top of page
Easy and Delicious Recipes
Welcome to The Joy of Flavor!

Search


Easy and Addictive Chicken Flavored Rice
Like many people, I once couldn't get enough of the convenient chicken flavored "Knorr Sides" or "Rice-a-Roni" rice. It was just so easy...
joimaelynn
Dec 10, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â


Easy Brown/Green Lentil Daal/Dahl
I love making curry at home and as much as I love making curry with chicken or shrimp, sometimes I'm in a meatless mood. When I'm in a...
joimaelynn
Dec 7, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â


Chicken, Potato, Cabbage, and Cauliflower Curry
Curry is one of my favorite types of soup to cook and one that is easy and fun to cook in under 30 minutes. I also love making it...
joimaelynn
Dec 7, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â


Joi's Easy Shrimp Gumbo For Beginners
Gumbo is one of my favorite comforting stews to make at home that lasts me and my family a few days. There are many variations of gumbo...
joimaelynn
Nov 30, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â


Cheesy Chicken, Broccoli, and Vegetable Soup
I like making soup because there's a soup for any mood and season. Lately I've been making and coming up with so many different soup...
joimaelynn
Nov 30, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â


Joi's Essential Holiday Dishes
Its that time of year when families rush to buy out all of the meat and vegetables in the grocery store and spend some quality time with...
joimaelynn
Nov 24, 20214 min read
Â
Â
Â


Joi's Mac and Cheese
Macaroni and cheese is one of my favorite side dishes to cook and eat around the holidays and at cookouts. I based this recipe on my...
joimaelynn
Nov 24, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â


Easy Pan Grilled Shrimp
Shrimp are one of the easiest forms of seafood to cook for beginner home cooks and also one of the tastiest and easiest to season well. ...
joimaelynn
Nov 23, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â


Easy Savory Mashed Sweet Potatoes
For a long time I hated sweet potatoes, especially sweet potato pie. It wasn't until I spent Christmas over a friend's house a few years...
joimaelynn
Nov 19, 20211 min read
Â
Â
Â


Easy Steamed Lemon Garlic Asparagus
I used to hate asparagus until recently and so far cooking asparagus with garlic, lemon juice, and margarine have become my favorite way...
joimaelynn
Nov 19, 20211 min read
Â
Â
Â


Savory Green Beans with Kielbasa
I don't know if you can tell from my posts, but I love green beans and how versatile of a vegetable they are. They're also a good...
joimaelynn
Nov 19, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â


Chinese Style Chicken, Zucchini, and Vegetables Stir Fry
If you can't tell from some of my previous recipes, I'm a big fan of Chinese takeout and have been since I was kid. My Friday nights...
joimaelynn
Nov 1, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â


Delicious Lemon Thyme Chicken, Beans, Mushrooms, and Kale Soup
As you may already know, I love making soups from scratch at home. Before I started to teach myself how to cook, I used to think that...
joimaelynn
Nov 1, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â


Easy and Simple Chicken Fajitas
Tacos and fajitas two of my favorite things to cook for dinner on days when I don't feel like doing much prep for dinner and am short on...
joimaelynn
Nov 1, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â


Easy Spicy Shrimp, Fish, and Vegetable Soup
One night when I really was in the mood for a spicy soup with shrimp and wanted to get rid of a big bag of frozen okra, I realized that I...
joimaelynn
Oct 11, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â


Easy Baked Savory Rotisserie Chicken
I love chicken and how versatile it is with the many ways that you can cook it and use it. I like a good grilled, breaded, or fried...
joimaelynn
Oct 4, 20211 min read
Â
Â
Â


Easy One Pot Creamy Chicken and Broccoli, and Pasta
Pasta is one of my favorite dishes to cook, especially for busy weeknights or weekends at home. I usually prefer to make pasta with lots...
joimaelynn
Sep 27, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â


Easy and Simple Shrimp and Veggie Fajitas
Fajitas are probably one of my favorite comfort foods to eat when I go to a Mexican restaurant. There's nothing like the smoky flavor of...
joimaelynn
Sep 8, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â


Delicious Anytime Pickled Globe Radishes
I love pickled and fermenting vegetables, especially during the summer and winter. My favorite things to pickle and ferment are...
joimaelynn
Sep 7, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â


Garlic Butter Couscous with Mushrooms, Onions, and Spinach
I've always been a fan of the boxed couscous that you can find in the grocery store since I was a kid. As I've gotten older I've been...
joimaelynn
Sep 7, 20212 min read
Â
Â
Â
Contact
bottom of page

