Paul Hollywood’s Irish Soda Bread

There's nothing better than fresh bread and if you don't want to bother with the effort of making a yeasted bread, this recipe is a great alternative. It takes longer to preheat your oven then it does to make the bread. Your final product results in the perfect bread for a little bit of butter and jam!!

Indian Naan Flatbread

We cook Indian cuisine nearly weekly. Our go-to bible is 1000 Indian Recipes by Neelam Batra--a beautiful recipe book. Every dinner requires a good naan bread so you can ditch the utensils and use the naan to scoop up all the delicious, rice, and spice-rich sauces. I also love my mango chutney, so naan and... Continue Reading →

Broccoli, Perfectly Cooked

Silly me, until recently I never knew how to cook broccoli. I always thought, boil in water for 5 minutes and done. The broccoli was always simultaneously over and undercooked. Blech. Instead, bring a pot of salted water to a rolling boil, add broccoli and remove from heat. Letting the broccoli sit in boiling water... Continue Reading →

Homemade Pasta

UPDATE (July 24, 2014): It's that time of year again when the garden is producing more basil and tomatoes than one can possibly eat! This week we received a bag of fresh basil in our CSA and I wanted to try an experiment. If I added basil to my Cuisinart when I was mixing my pasta dough together,... Continue Reading →

Hamburger Buns

If you post anything about bunnies, or bun-buns, on the internet, you’ll be an instant success. So in honor of Bunday today (as all Sundays are Bundays), I am posting a homemade buns recipe, no not THAT kind of bun, but hamburger buns. I’ve made so many types of yeasted dough at this point that... Continue Reading →

Homemade Yogurt

I am such a chump. My exasperation comes from the fact that I’ve been paying too much money for inferior yogurt all these years! Any time I buy something at the grocery store, I always ask myself, “Can I make this? Would it be cheaper? Could I make it better?”. One of those things we all... Continue Reading →

Homemade Chicken Stock

I’m going to assume most people don’t compost their food scraps. But do you callously throw away brocoli stalks; kale, chard, collard green stems; celery hearts; carrot tops; leek greens? So long as it isn’t rainbow chard (the red stems will die everything red), you can use these traditionally tossed items to make your own... Continue Reading →

Pie Crust That Never Fails

When baking, "failure is always an option" (Adam Savage - Mythbusters). I managed to fail a lot when making pie crusts. However, I have now mastered making pie crusts thanks to one of my favorite food bloggers, Completely Delicious. You can find her original recipe here. I didn't deviate at all from her recipe, so... Continue Reading →

Vinaigrette

I find most generic olive oil and vinegar just as bitter and nasty as lettuce. Back in college, I learned that delicious olive oil existed. I was fortunate enough to come across some super extra virgin olive oil from nuns in San Jose, CA. The nuns loved telling the joke that it is the most extra... Continue Reading →

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