This chai spice is a homemade spice blend that emulates the sharp, spicy, warm notes of chai tea. This chai spice blend uses cinnamon, anise, nutmeg, coriander seed, cardamom, ginger, and black pepper to mimic a warm chai latte flavor. Use this homemade chai spice in all your fall-winter baking!
…pantry + condiments
Easy Yogurt Dip
Everyone needs a backup, 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. Make this homemade yogurt dip anytime you have company over or are looking for a savory yogurt recipe.
…Gjelina Spring Toast with Burrata and Mint Pesto
Inspired by Gjelina in Venice, CA, here’s a flatbread with a springy mint pesto and burrata. It’s the perfect spring toast idea.
…Green goddess dressing (vegan, paleo, whole30)
Here is a recipe for a homemade green goddess dressing that is vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, all the -free’s. Using just a few ingredients that you probably already have in the fridge, you can make your own tangy, herby, zesty and creamy avocado green goddess dressing – it goes with anything!
…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.
5-ingredient roasted applesauce
Are you guys nearly apple-d out yet? At the beginning of Autumn, I get so excited about apples – I make every possible apple recipe. It can get old though! I was trying to think of a slightly newer way to cook with apples — while I love applesauce, it just can be a little meh. So, when I came across a roasted applesauce recipe in Food 52’s book Genius Recipes, I was excited. I changed the recipe to lean further into the roasty flavors – added onion and thyme — this roasted apple compote is luxurious, decadent and savory, and not your typical applesauce recipe.
roasted garlic instant pot hummus
Here’s a recipe for roasted garlic hummus that will make it so you never have to buy hummus again. Roasting garlic in the oven, and then using your Instant Pot to pressure cook the beans, and combining it with really good tahini and olive oil makes
instant pot roasted garlic hummus
a delicious creamy snack, perfect for entertaining! Hope you love this roasted garlic Instant Pot hummus – this homemade hummus recipe is sure to be a staple in your kitchen moving forward.
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how to make labneh
Here is a recipe for how to make labneh- a Middle Eastern strained yogurt/cheese. Also known as strained yogurt, Greek yogurt, yogurt cheese, sack yogurt, labaneh or suzma yogurt, labneh is yogurt that has been strained to remove most of its whey, resulting in a thicker consistency than unstrained yogurt. It’s sooo easy to make, too.
avocado-tomatillo salsa verde
Here is a recipe for avocado-tomatillo salsa verde! This is honestly the easiest thing ever to make at home. I prefer a green, tomatillo salsa nearly all the time, and with avocado blended in, this salsa is like 1/3 of the way between a pure salsa verde and guacamole. It’s creamy, tangy and stays green forever!
roasted beet hummus
Here is a recipe for roasted beet hummus that is infused with lemon zest and lemon juice – it’s a gorgeous pink color and a departure from the typical hummus. Roasted beet hummus is great with pita chips, on shawarma, or with carrots and veggies!
herby green tahini sauce with asparagus
it’s finally feeling a little more like spring here in brooklyn, so to celebrate having not-sad-and-limp asparagus and fresh herbs available, here’s a really simple and delicious herby green tahini sauce that is perfect for dipping cruditees and spring vegetables into. i think if you add some olive oil and thin it out even more, it would be a very yummy salad dressing. yay spring!
kale yogurt dip
This kale yogurt dip is vegetarian, loaded with anti-inflammatory kale, sweet raisins, warm cumin, and crunchy almonds. It comes together so quickly and is naturally sweet-tart. This kale yogurt dip is a modern take on yogurt dips and would be great with pita chips or plain potato chips!!
pickled red onions
This homemade pickled red onions recipe is a staple recipe you should make regularly at home! It comes together so quickly and pickled red onions are the perfect condiment to anything fatty or umami that needs something acidic to cut the flavor. This homemade pickled red onions recipe is something you probably see on top of a carnitas taco at a taco stand!
preserved lemons
preserved lemons are a Mediterranean kitchen staple which adds a funky, salty, citrusy note to whatever you’re cooking. use sparingly because they’re really pungent. really good with chicken, grain salads, or cheese. they take a month to cure so make them when you remember to, and they will keep forever.
how to make bone broth at home
Bone broth – basically chicken stock made with bones you have at home – is so EASY to make you should NEVER buy it again. You can make bone broth at home with almost any combination of chicken bones, weird chicken parts, or even leftovers from a rotisserie chicken from the supermarket. All you need are bones and water and a few onion/aromatics/members of the allium family.
