark and Sweden but for the purpose of this post, lets talk all about Amsterdam and that apple cake.

Dessert, What's New, What's in SeasonAmanda FredericksonSeptember 21, 201713 Comments

Fridge Foraging: Heirloom Tomato Salad with Spiced Chickpeas

I made it to the farmer's market this morning for the first time in a while. I try and go once a week or once every other week, just to feel inspired by what is in season. Truth be told I don't get all of my groceries from the market, I am just not that organized, but what I don't get from the market I fill in with trips to Trader Joes and Whole Foods.

Amanda FredericksonSeptember 13, 2017Comment

Salted Caramel Ice Cream

Not much beats homemade ice cream....maybe homemade salted caramel ice cream topped with more salted caramel.

DessertAmanda FredericksonSeptember 07, 2017ice cream, salted caramel, salted caramel ice cream1 Comment

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