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Posts tagged “D.I.Y. Recipe”

DIY Recipe: Creamy Vinaigrette

A rich, creamy vinaigrette can take a simple salad and turn it into an elegant dish worthy of center stage. Whipping up a cup or two at home is even easier than going to the store, and once you have ...

Cooking Without Recipes: How To Make Streusel or Crumble Topping for Baked Fruit

We've been talking consistently this month about learning to cook without recipes. We have a few formulas and basic recipes that let us create free-form dishes on the spur of the moment. When it comes...

Look! DIY Oat Flour from A Year in Bread

This is definitely one of those "now why didn't we think of that?!" kind of moments! Over at A Year in Bread, the Kitchen Mage has been obsessed with making her own oat flour. How? Simply grind a sco...

Recipe: Homemade Agave Nectar Ketchup

One of our favorite finds at the Global Food & Style Expo in Chicago last month was agave nectar ketchup. We have a weakness for the sweet and tart classic sauce, but it's typically loaded with high f...

Recipe: Basic Tomato Sauce (with Optional Zing!)

For the sauce-hungry crowd, here is a basic tomato sauce, with some lemony and spicy elements for adding an optional zing. It's easy, quick, and isn't a boring old sauce. Basic sauces were one of th...

Recipe: Spring Greens Pesto

This post was originally sent to our email subscribers on April 11th. To sign up for our weekly email (not daily as the box indicates) sign up in the column to the left or click here. Faith's post a...

Straight Up: DIY Simple Syrup

With warm-weather-drinks season fast approaching (Mojitos, Caipirinhas, Mint Juleps!), now’s a good time to stock up on a key ingredient in many refreshing summer cocktails: simple syrup....

Recipe: DIY Crème Fraîche

With its signature tangy bite and milky richness, crème fraîche brightens many of our favorite dishes. It has a custard consistency that exists somewhere between heavy cream and sour crea...

DIY Tip: How To Make Dill Pickles

Photo: pickling cucumbers and fresh dill awaiting the vinegar mixture. We try to avoid using processed foods as much as possible and make our own pantry items when we can. ...

Question for the Cheesemonger: What Kind of Cheese Can I Make With My Rennet?

Here is a question for our Kitchn Cheesemonger from reader Gail. Read on for an detailed and thorough answer, with recipe. I've recently bought some rennet from Rainbow Grocery that I am excited to ...

Recipe: Simple Rice Pilaf

Pilaf makes a quick and elegant side dish to almost any meal. You can buy pilaf mixes at the grocery store, but we think it's just as easy--or easier--to make it yourself and then fancy it up with wha...

Recipe: Homemade Thin Crust Pizza

The key to a really good pizza is, of course, the crust. We make pizza at our house at least once a week, so you can be sure this recipe comes to you after years of very meticulous and scientific kitc...

Straight Up: DIY Cocktail Onions

There's nothing like the briny crunch of a cocktail onion to complement a Gibson's bracing coolness (in fact, garnished any other way, the drink would just be called a Martini). We like to leave ours ...

Recipe: Blood Orange Jelly Smiles

You've seen them on the dessert cart every time you went out for dim sum. But the lure of the custard tarts and the sesame balls has always been too strong, so you've never actually tried the jelle...

Recipe: DIY Croutons

We have been madly craving winter salads - our current favorite is a complex blend of fennel, cabbage, chickpeas, chicken, roasted almonds and dates. Dark winter greens, crunchy root vegetables, and...

Recipe: D.I.Y. Honey Roasted Peanuts

We weren't going to let one failed attempt get us down - we still think that homemade honey roasted peanuts would make a terrific homemade holiday gift. Here's the recipe we wound up with, and it's ...

Recipe: D.I.Y. Cranberry Jam

Cranberries are not just for Thanksgiving jelly and sauce; homemade cranberry jam is wonderful on toast or a sandwich too. This is an easy homemade jam recipe that will keep in the fridge for at lea...

Recipe: D.I.Y. Graham Cracker Crust

Graham cracker crusts are considered much more foolproof than the elusively flaky pastry crust. There is no longstanding debate over lard versus shortening versus butter, or what temperature your marb...

Recipe: D.I.Y. Ginger Ale, Part I

Cold season is upon us. We already had a nasty cold, and it's making its way through our friends now too. Hot tea is our first line of defense, but it's been so warm still, and we've turned to other h...

Recipe: D.I.Y. Pudding

Instant pudding brags that only five minutes will get you the "homemade" pudding you crave. Ignore the marketing and make real homemade pudding in nearly as short an amount of time. This basic, old-...

Recipe: D.I.Y. Tabbouleh

This recipe, which we are addicted to, may irk tabbouleh purists. In the Middle East, tabbouleh is invariably made by hand. The parsley is chopped painstakingly into mounds of light, tenderly sliced l...

Recipe: D.I.Y. Baba Ghanoush

We get stuck on certain foods, every so often, and it's hard to tear ourselves away. Baba ghanoush, the Middle Eastern spread of roasted eggplant, is one of these things. We first made it a few week...

Recipe: D.I.Y. Hummus

There strong opinions on hummus, and in our experience, many different ways of making and serving this classic Middle Eastern spread. Our version here is quick and easy, a good alternative to picki...

Recipe: D.I.Y. Tahini

Tahini is a major ingredient in Middle Eastern cooking, and it forms part of the standard recipe for many dips and spreads like hummus and baba ghanoush. In the Middle East, tahini is just a paste o...

Recipe: D.I.Y. Caramel Sauce

Caramel sauce goes with summer ice cream and summer desserts so well - we love a bowl of vanilla ice cream with rich caramel swirls. You can buy the stuff in a jar, or you can make caramel sauce yours...