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Basic Coffee Creamer + Spiced Vanilla Coffee Creamer
This coffee creamer is delicious! It uses only 2 ingredients and provides the perfect base for any flavors you can dream up! Included is a recipe for Spiced Vanilla creamer. It's sweet, spicy, rich and addictive. [Note: to add flavoring to a Basic Creamer you made ahead, combine your base and flavorings in a small pot, bring to a light simmer, remove from heat, cover and let steep for 1 hour before straining. Then you can use or refrigerate your flavored creamer.]
Easy Lemon Drizzle Cake
The Good Food recipe for Lemon Drizzle Cake by Tana Ramsay, scaled down by half.
coconut yogurt
vegan
Daal (Lentil Soup)
This lentil soup is the perfect comfort food. Make a huge batch and freeze the rest for later.
Walk Away Slow-Cook Chicken
Lets face it, we’re busy and we don’t always have time to make dinner. Time to dust off your slow-cooker! This recipe couldn’t be easier and it will set you up for easy soup later on.
Shaved Brussels Sprout, Pomegranate and Toasted Hazelnut Salad
This recipe turns every Brussels sprout recipe I've ever made on its head. The dressing is light and zesty. The combination of textures and flavors (crunchy hazelnuts, tart juicy pomegranate seeds) is to die for. To DIE for.
Vegetarian Chopped Liver
The only vegetarian recipe my mother ever made, she forgot to hand down the measurements - just the list of ingredients with the 'taste of this' and 'handful of that' descriptions. It took me over two years to finally create a version I liked, and another twenty to decide to change it up as I expand my own vegetable repetoire. I am now trying it with leeks and almonds, and look for reader's versions to try as well
Easy Bacon and Bonus Instant Smoky Stock
My favorite method of cooking bacon is baking it on a cookie sheet in a 400-degree F oven for 15 - 20 minutes, which I learned from Cook's Illustrated magazine. It doesn't spatter, and all the bacon cooks so perfectly. Then I discovered the recipe had a huge flavor-building bonus: instant smoky, rich stock.
Super Greens Pasta Bake
Sometimes, you just want a Super Greens Rotini recipe that you can make ahead and pop in the oven later. With tomato sauce, whole grain pasta & cheesy topping.
Brittle made with Jaggery!
Brittle recipes can be made with your favorite nuts or seeds– Peanuts, almonds, cashews, sesame seeds or even flax seeds. Jaggery is an unrefined form of sugar.
Raspberry Dark Chocolate Bark
This is an easy to make Raspberry Bark recipe that is very suitable to be made in bulk and be wrapped up as edible gift. It's also perfect to make with kids!
eggplant parmigiana
a very traditional version that has been with my famiglia for as long as I can remember. No breading or frying , this reminds me of how Italians showcase the true flavors of an ingredient with little fuss but in the most delicious way.
Sweet and Spicy Salmon
It is sweet, spic, moist and delicious.
Deliciously Simple Shrimp Pate
This is my go-to recipe for the holidays: shrimp pate. It's super easy to make. Not terribly expensive. Easy to transport. And my guests always love it.
Fois Gras Triangle Appetizers
This recipe was a creation and a spin off of the Indian samosa. Living in France, samosas are a common appetizer or starter for a meal. I felt I could create something special for the holidays that was elegant and original.
Cheese Sables with Rosemary Salt
Can there be anything more fantastically savoury and moreish to have with a cocktail than a little cheese biscuit? That tang and crunch just go perfectly. These are crisp and with a good bite from strong cheese and a kick from the cayenne. Make a load of these to stash away in your freezer, ready to whip out when entertaining over Christmas. As you can see from my photograph, I served these with a Negroni but naturally the choice of drink is up to you. Or serve them anytime you would like a snack -- my children love them!
Beet Relish
This was a staple condiment growing up. When my grandmother was 99 years old I called her from British Columbia and asked her for the recipe. It was a little of this a lot of that but I got it nailed. Goes great with turkey, beef, pork and freezes well in plastic bags. Great way to use up large beets in the late fall.
Torrone Sardo (Sardinian Nougat)
It's a simple, relaxing Torrone recipe. No watching of thermometers, no scalding syrup or defining moments. Just a gentle heat and slow, continuous stirring.
Spiced Cherries in Bacon
This might sound like the craziest recipe in the world and you may well raise your eyebrows at me but seriously give them a go. They are sweet, savoury, tangy, salty juicy little bundles of deliciousness and so good with a cold glass of something and on that note if I could steer you towards my Sloe Vespa, the Christmas cocktail then all the better.
Simple Homemade Tomato Soup
I used Barefoot Contessa's Easy Tomato Soup recipe as my baseline, but adjusted it to make it less rich/oily.
Tangy Old English Cheese Spread Appetizer
This cheese spread can be served at brunch with bagels or at a party with soft pretzel rolls. This recipe calls for old english cheese and I love it!
Bacon-Balsamic Strudel
I learned to love savory strudels in culinary school. The chefs would create them to use up leftover ingredients, frankly. At home, they are a party bite that I find equal parts elegant and comforting. This strudel can be prepared far in advance, and refrigerated or frozen until party time. Then, pop it into the oven and you have a warm appetizer to pass! Plus, who doesn't love bacon?!?
Wintry Braised Red Cabbage, Plus Some Jelly
Oven Braised Red Cabbage is a classic recipe, with the edges slightly crisp and charred, which plays beautifully off the rest of the tender long-cooked cabbage.
