Recipes › Sides Easy Green Bean Casserole By Samira Kazan updated October 16, 2024 A staple holiday side dish gets a budget-friendly makeover with my quick and easy green bean casserole recipe that’s gluten-free and packed full of flavor and crunch. During the holiday season, keeping cooking easy is a top priority. And with just five ingredients, this green bean casserole is the very definition of easy: it’s minimal prep and maximum impact....
Recipes › Sides Easy Jalapeño Cornbread By Samira Kazan updated July 16, 2024 This easy jalapeño cornbread is wonderfully light, moist, and flavorful. It’s perfect for serving at BBQs, Thanksgiving, with soups, or simply doused in honey or maple (delicious!). Not only will this jalapeño cornbread have your tastebuds in heaven, but you can enjoy it as part of a breakfast, lunch, dinner, or even snack! All it requires is a few bowls, minimal mixing, and then transferring to the oven to bake to perfection....
Salads Easy Tuna Salad Recipe (With Video) By Samira Kazan updated July 30, 2024 This easy classic tuna salad is bright, creamy, tangy, light, and a meal-prep staple – combining simple, inexpensive pantry staples for a protein and flavor-packed addition to lunch or dinner! It’s easy to customize and ready in just minutes! Classic tuna salad is a childhood staple for many. It combines inexpensive pantry ingredients (like tuna, celery, homemade cucumber pickles , mayonnaise, and lemon juice)....
Pantry Homemade Ranch Seasoning Mix By Samira Kazan published November 03, 2023 Make this homemade ranch seasoning mix with simple pantry staples in just 3 minutes – it’s bold, zingy, herby, and on hand for dressings, dips, dry rubs, and to season various recipes! Want to save this recipe? What is ranch seasoning? How to make ranch seasoning Storage instructions Recipes with ranch seasoning Homemade Ranch Seasoning Mix Recipe What is ranch seasoning?...
Condiments How To Make Coffee Syrup By Samira Kazan updated March 07, 2025 How to make coffee syrup – this homemade coffee-flavored syrup requires just two ingredients and is perfect for adding to iced coffee, cocktails, and drizzling over desserts! I’ve already shared several simple syrup recipes that work well for preparing lemonade and flavoring coffee and other drinks, including homemade chocolate syrup , lemon syrup , and vanilla syrup ....
Recipes › Appetizers Kashke Bademjan (Persian Eggplant Dip) By Samira Kazan updated August 03, 2024 How to make kashke bademjan , a simple, creamy Persian eggplant dip made with the unique ingredient “kashk” and a handful of other ingredients. The result is a vegetarian eggplant dip perfect for serving up warm as an appetizer or side! I don’t think I’ll ever get sick of eggplant dips, whether smoky like Moutabal – Smoky Eggplant Dip , spicy like Spicy Roasted Eggplant Dip , or creamy and tangy like this kashke bademjan....
Condiments Pickled Daikon Radish By Samira Kazan published March 19, 2025 Learn how to make a quick and easy pickled daikon radish in 10 minutes and with a few simple ingredients. Pickled daikon is a delicious appetizer or side dish and can be added to rice bowls, sandwiches, and more! Daikon (from Japanese, meaning “big root”) is a large, long, white radish that is similar to a giant white carrot and is the perfect veggie to pickle....
Pantry Rhubarb Jam By Samira Kazan published March 24, 2025 This homemade rhubarb jam is sweet, tangy, and ridiculously easy—just three ingredients and no pectin needed! Perfect for toast, yogurt, desserts, or even as a cake filling. If you love rhubarb but find it a little too sharp, this jam is the answer. Simmering rhubarb, sugar, and lemon juice brings out the best of that classic rhubarb flavor—bold, bright, and just the right amount of sweet....
Soups Roasted Cauliflower Soup By Samira Kazan updated October 17, 2024 This cauliflower soup is luxuriously creamy and full of incredible roasted cauliflower. It’s a comforting and healthy soup, not to mention budget-friendly, too. By roasting the cauliflower florets, this humble ingredient is transformed. The roasting process brings out the natural sugars and caramelizes them for a veggie that’s nutty, slightly sweet, and packed with flavor. When combined with onion and garlic and finished with zingy lemon juice, this simple cauliflower soup becomes worthy of any event or the holidays as a crowd-pleasing side!...
Ingredient Guides What Is Artichoke and How to Cook It By Samira Kazan updated August 12, 2024 Just like fennel (I recently demystified how to cook fennel ), if you haven’t worked with artichokes before, these flower-like bulbs can be intimidating. However, they are beautiful and nutritious and surprisingly simple to prepare and cook in several ways. They will become melt-in-the-mouth tender & delicious – especially when served with the perfect artichoke dipping sauce !...
