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Instant Potato Gnocchi
You might think I'm crazy, but you can make pretty great gnocchi from instant potato flakes... don't knock it 'till you try it. This recipe is 5-ingredients!
Whey Caramel
The whey caramel recipe results in a smooth, thick, and tangy caramel, with a viscosity similar to a heavy molasses. Perfect for using in baked goods.
Better-Than-a-Restaurant Home Fries
My husband makes these ingenious home fries by puréeing an onion with oil and using that as the coating—this recipe is one of the top reasons I married him!
Ambrosia Cake
If you love the combination of oranges, coconut and marshmallows found in a traditional ambrosia — the salad or dessert that often also contains pineapple, bananas, cherries and some kind of creamy dressing such as whipped cream or sour cream — you’ll adore this cake. The coconut is baked into the cake layers and used as a sweet, shaggy garnish, while the oranges (in this case, diminutive, seedless clementines) are juiced into curd and sliced fresh for the filling. Then, as a final, fluffy touch, a homemade marshmallow frosting tops it off. It may be a lot of work, but it’s an impressive result. And you can make the curd and cake a few days ahead. Just be sure to make the frosting and assemble everything within 8 hours of serving. Otherwise the fruit starts to break down and the icing may crystallize.
Kohlrabi Fritters with Meadow Parsley
The sweetness of kohlrabi goes well with the bitter onion-parsley and flavour of the meadow parsley in this fritters recipe. Use potatoes and eggs, too.
Alexandra Stafford's No-Knead Peasant Bread
This comforting, no-knead peasant bread is ready in as little as 2 hours, unlike other breads that are ready tomorrow. This bread recipe is so simple and good.
Spring Salad with Citrus and Roasted Asparagus
As signs of spring approach, the citrus season is almost over, but grilling season steps up the pace. Four ingredients that provide varying textures and flavors combine to offer a refreshing salad that is dressed in lemony goodness. The great thing about this salad is you can use any citrus, and experiment with other roasted vegetables
Mario Batali's Snappy Celery and White Bean Salad
This White Bean Celery Salad recipe is not groundbreaking or experimental. But it’s healthy and available in most bodegas. Serve salad at room temperature.
Classic Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies
Full of nubby oats and plenty of sweet raisins, these lightly spiced cookies are pleasingly chewy in the center and crisp around the edges, with a hint of butterscotch from the dark brown sugar. They keep really well, so you can make them up to a week in advance and store them in an airtight container at room temperature. They’re also great for mailing when a package of cookies is in order. Why You Should Trust This Recipe Melissa Clark, a food writer for more than 25 years, creates her fresh takes on classic recipes by trying at least half a dozen different approaches. A professional recipe tester then makes her recipe a minimum of three times (and sometimes more than 12) to ensure it’ll come out perfectly for all home cooks. For these cookies, Melissa achieved the ideal balance of chewy center and dark, crinkly edges by glossing the oats with brown sugar.
Sheet Pan American Breakfast with Bacon and Eggs
This recipe takes the quickest, best, laziest way to make American breakfast foods and organizes them—quite literally eggs, bacon, & hashbrowns on a sheet pan.
Eggs Benedict
Decadence is what makes eggs Benedict a star of the brunch table. To get there, order and timing are key. First, you'll want to make your hollandaise. While intimidating in theory, the process is a lot like making mayonnaise. If the emulsion is stable, it won't break, even when held at room temperature. Next, poach your eggs, and toast the English muffins while you crisp up the Canadian bacon. From there, it's as simple as stacking your ingredients and sprinkling them with herbs, salt and pepper. Once you’ve mastered this basic version, you can explore its variations: Add sliced avocado, or even swap in some smoked salmon (eggs Hemingway) or wilted greens for the Canadian bacon (eggs Florentine).
Blueberry Date Jam
This two-ingredient Date Marmalade recipe is a breeze to make and comes together in less than 20 minutes. It requires no pectin, sugar thermometer, or otherwise.
