The challenge of a list entitled Essential Bar Tools for Cocktails at Home is that everyone is different. While my favorite cocktail is a dry martini, you might hate gin and want only to make creamy espresso martinis. The goal of this list of bartending equipment is to cover you, whether you’re just starting out,…
Are you looking to learn to make classic cocktails and frustrated by promises of Top 10 Cocktails that fail to deliver? Tired of mixologists who boast about easy to make cocktail recipes and in the next breath use obscure ingredients you don’t have at home? Read on for a simple schematic that shows cocktail families…
Once you’ve mastered the basics of baking, you’re probably looking to try new things in new ways. Learning a few baking ratios is all you need to free yourself from recipes and bake like a pro. There’s no magic here. Using these baking ratios to create your own cakes and cookies is about knowing what…
This Nutella Banana Bread recipe is not your everyday banana bread. It’s rich and decadent and packed with chocolate chips and ribbons of Nutella swirl. And yet it’s still an easy banana break to make when you’re craving something sweet. Enjoy a slice of your Nutella banana bread as an afternoon snack or a late-night…
These Ooni Pizza Recipes and pizza-making tips are intended to give you inspiration for your own pizza pie creations. From classic pepperoni to more gourmet pizza recipes, there’s a pizza for everyone. So read on for all the detailed tips and tricks for creating pizza in your Ooni pizza oven. Or just jump down to…
This Blackberry Vodka Sour uses blackberry simple syrup in a classic vodka sour formula for a well-balanced cocktail with bright flavors of lemon and blackberry. But why stop there? Add an egg white, and you’ve got smooth mouthfeel that makes sipping this blackberry sour even easier. Read on to learn all about the formula in…
Every year, I try to fill my kiddo’s holiday and birthday gift list with more experiences and fewer things. Over the last few years, we’ve shared lots of time in the kitchen working our way through different cookbooks and baking kits for kids.
Warning: while there may be a recipe for a juniper lime drizzle cake included with this post, I can’t recommend that you make it. You see, I created this loaf cake with dried juniper berries for the reddit 52 week baking challenge (Week 31: unusual ingredients). But it has provided me more with lessons about…
This Mediterranean Bowl with Spiced Lamb Meatballs is what my kiddo calls a “little bit of everything dinner.” Bowl dinners are great for picky eaters to try a variety of tastes and textures. And they can be time savers for weeknight meals when you have leftover grains and greens and other chopped vegetables. Read on…
These Asian Shrimp and Pork Meatballs evoke memories of Sunday dim sum. The combination of ground pork, shrimp, and the Chinese mirepoix of garlic, ginger, and green onions come together for a quick and easy weeknight meal. Serve with rice, noodles, or your favorite Asian-inspired side dishes. Read on to learn all the tips and…
This rainbow poke bowl centers on seared tuna for an “everything in a bowl” dinner. Rice bowls are great meals to serve when you have eaters who may be a little picky, because they can have more of this and less of that. So here’s a rainbow poke bowl with a variety of mostly healthy…
This vegetarian eggplant lasagna is for those nights when you have neither the time nor the energy to spend hours in the kitchen, chopping and stirring. The recipe takes all of the components of a vegetarian lasagna – vegetables, tomato sauce, lasagne noodles, and cheese – and quickly builds one layer upon the other. All…
There are a lot of articles and blog posts out there about how to create your own bowl. Like this one. Or this one. And they all say similar things. Pick a grain or rice or noodle. Choose a protein. Add vegetables. Top with some garnishes and a sauce or vinaigrette. Here’s a recipe or…
This Swimming Rama tofu bowl is an everything-in-a-bowl meal that you can put together in less than 15 minutes. This mouth-watering dish uses a mixture of textures, with fresh greens and crunchy vegetables, soft savory noodles, and crispy baked tofu, topped with a peanut sauce that adds a sweet and savory flavor burst to every…
This Crispy Baked Tofu recipe will rock your world with an oven-baked tofu that is crisp on the outside while maintaining its soft, creamy interior. The tofu soaks up the flavors of your spices or marinade, and baking means skipping the mess of frying. Read on to learn all about tofu and the tips and…
