Dehydrated Cherry Tomatoes transform your everyday tomatoes into tiny bits of joy, intensely concentrated with flavor. Delight in your oven-dried cherry tomatoes as a snack, a topping for salads, or even to make a pesto. You’ll soon be dehydrating everything, from dried strawberries and dried apple rings to kale waffle chips. It’s easy to preserve…
This Pink Sauce Pasta Recipe with Sautéed Cherry Tomatoes is your go-to summer pasta sauce. It is, at its heart, an easy tomato cream sauce, but adorned with the sun-ripened cherry tomatoes overflowing from your vegetable garden or local farmer’s market. Read on to learn more detailed tips and tricks to making this recipe. Or…
This Black Pepper Focaccia is adapted from a Focaccia Pugliese recipe made with potato and flavored strongly with ground black pepper. It’s the perfect snack with your favorite cheese, dipped into an Italian-inspired canned tuna dip, or sliced in half and used as sandwich bread. Read on to learn all the tips and tricks I…
This Raw Carrot Salad with Honey Lime Vinaigrette will transform the humble carrot into your favorite side dish. Made from paper-thin but still crunchy slices of carrots coated in a light dressing, this side salad works with grilled favorites or with a light lunch. Even better, you can explore a world of taste possibilities by…
Dehydrated orange slices and other dried citrus are easy to make and infuse their fragrant perfumes into your dry martini or other favorite cocktail. Or use your dried orange slices for a garland or decoration for your winter table. Read on to learn all about citrus genealogy and detailed tips and tricks for dehydrating oranges….
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This Rainbow Salad Bowl with Maple Dijon Dressing makes a colorful and light main course salad. And, even more important for those busy weeknights, composing this rainbow salad can be as quick and simple or as involved as you want. You can also serve this rainbow salad as a side salad for a simple main…
This easy Garbanzo Bean Soup is inspired by the classic Italian chickpea soup called pasta e ceci. It’s a hearty one pot vegetarian soup that’s packed with vegetables and garbanzo beans and takes under one hour from start to finish. Read on for tips and tricks about this garbanzo bean soup and how to create…
Mango Pico de Gallo is a sweet and spicy salsa made with diced mangoes, tomatoes, onions, jalapeños, cilantro, and lime juice. It’s easy to make and takes just 30 minutes to create a flavor explosion perfect for topping tacos, grilled meats, or just scooping up with tortilla chips. Read on for all the detailed tips…
This Cranberry Pecan Chicken Salad Recipe makes a quick Thanksgiving-inspired lunch in just 10 minutes. Pack it into a sandwich made with this semolina bread or pita pockets, or go light with just a bit of lettuce. Read on for all the tips and tricks for making an easy cranberry chicken salad. Or grab your…
Watermelon Panzanella turns fresh watermelon and homemade sourdough croutons into a fresh summer salad that’s a variation on a classic. It’s the perfect side to bring to a potluck, take on a picnic, or just serve alongside whatever you grill all summer long. This watermelon panzanella recipe was inspired by an unfortunate sourdough that rose…
Dehydrated strawberry chips are a simple snack with the concentrated, candy-like sweetness of strawberries. They’re easy to make with a dehydrator or your oven, and all you really need are strawberries. Pack them in lunchboxes or take them to the office for the mid-afternoon munchies. They’re proof that not everything in life is immoral, illegal,…
Dried Apple Rings are proof that not everything good in life is illegal, immoral, or fattening. That’s because these oven-dried apples are as sweet as candy but take only two ingredients. So read on to learn everything you might want to know about dehydrating apples. Or just grab your apple, hit that Jump to Recipe…
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…
Turn slow Braised Boneless Country Style Ribs into pulled pork, and you have the start of a meal-in-a-bowl pulled pork bowl or an unbelievably delicious sandwich. Whether you make it as an easy oven-baked country style pork ribs recipe or you cook your boneless country style pork ribs in the slow cooker, it’s easy to…
