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Posts tagged “easy”

Recipe: Vegan Chocolate Ginger Orange Cupcakes

There's a secret we've been fostering for quite some time now. We love vegan cupcakes. More than "regular" cupcakes. Their flavor is intense, pure and did we mention there's none of that creaming...

How To Make French Madeleines

Growing up there was one cookbook that stood out among the rest: the bright yellow tattered copy of La Cuisinière Provençale, a classic French cookbook originally published in 1897 tha...

How To Make Marvelous Meatloaf
Home Hacks

Meatloaf is like blue jeans. You'll always have your favorite pair and while some are able to be dressed up for a night out, others are the most well worn, comfortable thing on the planet and the ...

How To Make Cream Biscuits In Less Than 15 Minutes
Home Hacks

Earlier today we featured a how-to on a traditional buttermilk biscuit. They're a stand-by classic, but not our household favorite. From start to finish, mixing and baking, these cream based (no f...

Recipes To Make While Standing On One Foot

Earlier in the week I took a nasty fall in the hallway of our building and have landed myself in a cast with crutches and a walker. It's as awesome as you think it is and as my husband and I have be...

Recipe Roundup: Delectable Ice Cream Treats

Call us crazy, but we have a serious craving for some delicious and delectable ice cream &mdash we're thinking it has something to do with the two feet of snow that has collected outside of our hous...

Recipe: Kitchen Sink Super Bowl Bars

Super Bowl season is a time of snacks of all sorts — sweet, salty and delicious! These Kitchen Sink Bars cover all sorts of flavors and whip up in a snap. They're great for cleaning out the pa...

Recipe: Beef-Free Bean Burger

Just because we're eating a little lighter this month, doesn't mean we don't have the craving for a fat, tasty burger. This meatless version is flavorful enough, you don't even miss your usual sourc...

Recipe: The No Mixer, One Bowl Cake Recipe

Even though eating light can often mean eating less or more healthy foods — it can also be nice to cook with less "stuff." We do a great deal of baking and quite often, we just don't feel like...

How To Make Pretzel Bites Fit For A Crowd

We have a serious love for party food that is both, super tasty and easy to make while being super inexpensive. For us, pretzel bites fall into that category. Their salty outsides and super soft i...

Harvest Recipe: Slow Roasted Tomatoes with Pomegranate Molasses and Basil

We're still getting fresh local tomatoes in in the Bay Area and will continue to do so into October. Such glorious abundance! So far this season, I have canned whole San Marzano's, tomato jam and am...

Quick Weeknight Meal: Flat Iron Steak with Salsa Verde

Flat Iron Steak is a fantastic cut of meat to have on hand for a quick, midweek supper. Besides lending itself to a speedy preparation (it only requires a few minutes in the skillet and a few more to...

How To Make Funnel Cakes At Home
Street Fair Food Week

If we had to name the ultimate Fair Food, hands down it would have to be funnel cakes. The sweet smell of fluffy, frying bread in combination with powdered sugar is enough to make even the stronges...

Recipe Recommendation: Beef Stroganoff

I always get so crestfallen when I see people making beef stroganoff using those powdered stroganoff mix packets. They're so unnecessary; you can make stroganoff from scratch rather easily, and it ta...

Super-Fast, No-Cook Appetizers You Can Make After Work

Raise your hand if you've been there: You're at work all day, but you're going to a party or picnic after work (perhaps something like the Symphony in the Park tonight in NYC) and you need to bring...

Old School Practicality: The Seven-Layer Salad

My mother made a mean Seven-Layer Salad back in the day. And still does, I'm happy to report. A classic 70's dish, Seven-Layer Salad offers much in the way of practicality: it's assembled ahead of ...

Seasonal Recipe: Aunt Lorraine's Refrigerator Pickles

It's summer and it's time for pickles! While I'm a big fan of canning, sometimes the thought of standing over a stove in the dead-heat of summer is just too much. Enter the refrigerator pickle, a qu...

Husband Winning Peanut Butter Cookies

When my husband and I were in the early stages of dating, I was living in Minneapolis and he was living up in the cold, frozen city of Duluth. We would drive to see each other on weekends and on Sun...

Tip: Roast Peeled Garlic On The Grill

Although roasting peeled garlic on the grill sounds like a logistical nightmare, it's one of our favorite ways to multitask, save money and keep the heat down in our kitchen as the summer months appr...

Seasonal Recipe: Eton Mess

Eton Mess is a lovely, versatile dessert: It's light, yet very satisfying, and appeals to both young and sophisticated palates. Traditionally made with strawberries, it takes advantage of seasonal f...

Picnic Tip: How To Make a Watermelon Sling

One of our favorite things to bring to outdoor get-togethers (or give as a hostess gift) is a whole watermelon. Not only does it alleviate the stress of prep work, but it's easy to pack and go in a j...

Recipe: Low Sugar, High Protein, Dairy Free Smoothie

In our home we face diabetic challenges and issues with dairy. Plus, to be honest, we're not big breakfast eaters. But that's not really an option when you need to keep your blood sugar level and s...

Recipe Review: One Bowl Mascarpone Brownies

We have an indecisive sweet tooth. We hold the same passion for desserts that are ridiculously fussy and complicated, as we do for ones that involve a single bowl and whisk that can be whipped up in...

Is This the Easiest Cake Ever?

Last week, we spotted something called a Nantucket Cranberry Pie over at the blog Cooking Books. It's a recipe from Laurie Colwin, and it involves so few ingredients and so little effort, we had to ma...

Recipe: Kale Chips

Here's yet another simple yet fabulous thing to do with kale: make kale chips! We have to thank regular Kitchn reader Art for the suggestion, which simply involves tossing torn pieces of kale with o...