This quick and easy homemade strawberry jam recipe (aka strawberry freezer jam) is delicious! It tastes as good slathered toast as it does drizzled over ice cream or cheesecake. And it’s what I use to make one of our all-time favorite strawberry desserts — Italian strawberry crostata (and little strawberry […]
Vegan
Vegan definitely does not mean boring! This is the place to come for simple and scrumptious plant-based happiness. These recipes take full advantage of what the good Mama Earth provides. And they’re all super delicious and satisfying. And you don’t need to be vegan or vegetarian to enjoy them. Let’s eat more plants people!
Sichuan Chili Oil (Xiangla Hongyou 香辣红油) (taught to me by Sichuanese Chef Liu)
This is one of the best toasty Sichuan chili oil recipes you will ever make. I learned how to make this Xiangla Hongyou (香辣红油)f rom Sichuanese Chef Liu while living in Chengdu and it’s still one of my all-time favorite condiments (ever). This highly addictive sesame-flecked red chili oil is […]
How to Make Homemade Limoncello (The Italian Way)
This homemade limoncello recipe is the best of Italian summer in a bottle — it’s smooth and sweet with an intense lemon flavor without a hint of sour or bitter notes. And with just 3 simple ingredients (and a little time and patience), it couldn’t be easier to make at […]
How To Make Homemade Ramen Noodles From Scratch (The Easy Way)
Everything you need to make springy, slippery delicious alkaline ramen noodles at home. Plus, these are the perfect noodles for homemade dan dan mian.
How to Make Baked Baking Soda (for Ramen, Chinese Wheat Noodles & Pretzels)
You might be wondering what is baked baking soda and what’s it used for? For starters, when you heat baking soda in the oven for a long period of time, it chemically alters it from being bicarbonate of soda into sodium carbonate which is an even stronger alkaline salt. This […]
Easy Turkey Tinga Tacos (A Perfect Way to Use Up Leftover Turkey)
Turkey tinga tacos are the perfect way to use up leftover Thanksgiving turkey but we love them so much we make them year-round. They’re smoky, tangy, a little bit spicy and so good it’s hard to believe how quick and easy they are to make. And don’t worry if you […]
How to Make 2-Minute Chipotle in Adobo Sauce (When You Don’t Have a Can in Your Cupboard)
If you’re in the mood to make your favorite chipotle recipes like tinga tacos or other Mexican or Tex-Mex dishes but don’t have a can of chipotle in adobo sauce lying around — don’t fret. You can get the same spicy, tangy, smoked jalapeño flavors with this easy DIY version. […]
How to Make Fresh Homemade Pumpkin Purée (100% from Scratch in just 20 minutes)
You may be wondering why you should make homemade pumpkin purée from scratch when you can just pick up a can or two at the store. For starters, this all-natural (seriously delicious) pumpkin purée recipe is probably the simplest thing you’ll do all year. Beyond that, it yields an intensely […]
Italian Summer Garden Spaghetti w/Zucchini & Fresh Tomato Pasta Sauce
This is hands down one of the best-tasting garden-fresh pasta recipes to cook right now. In fact, it’s so delicious we ate it for lunch four times last week. All you need is a little extra virgin olive oil, garlic, shallots (or onion), zucchini, and a variety of vine-ripened Italian […]
Smooth Black Chickpea Hummus (a/Canned Italian Black Chickpeas)
Black Italian chickpeas from Puglia and black Japanese sesame paste are the base for this beautifully dark, smooth, and creamy hummus. It tastes just as good as regular hummus but is a bit more dramatic-looking. I created this recipe to close out our “Go Gray in May for Brain Cancer […]
Lemongrass Dill Pickled Watermelon Rinds (Ribbons + Tidbits –w/Spicy Option)
This is not your average pickled watermelon rind recipe — for starters, it’s not sweet like most, but instead, it’s dill-pickled with fragrant lemongrass, mustard seed, dill, and garlic (and in select jars we’ve even added a delicious spicy component and a few poppy seeds). At first thought, this may […]
Extra “Beefy” Above + Beyond® Tacos (vegetarian tacos)
This quick and easy Beyond Taco meat recipe has a super beefy and slightly charbroiled taste. I’ve added a few extra ingredients and seasonings to give this veggie meat an even beefier taco flavor that makes it taste even more convincingly like regular all-beef tacos. We’ve maximized the meatiness and […]