Here’s a recipe for a Mexican flavors-inspired watermelon salad. It has watermelon, radish, cotija, and lime in it — super refreshing for a summer dinner or picnic. The recipe is very scalable and can be made for as little as 2 hungry people and as many as you want.
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Salads, vegetables, dips, sides, and mini-meals
Low Sugar Rhubarb Compote (Easy, Healthy, Keto)
Here’s a recipe for a rhubarb compote that is lower in sugar but maintains that delicious sweet-tart balance that rhubarb is known for. Using just water, rhubarb, and sugar or a sugar substitute, this rhubarb compote recipe is ready in about 20 minutes and is delicious with yogurt, ice cream, on toast, or as a chutney of sorts with pork chops or chicken.
…A Simple Grilled Zucchini with Ricotta Side Dish
This is a super simple side dish recipe. It’s grilled zucchini with ricotta, olive oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper. That’s it! Make this easy zucchini side dish when you’re looking for a low carb/keto side dish or when you have way too much zucchini at home.
…Pear Tart Tatin
Tart tatins are easier than they look! This is a recipe for a pear tart tatin, but it could just as easily be with apples or quince. A pear tart tatin is a French pastry in which pears are cooked upside down in caramel, topped with pastry dough, and then flipped before serving.
…Melt-in-your-mouth Braised Potatoes
These braised baby new potatoes are tender, melt-in-your-mouth, dead-easy to make and versatile in so many ways. I love to make these braised baby new potatoes and serve as a side dish with chicken, or as part of a nicoise salad, with a fried egg on top, or on their own as a snack.
…A Homemade Iced Matcha Latte Recipe
Since I pinpointed coffee as a trigger for my migraines, I have switched over to matcha as my morning wake-me-up beverage. However, getting an iced matcha latte at the coffee shop can cost up to $5 every day!!! Making iced matcha lattes is delicious, incredibly easy, and saves you money. Here’s a recipe for how to make a homemade iced matcha latte.
…Cheesy Cheddar Pull-Apart Dinner Rolls
The recipe for cheddar dinner rolls, made with beer, is so delicious. They’re soft, tender, cheesy, and the perfect side for any meal. Yielding 12 rolls, this dinner roll recipe is so easy and perfect for your autumn baking. If you’re looking for a recipe for homemade dinner rolls that is easy and has not a lot of rising time, this recipe for rolls made with cheddar and beer will really hit the spot.
…Whole Fruit, Plum Jam, No Pectin, Low Sugar
This recipe for plum jam has no pectin and very little sugar – it’s also a small batch and requires no special equipment. just one weird trick! Using only five or six plums, a bit of powdered sugar, making this plum jam is easy and fool-proof. Make this small-batch, no-pectin, low-sugar plum jam with this easy hack!
…Brie-Stuffed Fried Zucchini Blossoms
Wow, holy mackerel, these FRIED ZUCCHINI BLOSSOMS STUFFED WITH BRIE are the most magical, amazing things I have ever put in my mouth. You fry the zucchini blossoms in a light beer batter and either simply serve them with a little bit of flaky salt, or there’s an option for you to pop a slice of brie in the middle of the blossom and get some really amazing savory, funky, cheesy flavor from it.
…Upgraded Peach Caprese Salad for Summer
This recipe is less of a recipe and really more of a formula for a summery fruit salad. You take mozzarella — buffalo, burrata or ciliegine all work great — and combine with your favorite stone fruit — apricot, plum, peach, or nectarine — and top with sweet herbs — mint, tarragon, or basil — alongside some olive oil, vinegar, and salt. This easy summer caprese salad using peaches is produce-forward, fresh, and light. The perfect dish for a backyard dinner party on those hot summer nights!
…Honeydew Boba Smoothie for Scorching Hot Days
This recipe for a honeydew boba smoothie is dairy-free, healthy and so refreshing for the summertime. The frozen honeydew blends into a smooth, creamy texture, and using cucumber, mint and coconut water. This honeydew smoothie is so cooling for scorching hot days. And, if you are a fan of bubble tea, this recipe shows you how to cook tapioca pearls for any drink. Hope you love this honeydew boba smoothie!
