Avocado and Cheese Omelets with Tomato Salsa

Start your day off right and make this recipe! If you are an avocado lover like me, you’ll want to try this avocado and cheese omelet. Avocados are a new staple in breakfast cuisine, and for good reason! Not only are you replacing a whole carb variable, but it could help improve blood flow, positively impacting your blood pressure. Not to mention they are packed with potassium and healthy fats! Delicious and nutritious—it’s a win, win!

For this recipe, I always suggest starting by preparing the tomato salsa. Make sure the salsa ingredients listed below are finely chopped for an ideal texture. Depending on your spice tolerance, you’ll want to the right amount of jalapeño...

Garbanzo-Rice Chili

Whether you are transitioning to hearty meals, or simply love garbanzo beans like me, this recipe is a must try. I assure you even the kids will enjoy it! Not to mention the garbanzo beans are packed with calcium, fiber, and many other beneficial nutrients. Either way, this garbanzo-rice chili will get you and your family excited for chickpeas.

This comforting dinner is a warm indulgence that everyone here, at Kathey Jo’s Kitchen loves. A tips that’ll help bring ultimate flavors forward is marinading the beef round steak before cooking. Marinading the southwest sauce for approximately 1 to 2 hours before will make all the difference...

Fresno Pork Roast

This recipe comes from a very special place located in California. Fresno is known for their farmland, a prime spot for fruit! This Fresno Pork Roast recipe is inspired by this beautiful city. The pork will be citrusy and packed with flavors that’ll make you want seconds and even thirds. Here at Kathey Jo’s Kitchen, it’s a favorite, especially as springtime approaches.

The undertone fruit flavors that are starred in this recipe are pineapple and orange, both in juice form. They brighten up the flavor by adding a mild sweetness that pairs perfectly with roasted pork. To prepare the boneless pork loin roast, trim any visible fat. Before adding any of the juice, or spices, you’ll want to independently place the pork roast on the oven pan—do not cover it or add water...

Chicken and Asparagus Rounds

This recipe is perfect for weeknights after a long day at work. It’s a simple, yet flavorful affair that does not take too long to prep, not to mention is a rather healthy meal. The recipe calls for 4 small skinless, boneless chicken halves, which is close to two pounds. Make sure to remove excess fat from the chicken and proceed to flatten the breast to ¼-inch of thickness. For flavor, the chicken in this meal will be seasoned with salt, onion powder, garlic powder, and dill weed.

Here at Kathey Jo’s Kitchen we elevated this meal with delicious asparagus and red bell peppers. All you’ll have to do here is cut the red peppers into ¼-inch strips, drain the asparagus spears, and place them crosswise on the large end of the chicken breast half...

Aloha Chicken

Get ready to indulge into a sweet but savory chicken that will be sure to satisfy the crowd sitting at your table. One of the reasons I love this chicken is because of the pineapple undertone flavors. I’m one of those that do not mind Hawaiian pizza, in fact it’s a top choice whenever I order. Even if you are not a huge fan of sweet chicken, this meal is the perfect amount of sweet and savory ratio ensuring satisfaction.

At Kathey Jo’s Kitchen, we like to simmer the chicken in water with bouillon cubes for ultimate taste, preferably chicken bouillon cubes. It’s very similar to broth, only it’s a dehydrated broth in powder form. This means you could substitute one for the other—use the broth rather than the cubes or vice versa. Either will work.

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Crispy Baked Catfish

If you have some catfish fillets in your fridge, this Kathey Jo’s Kitchen recipe is a must try! The delicious hint of spice from the chili powder, paprika, and pepper coated right beneath the cornmeal mixture, are the perfect seasoning mixtures. The flaky finish will give the right amount of crunch with a moist center. I call that, the perfect bake.

Some tips I like to give for first timers, is cutting the catfish fillets into four individual pieces. At this point you will wash the sliced pieces and soak them in about ¼ cup of pineapple juice. If you are making more than what the recipe calls, simply double it, or fill with pineapple juice until the catfish fillets are completely submerged. This will help eliminate any fishy taste that could be unpleasant.

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Brown Sugar Oatmeal Muffins

This cozy recipe is made with the ultimate breakfast ingredients many individuals, like me, love. I for one, can have some delicious oatmeal any morning. I love the texture and the warmth I feel as it fills my belly. Of course, this muffin is not limited to morning time, you can serve them as a desert or a mid-day snack between meals. My favorite way to eat these muffins are for breakfast, with any kind of berries, mimicking a morning oatmeal.

These brown sugar oatmeal muffins are a sophisticated take on oatmeal. Not only are they packed with chopped nuts, pecans, or walnuts (your choice), but they have caramel undertones from the sweetness coming from the brown sugar...

Flavorful Pork Stew

Straight from the recipe book Great Meats, this pork strew is a Kathey Jo’s Kitchen favorite. This comfort dish is perfect for feeding a big crowd while still maintaining a low budget meal. It’s an easy, hearty, and tasty weeknight meal that no one will be able to resist. The flavorful stew is packed with celery pieces, mini carrots, cooked cauliflower, and pitted prunes. What’s so great about this dish is that it only takes a couple minutes to prep the ingredients before mixing them together to cook. The savory favors of the meat and the complimenting favors of the veggies will sure make this cozy meal a favorite in your household.

The cut of pork this recipe calls for is pork shoulder—and for good reason...

Easy Sesame Beef

This sesame beef recipe is one that took me some time to perfect. Not because of the spice tolerance or the tenderness of the steak, but rather because of the undertone flavors I wanted to taste with every single bite. I spent hours in Kathey Joe’s Kitchen and made sure the beef had everything I wanted and more.

I love making this recipe because there are so many ways to serve it to my loving family. Whether it’s a side or a main course, it always seems to stand out. For an enjoyable prepping, make sure the beef is thinly sliced, cut diagonally across the grain. The trick is to slice the beef partially frozen, maybe consider 1 ½ hours for a fast and easy cut.

My favorite ways to season and prepare the beef for ultimate flavors is with soy sauce, chopped green onions, ...

Best Buttermilk Pancakes

Here in Kathey Jo’s Kitchen, I know how important it is to give your family a good meal when they start the day. They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and my husband Rob and I agree. That’s why I believe it’s essential to give your loved ones something delicious and filling that their day can start with. It’s hard to top breakfast classics, and nothing tops well-made pancakes. You won’t be let down with the recipe I’m here to offer you.

There are countless ways that one can prepare pancakes, but this the recipe that I’ve used for years, and they’re delicious as ever. Perhaps the best thing about making pancakes is just how many different ways there are that you can keep things delicious and interesting...