Dark Chocolate Covered Dried Apricots
This recipe's dark chocolate covered dried apricots are both sweet and salty with a hard dark chocolate shell and chewy apricot center! They're delicious!
Chilled beetroot soup
The tang of the yogurt in this Chilled Beetroot Soup recipe is perfect with the earthy sweetness of the beets and it means you don’t need limes for tartness.
Spinach Artichoke Dip
Spinach artichoke dip has a way of inciting controversy. Should it be served cold or hot? Is it lowbrow or classic? Should it be served in a bread bowl or with tortilla chips? Well, the good news is that there are no wrong answers here, only delicious, creamy dip. This particular one is best served hot (or at least room temperature), but it is also acceptable to spread it on crackers after being chilled. And with the inclusion of fresh spinach, it could almost be described as classy. Use canned artichoke hearts; they've got a tangier flavor and better texture than the frozen ones. If you want to go a step further, transfer it to a skillet and run it under the broiler after cooking, which gives you bubbling dip with a golden top.
Dorie Greenspan's 3-Ingredient Almond Crackle Cookies
It takes longer to preheat the oven than to put these 3-ingredient almond crackle cookies together. They're a simple pleasure that can be made last minute.
Buckwheat Popovers
These airy, crisp popovers have a rich, nutty flavor, thanks to the combination of buckwheat flour and a little whole-wheat flour stirred into the batter. If you’ve never made popovers, they’re extremely easy to mix up with just a bowl and a whisk, no electric beaters required. Or you can use a blender if you like. The only thing to keep in mind is that you should not open the oven door during baking until the very end, or they might not puff. Use your oven light and window to check on their progress. You can make the batter a few hours or even the night before (store it in the refrigerator). Just give it a quick whisk before pouring it into the pans for baking. Then serve your popovers hot from the oven, with plenty of butter and jam. The recipe makes six popovers, using a popover pan, but you can stretch that to 12 popovers if you use a muffin tin instead.
Easy Vegan Red Wine Filled Chocolates
In this vegan recipe, chocolates and vino come together for a sweet, filled Valentine's treat. You'll be impressed with your own skill and the flavor!
Butternut Squash with Pancetta and Sage Leaves
Quick & easy Butternut Squash with Pancetta recipe. It hits all the right notes - caramelized squash, crispy pork, creamy creme fraiche, and the crunch of sage.
Inverted Puff Pastry
This inverted puff pastry recipe looks daunting but it's not. It's so easy! You can make puff pastry at home for nearly any dessert that needs crisp or crunch.
Cinnamon Rolls
What these cinnamon rolls lack in bells and whistles, they make up for in butter and brown sugar. As classic as can be, they are also the ultimate make-ahead breakfast treat, because they can be assembled the night before baking. The success of these rolls depends on the yeast to provide proper lift and rise, so make sure yours is still fresh and alive before diving in. Also be sure to budget a few hours for letting the dough rest and rise. This recipe calls for a 9-by-13 baking pan, but if you have a 9-inch round pan, feel free to use that instead; the rolls will be more tightly huddled together, beckoning to be pulled apart.
Bits and Pieces Party Cheese Ball
The cheese ball is a stalwart of the Midwest cocktail party, where it can be fashioned from processed Cheddar cheese and port wine, or pineapple and cream cheese. This recipe relies on the leftover ends of good cheese or even just one kind of good-quality, sharp cheese like Gruyère. The idea of adding butter comes from Vivian Howard, the North Carolina chef who features a cheese ball with blue cheese, chopped dates and bacon in her cookbook "Deep Run Roots." She calls hers a party magnet, and indeed, for all of the shade thrown at cheese balls, they are often the first thing to be eaten. They can be served with chutney, jam or simply alongside the best-quality crackers you can find.
Margaret Main's Shortbread Cookies
My mom made a batch of these tasty Margaret Main buttery and grainy shortbread cookies for any occasion. This sweet treat recipe tastes like home...enjoy!
Roasted Ranch Broccoli
If you're looking for a way to convince your kids to eat their broccoli, this recipe is it! Ranch plus broccoli is a match made in veggie heaven.