…Easy Yogurt Dip – Pantry Recipe for Homemade Dip
Everyone needs a backup, quick to throw together, homemade dip recipe in their repertoire. This easy yogurt dip served with cucumbers makes use of ingredients you already have, and is completely foolproof. This dip is like a deconstructed tzatziki dip – so simple and easy. You should make this homemade yogurt dip anytime you have company over or are looking for a savory yogurt recipe.
…Moist Cornbread Life-Changing Recipe
Y’all. I’m sure there are a billion and a half cornbread recipes out there but I just had this cornbread at a lunch hosted by the Husbands That Cook and I am shooketh. This is an incredible moist cornbread recipe; it has a tight crumb so it was not some crumbly waste-of-time BS cornbread. This is truly life-changing cornbread. Trust me when I tell you that. It is life-changing!
…Cauliflower Marbella – Vegetarian Version
Inspired by the chicken marbella dish from The Silver Palate, here is a vegetarian version of chicken marbella, but using roasted cauliflower instead. It is sweet, salty and has some agrodolce vibes — sooo yummy!
…Radicchio Salad Inspired By Toro Bravo
This bitter greens salad is inspired by a delicious dish from Toro Bravo in Portland, Oregon. Made with radicchio, bacon, parmesan and a balsamic vinaigrette, it is simple and easy! If you love spicy, bitter flavors from the radicchio, this is the salad for you. The sweet and mild ingredients balance out the salad to deliver just the right amount of bitterness.
…Gjelina Spring Burrata and Mint Pesto Toast
Fresh Herb Spring Salad Perfect Any Time of Year
This is the perfect spring salad with sweet herbs and a creamy vinaigrette. It has cucumber and radish in it, too, so is crunchy and cooling. This perfect, basic salad recipe is great for any time of year!
…Chamomile Layer Cake
Today I’m so excited to be sharing a recipe for a tea cake! This recipe yields a fluffy, light cake that’s flavored with chamomile tea and is covered with buttercream and decorated with fresh chamomile flowers. Read on for plenty of tips for making a layer cake that uses chamomile tea in it!
…Everything Bagel Spice Pull-Apart Bread
Is it just me other is everything bagel spice having a serious moment? Everything bagel spice is a mix of sesame seeds, caraway seeds, poppy seeds, dried onion, and salt. It’s a crunchy and salty mixture that is delish on almost everything. Seasoning this easy simple pull-apart bread is a fun and amazingly delicious breakfast bread. This pull-apart bread recipe can be used as a base for other seasonings, too!
…Spicy cucumber salad with chili oil
This spicy cucumber salad recipe is crunchy and cool and spicy! It comes together so quickly and uses chili oil as its primary seasoning. This spicy cucumber salad recipe is a homemade take on a typical appetizer at Western Chinese restaurants, and will be your favorite snack too! And if you don’t have a jar of chili oil, I’ve included a quick recipe for homemade chili oil here for you too.
…Green goddess potato salad (paleo & vegan options)
In anticipation of spring and all the wonderful vegetables, herbs and flavors re-emerging from the earth. Here’s a recipe for a green goddess potato salad that’s bursting with freshness. Make my green goddess dressing and marry that with new potatoes, asparagus, arugula and soft eggs — heaven!
…Sweet-and-sour roasted brussels sprouts (paleo, vegetarian)
Here’s a recipe for roasted brussels sprouts that’s sweet, tart, tangy and hot –a perfect brussels sprouts recipe for brussels sprouts haters! If you’re doing Paleo or are vegetarian, these honey-vinegar roasted brussels sprouts are totally friendly with those protocols.
…carrot-ginger-miso dip / dressing (vegan)
here is a recipe for a carrot-ginger-miso dip that is just like the carrot and ginger dressing you get at
four-ingredient miso caramel sauce
This homemade miso recipe is the definition of salty and sweet! Making caramel at home is surprisingly easy, and miso adds a funky, umami, salty note that surprisingly goes super well with the sweetness of the caramelized sugar. If you love salted caramel, this miso caramel sauce will be the apple of your eye — and also delicious on an apple.
