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A plate of tzatziki sauce with pita bread and fresh herbs.

Bright & Fresh Greek Tzatziki Sauce Recipe

October 18, 2020

If you’ve never heard of tzatziki, get ready to have your mind blown. This Bright & Fresh Tzatziki Dip is cool, vibrant, and extremely versatile. Tzatziki is a sauce with Mediterranean origins that is low in calories and packed with flavor. It’s one of those dips you can eat year-round, which we definitely take advantage...

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A Pot of Easy Marinara Sauce on a trivet with a bouquet of basil and a wooden spoon.

Easy Family Style Sunday Spaghetti Sauce Recipe: Perfect On Everything!

September 15, 2020

This recipe for Family Style Sunday Spaghetti Sauce is SO easy, hearty, and delicious. It really is perfect for everything. It's savory and bright with San Marzano tomatoes, garlic, and simple seasonings. The Italian sausage brings a thick and hearty consistency that covers your pasta dish, veggies, and adds a substantial layer to your lasagnas....

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A bowl of dipping sauce with sesame seeds and green onions

Easy Asian Dipping Sauce Recipe For Dumplings, Pot Stickers, Tempura

August 23, 2020

And, I'm always on the hunt for another new sauce. This sauce, like any other, should be tweaked to your liking by adding a bit more of this or that. I think the combination of flavors really works here though. Light or dark soy, a mellow rice vinegar paired with a hearty black vinegar (if...

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Whipped Herb Ricotta Recipe with Garlic and Parmesan

August 11, 2020

Transforming store-bought ingredients is something I love to do. And we did it again with purchased flatbread. It's perfect for a quick pizza, and it's also incorporating the Whipped Herb Ricotta with Garlic and Parmesan. ZUCCHINI RIBBON FLATBREAD PIZZA More zucchini? You might also like FUDGY ZUCCHINI BROWNIES WITH CHOCOLATE CHUNKS. We buy much of...

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Amazing Garlic Scape Pesto

July 5, 2020

This is a simple & easy garlic scape and herb pesto that brings out the best of the garlic season. We use it on everything! It's amazing on bread, pasta, grilled fish, and chicken. Garlic scapes, when picked at the right time, are mild and mellow. The flavor is more subtle than the actual garlic...

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tacos with green salsa

Easy Salsa Verde

June 16, 2020

This Easy Salsa Verde is perfect for chips and slices of jicama, tacos, enchiladas, burritos, Mexican lasagnas, Huevos Rancheros, Calabacitas,...the list goes on and on. My favorite way to make this easy salsa verde is to grill the veggies to get some charred and smoky flavor, but flash blanching in boiling water, or quickly roasting...

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A bowl of fresh basil pesto with basil leaves for garnish being held by two hands.

Garden Fresh Basil Pesto

February 25, 2020

This recipe is the one I go to for a classic garden-fresh basil pesto that I can use right away or tuck away for another use later in the week. Just four basic pesto ingredients: All you need is fresh basil, fresh garlic, parmesan cheese (or any hard variety), and good quality olive oil. There's...

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Easy Herb Compound Butter For Vegetables, Meat, Seafood, and Pasta.

Garlic & Herb Compound Butter

February 25, 2020

Soft butter married with fresh herbs, garlic, and lemon make this a perfect way to dress steamed or roasted veggies, grilled meats, fish, and incredible to brush garlic knots. Soft butter married with fresh herbs, garlic, and lemon make this a perfect way to dress steamed or roasted veggies, grilled meats and fish. ~ RELATED...

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Jar of pesto herb oil

Pesto Herb Oil

February 23, 2020

This pesto herb oil lends itself to any number of dishes and is the professional touch to pizzas and focaccias. Bright and fresh, garlicky and herby, it's perfect with steamed veggies, fish, chicken, seafood, or beef. It's incredible on pasta and bread - either adding it to the dough or acting as a finishing oil...

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A jar of Caesar salad dressing with a salad in the background

Homemade Caesar Salad Dressing - Easy and Delicious

February 22, 2020

A creamy and zesty Caesar dressing that has layers of flavors easily comes together in minutes. Just 5 ingredients plus a little salt & pepper, shake it up in a jar and you're good to go!   A creamy and zesty Caesar dressing that has layers of flavors, easily comes together in minutes and worlds...

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Bowl of pico de Gallo using orange tomatoes , cilantro, with chips

Pico de Gallo

January 25, 2020

Throwing together a garden fresh Pico is something we do a few times a week during tomato season.  Some of our favorite toms last season were these Tangerines and they were perfect in salsa.  A lovely mellow and slightly sweet tomato, meaty texture and not too seedy. A great performer and producer, also grows really...

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3 jars of teriyaki sauce.

Classic Teriyaki Sauce

November 9, 2014

A Classic Teriyaki Sauce with just 3 ingredients. It's legit: pure and simple. Equal parts of soy sauce, mirin, and brown or white sugar (or a combination). At the end of the cooking process you can add whatever flavorings you prefer: We like grated or minced ginger + garlic, or chopped pineapple (canned crushed pineapple)...

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