Recipes › Appetizers Zaalouk (Eggplant Tomato Dip) By Samira Kazan updated July 30, 2024 Zaalouk is a simple Moroccan eggplant salad with tomatoes (also served as a flavorful eggplant tomato dip or side dish), made with just a handful of ingredients. Perfect for serving with crusty bread! I may have a slight bias thanks to my Lebanese roots, but eggplant (aubergine) may just be one of the best “dip” and “salad” ingredients ever....
Salads 5 Min Korean Cucumber Salad (Video) By Samira Kazan updated March 26, 2025 This easy Korean cucumber salad (Oi Muchim) is ready in under 5 minutes. It is a refreshing, spicy, and tangy side dish that can be enjoyed with any Korean meal. I love this spicy Korean cucumber salad (also known as Oi Muchim) because it requires just a few simple ingredients, packs a ton of flavor, and is super quick and easy to make....
Recipes › Desserts Classic Carrot Cake Recipe with Cream Cheese Frosting By Samira Kazan updated December 19, 2023 A delicious yet easy classic carrot cake recipe with cream cheese frosting. This afternoon tea classic is a sweet, lightly spiced, carrot walnut cake with a tangy cream cheese frosting! It’s true that I love to experiment with new recipes and tropical ingredients, but sometimes there is nothing better than breaking out a delicious, tried and trusted recipe like this classic carrot cake recipe....
Recipes › Mains Easy Chicken Piccata By Samira Kazan published February 12, 2024 This is the best chicken piccata recipe around – perfect for enjoying as an easy weekday meal or with friends for an authentic flavor of Italy. This easy chicken piccata recipe will give you a taste of Italy from the comfort of your home. Smothering sauce over chicken with capers and lemon, this briny, slightly sweet dish makes an impressive weekday dinner or the star attraction at a dinner party....
Recipes › Mains Easy Slow Cooker Beef Stew Recipe By Samira Kazan updated October 15, 2024 This comforting, traditional easy slow cooker beef stew recipe combines tender beef with hearty root vegetables in a rich red wine gravy. The perfect crockpot dinner for chilly winter evenings! With the temperature down and the energy bills up, it’s the perfect time to ditch the oven and take advantage of your slow cooker this soup and stew season....
Recipes › DIYs Easy Thai Red Curry Paste (5-Minute) By Samira Kazan updated November 28, 2023 This Thai red curry paste (Prik Gaeng Ped) is flavorful, customizable, and takes just 5 minutes to prepare. Plus, this recipe can be made in bulk and frozen into portions for months of homemade Thai red curry! I can’t believe that it’s been almost four months since I posted my Easy Thai Green Curry Paste recipe – which means this post is definitely overdue....
Recipes › Breakfast Eggs In Purgatory (Italian Baked Eggs) By Samira Kazan updated July 18, 2024 Eggs in purgatory (aka uova in purgatorio) are Italian baked eggs in tomato sauce perfect for enjoying as a hearty breakfast/brunch or even lunch! All you need for these Italian eggs is a handful of ingredients and one pan for a low-calorie, gluten-free, budget-friendly, meat-free meal! While I love a super light breakfast as much as the next person, sometimes I’m really in the mood for something that’s cozy and hearty....
Recipes › Mains Greek Pasta Salad (Bow Tie Pasta Salad) By Samira Kazan updated July 08, 2024 This easy Greek pasta salad with bow tie pasta is bright and sunny with a delicious combination of al dente pasta, fresh Mediterranean vegetables, briny olives, creamy avocado, and tangy feta, all in a zesty lemon-olive oil dressing! A crowd-pleasing addition to picnics, BBQs, potlucks, and mid-week meals! Recently, I’ve become slightly obsessed with chopped salads, like this delicious chopped Greek salad ....
Recipes › Breakfast Healthy Yogurt Granola Cups By Samira Kazan updated September 28, 2020 Delicious granola cups with yogurt and fruit for your snack cravings! You just need a few cupboard staples and about 30 minutes of your time. These healthy yogurt granola cups can really satisfy both your taste buds and your hunger. It’s taken me a LONG time but I think I have finally found a keeper of a granola recipe....
Recipes › DIYs Homemade Breadcrumbs (Fresh, Dried, and Italian Breadcrumbs) By Samira Kazan updated August 12, 2024 Avoid wasting fresh or stale bread by learning how to make homemade breadcrumbs (fresh or dry) and Italian breadcrumbs in just minutes! Store-bought breadcrumbs may be cheap, but they’re often lackluster, only come in certain sizes, and definitely aren’t ‘fresh’ (not to mention that most contain gluten and/or dairy). In comparison, when making homemade breadcrumbs, it’s easy to use the bread of your choice (i....