What’s in a name? With TikTok Uuni feta pasta, pretty much everything. If you know me, you know that I am not trendy. I’m not up on popular culture. I had no idea about any of the food trends of 2020 other than sourdough. I barely know what TikTok is, let alone why I should…
This Shakshuka for One recipe makes a simple hot breakfast, lunch, or dinner for when you’re just cooking for yourself. After only a little effort, adding the ingredients as the dish cooks, you’ll be diving into a dish that’s regularly enjoyed all over Israel, the Middle East, Northern Africa, in your home, and mine. Read…
The Aperol Soda is a simple highball cocktail made with Aperol and soda water. It’s essentially an Aperol spritz without prosecco and the perfect low-calorie thirst-quencher for hot, hot days. Read more to learn all about Aperol and other Aperol cocktails, tips and tricks for making an Aperol and soda, and some suggestions for how…
Mastering the art and science of making meatballs and meatloaf is a trick every busy cook should have up their sleeve. That’s because meatballs and meatloaf are fuss-free and guaranteed to satisfy everyone’s taste buds. Plus they work wonders for finicky eaters who cringe at the sight of traditional cuts of meat. So prepare to…
Add this Ooni Pizza Sauce Recipe atop my Ooni pizza dough recipe and you have an easy, flavorful tomato base for your favorite pizza recipes. This cooked pizza sauce is a saucy rebellion against pizza purists who insist that pizza sauce must be made with raw tomatoes. Now I respect pizza traditionalists and their international…
This Orzo Pesto Salad is the perfect, easy-to-make, fresh summer salad. It’s packed with ripe, bursting tomatoes and tiny perlini mozzarella and topped with toasted pine nuts. The base recipe will remind you of a mashup between a pesto pasta salad with orzo and a Caprese. Make my homemade pistachio basil pesto or use a…
These Parmesan Chicken Muffins are like a quick and easy Chicken Parmesan. You just need a muffin pan, a simple ground chicken mixture, some mozzarella to stuff inside, and Parmesan for dusting. You’re probably looking for new ways to serve chicken that you know everyone will love. You’ve found what you’re looking for.
These Fried Patty Pan Squash Patties are a great recipe if you love patty pans or it’s that time of year when you’re overrun with zucchini and summer squash. If you have a garden, you know the summer bounty. Summer berries for blueberry muffins and blackberry quick breads. Perfect tomatoes for your Caprese salads and…
This Peach and Burrata Caprese salad combines sweet juicy peaches with the creaminess of burrata. The result is a colorful dish in just 15 minutes that’s perfect for any occasion, whether you’re having a celebration dinner or flipping burgers in the backyard. This salad is proof that scrumptious food doesn’t have to be fussy to…
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…
This list of my favorite cookbooks was inspired by Pi day. March 14th, you know, 3.14. Pi? All I can ever remember of the most famous irrational number is 3.1415927 (rounded). What I remember more clearly is the person who sat behind me in multivariable calculus who used to finish his tests early and then…
This Garlic Bread Baguette is the answer to all your garlic bread prayers. That’s because a whole head of roasted garlic magically transforms your baguette into a garlic bread with the sweetest and most mellow flavor. It’s the perfect accompaniment to spaghetti and meatballs braised in tomato sauce or this cheesy white bean tomato bake….
This cavatappi alfredo recipe makes an easy, creamy pasta with only five ingredients plus cavatappi and five minutes of active time. Well, maybe slightly more, if you like a LOT of Parmesan cheese. Read on to follow this cavatappi alfredo recipe for tips and tricks, learn what is cavatappi, and read about the original Alfredo….
Why would a doctor start a food blog? The Ugly Duckling Bakery isn’t a brick and mortar bakery. It’s a source of recipes to inspire your weeknight dinners, weekend baking, and cocktails using fresh, seasonal ingredients. I’ve been baking for over 40 years, but it wasn’t until 2020, when I was stuck at home with…
