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Welcome! I’m Matt Ivan
Welcome to Plating Pixels, a food blog with easy weeknight recipes, healthy comfort food, and decadent desserts. Plating Pixels features hundreds of recipes with easily found ingredients, usually 10 ingredients or less. I love lightened-up and comfort food recipes, so you’ll find plenty of that.
My recipes are a mixture of traditional family favorites, seasonal items, and sure…that sounds tasty…let’s try to make it. The recipes here on the blog are all fully tested, easy to make and of course, yummy.
Air Fryer Eggplant Dip Recipe
This easy air fryer eggplant dip is packed with flavor! It’s a vegan, gluten-free, and low-carb appetizer that’s a perfect dip for crackers, veggies, grilled meat, or bread. Eggplant is…
Smoked Chicken Wings
Once you try these easy smoked chicken wings, you won’t want to eat wings any other way. They are smoky, spicy, crispy, and incredibly tender—everything you could possibly want in…
Flank Steak with Chimichurri Sauce
Learn how to make authentic Argentinian flank steak with chimichurri sauce. This juicy and tender quick-seared steak will melt in your mouth with savory and bold flavors. Flank steak with…
Chimichurri Sauce Recipe
This easy chimichurri sauce recipe might just become your new favorite! It’s fresh, tangy, and bursting with bold flavor—perfect for BBQ, grilled meats, and honestly, just about anything. Chimichurri is…
Carne Asada Recipe
This authentic carne asada recipe yields perfectly spiced, juicy, and tender meat. I’ve tried carne asada from many different places, and found the best way to make carne asada at…
321 Smoked Ribs
These 321 smoked ribs are loaded with rich, smoky flavor and are guaranteed to be fall-off-the-bone tender. Once you try this 3-2-1 method, you’ll never want to make ribs another…
Looking for a quick and easy weeknight meal? My delicious chicken recipes are sure to impress.
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