This is my go-to batch-cooking recipe for ground meat (beef, pork, bison). It's easy, tasty, and super quick. It freezes well and accompanies anything -- from vegetables to rice to noodles to tofu. ...
Recipes
These recipes provide guidance and inspiration for how to bring ingredients together to create a magical meal.
They are NOT another to-do list that you must dogmatically follow.
That means substitute, skip ingredients, and apply different techniques to tweak the dishes. Apply a growth mindset to get comfortable learning to cook from scratch. You can do it!
How to Brew DIY Sugar-Free Chai At Home
Love chai lattes but hate the sugar they add at cafes and in pre-mix concentrates? Learn to make EASY sugar-free chai at home, which requires a few tweaks to avoid overpowering bitterness from the tea leaves. ...
How to Make Tender Instant Pot Vegan Ratatouille That’s Not Soggy
Enjoy ratatouille but don't have an hour to cook it the traditional way on a stove top? Leverage your Instant Pot to make vegan ratatouille in less than 30 minutes. ...
5-Minute Stress-Free Garlic Bread with Garlic Powder
The 5-minute garlic bread recipe made with garlic powder is here by popular demand. After a stressful day at work, why fight to get dinner on the table? Make this quick 'n easy garlic bread recipe in minutes to complete your meal.Our flight from San Francisco to Denver ...
How to Make Deliciously Simple and Vegan Ratatouille (for Lindsay Bear)
When you Google images of the dish Ratatouille, what do you see?In addition to the loveable cartoon mouse Remy, who starred in the Disney movie Ratatouille, you'll find artfully arranged spirals of zucchini, eggplant, and tomatoes tenderly set in an ivory crockpot with ...
How to Build Community With: Spring Rolls
Planning an event when you don’t fully control the attendee list is challenging. Add to it the fear of nobody showing up. It makes me wonder whether my Delights of Cooking meetup is a terrible idea.Two weeks ago, I planned a Vietnamese spring roll meetup because they are easy ...
How to Build Community With: Doreen’s No-Fail Pie Crusts
You know how going through an arduous adventure brings people closer together?Well, I don't know if it's true or not but I certainly had an arduous adventure making pie-crusts this weekend.A couple of factors made this baking session more difficult than usual: ...
How to Build Community With: Lemonade Infusions
Last weekend I took a step, or three, out of my comfort zone. Having started our new meetup group, Rediscovering the Lost Art and Delights of Cooking, it was finally showtime to make the Lemonade Infusions.The shopping was done: I stopped by Trader Joe's for most of the ...
Tofu and Broccoli with Hoisin Sauce Stir Fry
When you see a recipe for a tofu dish, you're probably thinking: that's probably some healthy, yogi, bland hippy food. Well, based on the tofu dishes I've had at American restaurants, that is a pretty accurate stereotype. I can't blame the restaurants. The type of person who is ...
Tofu Noodle Salad with Carrot and Cucumber
Finally, a recipe in under 15 minutes. We haven't made it in under 15 minutes since the first Simply Stir Fry recipe with tofu, cabbage, carrot, and mushrooms. Well, you're in for a treat because not only is this recipe even better than the tofu and cabbage stir fry, but it's ...
Spicy Tofu and Broccoli Salad with Green Onion & Garlic Dressing
With summer coming, you may prefer a refreshing salad over a steamy stir fry. Luckily, this tofu and broccoli salad recipe is just as simple and easy to make as a stir fry. The best part of this tofu and broccoli salad recipe is that you can make it ahead of ...
Easy Tofu, Cabbage, and Mushroom Stir Fry
How to make a stir fry that's delicious and nutritious in 15 minutes or less.Can we make it in time?Following on the heels of our discussion about meal planning, food inventory, and reverse shopping lists, stir frying is one of the best ways to cook quickly ...
Simple Tofu, Cabbage, Carrot, and Mushrooms Stir Fry
Ever wonder what you can get done in 15 minutes?How about dinner from fridge to table in 15 minutes or less?Following on the heels of our discussion about meal planning, food inventory, and reverse shopping lists, it's just as important to learn how to cook quickly while ...
5-Minute Garlic Herb Dip
When you’ve only got 5 minutes to get your garlic fix, this cream cheese-based dip is a yummy way to add flavor to your sandwiches and snacks. It’s a great way to use up leftover herbs that you might have after making dishes like jambalaya, pork and shrimp wontons, or butternut ...
5-Minute Easy Garlic Bread Recipe
Learn how to make mouthwatering garlic bread in 5 minutes without turning on the oven. It's so easy to get dinner ready after a long work day and satisfy your garlic craving.Amazing garlic bread that takes 5 minutes to make ...
Quick & Dirty: Mulled Wine Recipe (Glühwein)
Imagine strolling through the Christmas markets in Germany while the bitterly cold weather pummels your body. Then the fragrant smell of spiced mulled wine wafts over.You see people warming up their cold hands by gently holding this precious hot drink.These memories from ...
Garlic Pizza
Garlic pizza is the way to any garlic lover’s heart. Why It Works There are copious amounts of garlic in this garlic pizza recipe. Garlic shows up in the garlic pizza sauce and as pizza toppings.Because the garlic is slowly cooked both in the garlic pizza sauce and in ...
Homemade Garlic Pizza Sauce
Piping hot garlic pizza straight out of the oven is so much better when enjoyed with homemade garlic pizza sauce.Get ready to make a lot of this garlic pizza sauce recipe. You’ll be able to enjoy it for days on pizza and pasta. Why It Works Slowly simmering this garlic ...
Winter Solstice 2017
Yesterday, Thursday, December 21, 2017, was the winter solstice. It's the day (and night) to celebrate the shortest day and longest night of the year.What's awesome about the winter solstice is that daylight from today onwards will last a bit longer until we finally get to ...
Extra Umami Beef Broth In Instant Pot
’Tis the season for rich, heart-warming soups. There’s no better way to start than with homemade beef broth. It’s so EASY because you assemble the ingredients, set it, and forget it.Try our recipe Chas’ French Onion Soup using the homemade beef broth from this recipe. Why It ...
