5 Minute Garlicky Tahini Sauce is a traditional Middle Eastern sesame seed based sauce that’s tangy, nutty, creamy, and silky smooth without any help from dairy. The secret that makes this recipe the best (and easiest)? Blending a whole, unpeeled head of garlic with fresh lemon juice. It sounds weird, but if you read on…
Homemade Pita Bread
If warm, fluffy, poofed, and perfectly-pocketed pitas are what you’re looking for, it doesn’t get better than this recipe for Homemade Pita Bread. They’re surprisingly simple to make and leagues better than the store-bought stuff! Before stumbling upon my first go-to pita recipe, I’d already been dreaming about making it for years. There’s just something…
Greek Pasta Salad with Sun Dried Tomato Vinaigrette
This super easy-to-make summer side dish beats store-bought pasta salad any day. Loaded up with Mediterranean flavors, Greek Pasta Salad with Sun Dried Tomato Vinaigrette is bright, zesty, and delightfully briney. Best of all, it’ll come together quicker than you can say “Opa!” If you caught my recent recipe for Warm Chorizo Potato Salad, my apologies;…
Dreamy, Creamy Avocado Cilantro Sauce
This Dreamy, Creamy Avocado Cilantro Sauce takes just 5 minutes to make and is perfect for serving on tacos, over salads, with sweet potatoes, or simply with a side of chips for dipping. Let’s be honest, you’re going to eat it on everything. There was a time when I was in an exclusive relationship with guacamole. It was…
Apple Fritter Pull-Apart Bread
Apple Fritter Pull-Apart Bread. This is one of my most popular easy recipes, and for good reason. With sweet, fall-spiced apples, fluffy biscuit layers, and a delicious vanilla glaze, this pull-apart bread is always a hit. After making Buffalo Chicken Pull-Apart Bread a few years back (don’t tease me for the bad pictures, that post needs to…
Garlicky Feta Dip
Garlicky Feta Dip. This simple, creamy dip is tangy, garlicky, and always a crowd-pleaser. James now calls this “Trust Your Gut Dip”, which is probably a catchier name for it, truth be told. The story behind it is that I’ve been making this Garlicky Feta Dip for years– I first posted it back in 2014–…
Hummus Fries with Spicy Tahini Dip
Hummus Fries with Spicy Tahini Dip. These fritters are made with chickpea flour and tahini for a crisp-exteriored snack with a custardy, hummus-like center. This recipe for Hummus Fries with Spicy Tahini Dip has also been featured on Serious Eats. The scribbled words “PANISSES – TECHNICALLY FRENCH FRIES” caught my eye at the food truck festival last…
Browned Butter Lemon-Garlic Green Beans
Browned Butter Lemon-Garlic Green Beans. Green beans take on a deep, nutty flavor from toasted almonds, browned butter, and grated parmesan cheese. Lemon juice adds a little brightness to balance out the rich butter sauce, and plenty of garlic will make these green beans the highlight of your dinner. It’s so easy to get caught…
Korean-Inspired Crispy Tofu Tacos
Korean-Inspired Crispy Tofu Tacos. Learn the secret to making the best crispy tofu and serve it in flavor-packed tacos with crunchy slaw and quick pickles. This recipe for Korean-Inspired Crispy Tofu Tacos has also been featured on Serious Eats. I’m not sure if, between all of ground beef and chicken breast recipes recipes I’ve posted here,…
Grilled Potato Wedge Fries with Roasted Garlic Aioli
Grilled Potato Wedge Fries with Roasted Garlic Aioli. No burger is complete without a side of fries, so whip these easy grilled, seasoned wedges up for your next barbecue. The aioli, made from grill-roasted garlic, is just as addictive as the fries! The first time I made grilled fries for the blog, just over 5…
Grilled Peach and Halloumi Panzanella
Grilled Peach and Halloumi Panzanella. This summer salad includes a mix of quickly grilled peaches, halloumi cheese, and ciabatta bread croutons that are tossed with fresh basil, red onions, and a simple white balsamic vinaigrette. It looks and tastes fancy, but it only takes less than a half-hour to prepare! I placed this platter on…
Southwestern Zucchini and Corn Bites with Avocado Ranch
Southwestern Zucchini and Corn Bites with Avocado Ranch. No need to break out the fryer for this recipe– these bite-sized, veggie-loaded treats are baked until crisp on the outside and tender on the inside. Have you ever been typing away at your computer, noticed a deep and urgent rumble in your stomach, and instantly knew, “I…
Caramelized Onion and Garlic Bread
Caramelized Onion and Garlic Bread. Who ever thought that garlic bread could get even better? A sweet garlic-onion-herb butter is smeared over spongy ciabatta, hit with plenty of parmesan, and baked until beautifully browned. At the risk of ruining my well-established reputation as the pinnacle of all things cool (haaaah), I’ve started doing food trivia…
Mezze Party Platter
I almost flipped the whole damn table over on Friday night. James suggested that we do a date-night dinner this past weekend at our favorite little Turkish hole-in-the-wall and I was all about it. Partially because I am absolutely obsessed with the food there– the creamy hummus, the crispy falafel, the warm pita bread, the butter-soft grilled meats, the…
Grilled Cheese Tomato Soup Sticks
I just found out that it’s National Grilled Cheese Day today and to say that I am overreacting over here about the serendipitous timing of it all is might be a slight understatement. And completely predictable for all who know me well. Could it be that I’ve got just a smidgen of psychic ability? Perhaps. You…
Pesto Parmesan Spinach Balls
“Baked” and “spinach filled” aren’t usually words that instantly scream hit appetizer to me, but there’s a reason that Spinach Balls have been a popular potluck dish for decades. If you’ve never had them before, you’ve been missing out: they’re savory, with a crisp outside and tender center, and they’re so easy to just pop…
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