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No Work Easy Roasted Beet Technique
This simple technique for roasting beets takes zero work and will give you juicy, tender, perfectly cooked beets every time.

Tomatillo Salsa
This Salsa is Spicy and full of charred Tomatillo, Lime and Cilantro flavor with a little crunch added by diced White onion. Taking only 10 min to make from start to finish this one is easy.

Oregano and chili potato
Stir fried Potato wedges spiced with oregano and chili
Vanilla Maple Pecan Butter
Toasted pecans blended into a smooth butter with fresh vanilla pods and pure maple syrup. No judgment here when you become addicted.

Processor Pie Crust
Foolproof, easy, fast: this is my go-to recipe for making pie crust. The simple ingredients mean pie-making is a cinch; the crusts work well for both sweet and savory dishes. The crusts also freeze well, either rolled out and placed in the tin, or simply flattened into a disk. You'll like the nutty flavor and attractive appearance of the whole wheat in the dough.

Mango and cardamom lassi
If you’re looking for a super quick, super easy drink/snack, you’ve come to the right place. The neat thing about this recipe is that you can play around with it to suit your own palate. Feeling virtuous? Add honey instead of sugar. Not in the mood for cardamom? Leave it out completely, or add a few extra mint leaves for freshness. The perfect accompaniment for any summer shindig, this lassi is sure to lift your spirits!

Truffled Ricotta Cicchetti
This recipe was inspired by the creamy, truffled cicchetti that can be found in many of the backstreet wine bars in Venice.

Sambal Oelek Roasted Chicken
Sambal oelek (or ulek) is a Southeast Asian spice paste that mainly comprises red chilis, salt, and vinegar. This recipe results in a tasty chicken dinner.

Pickled Banana Peppers
This pickled banana peppers recipe pairs well with cheeses, in salads, or you can break up that mundane sandwich routine with a few of these popped in there.

Pickled Jicama with Jalapeño Lime and Cayenne Pepper
Pickled Jicama with zesty Jalapeño, Cayenne Pepper, Lime Juice and Fennel Seeds. This easy fermented dish goes well with salads and anything cilantro!

Smashed Peas with Mint
Simple, vibrant, and springy! These Smashed Peas with Mint are perfect for that day when you just don’t want to cook. Give this recipe a try!

Soffritto from the freezer
This freezer soffritto recipe is great. Although the quantities and ingredients vary, we're talking onions, celery and carrots plus garlic, sauteed in a fat.

Mock Chicken Stock
This lentil-based stock makes a surprisingly tasty broth that looks and tastes like it's made with chicken. Although it qualifies as vegan, it could even fool a meat eater. It's fast and easy to make and can be used wherever chicken broth is called for, or as a warm treat on its own.

Maria Speck's Shortcut Polenta
Cooking polenta the traditional way will lock you down for the better part of an hour, standing and stirring and pawing at the film on the bottom of the pot, trying to keep it from scorching and adhering there forever. This simple make-ahead method shaves of at least 2/3 of the active cooking time, so that you can get creamy, no-sacrifice polenta on the table on a weeknight in 15 minutes. Adapted slightly from Simply Ancient Grains.

Rustic Grilled Pizza: Dough Recipe
This Rustic Pizza Dough recipe is the perfect first date food, the right meal to share with friends, and the go-to for dinner with the kids or picky eaters.

Cheese Caraway Seed Crackers
These very cheesy Crackers, sprinkled with Caraway Seed or salt or even sesame seeds, are the perfect appetizer for any party. Give this recipe a try!

Roasted Baby Vegetables
For this roasted baby vegetables recipe, Buy small quantities of the herbs and spices you use most. And use any vegetables, including zucchini and squash.

Latin American Sandwich Cookies - Alfajores
Alfajores are Latin cookies, popular in Peru, it's our version of a sandwich cookie. This recipe is a way to share with my version with caramel filling!
Tamari Roasted Almonds
There are quite a few recipes for tamari-roasted almonds out there. I added my own twist–toasted sesame oil–which makes the flavor complex and keeps it moist.

Negroni Jello!
I recently did the cocktails for a holiday party and made classic cocktails that turned into Jello in vintage Jello molds. Try this Negroni Jello Shots recipe.

Penuche Fudge
See the full recipe here: https://www.tastyeverafter.com/penuche-fudge/

Weird Yummy Meatballs
This recipe is gonna sound weird, but you have to trust me on this one. These yummy meatballs are seriously one of my favorite things my Grandmama makes.

Matcha White Chocolate Bark with Coconut and Raspberries
Matcha White Chocolate Bark with Coconut and Raspberries. This quick and easy bark comes together in about 15 minutes. Perfect for last-minute gift-giving!

Fig lemon preserves
When we have lots of fresh fig (every summer, twice) I make this. The lemon cuts the sweetness of the fruit and cinnamon adds a little something special without tasting like cinnamon. I make some without and with pecans stirred in last minute. I've also used the crock pot to cook this down, about 4 hours. Too bad my Meyer lemons and figs aren't ripe at same time...