Dehydrated Cherry Tomatoes transform a handful of your everyday tomatoes into tiny bits of joy intensely concentrated with flavor. It’s easy to preserve the sunny days of summer by making sun dried cherry tomatoes in your oven. Delight in your oven-dried cherry tomatoes as a snack, topping for salads, or even an ingredient for a…
This pink sauce pasta recipe is, at its heart, a tomato cream sauce. It’s also similar to the Knorr Parma Rosa sauce mix, for those of you looking for a full-flavor, homemade knock-off.
This Spinach Caprese Salad is made with spinach, ripe tomatoes, and fresh mozzarella topped with a cherry vinaigrette. It’s one of those salads you’ll want to eat all summer long. Think of it when the tomatoes are bursting, the basil is overgrowing its pot, and the trees are weighed down with so many cherries that…
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 infuse their fragrant perfumes to make a perfect garnish for your dry martini or other favorite cocktail. Or use your dried orange slices for a garland or decoration for your winter table. And, bonus, dehydrating oranges is really easy. You just need a knife, lined baking sheet, and…
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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. From start to finish, you’ll get this soup packed with vegetables and garbanzo beans to your table in under one hour. And this garbanzo soup provides a great example for how…
Mango pico de gallo is a sweet and spicy salsa made with diced mangoes, tomatoes, onions, jalapeños, cilantro, and lime juice. It takes just 30 minutes and creates a flavor explosion perfect for topping tacos, grilled meats, or just scooping up with tortilla chips. Whether you’re a salsa aficionado or just looking to mix things…
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. Making chicken salad with pecans and dried cranberries is the perfect way to use up leftover roast chicken…
This watermelon panzanella combines sourdough croutons and fresh watermelon into a fresh summer salad. It’s the perfect side to bring to a potluck or take on a summer picnic.
Dehydrated strawberry chips are a healthy 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,…
This recipe for dried apple rings is here for you when you are craving something sweet but healthy. Because these oven-dried apples are as sweet as candy. These dried apple rings are proof that not everything that is good in life is illegal, immoral, or fattening. Seriously.
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 your boneless country style pork ribs in the oven or the slow cooker, it’s easy to make pulled pork and homemade barbecue sauce with minimal fuss….
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…
It is ironic that I was introduced to the concept of the greens and grains bowl in the Alaska Airlines terminal at National airport. Since arriving late to the food trend, I’ve embraced the grain bowl wholeheartedly because they are easy and can be made as healthy (or not) as you want them to be…
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 pesto alla Genovese or use a…
These Parmesan Chicken Muffins are quick and easy and meant to remind you of chicken Parmigiana without the effort. You just need a muffin pan, a simple ground chicken mixture, some mozzarella to stuff inside, and Parmesan for dusting. Serve the chicken muffins with a simple marinara sauce and a green salad, and you’ve got…
These fried patty pan squash patties are a great patty pan squash recipe for those of you who either love patty pans or are being overrun with squash from your vegetable garden.
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 overnight Ooni pizza dough recipe is reliable, easy to work with, and delicious. But the Ooni pizza oven has a steep learning curve. So you’ll need to know some cooking tips when you’re just starting with the Ooni. What’s the secret to great pizza dough? Just like with bread, the most important ingredient in…
This fig bacon jam pasta has a rare balance of sweet and salty, creamy and crispy. Make the fig bacon jam ahead of time and you have a meal that comes together in the time it takes to cook pasta. I know some of you will have no interest in reading a story about how…
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…
